Selling Yourself MattersCongratulations! You have persevered through nearly a decade of intense study and rigorous training to become a qualified doctor. It takes an incredibly strong intellect and the utmost dedication to get to this point. You know what specialty training program you want to get into and now it’s time to nail the final interview – and this book can show you how.Panels of Experts are DauntingPanel interviews can be...

Leverage your LinkedIn profile for lead generation and business growth.LinkedIn has given businesses and consultants unprecedented opportunities. Never before has there been such a strong platform allowing businesses and consultants to identify, engageand connect with their ideal audience.We are in the world of “Digital First” and LinkedIn is leading the way.Before LinkedIn, businesses and professionals needed big budgets, s...

Can’t seem to grow your consulting, speaking or coaching practice? Trying to find new clients but can’t access new leads in a noisy market?THE WORLD IS CHANGING FAST.Congratulations! You have had your practice for some time and been compelled to make a difference to the world of your clients. It takes courage and conviction to avoid being one of the 60% of small businesses that fail in the first 3-5 years.IT’S TIME TO LEAD OR BE LEFT BEHIND....

What is happiness? And how can we choose it, even in the face of great challenge or conflict? In this wide-ranging and insightful collection of essays, 25 experts in the happiness field explore what it is to find, to create, to see, to be… happiness! Starting with the science of happiness itself, readers are taken on a journey of exploration and insight. Along the way you will delve into exploring: What is happiness? How to increase positive emotions The art of living with intention The pr...

Care Isn't Just a Nice to Have... It's a Business Imperative'Care' and 'nurture' aren't words typically associated with business strategies. Yet, when one looks at leaders, business owners and experts who have had a real impact on others, care is almost always one of their defining characteristics. In fact, when you are able to practice care in your business - for your clients, for your staff and for yourself - you will find that you have increased retention and gr...

Inspired by the released American hostages, Hotel Oubliette is a darkly comedic play that explores what happens when two emotionally disconnected men are chained to a post with an endless amount of time stretching before them.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Edward Asner, Thomas Caruso, Arye Gross and Marsha Mason.

This book offers a new theoretical framework within which to understand “the mind-body problem”. The crux of this problem is phenomenal experience, which Thomas Nagel famously described as “what it is like” to be a certain living creature. David Chalmers refers to the problem of “what-it-is-like” as “the hard problem” of consciousness and claims that this problem is so “hard” that investigators have either just ignored the issue completely, investigated a similar (but distinct) problem, or...

A collection of some of the best original science fiction and fantasy short fiction published on Tor.com in 2020.Includes stories by:Charlie Jane AndersG. V. AndersonGregory Norman BossertJeremy Packert BurkeKatharine DuckettBrian EvensonCarolyn Ives GilmanMaria Dahvana HeadleyStephen Graham JonesJustin C. KeyNaomi KritzerRich LarsonYoon Ha LeeS. Qiouyi LuUsman ...

A desperate L.A. professional couple, unable to have children, arrange to buy the unborn baby of a dirt-poor Louisiana pair. Emotions run high and relationships hang by a thread in this passionate and heartbreaking Off-Broadway drama by Mad Man writer Jane Anderson. “It is a play that audiences will take home with them; it might provoke disagreement, as do the issues themselves.” The New York TimesAn L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring David Ellenstein, Valerie Lands...

Running a thought leadership business is hard, but it doesn't have to be...There's no doubt that running a speaking, training and advisory business can be a challenge. Trying to juggle IP creation, dealing with meeting planners and clients as well as running workshops and coaching programs means not only you but your small team can be pulled in a lot of directions!By having a great practice management system in place allows you to stay focused on your exper...

Leadership Has ChangedThe past paradigms of leadership were about command and control. The currency of leadership was about power and feeding the ego. It is the end of an era for this archaic approach. Today, organisations are becoming more transparent than ever and asking the question, "Who are our leaders ... really?" People want to be led by a human being who understands them and leads them at the same time.The Impact of Disruption

The World is Changing... FastThere used to be a saying that "good things come to those who wait", but times have changed. The pace of change, the rise of social media, video, podcasting and creating your own platforms have meant our access to information and ability to get in front of the right people has exploded. There is now a level playing field. It's time to step up, stand out and put yourself out there.Fear of Rejection, the Imposter and Compa...