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In her “inspiring” (The Christian Science Monitor) Leadership, Doris Kearns Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely—Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson (in civil rights)—to show how they recognized leadership qualities within themselves and were recognized as leaders by others. By looking back to their first entries into public life, we encounter them at a time when their paths were filled with confusion, fear, and hope.\n\nLeadership tells the story of how they all collided with dramatic reversals that disrupted their lives and threatened to shatter forever their ambitions. Nonetheless, they all emerged fitted to confront the contours and dilemmas of their times. At their best, all four were guided by a sense of moral purpose. At moments of great challenge, they were able to summon their talents to enlarge the opportunities and lives of others. 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By teaching you to effectively communicate authentic appreciation and encouragement to employees, co-workers, and leaders. Most relational problems in organizations flow from this question: do people feel appreciated? This book will help you answer “Yes!”\nA bestseller—having sold over 600,000 copies and translated into 24 languages—this book has proven to be effective and valuable in diverse settings. Its principles about human behavior have helped businesses, non-profits, hospitals, schools, government agencies, and organizations with remote workers.\nPLUS! Each book contains a free access code for taking the online Motivating By Appreciation (MBA) Inventory (does not apply to purchases of used books). The assessment identifies a person’s preferred languages of appreciation to help you apply the book. 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It was a very hard year, as it was for many people.\n\nIt was also a stark reminder that time is our scarcest, non-renewable resource.\n\nWith a renewed sense of urgency for finding purpose, I began asking myself many questions:\n\nWere my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want?\nHow much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?\nHow could I be kinder to myself?\nHow could I better say “no” to the trivial many to better say “yes” to the critical few?\nHow could I best reassess my priorities and my purpose in this world?\n\nTo find answers, I reached out to the most impressive world-class performers in the world, ranging from wunderkinds in their 20s to icons in their 70s and 80s. No stone was left unturned.\n\nThis book contains their answers―practical and tactical advice and proven success habits from mentors who have found solutions. Whether you want to 10x your results, get unstuck, or reinvent yourself, someone else has traveled a similar path and taken notes.\n\nThis book, Tribe of Mentors, includes many of the people I grew up viewing as idols or demi-gods. Less than 10% have been on my podcast (The Tim Ferriss Show, more than 200 million downloads), making this a brand-new playbook of playbooks filled with effective mental models.\n\nNo matter your challenge or opportunity, something in these pages of powerful personal development strategies can help.\n\nAmong other things, you will learn:\n\n• More than 50 morning routines―both for the early riser and those who struggle to get out of bed.\n• How TED curator Chris Anderson realized that the best way to get things done is to let go.\n• The best purchases of $100 or less (you’ll never have to think about the right gift again).\n• How to overcome failure and bounce back towards success.\n• Why Humans of New York creator Brandon Stanton believes that the best art will always be the riskiest.\n• How to meditate and be more mindful (and not just for those that find it easy).\n• Why tennis champion Maria Sharapova believe that “losing makes you think in ways victories can’t.”\n• How to truly achieve work-life balance (and why most people tell you it isn’t realistic).\n• How billionaire Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz transformed the way he engages with difficult situations to reduce suffering.\n• Ways to thrive (and survive) the overwhelming amount of information you process every day.\n• How to achieve clarity on your purpose and assess your priorities.\n• And much more.\n\nThis reference book, which I wrote for myself, has already changed my life. 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