Turning Wealth Into What Matters

A generous donor wants to contribute a valuable non-cash asset to your nonprofit. You want to say "YES." However, you worry that you'll make a mistake and look foolish in front of the donor and your organization. I get it. Non-cash gifts can feel intimidating and even a bit scary. Throughout my career as a gift planner, I've facilitated hundreds of non-cash gifts and have taught hundreds of people to do it too. This book will help to eliminate the fears you have when it comes to non-cash gifts. It will provide you with: Fundamental knowledge of each asset type. A step-by-step process you can use with virtually every non-cash gift. Proven internal procedures you can begin using right away. Detailed intake checklists so you can be sure to collect all the right information. And it will help you: Exceed your fundraising goals year after year! Take your career to the next level! Open up a world of new possibilities for donors, your organization, and YOU!

The history of human waste. How I learned to love the excrement; The early history of human excreta; Treasure nigh soil as if it were gold!; The water closet dilemma and the sewage farm paradigm; Germs, fertilizer, and the poop police -- The present: a sludge revolution in progress. The great sewage time bomb and the redistribution of nutrients on the planet; Loowatt, a loo that turns waste into watts; The crap that cooks your dinner and container-based sanitation; HomeBiogas : your personal digester in a box; Made in New York; Lystek, the home of sewage smoothies; How DC water makes biosolids BLOOM; From biosolids to biofuels -- The future of medicine and other things; Poop : the best (and cheapest medicine; Looking where the sun doesn't shine; From the kindness of one's gut : an insider look into stool banks -- Afterword : breathing poetry into poop.

This is not a book about one thing. It's not a 250-page dissertation on leadership, teams or motivation. Instead, it's an agenda for building organizations that can flourish in a world of diminished hopes, relentless change and ferocious competition. This is not a book about doing better. It's not a manual for people who want to tinker at the margins. Instead, it's an impassioned plea to reinvent management as we know it—to rethink the fundamental assumptions we have about capitalism, organizational life, and the meaning of work. Leaders today confront a world where the unprecedented is the norm. Wherever one looks, one sees the exceptional and the extraordinary: Business newspapers decrying the state of capitalism. Once-innovative companies struggling to save off senescence. Next gen employees shunning blue chips for social start-ups. Corporate miscreants getting pilloried in the blogosphere. Entry barriers tumbling in what were once oligopolistic strongholds. Hundred year-old business models being rendered irrelevant overnight. Newbie organizations crowdsourcing their most creative work. National governments lurching towards bankruptcy. Investors angrily confronting greedy CEOs and complacent boards. Newly omnipotent customers eagerly wielding their power. Social media dramatically transforming the way human beings connect, learn and collaborate. Obviously, there are lots of things that matter now. But in a world of fractured certainties and battered trust, some things matter more than others. While the challenges facing organizations are limitless; leadership bandwidth isn't. That's why you have to be clear about what really matters now. What are the fundamental, make-or-break issues that will determine whether your organization thrives or dives in the years ahead? Hamel identifies five issues are that are paramount: values, innovation, adaptability, passion and ideology. In doing so he presents an essential agenda for leaders everywhere who are eager to... move from defense to offense reverse the tide of commoditization defeat bureaucracy astonish their customers foster extraordinary contribution capture the moral high ground outrun change build a company that's truly fit for the future Concise and to the point, the book will inspire you to rethink your business, your company and how you lead.

Migration, participation, and citizenship, are central political and social concerns, are deeply affected by money. The role of money - tangible, intangible, conceptual, and as a policy tool - is understudied, overlooked, and analytically underdeveloped. For sending and receiving societies, migrants, their families, employers, NGOs, or private institutions, money defines the border, inclusion or exclusion, opportunity structures, and equality or the lack thereof. Through the analytical lens of money, the chapters in this book expose hidden and sometimes contradictory policy objectives, unwanted consequences, and inconsistent regulatory structures. The authors from a range of fields provide multiple perspectives on how money shapes decisions from all actors in migration trajectories, from micro to macro level. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book draws on case studies from Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Africa. This comprehensive overview brings to light the deep global impacts money has on migration and citizenship.

It's not all about the money; the key to true riches Leo Tolstoy said, "Nobody knows where the human race is going. The highest wisdom, then, is to know where you are going." Yet many today chase the false rabbits of success: status, luxury, reputation and material possessions. In the quest to "have it all," our lives often lack real meaning and purpose. Beyond Wealth is the antidote. New York Times bestselling author Alexander Green takes things right down to brass tacks: We are here for a short time. Knowledge is limitless. Therefore, the most critical knowledge is not any particular skill but rather wisdom about "how to live." Fortunately, men and women have had several thousand years to think about what it means to live "the good life." And the answers found here, from Plato and Aristotle to Mahatma Gandhi and Stephen Hawking, will both surprise and delight you. Beyond Wealth provides insightful commentary on the most important aspects of our lives: love, work, honor, trust, freedom, death, fear, truth, beauty and other timeless issues. The book is both a thought provoking read and the ideal gift, guaranteed to ennoble, uplift and inspire.

Something is missing for most people in their quest for fulfillment and success. This "something" is the number one reason why they achieve goals or don't. Your ability to control this "something" is directly related to the level of financial wealth, personal fulfillment and achievement that you will manifest in your life. We are not taught about this "something" anywhere in our schooling, or post-graduate education. We are not taught about it at work, or at home. It is vitally important to achieving wealth in all areas of our life and we must understand it, because Wealth Matters...and abundance is our birthright! You will learn about this "something" throughout the course of this book and it will help you finally unlock the Secret to wealth and allow you to consistently leverage the Laws of the Universe and Law of Attraction in any area of life that is important to you! What you will learn: The primary cause of your Results and how to improve them! A blueprint and system for living Wealthy! How to balance your 6 human needs and have it all! How to catapult your family tree into wealth forever! The fastest way to get the Law of Attraction working for you! Access to the authors' personal network of advisors. Book jacket.

Lee Brower's book The Brower Quadrant ends with the chapter "The Essence of the Brower Quadrant", which focuses briefly on gratitude, leadership, legacy, and leverage. This book is a sequel to The Brower Quadrant; beginning wherethe book leaves off, building upon and synthesizing these main concepts into what we refer to as "The Empowered Wealth Mindset". The Empowered Wealth Mindset, a powerful way to think about the future, is the focal point of "The Next Step".Empowered Wealth has built its coaching and financial services practice around the needs and aspirations of successful, fully engaged entrepreneurs who love their families and want to make a positive difference in the world. Why entrepreneurs? In a world of political impasses, massive debt and economic issues, ideological and cultural clashes, terrorism, and any number of other uncertainties and challenges, it's entrepreneurs such as yourself who take responsibility for their own futures and seize opportunities amidst adversity. By empoweringentrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, and their families, we believe that we are contributing to a better future for others. It's this entrepreneurial spirit that's fundamental to the work of Empowered Wealth.But there's much more to Empowered Wealth and The Empowered Wealth Mindset. We begin with Gratitude. Chapter 9 of The Brower Quadrant "Gratitude Rocks" describes how gratitude has become a major part of Empowered Wealth. Beginning in Gratitude virtually assures a shift in thinking about wealth.What is wealth? Is it just measured in terms of money and financial assets? Or are there assets you value more than money? Chapter 8 of The Brower Quadrant "Creating Clarity" explores what true wealth really means to you individually. TheEmpowered Wealth Clarity Process has been utilized in numerous business, family, and personal situations in many countries over the years. It's a process that we suggest you revisit at least annually to renew your focus on what's essential amongst all of your competing interests. The Next Step will be about focusing on the essential rather than the very important matters inyour life.What is your legacy? Notice that we didn't ask "What will your legacy be?" That's because a powerful element of The Empowered Wealth Mindset is the concept of "Living Legacy"; making the world better today for those who will follow. This is an important element in The Next Step.Leadership is virtually unavoidable for a successful entrepreneur. Much has been and will continue to be written on the topic of Leadership. Our premise with The Next Step is that a deep sense of Gratitude, filtering reality through the lens of "True Wealth" and Living Legacy will inspire Leadership.That in turn will drive congruent Leverage. Why "congruent" leverage and not just leverage? We believe that without gratitude, a strong base of true wealth, and a sense of living legacy, "leverage" becomes not a means for making the world a better place for those who follow but perhaps a destructive mechanism (for example, did the Hitler use leverage? Did Osama bin Laden use leverage?).Family Leadership and Congruent Leverage are vital to The Next Step. They are part of what we call "The Empowered Wealth Mindset". This mindset is a focal point of our coaching program "The Business Family Coach(tm)".

No matter what you earn or where you live, no matter if you work for yourself or for someone else, and no matter your marital status or gender, you will discover that it is possible to walk the path to your solid financial life. Imagine living your life: -Free of worry and stress about money -Free of anxiety about the market or the economy -Free of other people's speculations or predictions about your future. Take control of your financial life by mastering these eight practical, realistic, and attainable principles. You will not ever have to live paycheque by paycheque, get stuck in debt forever, and worry about not having enough money to do the things you want for your life. You'll be able to: -Find opportunities to increase your income and your savings -Control spending habits and save thousands by using the PANEL test -Avoid making costly choices and decisions -Design a plan for paying off all debt faster -Get better value for your money through effective negotiation -Maximize your money by using the invest MODEL -Follow a 3-step plan to build your wealth. Get your copy today to start your journey to prosperity!

Der Aufstieg der Volksrepublik China stellt die internationale Politik und Diplomatie vor immense Herausforderungen. Gleichzeitig nehmen die Spannungen zwischen den USA und der Volksrepublik unaufhörlich zu. Beide Staaten steuern unmittelbar auf einen Konflikt zu, den keine Seite intendiert und dessen allumfassende Konsequenzen noch kaum absehbar sind. Ein besonderer Schauplatz dieser wachsenden Auseinandersetzung ist die Region Südostasien, in der sowohl die USA, im Verbund mit einigen Anrainerstaaten, als auch die Volksrepublik China miteinander in einem harten Wettbewerb um die regionale Vorherrschaft stehen. Dieses Buch zeigt anhand der territorialen und maritimen Konflikte in der Südchinesischen See auf, dass Chinas zunehmend proaktive und rücksichtslosere Position gegenüber diesen Konflikten und den Konfliktparteien auch eine Folge der zunehmenden Wahrnehmung von Respektlosigkeit und dem damit einhergehenden Wunsch Chinas, dies entsprechend zu korrigieren, ist und nicht allein eine strategische Entscheidung oder gar unvermeidliche Entwicklung darstellt. Auf diesen Ergebnissen aufbauend wird die Möglichkeit eines nachhaltigen Konfliktmanagements diskutiert und entsprechend eine Reihe konkreter Handlungsempfehlungen formuliert.

Time management remains a huge challenge for most people. This book shares the habits and processes used by top leaders worldwide to minimize distractions and maximize accomplishments. In researching more than 1,260 managers and executives from more than 108 different organizations, Steve and Rob Shallenberger discovered that 68 percent of them feel like their number one challenge is time management, yet 80 percent don't have a clear process for how to prioritize their time. Drawing on their forty years of leadership research, this book offers three powerful habits that the top 10 percent of leaders use to Do What Matters Most. These three high performance habits are developing a written personal vision, identifying and setting Roles and Goals, and consistently doing Pre-week Planning. And Steve and Rob make an audacious promise: these three habits can increase anyone's productivity by at least 30 to 50 percent. For organizations, this means higher profits, happier employees, and increased innovation. For individuals, it means you'll find hours in your week that you didn't know were there—imagine what you could do! You will learn how acquiring this skillset turned an “average” employee into her company's top producer, enabled a senior vice president to reignite his team and achieve record results, transformed a stressed-out manager's work and home life, helped a CEO who felt like he'd lost his edge regain his fire and passion, and much more. By implementing these simple and easy-to-understand habits, supported by tools like the Personal Productivity Assessment, you will learn how to lead a life by design, not by default. You'll feel the power that comes with a sense of control, direction, and purpose.