The average person in today's workforce will change jobs seven to nine times throughout his or her career. What's more, he or she will change occupational fields three to four times! Navigating this ever-changing landscape can be tough if you're not equipped with the best tools and information available. In Build Your Own Ladder, Dr. Tony Zeiss lays the groundwork for a successful career. Being a self-made man and "CEO of the Year" himself, Zeiss passes on his wisdom of how to harness the four key areas needed to make a run-of-the-mill job into the career of a lifetime: The power of a clear vision The importance of positive thinking The value of becoming influential Investment in the lives of other people With the growing labor and skills shortage, there has never been a better time for launching a great career! Don't let others limit you, don't let circumstances limit you, and don't limit yourself. Apply the principles in this book, and you will dramatically increase your chances of building your own solid career ladder and achieving your dreams.

A guidebook about how to set up small businesses in a wide range of fields, such as comedy writing, picture framing, janitorial work, catering, bookkeeping, and fashion design.

Many people and not just kids dream about having their own treehouse. With this very practical and personal guide, it can come true! Not only is this an attractive record of author Maurice Barkleys appealing creations, but it delves into every aspect of planning and construction teaching others how to build them too. In a friendly, conversational tone, Barkley offers time-tested advice on safety for both builder and user and meticulously outlines each step, from raising a ground-built platform into the tree to bolting and anchoring the structure. Dozens of sidebars, how-to illustrations and photos accompany detailed plans and the amount of information conveyed is amazing: tools and materials; tree basics; house designs, including ones hung between two trees and others with self-supporting platforms; maintenance and even costs.

Teaches How to Build a Working Computer Based on the Z80 Microprocessor. Parts & Hardware Sources are Listed

Imbue your career with purpose and meaning In Own Your Career: Break the Corporate Blueprint and Build Your Own Ladder, popular financial analyst and entrepreneur Michela Allocca delivers an exciting new discussion of how to break the corporate blueprint and forge your own path to a fulfilling and rewarding career. You'll learn to find happiness and purpose at work, whether you're interested in climbing the corporate ladder or embarking on a different path. The book offers a collection of tactical strategies you can apply immediately within your career to start getting more out of your day job and redefine what success means to you. You'll find: Effective tactics for positioning yourself in your resume, articulating your skills in interviews, and negotiating your compensation to ensure you are not only landing the job, but that it's as lucrative as possible. Practical strategies to navigate career changes and make intentional career decisions with confidence. Systems to maximize your earning potential and build a successful side hustle you can take to the next level A can't-miss guide for young professionals, the newly graduated, and aspiring entrepreneurs, Own Your Career offers realistic advice to excel at work and take your professional power back, both inside and outside of the office.

Luxury you can afford! A custom wine cellar with bistro seating; an elegant den with built-in library walls; an electric steam-room in the master bath; a billiards room with a fun, retro wet bar; a custom closet as big as a bedroomàhomeowners dream of the special features that set a home apart and make it extraordinary. Much of the time, though, dreams of luxury go unfulfilled because the pocketbook is out of sync with aspirations. But in Black & Decker« The Complete Guide to DIY Projects for Luxurious Living, readers discover the bridge over the gap between dreams and reality -- their own labor. This book is a collection of high-end home improvement projects to give homeowners the satisfaction and pride of having features normally found only in luxury, designer homes. At a fraction of the cost, any homeowner can create the kind of features that friends and neighbors will envy, along with the satisfaction of achieving this through their own skills. Complete directions for more than 30 ôgotta haveö projects More than 600 color photos showing each process step-by-step Features unusual, designer projects not found in other DIY books

Dive into a masterclass that reveals the shifts you should make over the course of you career to keep innovating, improving, and influencing others to the highest levels of success in today’s unprecedented business climate. Change is so rapid today that leaders must do more than stay the course to be successful. If they aren’t nimble and ready to adapt, they won’t survive. The key is to learn how to leadershift. John C. Maxwell helps leaders gain the ability and willingness to make leadership changes that will positively enhance their organizational and personal growth. He does this by sharing the eleven shifts he made over the course of his long, successful leadership career. In Leadershift, Maxwell shares some of the leadershifts including… Adaptive Shift from Plan A to Option A, the Production Shift from Ladder Climbing to Ladder Building, the Influence Shift from Positional Authority to Moral Authority and more! Leadershift gives specific guidance to readers about how to make these shifts in their own lives. Each one requires them to change the way they think, act, and ultimately lead so they can be successful in a world that never remains the same. To go forward, we need to move faster. And as leaders, we need to stay ahead, we need to see more than others, and we need to see before others.