Self-Help - Inspiration
Winner
Ditching Success?: A Career Ventured; A Life Regained
Batoul I. Ajlouni
"Ditching Success?" helps inspire middle-age professionals, executives, and entrepreneurs struggling with work-burnout, to make the tough decisions, and take action to change their life; to regain their passion, balance, freedom and control without the uncertainty of “What Comes Next?”
Self-Help - Inspiration
Winner
Pulling Each Other Along: 31 Inspirational Stories of Human Kindness
Todd Civin
Doug Cornfield
Pulling Each Other Along, with its 30+ inspirational stories of human compassion, is intended to provide practical advice and inspiration for acts of kindness. The significance of helping others while helping ourselves is paramount as we grow in kindness and bring people together regardless of race, gender, abilities or disabilities, political affiliations, or wealth status. You’ll enjoy inspirational stories from the likes of Dave Clark, the only professional baseball player who went from crutches to pitching; Rocky Bleier, who, after being wounded during his service in the US Army, became a starting running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Laura Chagnon, …
Self-Help - Inspiration
Winner
Your Honor, Your Honor: A Journey Through Grief to Restorative Justice
Judge Leonia J Lloyd
This book, "Your Honor, Your Honor", will help people who are struggling with self-esteem, self-identity, self-care, self-compassion and self-acceptance, which has led them down a path where they have made poor decisions. They will learn to stop beating themselves up mentally, emotionally, and financially. The readers will learn from the protagonist in the book that they must make a shift in their lives and stop carrying around a backpack of disempowering bricks. They must let go of the bricks to see a world of success and empowerment. This book shows the readers it is never too late to begin again, …
Self-Help - Inspiration
Finalist
A Fraction Stronger: Finding Belief and Possibility in Life’s Impossible Moments
Mark Berridge
Whilst the book is centred on my lived experience, it also shares the stories that inspired me. I want readers to appreciate that if they suffer, they are not alone– that many “typical” people have faced tough situations and thrived. A Fraction Stronger harnesses the strength of our memories and sense of identity with practical tips to find hope and belief in our most impossible moments. I enable readers to reflect that they are stronger than they realise whilst providing a conceptual framework for them to grow that emotional strength and secure more rewarding outcomes today and for the rest …
Self-Help - Inspiration
Finalist
Always Always Lead with Love
john dougherty
Inspiring people to help guide oneself to a higher calling of Love. A challenge to all human beings to always choose a Love response and not give into hate. Be the Love you want to see in others, and yourself, and help bring peace to all corners of our universe.
Self-Help - Inspiration
Finalist
The Noble Edge: Reclaiming an Ethical World one Choice at a Time
Christopher Gilbert
As useful in the board room as the family room, this easy-to-read book contains insightful stories and a powerful model that sharpens the ethical lens and empowers readers to examine their own standards and values by applying transformational concepts to their life. Most importantly, readers finish The Noble Edge encouraged that they have the power and capacities - individually and collectively - to achieve moral progress and bring better ethics into their organizations, families, communities, and a world starved for truth and trust.