Author: Louis Gudema
Title: Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your B2B Business Faster
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
People in many B2B industries need to reach their potential customers, but are overwhelmed with the claims of 10,000+ martech vendors and proponents of the dozens of marketing channels. They also suffer from "short-termism", and don't dedicate enough resources to building their brands. As a result, many companies either don't grow as fast as they could (producing fewer jobs than they might) or fail entirely (leading to bankruptcy and layoffs). Companies in important industries like sustainability and climate tech especially suffer from these failures. Using the book's Bullseye Marketing framework, and its hundreds of tips, examples, and best practices, companies are much more likely to have marketing and business success.
Author: Louis Gudema
Title: Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your B2B Business Faster
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
People in many B2B industries need to reach their potential customers, but are overwhelmed with the claims of 10,000+ martech vendors and proponents of the dozens of marketing channels. They also suffer from "short-termism", and don't dedicate enough resources to building their brands. As a result, many companies either don't grow as fast as they could (producing fewer jobs than they might) or fail entirely (leading to bankruptcy and layoffs). Companies in important industries like sustainability and climate tech especially suffer from these failures. Using the book's Bullseye Marketing framework, and its hundreds of tips, examples, and best practices, companies are much more likely to have marketing and business success.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Louis Gudema
Title: Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your B2B Business Faster
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
People in many B2B industries need to reach their potential customers, but are overwhelmed with the claims of 10,000+ martech vendors and proponents of the dozens of marketing channels. They also suffer from "short-termism", and don't dedicate enough resources to building their brands. As a result, many companies either don't grow as fast as they could (producing fewer jobs than they might) or fail entirely (leading to bankruptcy and layoffs). Companies in important industries like sustainability and climate tech especially suffer from these failures. Using the book's Bullseye Marketing framework, and its hundreds of tips, examples, and best practices, companies are much more likely to have marketing and business success.
Author: Louis Gudema
Title: Bullseye Marketing: How to Grow Your B2B Business Faster
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
People in many B2B industries need to reach their potential customers, but are overwhelmed with the claims of 10,000+ martech vendors and proponents of the dozens of marketing channels. They also suffer from "short-termism", and don't dedicate enough resources to building their brands. As a result, many companies either don't grow as fast as they could (producing fewer jobs than they might) or fail entirely (leading to bankruptcy and layoffs). Companies in important industries like sustainability and climate tech especially suffer from these failures. Using the book's Bullseye Marketing framework, and its hundreds of tips, examples, and best practices, companies are much more likely to have marketing and business success.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Andrew Hanson
Title: Creating a Life of Abundance: A Couple's Journey Together In Business, Real Estate and Short-term Rentals
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book shares 4 couples business stories, all truly relatable stories about their journey in Real Estate and small business. They offer practical advise, their top industry's tips and share stories that are relatable to most Americans. It's truly impacting relationships and helping couples navigate through owning small businesses and real estate.
So welcome to the world of “Creating a Life of Abundance”–a heartfelt journey that beckons you into the lives of four incredible couples, each with a unique story to tell, including the visionary authors themselves, Andrew and Meghan Hanson. Here, the pages are not just paper and ink; they’re windows into the human spirit’s boundless capacity for growth, connection, and dreams fulfilled. This isn’t your typical self-help book, nor is it a collection of success stories meant to intimidate. No, this is a gathering of stories that hum with the energy of relatability, vulnerability, and authenticity.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Author: Andrew Hanson
Title: Creating a Life of Abundance: A Couple's Journey Together In Business, Real Estate and Short-term Rentals
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book shares 4 couples business stories, all truly relatable stories about their journey in Real Estate and small business. They offer practical advise, their top industry's tips and share stories that are relatable to most Americans. It's truly impacting relationships and helping couples navigate through owning small businesses and real estate.
So welcome to the world of “Creating a Life of Abundance”–a heartfelt journey that beckons you into the lives of four incredible couples, each with a unique story to tell, including the visionary authors themselves, Andrew and Meghan Hanson. Here, the pages are not just paper and ink; they’re windows into the human spirit’s boundless capacity for growth, connection, and dreams fulfilled. This isn’t your typical self-help book, nor is it a collection of success stories meant to intimidate. No, this is a gathering of stories that hum with the energy of relatability, vulnerability, and authenticity.
Thank you for this opportunity!
Rating: Finalist
Author: David Heimbacher
Title: The 5 Pillars of Positive Thinking - Master Your Mind: Proven Strategies to Cultivate Joy, Confidence, and Inner Peace. Control Your Thoughts and Unleash Your True Potential for Happiness and Success
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
The book will take you on a unique journey. In THE 5 PILLARS OF POSITIVE THINKING, discover how you can...
1. stop your mind from racing and focus your thoughts.
2. ditch your bad habits and replace them with ones that promote happiness.
3. program your body for relaxation, calmness, and well-being.
4. find the new you and radiate positivity.
5. practice self-compassion while still making steady progress toward self-improvement.
Author: David Heimbacher
Title: The 5 Pillars of Positive Thinking - Master Your Mind: Proven Strategies to Cultivate Joy, Confidence, and Inner Peace. Control Your Thoughts and Unleash Your True Potential for Happiness and Success
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
The book will take you on a unique journey. In THE 5 PILLARS OF POSITIVE THINKING, discover how you can...
1. stop your mind from racing and focus your thoughts.
2. ditch your bad habits and replace them with ones that promote happiness.
3. program your body for relaxation, calmness, and well-being.
4. find the new you and radiate positivity.
5. practice self-compassion while still making steady progress toward self-improvement.
Rating: Finalist
Author: David Henkin
Title: Fixing Work: A Tale about Designing Jobs Employees Love
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Work is broken but it can be fixed.
Fixing Work is a clarion call for managers and executives at all levels. Instead of treating employees like automatons and discouraging creativity, ownership, and engagement, it helps leaders rethink how work gets done and structure jobs to be intrinsically motivating. Not only does motivational work design increase employee engagement; it also improves productivity and the customer experience, strengthening companies as a whole - a triple win.
Drawing from decades of research, executive and entrepreneur David Henkin and management consultant Thomas Bertels take us on an investigative journey to make work more productive, satisfying, and meaningful. Through their allegorical tale of a typical office, people see themselves in the characters while learning strategies to create better jobs and perform at higher levels. Fixing Work provides a road map to using work design to provide meaningfulness, autonomy, and feedback to employees in any organization.
Author: David Henkin
Title: Fixing Work: A Tale about Designing Jobs Employees Love
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Work is broken but it can be fixed.
Fixing Work is a clarion call for managers and executives at all levels. Instead of treating employees like automatons and discouraging creativity, ownership, and engagement, it helps leaders rethink how work gets done and structure jobs to be intrinsically motivating. Not only does motivational work design increase employee engagement; it also improves productivity and the customer experience, strengthening companies as a whole - a triple win.
Drawing from decades of research, executive and entrepreneur David Henkin and management consultant Thomas Bertels take us on an investigative journey to make work more productive, satisfying, and meaningful. Through their allegorical tale of a typical office, people see themselves in the characters while learning strategies to create better jobs and perform at higher levels. Fixing Work provides a road map to using work design to provide meaningfulness, autonomy, and feedback to employees in any organization.
Rating: Winner
Author: Jo Ann Herold
Title: Living on a Smile
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
For most of her career trajectory from McDonald’s employee to CMO of multimillion-dollar global brands, Jo Ann Herold was the only woman in the room. Through obstacles and adversity, Herold became a “purpose-centered executive,” who always placed love, balance, and passion at the forefront during her career. Reflecting on Herold’s decades of leadership experience, Living on a Smile provides valuable insights for any business employee and leader who wishes to strike a healthy work-life balance and values creating a positive impact on their community through their work. While Herold’s professional advice is invaluable, equally inspiring are her personal insights on how to pair kindness and passion with ambition and success.
Author: Jo Ann Herold
Title: Living on a Smile
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
For most of her career trajectory from McDonald’s employee to CMO of multimillion-dollar global brands, Jo Ann Herold was the only woman in the room. Through obstacles and adversity, Herold became a “purpose-centered executive,” who always placed love, balance, and passion at the forefront during her career. Reflecting on Herold’s decades of leadership experience, Living on a Smile provides valuable insights for any business employee and leader who wishes to strike a healthy work-life balance and values creating a positive impact on their community through their work. While Herold’s professional advice is invaluable, equally inspiring are her personal insights on how to pair kindness and passion with ambition and success.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Jeff Hilimire
Title: The Great Team Turnaround
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
In The Great Team Turnaround, Jeff Hilimire lays out how to establish your PVTV (Purpose, Vision, Tenets, and Values) as a shared objective and guiding principle for the entire company. He also demonstrates how the operational system of The Great Game of Business can help teams implement their PVTV in measurable ways across the organization. By connecting these two frameworks, Hilimire shows how leaders can help their team establish a higher purpose, vision for the future, operating tenets, and core values and use them as measurable success metrics. Told through the eyes of Will, an accomplished leader in his own right, this book invites readers to take part in the process of building and activating a PVTV using the GGOB system. The combination of culture and operations insights in this book will help readers unleash the potential of their team.
Author: Jeff Hilimire
Title: The Great Team Turnaround
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
In The Great Team Turnaround, Jeff Hilimire lays out how to establish your PVTV (Purpose, Vision, Tenets, and Values) as a shared objective and guiding principle for the entire company. He also demonstrates how the operational system of The Great Game of Business can help teams implement their PVTV in measurable ways across the organization. By connecting these two frameworks, Hilimire shows how leaders can help their team establish a higher purpose, vision for the future, operating tenets, and core values and use them as measurable success metrics. Told through the eyes of Will, an accomplished leader in his own right, this book invites readers to take part in the process of building and activating a PVTV using the GGOB system. The combination of culture and operations insights in this book will help readers unleash the potential of their team.
Rating: Winner
Author: Scott Hogan
Title: Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
Built from Broken presents a paradigm shift in how to think about corrective exercise, sports nutrition, and joint health. If the conventional path of lifting and stretching has left you broken down, why not try a new strategy?This book is your way out of the pain/injury cycle. Once you see how the system works, you’ll never look at exercise or joint health the same way again.
Author: Scott Hogan
Title: Built from Broken: A Science-Based Guide to Healing Painful Joints, Preventing Injuries, and Rebuilding Your Body
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
Built from Broken presents a paradigm shift in how to think about corrective exercise, sports nutrition, and joint health. If the conventional path of lifting and stretching has left you broken down, why not try a new strategy?This book is your way out of the pain/injury cycle. Once you see how the system works, you’ll never look at exercise or joint health the same way again.
Rating: Winner
Author: Diana Howles
Title: Next Level Virtual Training: Advance Your Facilitation
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
In a post-pandemic world, online facilitators continue to seek guidance on virtual facilitation. The book Next Level Virtual Training answers this call for excellence. Chock full of 101 practical tips, it’s inspired readers globally. Practitioners have changed their lighting on Zoom or modified virtual backgrounds. It has inspired others to shift thinking about course design, facilitate more effectively, and engage learners more intentionally. It’s the first to discuss Learning Experience Design for virtual training, and each chapter highlights a “Big Idea.” It also unveils a Virtual Trainer Capability Model for development that includes a treasure trove of best practices and proven strategies. Facilitators say, “the book is filled with aha moments” and “is the definitive guide in a new world.” Overall, this expertly written book is filled with technological innovation. It will continue to impact virtual training for years to come and take online learning to the next level.
Author: Diana Howles
Title: Next Level Virtual Training: Advance Your Facilitation
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
In a post-pandemic world, online facilitators continue to seek guidance on virtual facilitation. The book Next Level Virtual Training answers this call for excellence. Chock full of 101 practical tips, it’s inspired readers globally. Practitioners have changed their lighting on Zoom or modified virtual backgrounds. It has inspired others to shift thinking about course design, facilitate more effectively, and engage learners more intentionally. It’s the first to discuss Learning Experience Design for virtual training, and each chapter highlights a “Big Idea.” It also unveils a Virtual Trainer Capability Model for development that includes a treasure trove of best practices and proven strategies. Facilitators say, “the book is filled with aha moments” and “is the definitive guide in a new world.” Overall, this expertly written book is filled with technological innovation. It will continue to impact virtual training for years to come and take online learning to the next level.
Rating: Winner
Author: Noreen Hynes
Title: Start-up Checklist For Success-The Essentials You Need To Know
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
Written by two seasoned businesspeople with years of experience in entrepreneurship and mentorship. It's the entrepreneur's companion, a book you will keep close by during each stage of establishing and growing your business, and one that will save you time and money. This invaluable checklist provides concrete, valuable steps to get your business off to a strong start. You'll learn the ins and outs of getting your business established, including research and feasibility studies, business plans, cash flow management, fundraising, pitching to investors, sourcing government grants, seeking out a mentor, bookkeeping, legal and financial, management, human resource management, recruitment and much more. If you are a student a business person who wants to grow your business, or a Start-up entrepreneur this book will be an invaluable source of information for you. It demystifies financial matters and explains financial and corporate finance jargon. It is a bible of valuable information you
Author: Noreen Hynes
Title: Start-up Checklist For Success-The Essentials You Need To Know
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
Written by two seasoned businesspeople with years of experience in entrepreneurship and mentorship. It's the entrepreneur's companion, a book you will keep close by during each stage of establishing and growing your business, and one that will save you time and money. This invaluable checklist provides concrete, valuable steps to get your business off to a strong start. You'll learn the ins and outs of getting your business established, including research and feasibility studies, business plans, cash flow management, fundraising, pitching to investors, sourcing government grants, seeking out a mentor, bookkeeping, legal and financial, management, human resource management, recruitment and much more. If you are a student a business person who wants to grow your business, or a Start-up entrepreneur this book will be an invaluable source of information for you. It demystifies financial matters and explains financial and corporate finance jargon. It is a bible of valuable information you
Rating: Finalist
Author: Henriette Ivanans
Title: In Pillness and in Health: A memoir
Published: 2019
How this book is helping:
What if your husband gave you a kidney and you chugged a beer with your painkillers the next day?What if your loving marriage became a tortured threesome? Husband, Wife and Pills?
Meet Henriette and Kevin. As newlyweds, they move to LA to conquer Hollywood. When the dream begins to fade, Henriette delves into a secret life of Pills. Diagnosed with a rejecting kidney transplant, she becomes crippled by fear. Convinced Kevin can never understand, her part-time narcotic trysts explode into a full-blown pharmaceutical affair.
Author: Henriette Ivanans
Title: In Pillness and in Health: A memoir
Published: 2019
How this book is helping:
What if your husband gave you a kidney and you chugged a beer with your painkillers the next day?What if your loving marriage became a tortured threesome? Husband, Wife and Pills?
Meet Henriette and Kevin. As newlyweds, they move to LA to conquer Hollywood. When the dream begins to fade, Henriette delves into a secret life of Pills. Diagnosed with a rejecting kidney transplant, she becomes crippled by fear. Convinced Kevin can never understand, her part-time narcotic trysts explode into a full-blown pharmaceutical affair.
Rating: Winner
Author: Fabienne Jacquet
Title: Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Innovation is not the preserve of men. In fact, anyone of any gender identity can be an innovator, with passion, hard work and persistence.
Venus Genius provides a practical formula - literally, as the author is a chemist with a ground-breaking corporate career in research and development as a woman for several decades – to develop successful innovations in business by tapping into the feminine traits essential to serving the rapidly growing female market and sustainably increasing the bottom line.
Recognizing that both the masculine and feminine traits are essential to innovation, the author - who also has experience in marketing and business - provides tools to embrace and develop skills attributed to the feminine side for a greater outcome in innovation, business, and life.
Readers of this book will be empowered to dare to express their unique creative skills to contribute to a more significant future for our world.
Author: Fabienne Jacquet
Title: Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Innovation is not the preserve of men. In fact, anyone of any gender identity can be an innovator, with passion, hard work and persistence.
Venus Genius provides a practical formula - literally, as the author is a chemist with a ground-breaking corporate career in research and development as a woman for several decades – to develop successful innovations in business by tapping into the feminine traits essential to serving the rapidly growing female market and sustainably increasing the bottom line.
Recognizing that both the masculine and feminine traits are essential to innovation, the author - who also has experience in marketing and business - provides tools to embrace and develop skills attributed to the feminine side for a greater outcome in innovation, business, and life.
Readers of this book will be empowered to dare to express their unique creative skills to contribute to a more significant future for our world.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Fabienne Jacquet
Title: Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Innovation is not the preserve of men. In fact, anyone of any gender identity can be an innovator, with passion, hard work and persistence.
Venus Genius provides a practical formula - literally, as the author is a chemist with a ground-breaking corporate career in research and development as a woman for several decades – to develop successful innovations in business by tapping into the feminine traits essential to serving the rapidly growing female market and sustainably increasing the bottom line.
Recognizing that both the masculine and feminine traits are essential to innovation, the author - who also has experience in marketing and business - provides tools to embrace and develop skills attributed to the feminine side for a greater outcome in innovation, business, and life.
Readers of this book will be empowered to dare to express their unique creative skills to contribute to a more significant future for our world.
Author: Fabienne Jacquet
Title: Venus Genius: The Female Prescription for Innovation
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Innovation is not the preserve of men. In fact, anyone of any gender identity can be an innovator, with passion, hard work and persistence.
Venus Genius provides a practical formula - literally, as the author is a chemist with a ground-breaking corporate career in research and development as a woman for several decades – to develop successful innovations in business by tapping into the feminine traits essential to serving the rapidly growing female market and sustainably increasing the bottom line.
Recognizing that both the masculine and feminine traits are essential to innovation, the author - who also has experience in marketing and business - provides tools to embrace and develop skills attributed to the feminine side for a greater outcome in innovation, business, and life.
Readers of this book will be empowered to dare to express their unique creative skills to contribute to a more significant future for our world.
Rating: Winner
Author: Anupam Jena
Title: Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments—random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects—Jena and Worsham do more than offer readers colorful stories. They help us see the way our health is shaped by forces invisible to the untrained eye. Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Do you choose the veteran doctor or the rookie? Do you really need the surgery your doctor recommends? These questions are rife with significance; their impact can be life changing. Addressing them in a style that’s both animated and enlightening, Random Acts of Medicine empowers you to see past the white coat and find out what really makes medicine work—and how it could work better.
Author: Anupam Jena
Title: Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Relying on ingeniously devised natural experiments—random events that unknowingly turn us into experimental subjects—Jena and Worsham do more than offer readers colorful stories. They help us see the way our health is shaped by forces invisible to the untrained eye. Is there ever a good time to have a heart attack? Do you choose the veteran doctor or the rookie? Do you really need the surgery your doctor recommends? These questions are rife with significance; their impact can be life changing. Addressing them in a style that’s both animated and enlightening, Random Acts of Medicine empowers you to see past the white coat and find out what really makes medicine work—and how it could work better.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Chris Johnson
Title: The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
This book is for anyone looking to deepen their impact on the lives around them, leave a profound mark on their organizations, and build a legacy of intentional focus, pragmatic ambition, grounded compassion, and empathy-in-action.
The Leadership Pause shows how to quiet the noise of the daily hustle so you can hear the still-small voice of purposeful curiosity that lives within you, which breeds wisdom in both work and life.
The Leadership Pause teaches the gift of mindful awareness that leads to clarity of mind and heart, reduced stress, and increased resilience;
a deeper connection to self;
and a clearer vision of the natural leader resting just beneath the surface.
Johnson shares stories from established and powerful leaders about how they’ve used pause practices to transform their previous strategies and ways of thinking and behaving to find greater meaning and purpose in their work.
Author: Chris Johnson
Title: The Leadership Pause: Sharpen Your Attention, Deepen Your Presence, and Navigate the Future
Published: 2022
How this book is helping:
This book is for anyone looking to deepen their impact on the lives around them, leave a profound mark on their organizations, and build a legacy of intentional focus, pragmatic ambition, grounded compassion, and empathy-in-action.
The Leadership Pause shows how to quiet the noise of the daily hustle so you can hear the still-small voice of purposeful curiosity that lives within you, which breeds wisdom in both work and life.
The Leadership Pause teaches the gift of mindful awareness that leads to clarity of mind and heart, reduced stress, and increased resilience;
a deeper connection to self;
and a clearer vision of the natural leader resting just beneath the surface.
Johnson shares stories from established and powerful leaders about how they’ve used pause practices to transform their previous strategies and ways of thinking and behaving to find greater meaning and purpose in their work.
Rating: Winner
Author: Keith Keating
Title: The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques and Skills You Need to Make L&D a Business Priority
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Evolve. Or else. This book serves as an instrumental guide for the talent development industry by shedding light on the need to transcend outdated, ingrained practices like order-taking and by advocating for the adoption of innovative, holistic, and human-centric approaches to learning and development. It emphasizes the importance of reshaping perceptions, creating new narratives, and embracing effective strategies in L&D, thereby fostering an environment conducive to organizational and individual growth and success. By doing so, it empowers L&D professionals to become Trusted Learning Advisors, enabling them to contribute more strategically and substantively to organizational objectives and worker well-being. The insights provided by this book are helping to pave the way for a more enlightened, prepared, and progressive talent development industry, one that values and nurtures the multifaceted development of the most important asset in any organization – the people.
Author: Keith Keating
Title: The Trusted Learning Advisor: The Tools, Techniques and Skills You Need to Make L&D a Business Priority
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Evolve. Or else. This book serves as an instrumental guide for the talent development industry by shedding light on the need to transcend outdated, ingrained practices like order-taking and by advocating for the adoption of innovative, holistic, and human-centric approaches to learning and development. It emphasizes the importance of reshaping perceptions, creating new narratives, and embracing effective strategies in L&D, thereby fostering an environment conducive to organizational and individual growth and success. By doing so, it empowers L&D professionals to become Trusted Learning Advisors, enabling them to contribute more strategically and substantively to organizational objectives and worker well-being. The insights provided by this book are helping to pave the way for a more enlightened, prepared, and progressive talent development industry, one that values and nurtures the multifaceted development of the most important asset in any organization – the people.
Rating: Winner
Author: Ashley Kehr
Title: Real Estate Rookie: 90 Days to Your First Investment
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Your first investment property will no doubt be the hardest. Even choosing an investing strategy and coming up with a plan can seem impossible. Then you add in finding the right market, conducting property analysis, and the many facets of funding—and you’ve got yourself a classic case of analysis paralysis!
At 26 years old, Ashley Kehr was normal—she worked a W-2, had debt, and planned on living paycheck to paycheck until retirement. All that changed when she bought her first duplex and started her path to financial independence. Now, less than a decade later, she manages a portfolio of more than 30 properties with complete financial freedom.
With this book, you’ll be able to transform even faster. In fact, within 90 days, you could already own your first real estate property. Ashley has helped thousands achieve real estate success, including listeners of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Rookie podcast and attendees of the Real Estate Rookie Bootcamp.
Author: Ashley Kehr
Title: Real Estate Rookie: 90 Days to Your First Investment
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Your first investment property will no doubt be the hardest. Even choosing an investing strategy and coming up with a plan can seem impossible. Then you add in finding the right market, conducting property analysis, and the many facets of funding—and you’ve got yourself a classic case of analysis paralysis!
At 26 years old, Ashley Kehr was normal—she worked a W-2, had debt, and planned on living paycheck to paycheck until retirement. All that changed when she bought her first duplex and started her path to financial independence. Now, less than a decade later, she manages a portfolio of more than 30 properties with complete financial freedom.
With this book, you’ll be able to transform even faster. In fact, within 90 days, you could already own your first real estate property. Ashley has helped thousands achieve real estate success, including listeners of the BiggerPockets Real Estate Rookie podcast and attendees of the Real Estate Rookie Bootcamp.
Rating: Winner
Author: Stephanie Kemp
Title: Success is Just the Beginning: 6 Timeless Lessons to Achieve More in Business, Love, and Legacy
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
My book, "Success is Just the Beginning," is transforming lives through profound insights and practical strategies. I empower aspiring entrepreneurs to transform their lives in a way that aligns with their purpose, passion, and paycheck. In six timeless lessons, I offer a roadmap for cultivating a company culture that unleashes potential, maximizes time and talent, and leads readers to overcome challenges with confidence. Through my own journey as an award-winning choreographer, CEO, and serial entrepreneur, I share my learned experiences, demonstrating that building a thriving business and leading an abundant life is not only possible but imperative to your overall well-being. Filled with inspiration and practical wisdom, my book empowers readers to achieve their goals, live life to the fullest, and create lasting success while nurturing a fulfilling family life.
Author: Stephanie Kemp
Title: Success is Just the Beginning: 6 Timeless Lessons to Achieve More in Business, Love, and Legacy
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
My book, "Success is Just the Beginning," is transforming lives through profound insights and practical strategies. I empower aspiring entrepreneurs to transform their lives in a way that aligns with their purpose, passion, and paycheck. In six timeless lessons, I offer a roadmap for cultivating a company culture that unleashes potential, maximizes time and talent, and leads readers to overcome challenges with confidence. Through my own journey as an award-winning choreographer, CEO, and serial entrepreneur, I share my learned experiences, demonstrating that building a thriving business and leading an abundant life is not only possible but imperative to your overall well-being. Filled with inspiration and practical wisdom, my book empowers readers to achieve their goals, live life to the fullest, and create lasting success while nurturing a fulfilling family life.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Mary Kovach
Title: Be Your Best You: The Ultimate Research-Based Guide to Outstanding Leadership
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book delivers the full leadership spectrum by sharing nine leadership styles and allowing the reader to find his or her best fit. There are three sections to this book.
Part 1 discusses leadership styles and theories, including: Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Situational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Transformational Leadership. Each leadership style is paired with reflection questions and a tool, to enhance leadership development.
Part 2 demonstrates how self-belief and self-doubt can influence results, with reflection questions, stories, and other techniques.
Part 3 consists of four leadership contexts (business, education, sport, and the military) from double-blind, peer reviewed, global scholarly studies that illustrate the direct impact of applying transformational leadership and prove its effectiveness.
Author: Mary Kovach
Title: Be Your Best You: The Ultimate Research-Based Guide to Outstanding Leadership
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book delivers the full leadership spectrum by sharing nine leadership styles and allowing the reader to find his or her best fit. There are three sections to this book.
Part 1 discusses leadership styles and theories, including: Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Situational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Transformational Leadership. Each leadership style is paired with reflection questions and a tool, to enhance leadership development.
Part 2 demonstrates how self-belief and self-doubt can influence results, with reflection questions, stories, and other techniques.
Part 3 consists of four leadership contexts (business, education, sport, and the military) from double-blind, peer reviewed, global scholarly studies that illustrate the direct impact of applying transformational leadership and prove its effectiveness.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Mary Kovach
Title: Be Your Best You: The Ultimate Research-Based Guide to Outstanding Leadership
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book delivers the full leadership spectrum by sharing nine leadership styles and allowing the reader to find his or her best fit. There are three sections to this book.
Part 1 discusses leadership styles and theories, including: Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Situational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Transformational Leadership. Each leadership style is paired with reflection questions and a tool, to enhance leadership development.
Part 2 demonstrates how self-belief and self-doubt can influence results, with reflection questions, stories, and other techniques.
Part 3 consists of four leadership contexts (business, education, sport, and the military) from double-blind, peer reviewed, global scholarly studies that illustrate the direct impact of applying transformational leadership and prove its effectiveness.
Author: Mary Kovach
Title: Be Your Best You: The Ultimate Research-Based Guide to Outstanding Leadership
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
This book delivers the full leadership spectrum by sharing nine leadership styles and allowing the reader to find his or her best fit. There are three sections to this book.
Part 1 discusses leadership styles and theories, including: Trait Theories, Behavioral Theories, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange Theory, Authentic Leadership, Servant Leadership, Situational Leadership, Transactional Leadership, and Transformational Leadership. Each leadership style is paired with reflection questions and a tool, to enhance leadership development.
Part 2 demonstrates how self-belief and self-doubt can influence results, with reflection questions, stories, and other techniques.
Part 3 consists of four leadership contexts (business, education, sport, and the military) from double-blind, peer reviewed, global scholarly studies that illustrate the direct impact of applying transformational leadership and prove its effectiveness.
Rating: Winner
Author: Matt Krantz
Title: Retirement Planning for Dummies
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Retirement Planning For Dummies is a one-stop resource to get up to speed on the critical steps needed to ensure you spend your golden years living in the lap of luxury—or at least in the comfort of your own home.When attempting to plan for retirement, web searching alone can cause you more headaches than answers, leaving many to feel overwhelmed and defeated. This book takes the guesswork out of the subject and guides readers while they plan the largest financial obligation of their life.
Author: Matt Krantz
Title: Retirement Planning for Dummies
Published: 2020
How this book is helping:
Retirement Planning For Dummies is a one-stop resource to get up to speed on the critical steps needed to ensure you spend your golden years living in the lap of luxury—or at least in the comfort of your own home.When attempting to plan for retirement, web searching alone can cause you more headaches than answers, leaving many to feel overwhelmed and defeated. This book takes the guesswork out of the subject and guides readers while they plan the largest financial obligation of their life.
Rating: Winner
Author: Jesse Krieger
Title: Autobiography of an Entrepreneur: Reflections on 20 Years of Travel, Adventure & Starting Businesses
Published: 2019
How this book is helping:
Take a journey with Jesse Krieger through two decades of entrepreneurship, from a rock band and record label in Nashville, to becoming a bestselling author and publishing 100+ books before it all came crashing down. Ride the highs and lows of turning ideas into businesses and get first-hand accounts of far-flung international destinations in Autobiography of an Entrepreneur.
Author: Jesse Krieger
Title: Autobiography of an Entrepreneur: Reflections on 20 Years of Travel, Adventure & Starting Businesses
Published: 2019
How this book is helping:
Take a journey with Jesse Krieger through two decades of entrepreneurship, from a rock band and record label in Nashville, to becoming a bestselling author and publishing 100+ books before it all came crashing down. Ride the highs and lows of turning ideas into businesses and get first-hand accounts of far-flung international destinations in Autobiography of an Entrepreneur.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Janek Kruczkowski
Title: AI: The Profitable Future of Innovation and Human Progress
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In “AI: The Profitable Future of Innovation and Human Progress,” you will discover the potential of AI and how it can become your most powerful ally in the pursuit of wealth and personal fulfillment. Drawing on cutting-edge research and real-life success stories, this book will guide you through the labyrinth of AI-driven passive income, providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to unlock a future of abundance.
Author: Janek Kruczkowski
Title: AI: The Profitable Future of Innovation and Human Progress
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
In “AI: The Profitable Future of Innovation and Human Progress,” you will discover the potential of AI and how it can become your most powerful ally in the pursuit of wealth and personal fulfillment. Drawing on cutting-edge research and real-life success stories, this book will guide you through the labyrinth of AI-driven passive income, providing you with the knowledge and tools you need to unlock a future of abundance.
Rating: Finalist
Author: Thomas Kuczmarski
Title: Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Innovation is essential for survival. Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty offers innovators of all kinds the insights required to survive and thrive in today’s competitive market. Authors Thomas Kuczmarski and Jacob Sherman wrote this book to create a safer way to innovate. Their commitment to educating, connecting, and celebrating innovators in the Chicago area is reflected in the insights gathered in Risk-Free Innovation. Because innovation is intrinsically linked to a company’s success, identifying the ten most effective ways to reduce risk in the process supports those without innovation experience in creating effective strategies and maintaining their organization’s relevance. The emphasis on an accepting workplace culture, the importance of diversity, and building a network of support provides a framework for a more uplifting world for all.
Author: Thomas Kuczmarski
Title: Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty
Published: 2023
How this book is helping:
Innovation is essential for survival. Risk-Free Innovation: 10 Ways to Manage Uncertainty offers innovators of all kinds the insights required to survive and thrive in today’s competitive market. Authors Thomas Kuczmarski and Jacob Sherman wrote this book to create a safer way to innovate. Their commitment to educating, connecting, and celebrating innovators in the Chicago area is reflected in the insights gathered in Risk-Free Innovation. Because innovation is intrinsically linked to a company’s success, identifying the ten most effective ways to reduce risk in the process supports those without innovation experience in creating effective strategies and maintaining their organization’s relevance. The emphasis on an accepting workplace culture, the importance of diversity, and building a network of support provides a framework for a more uplifting world for all.
Rating: Winner
Author: Gary Lai
Title: Poverty and the Unequal Society in Hong Kong
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
As Tom Gundy, the editor of Hong Kong Free Press, wrote: Gary Lai “addressed poverty by raising awareness of the different inequalities it has caused and proposing reforms to combat the worst forms of chronic deprivation.”
Lai’s birthplace is a dynamic city. But the contrast between the well-off and the poor is stark. Luxury brand bag-toting women can often be seen walking past beggars on the sidewalks of busy streets.
Inequality has been steadily increasing from 1976. Poverty makes people more vulnerable and corruptible. This book ascertains the extent of poverty in Hong Kong, in the context of the experiences in other parts of the world. The meditations in this book include essays that Gary has published in the popular media, thus proven to have relevance and influence. An eternal optimist, Lai believes that understanding the destitute in Hong Kong can yield something more universal.
Author: Gary Lai
Title: Poverty and the Unequal Society in Hong Kong
Published: 2021
How this book is helping:
As Tom Gundy, the editor of Hong Kong Free Press, wrote: Gary Lai “addressed poverty by raising awareness of the different inequalities it has caused and proposing reforms to combat the worst forms of chronic deprivation.”
Lai’s birthplace is a dynamic city. But the contrast between the well-off and the poor is stark. Luxury brand bag-toting women can often be seen walking past beggars on the sidewalks of busy streets.
Inequality has been steadily increasing from 1976. Poverty makes people more vulnerable and corruptible. This book ascertains the extent of poverty in Hong Kong, in the context of the experiences in other parts of the world. The meditations in this book include essays that Gary has published in the popular media, thus proven to have relevance and influence. An eternal optimist, Lai believes that understanding the destitute in Hong Kong can yield something more universal.
Rating: Winner