Download or read book The Story Factor written by Annette Simmons and published by . This book was released on 2006-04-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cover subtitle: Inspiration, influence, and persuasion through the art of storytelling

Download or read book Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins written by Annette Simmons and published by AMACOM. This book was released on 2007-05-09 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories have tremendous power. They can persuade, promote empathy, and provoke action. Better than any other communication tool, stories explain who you are, what you want...and why it matters. In presentations, department meetings, over lunch-any place you make a case for new customers, more business, or your next big idea-you'll have greater impact if you have a compelling story to relate. Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins will teach you to narrate personal experiences as well as borrowed stories in a way that demonstrates authenticity, builds emotional connections, inspires perseverance, and stimulates the imagination. Fully updated and more practical than ever, the second edition reveals how to use storytelling to: Capture attention * Motivate listeners * Gain trust * Strengthen your argument * Sway decisions * Demonstrate authenticity and encourage transparency * Spark innovation * Manage uncertainty * And more Complete with examples, a proven storytelling process and techniques, innovative applications, and a new appendix on teaching storytelling, Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins hands you the tools you need to get your message across-and connect successfully with any audience.

Download or read book The Fred Factor written by Mark Sanborn and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2004-04-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The true story of a seemingly ordinary mail carrier whose approach to work and life has the power to transform the everyday into the extraordinary “This beloved business classic has inspired millions of people over the years, and today Mark Sanborn’s transformative insights are more timely and necessary than ever.”—Jon Gordon, author of The Energy Bus and co-author of The Coffee Bean Meet Fred. In this small yet powerful book, Mark Sanborn, member of the Speaker Hall of Fame, recounts the story of a USPS carrier who introduced himself one day shortly after Sanborn had moved to a new home in Denver. Fred, however, was no average mailman. As Sanborn came to discover, Fred was the kind of worker who exemplifies everything “right” with customer service. Did people want packages left on the porch or prefer a notice to pick them up at the post office? Fred made sure he knew the answer. When another delivery service left a package at the wrong house, Fred shepherded it safely to the intended recipient. Others might have seen delivering mail as less-than-glamorous work, but Fred seized the chance to find meaning in the mundane, competing with himself every day to find opportunities to make his customers smile. We’ve all encountered people like Fred. In this deeply inspiring book, Sanborn illuminates the four basic principles anyone can use to bring fresh energy and creativity to our work and life: how to make a tangible difference every day, build stronger relationships, create real value for others without spending a penny, and constantly reinvent yourself.

Download or read book The Aladdin Factor written by Jack Canfield and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1995-10-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to get everything you want with this motivational book from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. Anything is possible...if you dare to ask! Personal happiness. Creative fulfillment. Professional success. Freedom from fear—and a new promise of joy that's yours for the asking. We have the ability at our fingertips to achieve these things. It's the Aladdin Factor: the magical wellspring of confidence, desire—and the willingness to ask—that allows us to make wishes come true. Now bestselling motivational authors Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen introduce us to the Aladdin Factor—and help us put it into effect in our own lives. The Aladdin Factor helps us by pinpointing the major stumbling blocks to asking—and teaching simple techniques to overcome them. With inspirational stories about people who have succeeded by asking for what they want, this book shows us how to turn our lives around—no matter what kind of obstacles we face. And with this knowledge, we can reap the riches of a truly well-lived life—a treasure that comes not from an enchanted lamp, but from the heart.

Download or read book Max Factor written by Fred E. Basten and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2012-04-15 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the life and influence of the cosmetics innovator, describing his early years as a beautician for the Russian royal family, role in developing the images of leading Hollywood stars, and contributions to the establishment of the retail cosmetics industry.

Download or read book The Fear Factor written by Abigail Marsh and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How the brains of psychopaths and heroes show that humans are wired to be good At fourteen, Amber could boast of killing her guinea pig, threatening to burn down her home, and seducing men in exchange for gifts. She used the tools she had available to get what she wanted, like all children. But unlike other children, she didn't care about the damage she inflicted. A few miles away, Lenny Skutnik cared so much about others that he jumped into an ice-cold river to save a drowning woman. What is responsible for the extremes of generosity and cruelty humans are capable of? By putting psychopathic children and extreme altruists in an fMRI, acclaimed psychologist Abigail Marsh found that the answer lies in how our brain responds to others' fear. While the brain's amygdala makes most of us hardwired for good, its variations can explain heroic and psychopathic behavior. A path-breaking read, The Fear Factor is essential for anyone seeking to understand the heights and depths of human nature. "A riveting ride through your own brain."--Adam Grant "You won't be able to put it down."--Daniel Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness "[It] reads like a thriller... One of the most mind-opening books I have read in years." --Matthieu Ricard, Author of Altruism

Download or read book The OM Factor written by Alka Dhillon and published by SelectBooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2015-05 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can women flourish when they’re constantly being caught in a never-ending battle of conflicting interests? Work, success, family, ambition—today’s women have never been given the tools to integrate the disparate aspects of their lives into a harmonious whole. Alka Dhillon’s The OM Factor®: The Woman’s Spiritual Guide to Leadership teaches the tools for achieving balance, success, and sanity amidst today’s chaos. The OM Factor® is your key to both immediate and long-term fixes for the stress and imbalance dominating your life. Dhillon’s holistic approach to well-being incorporates meditation, yoga, and food for reflection. Each of the 7 tools is designed to cultivate the desired trait or outcome needed for spiritual evolution. Easily applicable “plug-and-play” tools are designed to deliver instant results in emotionally challenging situations. OM Factor prescriptions address when you feel overwhelmed, inadequate, anxious, indecisive, resentment, taken advantage of, or disrespected. As you delve further, an infinitely adaptable toolbox will become available to you. Alka Dhillon brings her years of success as a CEO and entrepreneur to help you discover your own roadmap to equilibrium. Allow internal fulfillment to engender your external success.

Download or read book Factor Four written by Ernst U.von Weizsacker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the industrial revolution, progress has meant an increase in labour productivity. Factor Four describes a new form of progress, resource productivity, a form which meets the overriding imperative for the future (sustainability). It shows how at least four times as much wealth can be extracted from the resources we use. As the authors put it, the book is about doing more with less, but this is not the same as doing less, doing worse or doing without. In 1972, the Club of Rome published Limits to Growth, which sent shock waves around the world by arguing that we were rapidly running out of essential resources. This Report to the Club of Rome offers a solution. It lies in using resources more efficiently, in ways which can already be achieved, not at a cost, but at a profit. The book contains a wealth of examples of revolutionizing productivity, in the use of energy; from hypercars to low-energy beef; materials, from sub-surface drip irrigation to electronic books, transport, video conferencing to CyberTran, and demonstrating how much more could be generated from much less today. It explains how markets can be organized and taxes re-based to eliminate perverse incentives and reward efficiency, so wealth can grow while consumption does not. The benefits are enormous: profits will increase, pollution and waste will decrease and the quality of life will improve. Moreover, the benefits will be shared: progress will no longer depend on making ever fewer people more productive. Instead, more people and fewer resources can be employed. While for many developing countries the efficiency revolution may offer the only realistic chance of prosperity within a reasonable time span. The practical promise held out in this book is huge, but the authors show how it is up to each of us, as well as to businesses and governments, to make it happen.

Download or read book Chill Factor written by Sandra Brown and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magazine editor Lilly Martin, packing up the vacation cabin she and her ex-husband owned in Cleary, North Carolina, where he now works as chief of police, becomes trapped in a snowstorm with Ben Tierney, who she struck with her car while trying to drive down the mountain, and the situation becomes critical when she uncovers evidence that Tierney may be the serial killer who has been operating in the area for over two years.

Download or read book The Generosity Factor written by Ken Blanchard and published by Zondervan. This book was released on 2010-01-02 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Generosity Factor invites you to discover the secret of true success. Here's a hint: it's what Jesus told us about giving away our time, talent, and treasure. Read this book ... reap the rewards.

Download or read book The I Factor written by Van Moody and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2016-11-22 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key to the life you want is already within your grasp. Join bestselling author Van Moody as he helps you learn the 3 keys necessary to discover your life's purpose and the satisfying fulfillment you're longing for. One question lies behind every struggle we face: How do I deal with myself? Behind all our stumbles, behind each of our missteps, behind every one of our failings lies an inability to handle what Moody calls the "I-Factor." More than self-worth or self-respect, beyond even character and perception of purpose, the I-Factor is about managing yourself--your whole life--well. In this inspiring book, Moody reveals how to get hold of your I-Factor and finally get out of your own way. In The I-Factor, Moody identifies three dynamics essential to winning the battle of the I-Factor: Identity: When you understand your identity you know who you are, setting your foundation for everything Significance: When you understand your significance, you see the purpose and the greatness you were created for Perspective: When you understand perspective, you can view the problems you face as stepping stones to greatness rather than stumbling blocks Weaving together personal stories, practical principles, and profound biblical truth, The I-Factor provides the key to achieving the life of greatness that you are destined for. Praise for The I-Factor: "Van Moody takes you on a biblically balanced, often painfully penetrating look--not just a look at the you in you, but a look at the God in you who defines and declares your destiny and worth." --Kenneth C. Ulmer, D.Min, PhD; Faithful Central Bible Church; founder-CEO, The Ulmer Institute

Download or read book The Omega Factor written by Steve Berry and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2022-06-07 with total page 573 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Mystery, history, spellbinding intrigue and nerve-shredding suspense' - Scott Mariani, Sunday Times bestselling author 'One of the best thrillers of the year' - Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author The Vatican Never Forgets Nicholas Lee's job is one-of-a-kind, as unique as his charges. He's UNESCO's one and only field agent, their practical answer to the criminals seeking to plunder the world's artifacts and cultural heritage. So Nick is perfectly placed when, on a personal visit to a friend in Belgium, the world-famous Ghent Altarpiece's twelfth panel is burnt to ashes. Thankfully it's a worthless copy, but that just piques his interest more. Especially when the arsonists are seen to return to a nunnery. Nick's holiday is over, but as his investigations begin to unravel secrets that have held for two millennia he realises this is no ordinary criminal enterprise. Dangerous players are rearing their heads, from cardinals to archbishops to modern-day Cathars, and Nick might just have made things a whole lot worse . . . From the tranquil canals of Ghent, to the towering bastions of Carcassonne, and finally into an ancient abbey high in the French Pyrenees, Nick Lee must confront a modern-day religious crusade intent on eliminating a shocking truth from humanity's past. Success or failure - life and death - all turn on the Omega Factor. 'If you are a Dan Brown fan you are going to love The Omega Factor by Steve Berry, a clever blend of historical fact and action-packed fiction' - Irish Independent 'Berry once again smoothly blends action and history. Dan Brown fans will want to check this one out' - Publishers Weekly 'Here's one vote for Berry making a series out of Nick's adventures' - Booklist

Download or read book The Front Row Factor written by Jon Vroman and published by . This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the Art of Moment Making"It's time to live life in the Front Row(tm)'," says Jon Vroman, author of The Front Row Factor: Transform Your Life with The Art of Moment Making. This book is a collection of inspiring stories, compelling science, and life strategies that teaches you about the power of hope for the future and celebrating your past to bring power to the present moment.It helps readers cultivate an empowering mindset, create life-long relationships and design an environment where you can thrive regardless of life conditions.As the founder of Front Row Foundation, Jon has spent more than a decade helping children and adults with life threatening illnesses have a front row experience at the live event of their dreams. This book is everything you can learn about life from those fighting for it.More than anything, The Front Row Factor will challenge you to explore your values, establish priorities and reconnect you to a higher purpose and deeper meaning within your life. The author reveals timeless principles that help you Live Life In The Front Row(tm) so you can make the most of every moment, starting now.

Download or read book The Story Factor written by Annette Simmons and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised, updated, and expanded, this modern classic will teach you to use the art of storytelling to persuade, motivate, and inspire in life and business Anyone seeking to influence others must first know their own story, and how to tell it properly. Whether you're proposing a risky new venture, trying to close a deal, or leading a charge against injustice, you have a story to tell. Tell it well and you will create a shared experience with your listeners that can have profound results. In this modern classic, Annette Simmons reminds us that the oldest tool of influence is also the most powerful. Fully revised and updated to account for new technology and social media, along with two new chapters on the role of stories in the development of civilization and how to adjust your story to your specific goal, Simmons showcases over a hundred examples of effective storytelling drawn from the front lines of business and government, as well as myths, fables, and parables from around the world. Whether writing a screenplay, or announcing a corporate reorganization, Simmons illustrates how story can be used in ways that cold facts, bullet points, and directives can't. These stories, combined with practical storytelling techniques, show anyone how to become a more effective communicator and achieve their goals.

Download or read book The Story Factor written by Annette Simmons and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-03-17 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This modern classic teaches you to use the art of storytelling to persuade, motivate, and inspire in life and business Anyone seeking to influence others must first know their own story, and how to tell it properly. Whether you're proposing a risky new venture, trying to close a deal, or leading a charge against injustice, you have a story to tell. Tell it well and you will create a shared experience with your listeners that can have profound results. In this modern classic, Annette Simmons reminds us that the oldest tool of influence is also the most powerful. Showcasing over a hundred examples of effective storytelling drawn from the front lines of business and government, as well as myths, fables, and parables form around the world, Simmons illustrates how story can be used to persuade, motivate, and inspire in ways that cold facts, bullets points, and directives can't. These stories, combined with practical storytelling techniques, show anyone how to become a more effective communicator and achieve their goals.

Download or read book The Story Factor written by Annette Simmons and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 2001 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The next business revolution-using the power of stories as the ultimate source of influence and impact.

Download or read book Summary of Annette Simmons s The Story Factor written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-06-30T22:59:00Z with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Skip told the stockholders a story about how he had gotten mixed up while drawing electrical engineering plans for a boat building company. He had been so sure of himself that he had transposed starboard and port, which made the drawing an exact mirror image of what it should have been. #2 Story is your path to creating faith. Telling a meaningful story means inspiring your listeners to reach the same conclusions you have and decide for themselves to believe what you say and do what you want them to do. #3 To influence someone, you must first establish enough trust to successfully deliver your message. Their trust in who you are becomes the connection that serves as a conduit for your message. #4 It is human nature to erect barriers and suspicions to protect ourselves. You need to establish a connection with your audience in order to influence them. They will judge your credibility based on their judgments about who you are and why you are there.