Greatness is not a state you reach, nor a title you are given. It's a lifestyle-excellencetranslated into action. Greatness is a verb.As much parable as memoir, this is the story of Keith Sadan in his ownwords: from a working-class corner of the Rust Belt to an eminent HRexecutive and personal coach who has lived, worked, and traveled across theglobe. It is a tale full of practical lessons based on the principles of ...

Greatness is not a state you reach, nor a title you are given. It's a lifestyle-excellence translated into action. Greatness is a verb.As much parable as memoir, this is the story of Keith Sodan in his own words: from a working-class corner of the Rust Belt to an eminent HR executive and personal coach who has lived, worked, and traveled across the globe. It is a tale full of practical lessons based on the principles of servant leadership and Keith's hard-earned experience: how to ...

**NATIONAL BESTSELLER"A long overdue and urgent manifesto.” —Seth Godin"Hosts of all kinds, this is a must-read!" —Chris Anderson, owner and curator of TEDAn exciting new approach to how we gather that will transform the ways we spend our time together—at home, at work, in our communities, and beyond.**In The Art of Gathering, Priya Parker argues that the gatherings in our lives are lackluster and unproductive—which they don't have to be. We rely to...

“Brimming with stories of sacrifice, courage, commitment and, sometimes, failure, the book will support anyone pondering a major life choice or risk without force-feeding them pat solutions.”—Publishers WeeklyIn What Should I Do with My Life? Po Bronson tells the inspirational true stories of people who have found the most meaningful answers to that great question. With humor, empathy, and insight, Bronson writes of remarkable individuals—from you...

The path to success is rarely easy or direct, and good mentors are hard to find. In Gillian Zoe Segal's Getting There: A Book of Mentors , thirty leaders in diverse fields share their secrets to navigating the rocky road to the top.In an honest, direct, and engaging way, these role models describe the obstacles they faced, the setbacks they endured, and the vital lessons they learned. They dispense not only essential and ...

A well-lived weekend is the gateway to a well-lived life. The Weekend Effect shows us how by saving the weekend we can save ourselves.The weekend—the once-sacred forty-eight hours of leisure—has been lost to overbooked schedules, pinging devices and encroaching work demands. Many of us are working more hours than we did a decade ago, and worse, we allow those hours to slide over seven days a week, giving us no respite to t...

"A lively and inspiring guidebook for anyone who wants to make the jump from normal to extraordinary."—Tony Robbins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Unshakeable and MONEY: Master the GameAn inspirational book that lays out the "Jump Curve"—four steps to wholeheartedly pursuing the career of your dreams—through experiences from a variety of people who have jumped and never looked backWhen Mike Lewis w...

In the spirit of Gretchen Rubin’s megaseller The Happiness Project and Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss, a journalist embarks on a project to discover what it takes to love where you liveThe average restless American will move 11.7 times in a lifetime. For Melody Warnick, it was move #6, from Austin, Texas, to Blacksburg, Virginia, that threatened to unhinge her. In the lonely aftermath of unpacking, she wondered: Aren’t we supposed to put...

One woman's midcareer misadventures in the absurd world of American retail.After losing her job as a journalist and the security of a good salary, Caitlin Kelly was hard up for cash. When she saw that The North Face-an upscale outdoor clothing company-was hiring at her local mall, she went for an interview almost on a whim.Suddenly she found herself, middle-aged and mid-career, thrown headfirst into the bizarre alternate reality of the American mall: a worl...

Organized into more than 200 thought- and action-provoking elements—from the importance of clean trucks and bathrooms to conversations with entrepreneurs creating new markets—Tom Peters, bestselling management guru offers a practical guide to impractical times.In The Pursuit of Wow!, Tom Peters offers readers the words, the tools, to survive in tumultuous business environments. In his groundbreaking book, In Search of Excellence changed the way business does busin...

This “inspiring reminder that it is never too late to reinvent yourself” (Nina García, editor-in-chief, Elle) shows you how to make second half of your life happy and productive—whether or not retirement is in your future plans.We are living in a time when everyone is constantly reassessing what is next for them. In the mid-career group, people who have spent years working are now seeing their industry dramatically evolve ...

If asked, who among us wouldn't say we were kind people? But kindness is often manifested in feelings of pity or sympathy--especially when others are watching--rather than in deeds. And when it comes down to it, what good does mere feeling do for the world?Your Next 24 Hours is about something much bigger--a lifestyle of kindness, without thought of reciprocation, extended toward every person in our lives, both friend and foe. Through powerful true stories of kindness live...