Tired of high hopes for your teams fizzling into disaster? Learn how to engage every member and create lasting success.Are you frustrated with mind-numbing change management books full of impractical theories? Do you worry that taking charge of new responsibilities will be a dead-end road? Are you a visionary eager to make a mark on the world? With thirty-five years of retail leadership and twenty as a consultant with successful small businesses under his belt, Dan Mann has field-t...

Today, the ability to influence is one of the most marketable skills a manager can possess, and the ability to influence is vital for anyone who wants to accomplish their vision through others. It is especially required for anyone who has a worthwhile cause.Dan Mann has developed an effective roadmap that increases influence. He calls it ORBiT, an acronym that means Optimized Reality Behavior Training. Here it is in greater detail:Optimized: To carry out with maximum efficien...

The mental and physical demands of powerlifting are unlike any other sport. Athletes must be committed and focused on success. In Powerlifting, Second Edition, powerlifting hall of famer Dan Austin, winner of 10 world powerlifting championships and 18 national championships, teams with strength and conditioning expert Dr. Bryan Mann to offer the most comprehensive powerlifting resource available.This no-nonsense approach to training and competing in the sport offers over 1...

In this essay originally aired in the 1950s, novelist and essayist Thomas Mann expresses appreciation that time gives humanity a sense of life’s value in "Life Grows in the Soil of Time", his contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listene...

A modern parable for ambitious people on the relationship between success and self-reflection, from the coauthor of the acclaimed Go-Giver series and a renowned authority on leadership.Have you ever wondered, “If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, what would I say?” In The Vagrant, a brash young executive finds himself asking that exact question when his world is turned upside down.From Dan Rockwell, creator of the popular...

A modern parable for ambitious people on the relationship between success and self-reflection from the coauthor of the acclaimed Go-Giver series and a renowned authority on leadershipHave you ever wondered, “If I could go back in time and talk to my twenty-year-old self, what would I say?” In The Vagrant, a brash young executive finds himself asking that exact question when his world is turned upside down.From Dan Rockwell, creator of the ...

Synopsis: NAUGHTY CONFESSIONS FROM THE MEN'S ROOM recounts real-life stories of a restroom concierge who specializes in orgiastic gatherings held at lavish mansions. Dan the Man's world is confined to luxurious bathrooms, and what he learns of each decadent event are stories shared by guests who seek some rest in the restroom.Dan the Man's job is a great opportunity to be a fly on the proverbial wall, experiencing each conversation as a collector of naughty confessions. Hi...

Jemma Redgrave, Clare Higgins, Nicola Bryant and Dan Starkey are among the readers of this exclusive collection of nine original audio adventures.Join the Twelfth Doctor, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi, as he meets friends and enemies new and old on these journeys in Time and Space.In the interlinked Winter quartet (The Gods of Winter, The House of Winter, The Sins of Winter and The Memory of Winter) the Doctor is served with a Calling Card that means he and Clara can be ...

Nicholas Briggs, Frances Barber, David Troughton, Clare Corbett and Dan Starkey read these original stories about the Eleventh Doctor, also featuring Clara and the Paternoster Gang.In The Dalek Generation, by Nicholas Briggs, the Doctor is determined to find out the truth about Sunlight 349, one of the apparently benevolent Dalek Foundation worlds.In Shroud of Sorrow, by Tommy Donbavand, it’s the day after John F Kennedy’s assassination, an...

The scientific evidence behind why maintaining a lifestyle more like that of our ancestors will restore our health and well-being.In Go Wild, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies have not kept pace. This mismatch affects every area of our lives, from our general physical health to our emotional wellbeing. Investigating the power of living according ...

A warm and witty saga about agribusiness, environmental activism, and community—from the celebrated author of The Book of Form and Emptiness and A Tale for the Time BeingYumi Fuller hasn’t set foot in her hometown of Liberty Falls, Idaho—heart of the potato-farming industry—since she ran away at age fifteen. Twenty-five years later, the prodigal daughter returns to confront her dying parents, her best friend, and her conflicted past, and finds her...

For readers who can’t get enough of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton, Gore Vidal’s stunning novel about Aaron Burr, the man who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel—and who served as a successful, if often feared, statesman of our fledgling nation.Here is an extraordinary portrait of one of the most complicated—and misunderstood—figures among the Founding Fathers. In 1804, while serving as vice president, Aaron Burr fought a duel with his political nemesis...