Go Out Of Your Way

Practical, proven self help steps show how to transform 40 common self-defeating behaviors, including procrastination, envy, obsession, anger, self-pity, compulsion, neediness, guilt, rebellion, inaction, and more.

This inspiring memoir of a 42-year-old woman in the mostly all-male tech world offers great advice: If you are generous to others, not only will it help them, but it will also boost your own career. With personal examples and insights from savvy business leaders, Jodi Kovitz illustrates the power of generosity and going out of your way to help people. Kovitz also describes how other people went out of their way to help her when she launched #movethedial, a global movement to get more women into tech. Now she?s sharing her methods for creating meaningful relationships to empower women in tech and all lines of business.

THE PRINCIPLES YOU NEED TO REACH YOUR DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE Anticipate the obstacles in the road ahead and prepare yourself for the adventure yet to come. Fifty-one thought provoking, entertaining stories drawn from Napoleon Hill’s original works including: • THINK AND GROW RICH • THE LAW OF SUCCESS • NAPOLEON HILL’S MAGAZINE “If life is a journey . . . having a guiding compass to assist us in our daily navigation would make things easier. By knowing whether we are traveling in the proper direction or moving toward our ultimate destination, we can better calculate our outcomes —JUDITH WILLIAMSON, Director, Napoleon Hill Foundation “Golden opportunities are lurking at every corner, waiting for the person with initiative to come along and discover them.”—GEORGE HARRISON PHELPS

Use reflection as a means to evaluate your situation and gain a new perspective that will thrust you forward to a new opportunity. —B. Martin Lopez When you pursue a career path, how often do you think what is required to be a leader, achieve success, and see failure as a positive? As you read this book, you will understand how reflection, perspective, and opportunity are critical in every aspect of your life and how developing into the person you dream of being requires more from you than you think. This book covers important questions that people ask themselves at some point in their lives: When you become a leader, do you think to yourself, where do I begin? To achieve success, do you think of what is required to attain it or keep it? When you fail, do you see the benefits that failure teaches you that success could not? This book answers these important questions through the stories, examples, and insights that will equip you with a positive understanding that you can achieve your goals with the right mindset. Life has a way of throwing curveballs at us that we just cannot hit; and that is okay when you understand that the negatives and positives we experience shape and mold us into the person we are meant to become. This book is where the rubber meets the road.

For centuries, business, political, and military leaders throughout Asia have had a secret weapon for success -- the philosophies and strategies found in an ancient game called Go. Now, Troy Anderson, an entrepreneur, knowledge management expert, Fortune 500 management consultant, and one of only five Americans to train at the Japanese Professional Go Academy, brings these philosophies and strategies to the West. Leaders and intellects such as Mao Tse-tung, Bill Gates, and John Nash (the game was featured in the movie A Beautiful Mind) as well as many CEOs and political leaders throughout Asia are among the 27 million people who have played this simple two-person board game known as the "game of geniuses." In this unique book, Troy Anderson shares the essential elements of strategy and competition that define the game of Go and shows how these principles can be applied wherever strategy is called for: How to make use of limited resources and time to produce the largest gain Which initiatives to continue and which to abandon When to lead and when to follow your opponent How to weigh competing interests among different units How to enter a market where the competition is already well established How to proceed to ensure success if the competition enters your market How to create a strategic plan when the market changes quickly How to go global but think locally Go provides experience and understanding regarding basic strategic problems that no other art, science, or field, other than war, can readily claim. In addition to an enriching account of how the game of Go has influenced Anderson's life, the valuable lessons imparted here add up to a powerful prescription for success -- whether you are seeking professional achievement, better competitive understanding, stronger personal relationships, or simply a more rewarding life.

The idea that you could be more but got in your own way should wake you up in the middle of the night. Dave Hollis used to think that “personal growth” was just for broken people, then he woke up. When a looming career funk, a growing drinking problem, and a challenging trek through therapy battered Dave Hollis, a Disney executive and father of four, he began to realize he was letting untruths about himself dictate his life. As he sank to the bottom of his valley, he had to make a choice. Would he push himself out of his comfort zone to become the best man he was capable of being, or would he play it safe and settle for mediocrity? In Get Out of Your Own Way, Dave tackles topics he once found it difficult to be honest about, things like his struggles with alcohol and his insecurities about being a dad. Offering encouragement, challenges, and a hundred moments to laugh, Dave will help you: Discover the way for those of us who are, like he was, skeptical of self-help but wanting something more than the status quo Drop negative ideas about who we are supposed to be and finally start living as who we really are See our own journeys more clearly as he unpacks the lies he once believed—such as “I Have to Have It All Together” and “Failure Means You’re Weak” Learn the tools that helped him change his life, and may change your life too Get Out of Your Own Way is a call to arms for anyone who’s interested in a more fulfilled life, who, along the way, may have lost their “why” and now wonders how to unlock their potential or be better for their loved ones.

Most women have a mental “script” or plan for their lives. And, of course, that script has a happy ending. However, that’s not always what happens. When we are faced with a change in the script—whether that be a loss of a loved one, a dream, our health, or some other tragic event—how do we respond in faith? Retreat speaker and author Katrina J. Zeno wants us to have a heart of hope, one that presses into God and stays connected instead of drawing away during difficult times. Through personal stories, anecdotes, witnesses, and Scripture, Zeno invites women to recognize God’s goodness, presence, and action in their lives. - Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion. - Great for women’s faith-sharing group or book club. - Makes a thoughtful gift for someone going through difficult times.

Maybe it was the sting of remarks from a relative or friend. Maybe a miscarriage ended your hopes for a family. For all of your heartbreaks, maybe you wished there was someone to help you through. For Wilma Derksen, letting go of the 15 misconceptions about grief led her back to hope. In this book she tells how you can do the same. Wilma’s world collapsed when her teenage daughter, Candace, was taken hostage and murdered. Wilma now shares her choices to “let go” of heartbreak, which gave her the courage to navigate through the dark waters of sorrow. Like Wilma, maybe your heartbreak forced you to retreat from happy expectations, of believing that life is fair, of finding closure for every circumstance. She encourages patiently: let go of the happy ending, let go of perfect justice, let go of fear, and let go of closure. Wilma's wisdom will help you overcome your broken heart, and her advice will enable you to break free of pain to live a life of true joy.