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Mark Beal Author Of Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything is Possible!

From my list on inspiring you to pursue your dreams and goals.

Why am I passionate about this?

After 30 years in marketing, I am a professor at Rutgers University, where I teach public relations and marketing courses. In each course, I consistently share an inspirational message with my students, which is the title of my new book – Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything Is Possible! I have taught approximately 4,000 students and have witnessed their journey from the classroom to career. Each of their unique career journeys is inspirational. My former students regularly return to my classroom and inspire my current students to pursue their dreams and goals. My purpose and passion today is to inspire my students and other job seekers to pursue and achieve their professional dreams and goals. 

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Mark Beal Why Mark loves this book

Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey takes us on a personal journey of his life, including failures, lessons learned, and moments of inspiration.

The book is based on diaries that McConaughey kept for more than 30 years. For one of the world’s leading men, his vulnerability in sharing his life story and journey is inspiring and motivating for any reader no matter their dreams and goals. 

By Matthew McConaughey ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked Greenlights as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

From the Academy Award (R)-winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.

I've been in this life for fifty years, been trying to work out its riddle for forty-two, and been keeping diaries of clues to that riddle for the last thirty-five. Notes about successes and failures, joys and sorrows, things that made me marvel, and things that made me laugh out loud. How to be fair. How to have less stress. How to have fun. How to hurt people less. How to get hurt less.…


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These Blue Mountains by Sarah Loudin Thomas,

A moving story of love, betrayal, and the enduring power of hope in the face of darkness.

German pianist Hedda Schlagel's world collapsed when her fiancé, Fritz, vanished after being sent to an enemy alien camp in the United States during the Great War. Fifteen years later, in 1932, Hedda…

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Mark Beal Author Of Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything is Possible!

From my list on inspiring you to pursue your dreams and goals.

Why am I passionate about this?

After 30 years in marketing, I am a professor at Rutgers University, where I teach public relations and marketing courses. In each course, I consistently share an inspirational message with my students, which is the title of my new book – Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything Is Possible! I have taught approximately 4,000 students and have witnessed their journey from the classroom to career. Each of their unique career journeys is inspirational. My former students regularly return to my classroom and inspire my current students to pursue their dreams and goals. My purpose and passion today is to inspire my students and other job seekers to pursue and achieve their professional dreams and goals. 

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Mark Beal Why Mark loves this book

From a young age, we are regularly asked what we want to be when we grow up. We all have contemplated our dream job, and most likely, our dream job has changed with time.

Michael Rasile’s dream was to work in the sports business industry, and he took one of the most innovative approaches to getting there. He launched a podcast called For the Love of Sports. Each week, he scheduled and interviewed leaders in sports business on his podcast. He grew his professional network in a meaningful way.

In the book, Rasile shares powerful and inspirational insights from his podcast interviews and bridges those in a way that they can apply to all of us on each of our unique career journeys.   

By Michael Rasile ,

Why should I read it?

2 authors picked Winning in Sports Business as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Did you know that the movie Jerry Maguire ruined the sports agency business?

In Winning in Sports Business, Michael Rasile shares what the nuances of the sports business landscape are like, and what people need to do to get into it. He shares stories from the movers and shakers in the sports business and details many different areas of the sports business world that are still untapped.

This book will help answer these questions:

What are the types of jobs/career paths in sports?

Ever wonder where sports media is going?

Where does all the money go in sports?

Why is…


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Mark Beal Author Of Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything is Possible!

From my list on inspiring you to pursue your dreams and goals.

Why am I passionate about this?

After 30 years in marketing, I am a professor at Rutgers University, where I teach public relations and marketing courses. In each course, I consistently share an inspirational message with my students, which is the title of my new book – Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything Is Possible! I have taught approximately 4,000 students and have witnessed their journey from the classroom to career. Each of their unique career journeys is inspirational. My former students regularly return to my classroom and inspire my current students to pursue their dreams and goals. My purpose and passion today is to inspire my students and other job seekers to pursue and achieve their professional dreams and goals. 

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Mark Beal Why Mark loves this book

Colonel Greg Gadson (RET.) is a decorated U.S. Army war veteran.

I had the privilege of spending one year with Greg in 1984-1985 at the United States Military Academy Preparatory School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. He lost both his legs as a result of an IED attack in Iraq in 2007. Later that year, he was the spiritual guide for the New York Giants, inspiring them to a Super Bowl victory, receiving the first of two Super Bowl rings, serving as the New York Giants motivational and inspirational leader.

He has also starred on the big and small screen, including Battleship and NCIS: Los Angeles, and is an in-demand motivational speaker. Greg’s story is inspiring to all.

By Terese Schlachter , Gregory Gadson ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Finding Waypoints as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

In military jargon, the word “ waypoints” refers to guideposts on a map used to direct soldiers in or out of a location like a rendezvous point. For Colonel Greg Gadson— a battalion commander and former West Point football player— who lost both legs as a result of an IED attack in Iraq in 2007, these waypoints were to change drastically, and inform his future life through his long, painful recovery and emergence as a spiritual guide and assistant coach to the NY Giants during their own trials of fire in the 2007 season that took them from last place…


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The Everlasting Life of Charlie Wall by Paul Wilborn,

It’s 1985, and Ronald Armstrong, known in the magic mushroom trade as “Trip,” takes a “sober” job as a driver for a retired Tampa mobster. His boss, Charlie Wall, has survived four attempts on his life, the last one in 1955. When Charlie falls into depression, Trip rebuilds his boss’…

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Mark Beal Author Of Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything is Possible!

From my list on inspiring you to pursue your dreams and goals.

Why am I passionate about this?

After 30 years in marketing, I am a professor at Rutgers University, where I teach public relations and marketing courses. In each course, I consistently share an inspirational message with my students, which is the title of my new book – Pursue Your Passions! Dream Big! Anything Is Possible! I have taught approximately 4,000 students and have witnessed their journey from the classroom to career. Each of their unique career journeys is inspirational. My former students regularly return to my classroom and inspire my current students to pursue their dreams and goals. My purpose and passion today is to inspire my students and other job seekers to pursue and achieve their professional dreams and goals. 

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Mark Beal Why Mark loves this book

Kenny Albert is one of the most recognizable voices in sports.

He has called more than 3,000 broadcasts, including the National Football League, National Hockey League, Major League Baseball, and the Olympic Games. The son of a sports broadcasting legend, Marv Albert, Kenny takes along his life’s journey.

His passion for sportscasting comes through loud and clear and serves as inspiration for each of us, no matter the passions that we are pursuing.

By Kenny Albert ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked A Mic for All Seasons as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

When Kenny Albert was growing up, family gatherings sounded a lot like a dispatch from the first all-sports radio station. There was his father, Marv, whose voice shaped the sound of modern basketball, and there too were his uncles Al and Steve—a trio of professional play-by-play men with a listenership that spanned the country.

It was only a matter of time before Kenny, armed with a toy tape recorder, yearned to follow in their footsteps.

Some 3,000 broadcasts later, Kenny Albert has amassed countless stories from the world of sports and media. A Mic for All Seasons is his chronicle…


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Alan Stein Jr. Author Of Raise Your Game: High-Performance Secrets from the Best of the Best

From my list on maximizing potential and improving performance.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m a professional keynote speaker and author that has studied the pillars of high performance for most of my life. This journey started through basketball, as I was able to work with, work alongside, and observe many of the game’s top players and coaches and witness firsthand the disciplines, rituals, and routines they modeled in pursuit of optimal performance on and off the court. That transitioned into the business world where I not only watched these foundational principles be applied by executives and entrepreneurs… but I applied them to my own life and business as well. 

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Alan Stein Jr. Why Alan loves this book

This book reshaped my view of leadership and what it takes to build an unbeatable team. Coach K is a proven master at maximizing both individual performance and team performance by focusing on fundamentals such as character and respect… and why success, achievement, and winning are a by-product of doing the little things right every single day. 

By Mike Krzyzewski , Donald T. Phillips ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Leading with the Heart as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Duke University's basketball coach shares his insights into the secrets of success in business and in life.


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Grant Muller Author Of Top of Heart: How a new approach to business saved my life, and could save yours too

From my list on business that won’t bore you to death.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’ve been in love with business books since I was a child and I’m also a big fan of great story telling. I didn’t realize until recently that you can have both in one book! Discovering this genre of business books that inspire and delight while passing along new and useful insights was a wonderful surprise for me that I like to share with others. These gripping stories have opened up a whole new world for me and allowed me to learn and apply their lessons much more quickly. It’s simply more fun and easier to remember new wisdom when it’s carried forward in gripping stories.   

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Grant Muller Why Grant loves this book

Robert Reffkin is a Fortune 500 CEO and he’s filled this book with strategies for creating a magnificent career or business.

He tells about his life story and the moments that have shaped him with an accessible tone that draws you in from the start. You want to see the guy succeed and you become his cheerleader on the journey. In that process, you come to learn exactly why no one succeeds alone! You will close the book at the end with useful tools you can use right away to improve your network and grow your sales.

By Robert Reffkin ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked No One Succeeds Alone as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

The inspirational story of Compass CEO Robert Reffkin, whose mother, mentors, and search for belonging taught him valuable lessons that anyone with a dream can put into action today to improve their own quality of life

No one expected a dreadlocked fifteen-year-old who cared more about his DJ business than his homework to grow up to become one of the youngest-ever White House fellows, create multiple nonprofits, and found a multibillion-dollar company. But Robert Reffkin - raised by an Israeli immigrant single mother, disowned by his maternal grandparents for being Black, and abandoned by his father - has always…


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Glimmer of the Other by Heather G. Harris,

Delve into this internationally best-selling series, now complete! A fast paced laugh-out-loud mix of Urban Fantasy and Mystery.

I can tell when you’re lying. Every. Single. Time. I’m Jinx, a PI hired to find a missing university student, I hope to find her propped up at a bar–yet my gut…

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Ed Evarts Author Of The Bravery Trick: Four Easy Ways to Say Hard Things

From my list on building your unique leadership style.

Why am I passionate about this?

I have been interested in leadership style since my teenage years. My father was a leader in a retailing organization, and I was entranced by behaviors that seemed to connect with others and those that did not. As I grew older, I started to think about leadership style behaviors and models that might capture the most effective ones. While I recognize that leadership needs vary based on industry, scope, and tenure, I do believe that we all should know the leadership styles that are important to us to the extent that we can describe them if we are asked to do so.

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Ed Evarts Why Ed loves this book

We often times spend all of our energy on the ways we should behave as a leader and do not put any energy into recognizing behaviors that are not helping us. Also, as your career unfolds, what might have worked for you previously may no longer be effective, yet we continue doing this behavior as it worked in the past.

I needed insight into my overall leadership behaviors and greater insight into behaviors I needed to evolve or move away from. Behaviors like “Failure to give proper recognition,” “Passing judgment,” and “an excessive need to be me” are all behaviors from which I needed to grow away and evolve. This is stuff we don’t hear enough of—often, we focus too much on where we need to go and not what we are doing now.

By Marshall Goldsmith , Mark Reiter ,

Why should I read it?

7 authors picked What Got You Here Won't Get You There as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Your hard work is paying off. You are doing well in your field. But there is something standing between you and the next level of achievement. That something may just be one of your own annoying habits.Perhaps one small flaw - a behaviour you barely even recognise - is the only thing that's keeping you from where you want to be. It may be that the very characteristic that you believe got you where you are - like the drive to win at all costs - is what's holding you back. As this book explains, people often do well in…


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Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell Author Of Live Life on Fire: The Guide to the Ultimate Successful Life Full of Peace, Joy, and Fulfillment

From my list on answering the question "What am I living for?".

Why am I passionate about this?

I have had the pleasure of exploring many career paths and businesses as an attorney, CPA, minister, life coach, media company CEO, publisher, international motivational speaker, and author. Yet it was not until illness from stage 4 endometriosis almost took me out that I realized that life happiness and success were not synonymous. I took the time to 1) figure out the difference and 2) create a pathway to joy. Joy is the step beyond happiness, and it ensures life satisfaction and longevity. And this is the answer to my question – and the topic – what am I living for? I am living for joy, peace, and fulfillment.

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Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell Why Lynita loves this book

This book had me hooked in the introduction when the author discussed her personal experience realizing that the pursuit of happiness hamster wheel (my words) never ends unless we end it. 

I took it everywhere, and everywhere people saw me reading it, they stopped so we could talk about it – even in Wendy’s over hamburgers during lunch one day! My dog-eared copy was happily gifted to my college-freshman niece, who saw it in my car, and I am delighted that she is implementing some of the advice in the book to get off the hamster wheel and enjoy her life. 

While success is important, living a satisfying life trumps all, and this book does a great job illustrating how to do that. 

By Emma Seppala ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked The Happiness Track as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

'This book is brilliant - read it and be prepared to reset your mood to happy. Your life won't be the same again' Daily Express Everyone wants to be happy and successful and yet the pursuit of both has never been more elusive. We are urged to craft careers that matter, to achieve more and waste no time on the small stuff, to be actively engaged in our communities and, while we are at it, to relish every second. Rather than thriving, all this pressure leads to declining wellbeing, relationships and, paradoxically, productivity. In The Happiness Track Emma Seppala explains…


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Dionne Mejer Author Of The Stepped Approach: Onboard Better, Systemize Smarter, and Bring Out the Best in Your Sales Team

From my list on learning how to sell with soul.

Why am I passionate about this?

I’m passionate about Sales with Soul because being sold to is awful. I’m passionate about leaders, by title, actually leading and it bugs me when the balance between getting work done and caring for the human is out of balance. There’s an elegant way to do both, and as someone who struggles with that concept, I have embraced my struggle and put frameworks and systems around the concept and teach it. We host clients, colleagues, and peers on our Rev Shots show to bring our content and discussions to life and share with our audience. I hope you enjoy the books and content as much as I have!

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Dionne Mejer Why Dionne loves this book

I love this book because it started my journey of Sales with Soul. It taught me that sales isn’t a numbers game, it’s a people game.

This book gave me the courage to take my business to the next level by coming out of my shell and into the light with my keynotes, workshops, and training offerings.

By John David Mann , Bob Burg ,

Why should I read it?

3 authors picked The Go-Giver as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Now with a foreword by Arianna Huffington

'This terrific book wonderfully illuminates the principles of contribution, abundance, service and success' Stephen Covey, bestselling author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

'Most people don't have the guts to buy this book, never mind the will to follow through and actually use it. But you do. And I'm certain that you'll be glad you did' Seth Godin, bestselling author of This is Marketing

The Go-Giver tells the story of an ambitious young man named Joe who yearns for success. Joe is a true go-getter, though sometimes he feels as if…


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Need to Know by Nicholas Reynolds,

The authoritative but accessible history of the birth of modern American intelligence in World War II that treats not just one but all of the various disciplines: spies, codebreakers, saboteurs.

Told in a relatable style that focuses on actual people, it was a New Yorker "Best of 2022" selection and…

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Jim Stovall Author Of The Ultimate Gift

From my list on the secret to changing your life and the world.

Why am I passionate about this?

Although I’ve written over 50 books, the ones that have had the greatest impact are the novels that have been turned into movies. Through my books and the films based on them, I’ve had the privilege of sharing thought-provoking, life-changing stories with millions of people around the world. As a blind person, myself, I realize the absurdity of writing books I can’t read that are turned into movies I can’t watch, but a powerful story delivers life-changing lessons and endures forever. 

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Jim Stovall Why Jim loves this book

When Greg Reid asked me to co-author a novel with him that became our book, Passport to Success, I thought I would sample some of his previous collaborations. When I discovered he had written a book with my friend Sharon Lechter, I decided to give it a try. Three Feet from Gold is based on a classic story brought to light by Napoleon Hill. Many people fail because they are afraid to persevere, but once you read Three Feet from Gold, you’ll be afraid to quit. Success is your destiny and you’re closer than you think. 

By Sharon L. Lechter , Greg Reid ,

Why should I read it?

1 author picked Three Feet from Gold as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.

What is this book about?

Updated and expanded anniversary edition of Three Feet from Gold
 
This remarkable business allegory tells a fascinating story in presenting the key principles of Napoleon Hill’s revolutionary bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. As you follow a struggling young entrepreneur through a life-changing series of encounters with some of today’s foremost business leaders and inspirational figures, you’ll find encouragement and motivation to believe in yourself, discover your own Personal Success Equation™, and never give up. You are just three feet from gold!
 
A century ago, Napoleon Hill began the research that ultimately resulted in his extraordinary bestseller, Think and…


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