Identity Business

You built a business that can't run without you. That's not a badge of honor. It's a trap. You started your business to create freedom. But somewhere along the way, you became the person everyone needs for every decision, every fire, every hire. You're making more money than ever and you've never felt more stuck. Your business can't outgrow you until you outgrow who you've been inside it. Operator to Owner introduces The Founder's Evolution Framework, a five-stage identity map that shows you where you are, why you're stuck, and what has to change.

Read by the author. When you apply the StoryBrand framework your brand will stand out. Developing that framework to clarify your message and grow your business is about to get a whole lot simpler. . . Since the original publication of Building a StoryBrand, over one million business leaders have...

The Wall Street Journal Bestseller Read by the author. For so many entrepreneurs, running a small business ended up looking different than they imagined. They’re stressed, discouraged, and not confident in their plan for growth. In How to Grow Your Small Business, Donald Miller gives...

"Interesting characters, a chilling plot, lots of suspense and well read by January LaVoy make Identity a good listen!"—Toronto.com on Identity "Narrator January LaVoy brings a richly layered performance to a story.... She expertly handles the large cast of multigenerational characters"...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD! The ultimate guide to making changes and following through, from the authors of Made to Stick and Decisive—hailed as “witty and instructive” (The Wall Street Journal), “packed with examples and hands-on tools that will get you...

USA Today bestselling author R. S. Grey delivers a sparkling summertime romance about a young woman determined to complete her late sister's bucket list. I’ve spent years stuck behind a desk, always doing the practical, predictable thing. But when my sister’s untimely death leaves me with...

Stop struggling with disjointed designs. Systemize your visuals and scale your service business. Are you a coach, consultant, or creative entrepreneur whose incredible work is being let down by inconsistent, DIY-looking graphics? Do you spend hours on proposals and client materials that still don't look or feel professional? You know your brand needs to stand out, but between client work and managing your business, building a cohesive visual identity feels overwhelming. What if you had a proven, step-by-step framework—not just random templates—that guaranteed every single thing you ...

You already know it’s over. So why are you still there? Most people don’t leave too early. They leave too late. They stay in jobs that stopped challenging them. They stay in relationships that quietly drain them. They stay in identities they’ve already outgrown. Not because they’re weak.

Discover what 20 successful entrepreneurs say is the one thing that led them from where they were to where they are today—from struggling to make ends meet, living paycheck to paycheck, and feeling defeated…to experiencing what it’s like to have more than enough, doing work they love, and living lives of contribution. Each author-entrepreneur shares vulnerable stories of moving from a place of pain and lack to a place of impact and abundance. Whether you run a brick-and-mortar business, sell physical products online, or coach clients, you will find stories that will inspire you.

In this whip-smart romance, a woman desperate to keep her start-up afloat is forced to pose as her brother’s assistant during a tech competition, hoping a male-led company will be taken more seriously, only to find her secret identity compromised when she has a hot one-night stand with the...

In this thrilling novel from a New York Times bestselling author, an attorney and mother of two discovers her husband’s secret life—and it might cost them all their lives. ​ Everyone in Hemingway Grove, Illinois, knows David and Marcie Bowers. David owns the local pub. Marcie is a former...

An FBI agent becomes a suspected serial killer's next-door neighbor in this heartpounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown. FBI agent Drex Easton is driven by a single goal: to outmaneuver sociopath Weston Graham, who's responsible for the disappearance of eight...

What stories do you need to tell, and how do you tell them? Stories That Stick provides a clear framework of ideals and a concise set of actions for you to take complete control of your own story, utilizing the principles behind the world’s most effective business storytelling strategies...

You are good at your job. So why does work feel so exhausting? Maybe you are the person everyone depends on for expertise, accuracy, and problem-solving, but somehow promotions go to someone else. Maybe meetings drain you, office politics feel impossible to decode, and by the end of the workday, you have nothing left for yourself. Or maybe you have spent years trying to look “professional,” only to feel like you are performing a version of yourself that slowly burns you out. You are not bad at work. The rules were just never explained.

"They always buy it" is not a self-help book. It’s a field manual for reclaiming your self-determinism in a world engineered for mimicry. Through layered chapters and live protocols, this book maps how behavior becomes loop, how identity becomes architecture, and how to interrupt both. From impulse buying to emotional bait, from social mimicry to status programming, They aways buy it reveals the hidden systems shaping your choices—and gives you the tools to break them. You’ll learn how to: • Collapse mimicry loops and reclaim attention • Interrupt saturation fields and stabilize ...

Pastor and cofounder of the Bethel School of Ministry Kris Vallotton walks Christians through the profound process of discovering their true identity and experiencing the wonder of their kingdom purposes. Christians are often told that they were born with a purpose that reaches beyond their...

Struggling to define your brand or stand out in a crowded market? Brand Building Simplified is your practical, step-by-step guide to creating a clear, consistent, and profitable brand, without needing a big budget or creative background.

**As featured on The Oprah Podcast, NPR's Hidden Brain, and in The New York Times** A “fascinating” (Charles Duhigg) and “must-read” (Annie Duke) book about WHAT we believe and HOW we experience the world is shaped by WHO we're around – and how to use that insight to rebuild the trust...

Five hundred feet underground, Jeanne Marie Laskas asked a coal miner named Smitty, “Do you think it’s weird that people know so little about you?” He replied, “I don’t think people know too much about the way the whole damn country works.” Hidden America intends to fix that. Like...

In 2014, Francis Fukuyama wrote that American institutions were in decay, as the state was progressively captured by powerful interest groups. Two years later, his predictions were borne out by the rise to power of a series of political outsiders whose economic nationalism and authoritarian tendencies threatened to destabilize the entire international order. These populist nationalists seek direct charismatic connection to “the people”, who are usually defined in narrow identity terms that offer an irresistible call to an in-group and exclude large parts of the population as a whole.