Download or read book Freedom After the Sharks written by Geoff Hudson-Searle and published by Matador. This book was released on 2014-09-28 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each of us is, to some extent or other, a reflection of the experiences of our lives. However, whether and how we succeed is determined at least in part by how we cope with those experiences and what we learn from them. This is the story of a man who, despite a difficult family life and professional setbacks, developed the determination, drive and skills to create a successful business and happy life. Geoff’s skills and self-motivation gave him the drive, determination and tenacity to continue a journey through hardship to reach self-fulfillment and, ultimately, success. His book describes the life journey of a young man’s heart and his desire to turn his dreams and vision into a business success. Freedom After The Sharks shows how, even in a declining economy, a business can survive and even succeed. It covers some real-life experiences and offers some suggestions for dealing with problems and issues. It provides a guide to finding your way in the business world. The book is suitable for entrepreneurs who might not be sure of the path to take or who want to benefit from other people’s mistakes and failures. Other audiences include middle management or junior executives who are looking for a fascinating life story of courage, drive and inspiration, as well as graduates and college students, who will find information that will help prepare them for their careers.
Download or read book Persistence written by Kenneth Cooper Alexander and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Persistence tells the story of Evelyn Thomas Butts (1924-1993), an African American civil rights crusader from Norfolk, Virginia, whose nontraditional leadership and creative initiatives remain as models for political and social change. A courageous, low-income seamstress, Butts is best-known for her 1963 lawsuit that resulted in the U.S. Supreme Court's 1966 ruling to ban poll taxes from state and local elections. Butts relentlessly encouraged voter-participation and kept marginalized citizens connected with the national civil rights movement, which heavily relied on many unsung grassroots leaders-especially women-to overthrow America's Jim Crow system of segregation and suppression. Standing amid the continuum of Black resistance leaders questing for freedom, civil rights, equality, justice, dignity, and self-determination, Butts helped reshape the politics of Norfolk, a feat that continues to reverberate today"--
Download or read book Grit written by Angela Duckworth and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People). The daughter of a scientist who frequently noted her lack of “genius,” Angela Duckworth is now a celebrated researcher and professor. It was her early eye-opening stints in teaching, business consulting, and neuroscience that led to her hypothesis about what really drives success: not genius, but a unique combination of passion and long-term perseverance. In Grit, she takes us into the field to visit cadets struggling through their first days at West Point, teachers working in some of the toughest schools, and young finalists in the National Spelling Bee. She also mines fascinating insights from history and shows what can be gleaned from modern experiments in peak performance. Finally, she shares what she’s learned from interviewing dozens of high achievers—from JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon to New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff to Seattle Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll. “Duckworth’s ideas about the cultivation of tenacity have clearly changed some lives for the better” (The New York Times Book Review). Among Grit’s most valuable insights: any effort you make ultimately counts twice toward your goal; grit can be learned, regardless of IQ or circumstances; when it comes to child-rearing, neither a warm embrace nor high standards will work by themselves; how to trigger lifelong interest; the magic of the Hard Thing Rule; and so much more. Winningly personal, insightful, and even life-changing, Grit is a book about what goes through your head when you fall down, and how that—not talent or luck—makes all the difference. This is “a fascinating tour of the psychological research on success” (The Wall Street Journal).
Download or read book I Can Do Anything If I Put My Mind to It written by Danny Pettry II and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-06-21 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some people say things like, "girls can't skateboard." They say it's too challenging and girls give up easily. What do they know! Olivia loves to skateboard and she intends to land the challenging kickflip. She asks a better skateboarder, Jimmy, to show her where to put her feet and how to make the board flip. With determination and persistence, Olivia soon masters the kickflip and dreams of winning a skateboarding competition. But then she has a big problem. Her parents won't allow her to skateboard as often until she brings her D up to a B in math. They are stealing her fun. But determined to improve her grades, Olivia asks the best math student, Ashley, to tutor her. Ashley agrees to help Olivia if Olivia will help her with something. Will Olivia bring her grades up? Will she be allowed to skateboard again? Told from Olivia's perspective, young readers will identify with Olivia, and provides parents, teachers, and counselors with a fun way to teach important values, including: - Goal-planning and visualization - Determination and grit - Asking for help and applying feedback - Growth mindset and improving - Persistence and sticking with it until success.
Download or read book Narratives of Persistence written by Lee Panich and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Narratives of Persistence charts the remarkable persistence of California's Ohlone and Paipai people over the past five centuries. Lee M. Panich draws connections between the events and processes of the deeper past and the way the Ohlone and Paipai today understand their own histories and identities.
Download or read book The Positive Power of Practicing Persistence written by Hariharan Dharmarajan and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever started a project and never finished? Have you ever tackled a challenge only to give up halfway through? Have you ever lost your enthusiasm or confidence midstream? Of course that happens to everyone. The Positive Power of Practicing Persistence provides a powerful jump-start to get us moving again when we get stalled. Readers will walk away with a potent vaccination of never-give-up kind of persistence to employ in every facet of their personal and professional lives. The book opens with an inspiring account of the author's true life experience of leaving his homeland in India to migrate to a new country and culture. It is an inspiring diary of perseverance and determination to overcome all obstacles and barriers to achieve success in a challenging environment. In The Positive Power of Practicing Persistence, the author has selected fifteen inspiring stories of remarkable individuals who refused to concede their dreams. While some are well-known, others are relatively unknown. Inventors and entertainers, presidents and prisoners, saints and prophets--all are showcased in the book to illustrate that persistence can be applied by any person, anywhere and in any set of circumstances. Personal stories of Thomas Edison, Mother Theresa, Walt Disney, Nelson Mandela, Roger Barrister, J. K. Rowling, and Mahatma Gandhi are included. A couple of lighter stories featuring The Tortoise and the Hare and The Little Engine That Could add another layer of assurance that persistence wins on all levels. The final third of the book deals with the practical how-to-do-it methods to cultivate a greater resolve in our lives. These valuable how-to chapters engage readers in immediate action steps in how to persist in winning that dream job, getting the sale, achieving education goals, eliminating debt, and that all-elusive goal that plagues us all--how to persist in losing weight and getting fit! Other how-to chapters feature the art of teaching persistence to your children. Sprinkled through each chapter are quotes to motivate and inspire readers in their struggle to persist. Each chapter concludes with a key summary statement. The Positive Power of Practicing Persistence is a sure-fire way to reignite that fire within each of us to achieve everything we were designed to do.
Download or read book I Choose To Try Again written by Elizabeth Estrada and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this rhyming story, Kiara learns how to keep going even when things get too hard. Through colorful illustrations and rhythmic rhymes, Kiara reflects on her mistakes and realizes that mistakes help her grow. Instead of avoiding them, she learns from them so she can improve. Do you want your child to learn about perseverance and diligence? Your child will learn how easy it is to get back up after failing. "I Choose to Try Again" is a story with social emotional learning (SEL) in mind. It has been praised by teachers and therapists worldwide. This story told from Kiara's point of view will help open your child's mind to what it feels like to fail, and then try again. Kiara will teach your child how to be mentally strong. With Kiara in real life examples, your child will learn to develop their understanding of their own emotions. Throughout the story, Kiara will show you what perseverance looks like. Teacher and Therapist Toolbox: I Choose is an empowering series curated to empower young children to become aware of big emotions. A new book series developed in tandem with teachers and therapists to help children cope with a range of emotions and teach them that they indeed hold the power to choose their actions and reactions. Try not to say 'never.'. That brainwashes you to fail. It means that you won't have the chance To raise the victory sail. "I Choose to Try Again" was developed alongside counselors and parents to be used as a resource in a social emotional curriculum.
Download or read book Beyond Talent written by John C. Maxwell and published by Thomas Nelson Inc. This book was released on 2011-04-19 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times best-selling author John C. Maxwell shows that talent is just the starting point for a successful impact in any organization. It's what takes you beyond your talent that matters. People everywhere are proving him right. Read the headlines, watch the highlights, or just step out your front door: Some talented people reach their full potential, while others self-destruct or remain trapped in mediocrity. What makes the difference? Maxwell, the go-to guru for business professionals across the globe, insists that the choices people make―not merely the skills they inherit―propel them to greatness. Among other truths, successful people know that: Belief lifts your talent. Initiative activates your talent. Focus directs your talent. Preparation positions your talent. Practice sharpens your talent. Perseverance sustains your talent. Character protects your talent. . . . and more! It's what you add to your talent that makes the greatest difference. With authentic examples and time-tested wisdom, Maxwell shares thirteen attributes you need to maximize your potential and live the life of your dreams. You can have talent alone and fall short of your potential. Or you can go beyond talent and really stand out.
Download or read book Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence written by Sonja Thomas and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-03-22 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Desk of Zoe Washington meets Ways to Make Sunshine in this “noteworthy” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) middle grade novel about a determined young girl who must rely on her ingenuity and scientific know-how to save her beloved cat. Twelve-year-old Mira’s summer is looking pretty bleak. Her best friend Thomas just moved a billion and one miles away from Florida to Washington, DC. Her dad is job searching and he’s been super down lately. Her phone screen cracked after a home science experiment gone wrong. And of all people who could have moved into Thomas’s old house down the street, Mira gets stuck with Tamika Smith, her know-it-all nemesis who’s kept Mira in second place at the school science fair four years running. Mira’s beloved cat, Sir Fig Newton, has been the most stable thing in her life lately, but now he seems off, too. With her phone gone and no internet over the weekend at her strict Gran’s house, Mira must research Fig’s symptoms the old-fashioned way: at the library. She determines that he has “the silent cat killer” diabetes. A visit to the vet confirms her diagnosis, but that one appointment stretched family funds to the limit—they’ll never be able to afford cat insulin shots. When Mira’s parents tell her they may have to give Fig up to people who can afford his treatment, Mira insists she can earn the $2,000 needed within a month. Armed with ingenuity, determination, and one surprising ally, can Mira save her best (four-legged) friend before it’s too late?
Download or read book Successfully Buy Your Franchise written by Andrew Rogerson and published by Rogerson Business Services. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are considering business ownership there are three options available to you. Start your own business from scratch, buy an existing business or buy the rights to a franchise in your local market. This 144 page guide is for those who are considering buying a franchise. The processes can be very confusing and demanding trying to work out the many variables such as which franchise to buy, what franchises are available, what is the initial cost, how much are the royalties and any other ongoing costs and which legal entity to use. It also looks at getting a loan, what the Franchisor provides, your role, how much and what sort of support you get. This guide covers all these questions and many more. If you are serious about buying a franchise this guide will walk you through the steps and provide the answers for you from the initial steps to opening the doors of your business while answering all your questions so you do things from a position of strength. For more information visit: http://www.businesstransactionbooks.com
Download or read book AntiVirus for Your Mind How to Strengthen Your Persistence and Determination and Feel Good More Often written by Adam Khan and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whenever a setback occurs, you automatically explain it to yourself. And you explain setbacks in a particular way. Most of us never even think about the way we've learned to explain setbacks, but the way we do it has tremendous consequences in our lives. This short book will show you how to improve your explanations to get the most out of life.
Download or read book Dare to Live Without Limits written by Bryan Golden and published by Virtualbookworm Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes techniques designed to help people break through the limitations that keep them from achieving their goals and take positive control of their lives.
Download or read book Never Give Up written by Kevin Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Let These Stories Serve You as Source of Motivation!Everyone, at some point in their lives, will feel overwhelmed by the challenges and obstacles that have to face daily. In times of difficulty and depression, we often look around to find a source of inspiration and to give us a ray of hope. This book contains the stories of 10 famous people whose lives were tried and challenged. Like most, they felt unbearable pressure and difficulties. They, however, devised ways to make it out of their hellhole and succeed in their own fields. Each person can find an account that he or she can relate to in this collection of motivational stories. Oprah Winfrey's rags to riches story, Eminem's abuse of drugs and alcohol and Abraham Lincoln's dream for his country are only a few of society's successes we recognize. Each individual featured in this book encountered a difficult passage but, nonetheless, made it through. These stories are bound to be examples and serve as sources of motivation for those who are in need. We must learn to see that life's trials are nothing but passing circumstances and that something can be done to overcome them. Here Is A Preview Of People Whose Stories We'll Cover In This Book...*)Sylvester Stallone*)Soichiro Honda*)Joanne Rowling*)Michael Jordan*)Oprah Winfrey*)Marshall Mathers*)Arnold Schwarzenegger*)Phil Ivey*)Anthony Robbins*)Abraham LincolnSee You Inside!
Download or read book A Little SPOT of Perseverance written by Diane Alber and published by . This book was released on 2020-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A story about not giving up! Join a little SPOT of Perseverance as he shows two young kids all the times they were able to succeed when they just kept trying. --
Download or read book High Point of Persistence written by Damara Paris and published by . This book was released on 2007-07-23 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Miriam Richards, an athletic deaf woman with multiple sclerosis, was determined to climb to the highest point in each of the 50 states in America.
Download or read book The Art of Persistence written by R. L. Adams and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the Art of Persistence? Tired of talking about wanting to achieve something, but not following through with it? Do you find yourself repeatedly giving up and falling short in the realization of your dreams? Are you moving further and further away from your goals with each passing day? Break this vicious cycle with the simple secrets to long-term success by downloading The Art of Persistence Discover Life-Changing Knowledge and Solutions Life can be hard at times. Sometimes we lose sight of what we're aiming for. We're so busy responding to "stuff" that we forget about the goals that are important to us, and we slip back into our negative patterns of behavior. But, by understanding our underlying beliefs, habits, and the reasons why we really want the things that we do, we can renew a start of pushing towards the life of our dreams. Download - The Art of Persistence - Now And Learn to Live an Extraordinary Life There are many resources out there claiming to be the answer to our desires. From get-rich-quick schemes to fad weight-loss diets, we see them everywhere we turn. And, this seemingly ceaseless cycle of bombardment has us chasing our tails from left to right. But it's time to exit the perpetual cycle of defeat and failure, and start living an extraordinary life. The Art of Persistence is about learning to reboot your life and assess what really matters to you. It's about how you can leverage some of the simple secrets to long-term success to move you closer and closer to your dreams each and every single passing day. From a foundational psychological understanding of why we do the things we do, to a formulaic approach to achieving anything in life, this book sheds light on the subject of goal setting in a whole new way. Move Past Failure Today The most difficult part about achieving our goals in life, is coming up against failure. We've all failed many times, but how many of us have been able to use those failures as building blocks? How many people have been able to leverage their failures as stepping-stones to really succeeding in life? Most of the time, we're in the midst of a fear that grips us, forcing us to hold back our dreams for success in life. When fear takes over, the mind shuts down, retreating from the potential for pain. Learn how to leverage the pain and pleasure paradigm to fuel you, and build an awareness to what it is you really want in life. Learn just what the Art of Persistence can do for you in your life today... Scroll up and hit buy now button.
Download or read book Dance Until It Rains written by Napoleon Hill and published by . This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
