Road Map to Tomorrow: It’s Easier to Get There If You Know Where You’re Going


Book Description

"Change how a person thinks, and you will change how they feel. Change how they feel, and you will change how they perform. Change how they perform and you will change the results. Change the results and you will change their lives." This quote from R. W. Ross perfectly exemplifies my vision and dreams for Road Map to Tomorrow. Road Map to Tomorrow was inspired by the responsibility of my generation to transfer the knowledge of the past while laying the foundation for the technology of the future. The generational shift together with our exploding technology and gentrification of our world and everything in it. You will either be prepared or you won’t. You will either adapt or you will professionally die. This book creatively provides a technology road map that takes you into the future with contributions from over 100 scientific experts providing you with insights into the future. Their studies and opinions touch on everything from computers to robots, medical science to nanotechnology, transportation to education, employment to politics, and entrepreneurial opportunities to love. Our new world is exciting! It presents an abundance of opportunities the likes of which we have never seen. Change can cause both devastation and opportunity and those that prepare, learn to react, and position themselves professionally (I feel like there is a better adverb to use) will be light years ahead on their journey to success. This book is your personal Road Map to Tomorrow. Revised About the Title: "Change how a person thinks, and you will change how they feel. Change how they feel, and you will change how they perform. Change how they perform and you will change the results. Change the results and you will change their lives." This quote from R. W. Ross perfectly exemplifies my vision and dreams for Road Map to Tomorrow. Road Map to Tomorrow was inspired by the responsibility of my generation to transfer the knowledge of the past while laying the foundation for the technology of the future. The generational shift together with our exploding technology and gentrification of our world and everything in it. You will either be prepared or you won’t. You will either adapt or you will professionally die. This book creatively provides a technology road map that takes you into the future with contributions from over 100 scientific experts providing you with insights into the future. Their studies and opinions touch on everything from computers to robots, medical science to nanotechnology, transportation to education, employment to politics, and entrepreneurial opportunities to love. Our new world is exciting! It presents an abundance of opportunities the likes of which we have never seen. Change can cause both devastation and opportunity and those that prepare, learn to react, and position themselves professionally will be light years ahead on their journey to success. This book is your personal Road Map to Tomorrow.




Straight from the Heart: Our World in Poetry


Book Description

John Morgan Mullen attended Michigan State University, where he married his college sweetheart and earned a BA in communication arts. He was a quarterback for Michigan State University on two National Championship teams in 1965 and 1966. John has two children, Todd and Stephanie, and is a grandfather to Jake, Brennan, and Hailey. John’s new book, “Straight from the Heart,” started in lieu of greeting cards and expanded as a way to express his inner feelings. His collection talks about the ventures he and his wife Jill took and the inspirational life lessons he’s learned along the way. The words in “Straight from the Heart” will always remain dear to John’s heart as his wife lost a battle with cancer and will now have to read his touching tribute from heaven.




Random Wisdom


Book Description

Random Wisdom is a collection of thoughts and insights from some of the greatest minds of modern and ancient times, painstakingly collected and compiled by one man in his unquenchable thirst for knowledge. This collection of literary tidbits will educate, inspire, and entertain the reader with its wide range of subjects, wit, and timeless anecdotes. As the title suggests, the information presented is randomly organized and is meant to serve as an inspirational reference book. The thousands of entries are designed to inspire deeper thinking and inward reflection, with many offering a healthy dose of wit and humor as well.




Droppers


Book Description

Year 998 P.E. (Post Earth) Searchers have spent centuries looking in vain for signs of recovery on the Earth below, and for hospitable planets out amongst the stars. Day in, day out, analysing the endless streams of images that Oversight brings them, looking for the tell-tale green of life. Until one day, eighteen-year-old Miya sees something else. Something that shouldn’t exist on the dead planet below. Something she isn't supposed to see. Running for her life, Miya flees the Ark to the inhospitable planet below. But inhospitable doesn’t necessarily mean dead. There's life. She had seen the signs. Unless the picture was a fake, then she’ll be dead soon enough.




Leading Ladies


Book Description

Leading Ladies is a powerful book of shared testimonies and faith to inspire and motivate women from all walks of life to succeed; for together we are wives, mothers, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and friends. Treva Gordon, founder of Leading Ladies since 2011, is reaching out to all women everywhere giving them a platform to connect. Leading Ladies seeks to promote women in a positive and professional way through its host of conferences, workshops, and books.




Finally Focused


Book Description

Join Albert and his family on a journey of discovery as they are introduced to three simple principles that will forever change how they view business and life. Using a simple chain with six links, Albert's friend Bill helps them discover how to immediately increase their effectiveness, not just at work, but in their everyday lives. The story of the Effective Focus Chain gives readers the opportunity to increase their own effectiveness as they discover these same truths.




Product Leadership


Book Description

In today’s lightning-fast technology world, good product management is critical to maintaining a competitive advantage. Yet, managing human beings and navigating complex product roadmaps is no easy task, and it’s rare to find a product leader who can steward a digital product from concept to launch without a couple of major hiccups. Why do some product leaders succeed while others don’t? This insightful book presents interviews with nearly 100 leading product managers from all over the world. Authors Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw draw on decades of experience in product design and development to capture the approaches, styles, insights, and techniques of successful product managers. If you want to understand what drives good product leaders, this book is an irreplaceable resource. In three parts, Product Leadership helps you explore: Themes and patterns of successful teams and their leaders, and ways to attain those characteristics Best approaches for guiding your product team through the startup, emerging, and enterprise stages of a company’s evolution Strategies and tactics for working with customers, agencies, partners, and external stakeholders




Powering the Lean Enterprise


Book Description

The goal of Lean is to identify and eliminate nonessential and non-value-adding steps in business processes to streamline operations, improve quality, and gain customer loyalty. Implementation of Lean technologies for many prestigious Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller companies has netted larger profit margins, higher-quality products and services, improved employee engagement, increased customer satisfaction, and lower operating costs. The return on investment regarding Lean initiatives has been stellar. This book introduces basic Lean rules and principles in a variety of simulated case studies drawn from the author’s professional experiences as a Lean coach, trainer, and manager. In each instance, the author presents a different scenario for implementing Lean technologies. In this book, you will learn about: – Lean thinking – Lean mindset – The 4 Lean rules and 5 Lean principles – The Lean transformation roadmap – Lean leadership – Five common Lean pitfalls and how to avoid them – Kaizen workshops – Daily improvements and Kata




The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet


Book Description

The #1 New York Times-bestselling diet adapted for people with diabetes: “A helpful and informative resource.”—Publishers Weekly Losing weight is the single most effective step you can take to manage your diabetes if you have it—and to reduce your chances of ever getting it if you are at risk. This is not a fad diet. Instead, The Mayo Clinic Diabetes Diet is about finding enjoyable new habits to make your life better. These lifestyle choices help you control your diabetes much more easily today, and prevent dangerous, possibly life-threatening complications later. Losing weight takes planning and a commitment, but the rewards are great. This book eliminates the guesswork for you. The Mayo Clinic’s step-by-step plan can actually reverse the process that causes diabetes, and the effects can be dramatic. Within a couple of days of losing weight, blood sugar values improve, sometimes dramatically. You’ll get: · A scientifically proven method to keep blood sugar under control · A straightforward approach to weight-loss that empowers you to make simple lifestyle changes that you can maintain for the rest of your life · A step-by-step guide to the most effective way to manage diabetes, including new recipes and four weeks of meal plans to help you achieve immediate results Over the years, doctors and researchers at Mayo Clinic have helped tens of thousands of patients with diabetes improve their lives. Now you can put their knowledge to work for you.




Your Road Map For Success


Book Description

Defining success is a difficult task. Most people equate it with wealth, power, and happiness. However, true success is not a thing you acquire or achieve. Rather, it is a journey you take your whole life long. In a refreshingly straightforward style, John Maxwell shares unique insights into what it means to be successful. And he reveals a definition that puts genuine success within your reach yet motivates you to keep striving for your dreams. I want to help you discover your personal road map for success, teach you what it means to be on the success journey, answer many of your questions, and equip you with what you'll need to change yourself and keep growing. - John C. Maxwell