It is clear that leaders carry a unique burden. They are guardians, protectors, providers, judges, helpers, servants, counselors, and friends–and only a Giant can be all those at one time. Leaders live and die with the actual results they create, and those results are created with and through the people they lead.

Dave Durand spent 35 years founding, leading, and selling companies with more than a billion dollars in combined sales. Having led hundreds of thousands of people, he distills leadership influence in usable terms. Leading Giants illuminates the Four Superpowers of a Leader, how to rapidly expand your influence, and that in order to succeed, strangely, you have to “think like a criminal.”

In addition to building greatness in yourself, your team, and your organization, Leading Giants will help you:

• Become a Giant–someone who has unlocked their maximum potential in business and in life
• Inspire great results in those around you–creating profit and long-term wealth for your business
• Attract and retain incredible talent (other Giants)–keeping all the best players on your team
• WIN against your competitors

By learning to serve as a firm but compassionate leader in the face of challenges, you will do the right things, the right way, and reap the benefits. Because life and business are full of good people engaging in destructive behavior, influencing people away from vice and into virtue is the key to peace, prosperity, and profits.

Filled with personal stories from Durand’s decades of founding, leading, scaling, and selling businesses, plus actionable lessons readers can use to increase the impact of their leadership, Leading Giants offers a fresh and empowering perspective, helping readers set their sights on true success and providing them a practical guide for the journey.

If you want success, extraordinary results, and a winning culture, Leading Giants will show you how.

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Superagency offers a roadmap for using AI inclusively and adaptively to improve our lives and create positive change. While acknowledging challenges like disinformation and potential job changes, the book focuses on AI’s immense potential to increase individual agency and create better outcomes for society as a whole.

Imagine AI tutors personalizing education for each child, researchers rapidly discovering cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s and cancer, and AI advisors empowering people to navigate complex systems and achieve their goals.

Hoffman and co-author, tech and culture writer Greg Beato envision a world where these possibilities, and many more, become a reality. Superagency challenges conventional fears, inviting us to view the future through a lens of opportunity, rather than fear.

It’s a call to action–to embrace AI with excitement and actively shape a world where human ingenuity and the power of AI combine to create something extraordinary.

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The business triumphs of Bill Gates are widely known: the 20-year-old who dropped out of Harvard to start a software company that became an industry giant and changed the way the world works and lives; the billionaire many times over who turned his attention to philanthropic pursuits to address climate change, global health, and U.S. education.

Source Code is not about Microsoft or the Gates Foundation or the future of technology. It’s the human, personal story of how Bill Gates became who he is today. You’ll learn about his childhood, early passions and pursuits. It’s the story of his principled grandmother and ambitious parents; his first deep friendships and the sudden death of his best friend; his struggles to fit in and his discovery of a world of coding and computers in the dawn of a new era; embarking in his early teens on a path that took him from midnight escapades at a nearby computer center to his college dorm room, where he sparked a revolution that would change the world.

Bill Gates tells this, his own story, for the first time: wise, warm, revealing. It’s a fascinating portrait of an American life.

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Written in accessible language, Private Markets: Building Better Portfolios with Private Equity, Private Credit, and Private Real Estate addresses the challenges and opportunities with investing in the private markets, including understanding the merits of the asset classes–private equity, private credit, and private real estate–product evolution, and the structural tradeoffs, and how to incorporate these versatile and valuable tools in client portfolios.

This book leverages Tony Davidow’s 40 years of experience working directly with advisors and high-net-worth families/ ultra-high-net-worth families. Davidow is an award-winning author and has also been recognized for building Franklin Templeton’s alternative education program (2023 recipient of the “Wealthie”). Topics discussed in this book include:

● How private markets can be used to increase the likelihood of achieving client goals

● Examining the historical risk and return characteristics of the private markets relative to their public market equivalents

● Exploring the benefits of private markets including the potential for higher returns, an alternative source of income, diversification, and hedging against the impact of inflation.

Now that private markets are available to a broader group of investors outside of institutions and family offices, Private Markets: Building Better Portfolios with Private Equity, Private Credit, and Private Real Estate is an essential resource for all financial advisors and individual investors who are considering allocating capital to these once elusive investments.

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In Leading Relationships, Steve McClatchy, esteemed leadership mentor and entrepreneur, offers a clear path to improving workplace dynamics. This essential guide tackles the pervasive problems of workplace drama and ineffective relationship management, providing readers with practical tools to build trust, confidence, and respect among colleagues.

Delving into his flagship Five Levels of Maturity framework, McClatchy outlines how to progress from basic interactions to deep, meaningful connections in both personal and professional contexts. The book equips leaders with strategies to handle common challenges such as accountability, conflict resolution, and feedback delivery. It also covers specific issues like managing public criticisms, direct disrespect, and workplace gossip, ensuring leaders can maintain a positive environment even in tough situations.

You’ll:

• Learn to recognize and enhance the maturity of your workplace relationships to foster a collaborative environment
• Master conflict resolution techniques that preserve integrity and respect among team members
• Gain practical advice on providing feedback that motivates and supports, rather than alienates, colleagues

Whether you’re a manager, executive, HR professional, or consultant, Leading Relationships is your definitive guide to cutting through workplace conflict and enhancing leadership efficacy. Transform your personal and professional relationships and create a more dynamic and supportive work environment by ordering your copy today.

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Millions of books sold worldwide!

A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About

What if the key to happiness, success and love was as simple as two words? If you’ve ever felt stuck, overwhelmed or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn’t you. The problem is the power you give to other people. Two simple words–let them–will set you free. Free from the opinions, drama and judgments of others. Free from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage everything and everyone around you.

The Let Them Theory puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands–and this book will show you exactly how to do it.

In her latest groundbreaking book, The Let Them Theory, Mel Robbins–New York Times bestselling author and one of the world’s most respected experts on motivation, confidence and mindset–teaches you how to stop wasting energy on what you can’t control and start focusing on what truly matters: YOU. Your happiness. Your goals. Your life.

Using the same no-nonsense, science-backed approach that’s made The Mel Robbins Podcast a global sensation, Robbins explains why The Let Them Theory is already loved by millions and how you can apply it in eight key areas of your life to make the biggest impact.

Within a few pages, you’ll realize how much energy and time you’ve been wasting trying to control the wrong things–at work, in relationships and in pursuing your goals–and how this is keeping you from the happiness and success you deserve.

Written as an easy-to-understand guide, Robbins shares relatable stories from her own life, highlights key takeaways, relevant research and introduces you to world-renowned experts in psychology, neuroscience, relationships, happiness and ancient wisdom who champion The Let Them Theory every step of the way.

Learn how to:

• Stop wasting energy on things you can’t control
• Stop comparing yourself to other people
• Break free from fear and self-doubt
• Release the grip of people’s expectations
• Build the best friendships of your life
• Create the love you deserve
• Pursue what truly matters to you with confidence
• Build resilience against everyday stressors and distractions
• Define your own path to success, joy and fulfillment

…and so much more. The Let Them Theory will forever change the way you think about relationships, control and personal power. Whether you want to advance your career, motivate others to change, take creative risks, find deeper connections, build better habits, start a new chapter or simply create more happiness in your life and relationships, this book gives you the mindset and tools to unlock your full potential.

Order your copy of The Let Them Theory now, and discover how much power you truly have. It all begins with two simple words.

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Each year, an estimated 1 billion people switch jobs worldwide. A lucky few stumble into the role of their dreams, but hundreds of millions are disappointed. What if, when looking for a job, we could make more informed choices to better select the opportunity we seize? What if the power to move along our career paths lies with each of us, as opposed to hiring managers or the market?

According to the Jobs to Be Done theory of product design–customers don’t simply buy products; they recruit them to do specific jobs that solve a problem. Job Moves adopts this model to view jobs as positions we “hire” to help us make progress in our lives and careers.

Based on research conducted with more than a thousand professionals at all stages of their careers, Ethan Bernstein, Michael B. Horn and Bob Moesta find that this notion bears out no matter your age, stage or trajectory.

Key to this new, universal approach is understanding our priorities at the specific moment when we make each move. This team has created a process to help individuals identify the current circumstances driving them to look for new opportunities, the experiences they hope to gain in a new job, what tradeoffs they’ll gladly make in return, and how to learn-before-switching if a new job will deliver. The result encourages job seekers to look beyond a title or company for a more holistic view and ask not what you can do in a job, but what a potential job can do for you.

Full of useful activities and tools, Job Moves offers the timeless framework of our generation to help anyone create a career that will be happier and more fulfilling.

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Emotional Intelligence Habits is a groundbreaking new book from Dr. Travis Bradberry, author of the bestselling Emotional Intelligence 2.0 that has sold millions of copies worldwide.

In Emotional Intelligence Habits, Bradberry, the world’s foremost expert on EQ, offers an abundance of practical strategies that will teach you how to form good habits, break bad ones and master the micro behaviors that will take your EQ to new heights.

The book includes a passcode to the updated online edition of the Emotional Intelligence Appraisal(R), which will show you where your EQ stands today and which new habits from the book will help increase your EQ.

By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little introduction–it’s no secret that EQ is critical to your success–personally and professionally. But knowing what EQ is and how to use it to improve your life are two very different things. Emotional Intelligence Habits offers a proven framework for increasing your EQ via tiny habits that can yield big results. Step-by-step, you’ll learn the key habits that will increase your core EQ skills:

• Self-Awareness
• Self-Management
• Social Awareness
• Relationship Management

Bradberry is known for his ability to turn complicated topics into simple behaviors that you can easily apply to your life and work. He draws on decades of experience and the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to create an easy-to-follow guide for increasing your EQ. He will teach you how to:

• overcome a lack of motivation and willpower to form powerful new habits
• increase your confidence, likability, happiness, self-control and mental strength
• form strong relationships by mastering conflict, communication and neutralizing toxic people
• beat stress, increase your productivity and become a great leader

Emotional Intelligence Habits will radically alter how you see yourself and the world around you. Better yet, it will give you the tools you need to rewrite your daily habits and transform yourself as you work to achieve your
goals.

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If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these 10 articles by experts in the field. We’ve combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience–and to achieve high performance.

This book will inspire you to:

• Thrive on pressure like an Olympic athlete
• Manage and overcome negative emotions by acknowledging them
• Plan short-term goals to achieve long-term aspirations
• Surround yourself with the people who will push you the hardest
• Use challenges to become a better leader
• Use creativity to move past trauma
• Understand the tools your mind uses to recover from setbacks

This collection of articles includes “How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better,” by Graham Jones; “Crucibles of Leadership,” by Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas; “Building Resilience,” by Martin E.P. Seligman; “Cognitive Fitness,” by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts; “The Making of a Corporate Athlete,” by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; “Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It,” by Alla Crum and Thomas Crum; “How to Bounce Back from Adversity,” by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; “Rebounding from Career Setbacks,” by Mitchell Lee Marks, Philip Mirvis and Ron Ashkenas; “Realizing What You’re Made Of,” by Glenn E. Mangurian; “Extreme Negotiations,” by Jeff Weiss, Aram Donigian and Jonathan Hughes; and “Post-Traumatic Growth and Building Resilience,” by Martin Seligman and Sarah Green Carmichael.

HBR’s 10 Must Reads paperback series is the definitive collection of books for new and experienced leaders alike. Leaders looking for the inspiration that big ideas provide, both to accelerate their own growth and that of their companies, should look no further.

HBR’s 10 Must Reads series focuses on the core topics that every ambitious manager needs to know: leadership, strategy, change, managing people and managing yourself.

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Most people look for wealth in all the wrong places. From drop-shipping and startups to grinding for promotions, you might believe you have to trade your life to be one of the few who win. But the truly rich know these paths are paved with delusion and false promises.

In Main Street Millionaire, Codie Sanchez teaches you the path the wealthy really walk. Instead of risking it all with little chance of success, she shows you how to acquire cash-flowing businesses that are winning right now.

Sanchez, one of the world’s leading small business experts, reveals the dealmaking framework she’s taught to tens of thousands and that she’s used to build her own 9-figure holding company. Her secret? She acquires overlooked “Main Street” businesses. We’re talking about the unsexy but reliably profitable industries–like plumbing, construction, cleaning, electrical–that white collar workers have overlooked.

In this book, you’ll see practical strategies and step-by-step processes to acquire cash flow and freedom. You’ll meet humans just like you who have changed their life through ownership. You will learn:

• Why today’s market is ripe for generational wealth creation
• How to identify and close amazing business deals, without being wealthy
• How to 10x your growth after acquiring a small business
• The 7 businesses you should never buy and why
• How to own multiple businesses at once (without losing your mind)

Main Street Millionaire will reshape the way you think about your wealth and ownership forever. However, it’s not for slackers. It’s for those who want meaning and fulfillment while building their community.

Sanchez’s no-BS, out-of-the-box wisdom is the antidote to a complacent life of making other people rich. In summary: Your money, and meaning, is on Main Street.

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