Grind Don't Quit


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Life is hard, and the challenges it presents can be overwhelming at times. But as much as we might want to give up, we eventually come to moments when we need to make decisions and keep moving forward. Grind, Don’t Quit offers inspiration and an honest, relevant, and practical approach to developing the grit needed to journey through life’s toughest battles and reach a new place in life. A pastor and business leader respectively, Jamie Holtom and Jim Christian offer real-life stories and practical tips on how to work through these kinds of challenges to get the most out of life. You will be encouraged and empowered in ways that will strengthen you when times get tough. Hope. Resiliency. Faith. Hard work. Measurable goals. These are the things that will change your life and lift you to new heights physically, spiritually, and mentally. In our private lives and as leaders, we all need to strengthen our resolve in our most discouraging moments. Grind, Don’t Quit models for readers a meaningful process of sticking with a task and seeing it through to the desired end. Ideal for both individual and group study, this inspiring book will challenge readers and be a valuable addition to personal, church, and business libraries.




Grind Don't Quit


Book Description

Life is hard, and the challenges it presents can be overwhelming at times. But as much as we might want to give up, we eventually come to moments when we need to make decisions and keep moving forward. Grind, Don’t Quit offers inspiration and an honest, relevant, and practical approach to developing the grit needed to journey through life’s toughest battles and reach a new place in life. A pastor and business leader respectively, Jamie Holtom and Jim Christian offer real-life stories and practical tips on how to work through these kinds of challenges to get the most out of life. You will be encouraged and empowered in ways that will strengthen you when times get tough. Hope. Resiliency. Faith. Hard work. Measurable goals. These are the things that will change your life and lift you to new heights physically, spiritually, and mentally. In our private lives and as leaders, we all need to strengthen our resolve in our most discouraging moments. Grind, Don’t Quit models for readers a meaningful process of sticking with a task and seeing it through to the desired end. Ideal for both individual and group study, this inspiring book will challenge readers and be a valuable addition to personal, church, and business libraries.




Grit and Gumption


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Don't Quit Your Day Job


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Learn how to survive and thrive within organisations In Don’t Quit Your Day Job, former Google and Twitter executive Aliza Knox delivers hands-on, practical steps for achieving career success. Driven by Knox’s four decades working in and leading some of the world’s most celebrated firms, and featuring candid accounts of other people’s successes and missteps in global tech, consumer goods, healthcare, academia, social services and more, this book is an essential guide to integrating your professional and personal goals to build a fulfilling, complete life. The book also includes: Invaluable advice to power up your people skills and soft skills, and how to care for your career like you would any other relationship. Effective perspectives to help balance your working life and personal life and to build stamina for the long haul. A global outlook that reveals how to excel in today’s hybrid, often dispersed world of work. Whether you’re just starting your first job or you’re ready to rise to the C-suite, Don’t Quit Your Day Job will help you advance and flourish in the workplace.




Rise and Grind


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New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Broke and "Shark" on ABC's hit show Shark Tank explores how grit, persistence, and good old-fashioned hard work are the backbone of every successful business and individual, and inspires readers to Rise & Grind their way the top. Daymond John knows what it means to push yourself hard--and he also knows how spectacularly a killer work ethic can pay off. As a young man, he founded a modest line of clothing on a $40 budget by hand-sewing hats between his shifts at Red Lobster. Today, his brand FUBU has over $6 billion in sales. Convenient though it might be to believe that you can shortcut your way to the top, says John, the truth is that if you want to get and stay ahead, you need to put in the work. You need to out-think, out-hustle, and out-perform everyone around you. You've got to rise and grind every day. In the anticipated follow-up to the bestselling The Power of Broke, Daymond takes an up close look at the hard-charging routines and winning secrets of individuals who have risen to the challenges in their lives and grinded their way to the very tops of their fields. Along the way, he also reveals how grit and persistence both helped him overcome the obstacles he has faced in life and ultimately fueled his success.




Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster


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In this voice-driven young adult debut by Andrea Mosqueda, Maggie Gonzalez needs a date to her sister's quinceañera - and fast. Growing up in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley, Maggie Gonzalez has always been a little messy, but she’s okay with that. After all, she has a great family, a goofy group of friends, a rocky romantic history, and dreams of being a music photographer. Tasked with picking an escort for her little sister’s quinceañera, Maggie has to face the truth: that her feelings about her friends—and her future—aren’t as simple as she’d once believed. As Maggie’s search for the perfect escort continues, she’s forced to confront new (and old) feelings for three of her friends: Amanda, her best friend and first-ever crush; Matthew, her ex-boyfriend twice-over who refuses to stop flirting with her, and Dani, the new girl who has romantic baggage of her own. On top of this romantic disaster, she can’t stop thinking about the uncertainty of her own plans for the future and what that means for the people she loves. As the weeks wind down and the boundaries between friendship and love become hazy, Maggie finds herself more and more confused with each photo. When her tried-and-true medium causes more chaos than calm, Maggie needs to figure out how to avoid certain disaster—or be brave enough to dive right into it, in Just Your Local Bisexual Disaster.




The Dip


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A New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller In this iconic bestseller, popular business blogger and bestselling author Seth Godin proves that winners are really just the best quitters. Godin shows that winners quit fast, quit often, and quit without guilt—until they commit to beating the right Dip. Every new project (or job, or hobby, or company) starts out fun…then gets really hard, and not much fun at all. You might be in a Dip—a temporary setback that will get better if you keep pushing. But maybe it’s really a Cul-de-Sac—a total dead end. What really sets superstars apart is the ability to tell the two apart. Winners seek out the Dip. They realize that the bigger the barrier, the bigger the reward for getting past it. If you can beat the Dip to be the best, you’ll earn profits, glory, and long-term security. Whether you’re an intern or a CEO, this fun little book will help you figure out if you’re in a Dip that’s worthy of your time, effort, and talents. The old saying is wrong—winners do quit, and quitters do win.




The Marathon Don't Stop


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"The first in-depth biography of Nipsey Hussle, the hip hop mogul, artist, and activist whose transformative legacy inspired a generation with his motivational lyrics and visionary business savvy-before he was tragically shot down in the very neighborhood he was dedicated to building up"--




Back Home


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Devil at my Doorstep


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Born 60 miles southeast of San Antonio after World War II, Randall D. “Randy” Faulk is one of the many “Baby Boomers,” born to returning Servicemen. Having been in and out of Children's Shelters, Foster Homes, and Children's Homes, he knows firsthand what it means to be alone. The oldest of six children, Randy spent 35 years trying to find his two younger brothers and three younger sisters who were adopted out of his family. He describes his anger and frustration, as he encounters one barrier after another, but finally does what the Bureaucrats in the State of Texas said could not be done.