What does trust mean to you? How have you been impacted by relying on trust? Do you consider trust instinctive? Or is it something that must be earned by facts and actions? Is trust a whim or a researched reality? What has occurred when you trusted others? Can we ever—and forever—really trust someone? Does self-interest always take over and destroy the trust that we once considered sacrosanct? The breadth of trust is, in fact, the pillar of all the elements of our lives. We need to be much...

What does trust mean to you? How have you been impacted by relying on trust? Do you consider trust instinctive? Or is it something that must be earned by facts and actions? Is trust a whim or a researched reality? What has occurred when you trusted others? Can we ever—and forever—really trust someone? Does self-interest always take over and destroy the trust that we once considered sacrosanct? The breadth of trust is, in fact, the pillar of all the elements of our lives. We need to be much...

"A serious examination of the faulty reasoning that leads to repeated mistakes by individuals, businesses, and nations…In this fascinating book, Dobelli does not offer a recipe for happiness but a well-considered treatise on avoiding ‘self-induced unhappiness.’" — Booklist (starred review)The Art of Thinking Clearly by world-class thinker and entrepreneur Rolf Dobelli is an eye-opening look at human psychology and faulty reasoning — an ess...

From the real-life crisis expert who inspired ABC’s Scandal.Everyone must learn to live with personal missteps. Whether you’ve put yourself in an awkward situation, or you find that you’ve unwittingly created a full-blown crisis, Judy Smith is here to teach you how to look within to diffuse, mitigate, and resolve issues at their root.Good Self, Bad Self will teach you how to face and overcome potential problems before they send your life s...

If money were about math, none of us would be carrying any debt.The numbers are simple. What’s complicated is what we do with money. We use money to soothe our feelings and buy respect, to show how much we care or how little. We don’t simply earn, save, and spend money: we flirt with it, crave it, and scorn it; we punish and reward ourselves with it.Without realizing it, we give money meaning it doesn’t really have—what former psychiatrist and current busin...

An actionable guide for quickly improving one's wealth, personal development, and happinessSuccessful people don't sit around waiting for everything to be "100%" right or to be "absolutely sure" they will succeed. They don't need absolute assurance, because they realize life doesn't provide any. To get what they want out of life, they set specific goals and put together a formal plan to achieve those goals, one step at a time. Successful people know that the cost of failure is mode...

We live in a world that is constantly evolving into a huge mall where you are either selling something or buying something. This mall is in constant motion; buyers are trying to outwit sellers in a bid to have more money left; sellers are trying to milk the last drop out of buyers to shore up their balances. And so the game continues, in a never-ending cycle – all in an attempt to make more money. True, money makes the world go round, hence the craze to find it by all means available. But ...

From the mind of the ultimate corporate gunslinger comes this no-nonsense, real-world curriculum, designed to augment—if not replace—the more traditional path to achieving mastery of the business universe. Conquer this sharp, practical and often amusing course of study and save $250,000 of wasted business school tuition.Unlike those august, Ivy-encrusted factories that churn out masterful business administrators, The Curriculum will teach you the art

CAN YOU EVER BE SURE YOU'RE MAKING THE RIGHT DECISION?Should you stay in a comfy job with little chance of advancement-or take a riskier one in which you could make lots of money but also wind up on the street?Should you listen to a doctor who advises surgery-or trust another who tells you to wait and see if your condition improves?Should you remain in a cozy relationship without much spark-or cut your losses and search for your soul mate?Is...

A groundbreaking framework for making better decisions by understanding – and mastering – confidence.What does our desire for certainty and control have to do with our decision-making? According to behavioral economics pioneer Peter Atwater, the answer is simple: everything.In The Confidence Map, Atwater explores the hidden role of confidence in the choices we make, and why events described as being unprecedented are often entirely predictable—if w...

The book Purpose – How Little Things Can Create a Meaningful Life should be a life changing read, especially for the 82% who live without knowing their purpose. While we all want to discover what our life purpose is, we mostly live a scripted life influenced by society, family and peers chasing a dream of happiness that rarely materializes. Consequently, the majority of us are not "living" – we are just existing!This book guides you in discovering your "living purpose" – one that i...

The secret of happy and successful people? Their ability to make good decisions.Changing careers, launching a business, starting a family, buying a home, moving to a new city? How do you know whether you’re making the right decision?In The Decision Makeover, Mike Whitaker offers a thoughtful and strategic approach for choosing wisely in all aspects of your life whether it’s about money, career, education, health, friends, or family. With his backgr...