This books is to help people live a fit, focused, and free lifestyle. Brian has overcome incredible struggles and dealt with overwhelming adversity, but he was able to succeed through it all. The stories in lessons in this book will help you find your passion, master your purpose, and push you to new levels in your life.

A modern world that is bursting with data can often make us feel even more lost as we struggle to find meaning and look for the answers to life's mysteries. Joseph Deitch shares his lifelong pursuit of wisdom and growth in an accessible, practical, down-to-earth gift to his readers. Elevate is a celebration of life and the potential that exists for all of us. It provides both answers and insights as it links awareness and action, East and West, ancient and modern, spiritual and scientific. It offers a formula for turning frustration into fascination and provides a universal framework for what works and why, what to do . . . and why we don't.

Build a world-class team culture with proven principles from renowned “Follow My Lead” podcaster and business leader John Eades Organizational culture has undergone a seismic shift in the 21st century—and with it, the requirements of leadership. In Building the Best, LearnLoft CEO John Eades takes you on a journey of transformation that will equip you with the tools you need to become the kind of cutting-edge leader today’s workplace so urgently needs. “Leadership is about empowering, inspiring, and serving in order to elevate others over an extended period of time. You are the perfect person to live this out every day.” Eades’s powerful words form the backbone of this groundbreaking guide to cultivating leadership at its highest level. Beginning with the benefits of great leadership—and the drawbacks of bad leadership—Eades offers real-life examples of leaders who elevate others, and how their practices have paid huge dividends. At its core is a carefully balanced blend of “love and discipline”—a guiding principle that helps create high levels of performance by leaning on standards while at the same time caring about the long-term success and well-being of each team member. Through these proven practices, you’ll learn to: • Identify your current leadership style • Rely on the “purpose trifecta” to guide your team • Be a leader who properly leverages the “Acts of Accountability” model • Create a “Maximizing Mantra” to produce energy and results • Develop the skills of others by understanding the “4 Stages of Role Development” Leadership is a journey, not a destination. Building the Best offers a powerful blueprint for embarking on that journey—the first step in taking your team or organization toward true greatness. .

According to a study published in Chief Executive Magazine, the most valued skill in leaders today is strategic thinking. However, more than half of all companies say that strategic thinking is the skill their senior leaders most need to improve. Elevate provides leaders with a framework and toolkit for developing advanced strategic thinking capabilities. Unlike the majority of books that focus on strategy from a corporate perspective, Elevate gives the individual executive practical tools and techniques to help them become a truly strategic leader. The new framework that will enable leaders to finally integrate both strategy and innovation into a strategic approach that drives their profitable growth is the Three Disciplines of Advanced Strategic Thinking: 1. Coalesce: Fusing together insights to create an innovative business model. 2. Compete: Creating a system of strategy to achieve competitive advantage. 3. Champion: Leading others to think and act strategically to execute strategy. Every leader desperately wants to be strategic--their career depends on it. Elevate provides the roadmap to reach the strategic leadership summit.

Learn how to make data-driven research accessible to decision makers, policymakers, and the general public Many researchers, scholars, and analysts fail to develop communication strategies that work in today’s crowded landscape of content, research, and data. To be successful, modern researchersneed to share their insights with the wider audience that lies beyond academia. Elevate the Debate helps researchers of all types more effectively communicate their work in any number of areas, from traditional news outlets to the new media platforms of the digital age. After reading this book, you will be inspired and equipped to use traditional and digital media environments to your advantage. This real-world guide helps you present your data-driven research with greater clarity, coherence, and impact. An array of practical strategies and proven techniques enables you to make your research accessible to diverse audiences, form engaging narratives, and design and implement meaningful outreach plans. Each chapter examines a specific communications strategy, such as data visualization, presentation skills, social media, blog writing, and reporter interactions. Written by expert members of the Urban Institute’s Communication department, and edited by Jonathan Schwabish, a Senior Fellow at Urban, Elevate the Debate guides you on how to use the media environment to your advantage and make a difference through policy insights and policy solutions. This valuable book teaches you how to: Develop and apply data-driven and story-focused communication Use the “Pyramid Philosophy” of rooting accessible, engaging communications products in sophisticated research. Solve problems with your research by defining goals and recommending conclusions-based actions Identify the researchers, organizations, funders, influencers, and policymakers who are most important to your goals and precisely target their information needs Employ communication styles and strategies to get your work in the hands of people who can use it and act upon it. Elevate the Debate: A Multi-layered Approach to Communicating Your Research is a must-have resource for academic researches, policy researchers, and all analysts of data-driven research.

Do you feel like you've hit career quicksand and you don't really know why?You've done all the right 'things' (work hard, take on tough tasks, learned new skills, tried to do your very best), but nothing is really moving the needle?As a proven expert in career growth, it's author Erin Urban's mission to close the gap between where you are today and where you want to be. You want better opportunities.You want more impact, influence, and income!That's what Elevate Your Career: More Impact + More Income is all about.Urban experienced a major career pivot that literally changed her life for the better. In this new book, she shares her journey, what she learned and the secrets she shares with her clients to unlock their career potential. It's time to free your mind from hateful career myths that keep hundreds of thousands of professionals stuck.This book is about going from frustrated to fulfilled. It's about creating a career action plan to open the door to more opportunities. It's about discovering your specific, small, and significant shift to get real career results.It's time to Elevate Your Career!

This book was written for the programmed and manipulated. My intention is for you to think for yourself, for you to get a real takeaway, empowerment, and for you to know that you are in control of your life. I have written this book because I want to awaken you. To be awakened is to find that inner fire and passion in yourself to become exactly who you want to be and whom you were meant to be. That is to be the greatest takeaway.For much of our lives we have been manipulated by society, lied to and constantly being told how we should live, instead of being told that we can live our lives the way we want to! When I think about how we become stuck in a life not designed by our own choosing, it saddens me. We are alive, but they are not living, an empty shell, walking this earth with no purpose and no passion.When we talk about being programmed... I was programmed for the better part of my life. When I was younger, I was told, "Mario, get out there, be a good person, get a job, go to college, get married, have a wife and two kids, and a white picket fence..." And so on--you name it.Like many others, I was manipulated, told what to wear, how to wear it, and how to speak. That is what society does to you. It dictates to your life by flawed design. But you have your own life, your own mind, and your own individuality. What got me to the point of knowing what I wanted out of my life? What got me out of bed every day? What was my passion? That is something I wish to share with you. Through my story, I want to elevate you to reach your full potential, and to know that there is much more to life than staying in your comfort zone. Being comfortable is a horrible place to be because you become complacent and to live your life to the fullest, you need to get uncomfortable. When you find yourself feeling awkward, taking risks, and doing things that excite you without a barrier, then you move forward. That's when the magic begins!