"There is only one thing that holds people and nations back. It's a story that explains who they are and what they can and cannot do. Breaking Rank helps you to understand the mind and unlock people's true potential."Summary:How can you motivate people and empower them to make better choices, when stories about their social rank have imprisoned their minds? How can people's mindset not only negatively influence their own well-being and wealth, but a...

How much of what you choose is of your own free will, and how much is influenced by the will of others? Why do only a few make choices that lead to wealth while the many remain in fear?Influencers & Followers takes you on a journey of narratives and how Influencers concentrate wealth into their hands by influencing the choices of Followers. You'll discover how Influencers use the narrative of gods to justify tyranny, the narrative of color to colonize, and the narrative of consumer...

STEAL THE WORLD—I KNOW YOU WANT TO. You just don't know how to. But I do and with this guide, so will you. I'll teach you the secret of how gangsters do it. Not just any gangsters—none of this Al Capone or Pablo Escobar nonsense. They're rank amateurs compared to some of these folks. I'm talking about 'real gangstas.' Those who were able to steal nearly ninety percent (yes, 90%!) of the world using a simple illusion, an illusion so effective that gangsters were able to hide it in plain sig...

In a historical moment when cross-cultural communication proves both necessary and difficult, the work of comparative philosophy is timely. Philosophical resources for building a shared future marked by vitality and collaborative meaning-making are in high demand. Taking note of the present global philosophical situation, this collection of essays critically engages the scholarship of Roger T. Ames, who for decades has had a central role in the evolution of comparative and nonwestern philo...

This book brings together the essential evidence and policy opportunities regarding the global importance of soil carbon for sustaining Earth's life support system for humanity. Covering the science and policy background for this important natural resource, it describes land management options that improve soil carbon status and therefore increase the benefits that humans derive from the environment. Written by renowned global experts, it is the principal output from a SCOPE rapid assessme...

This volume offers different perspectives on judicial practice in the European and American contexts, both arguably characterized in the last decades by the emergence of novel normative and even policy arguments by judges. The central question deserving the attention of the contributors concerns the degree in which judicial exercises in practical reasoning may amount to forms of judicial usurpation of the legislative function by courts. Since different views as to the nature and scope of l...