Mission Career

The corporate ladder is gone. It's been replaced by a game—and if you don't know the rules, you're going to lose. For nearly twenty years, John D. Romero climbed to the top 1% of U.S. income earners, holding elite financial licenses (Series 7, 66, 24) and advising thousands of clients—from struggling families to $150M net-worth individuals. Then, he walked away. Why? Because the corporate world quietly replaced true leaders with corporate cowards who climb via flattery, credit-theft, and politics instead of excellence.

The leader of a major NASA mission provides a practical guide to developing teams that excel in high-stakes situations. Lindy Elkins-Tanton leads NASA’s Psyche mission, a $1.2 billion megaproject that sent a spacecraft on an eight-year journey to investigate an asteroid between Mars and Jupiter. Along the way, she has managed challenges ranging from potentially catastrophic technological malfunctions and overbudget subcontractors to fraught email chains about who clogged the toilet. And she has done it all while building an extraordinary team culture.

Former CIA intelligence officer and popular author Michele Rigby Assad knows better than anyone what it means to venture into uncharted territory. Now, in her second book, she’s using her experience to help you embrace the often uncomfortable path to success. Get Off the X emboldens you to escape your comfort zone and realize your full potential!

Unleash Your Potential with "Just Do It Anyway" Are you struggling with indecision and finding it hard to commit to the choices that shape your life? The decisions we make have a profound impact on the quality of our lives, yet many of us grapple with the stress and uncertainty that accompanies decision-making. At various points in our lives, we all experience the feeling of being lost, not knowing which path to follow. A Personal Journey to Empowerment "Just Do It Anyway" is born from personal experience and the quest to create a practical, step-by-step guide to gain the confidence and ...

A groundbreaking women’s leadership expert and popular conference speaker gives women the practical skills to voice and implement the changes they want to see—in themselves and in the world. In her coaching and programs for women, Tara Mohr saw how women were "playing small" in their lives...

That's not a hypothetical. It's exactly how Amazon Web Services (AWS) scaled to $107 billion, and it's how Fortune 500 companies are winning today. This book shows you how. You're likely facing these challenges: AI pilots stuck in demo mode, consultants selling slideware, and mounting board pressure. Technology debt is bleeding your budget and slowing your team. You need a proven approach, not more theory.

You feel the deeper call of your soul’s mission, yet fully uncovering what you’re here to do, and how to build a business around it, hasn’t always been straightforward. Written for healers, coaches, spiritual entrepreneurs, and intuitives who are ready to stop chasing success and start embodying it, this book merges soul alignment with practical strategy. Soulfire reconnects you to your soul’s plan, the divine blueprint written before you incarnated, and teaches you how to channel, build, and scale your business with your spirit team.

Longlisted for the 2021 Porchlight Business Book Awards, Big Ideas & New Perspectives “She offers something both broad and scarce: a compelling new story about how to create a desirable future.”—New York Times An award-winning author and leading international economist delivers a...

A masterclass in persuasion, performance, and psychology, The Tao of Fundraising reveals how to navigate the invisible forces of human nature and capital flow to transform great ideas into fully funded ventures. The Tao of Fundraising delivers a blunt but necessary truth: the best ideas often go unfunded—not because they’re bad, but because their creators don’t understand how capital flows. Fundraising is the most neglected art in modern business. Most MBA courses and coaching advice focus on what to do after a business has secured investment. The Tao of Fundraising seeks to fill that void.

Have a Mission is a direct, no-fluff experience built from real-world lessons, failures, wins, and the mindset it takes to keep moving forward when life gets hard. Growing up one of twelve kids in Boston with no roadmap and no safety net, Darryl learned early that the gap between the life you want and the life you have isn't talent, luck, or timing — it's the willingness to move before you feel ready.

Read by the author. New York Times bestselling author Donald Miller shares the plan that led him to turn his life around. There are four characters in every story: The victim, the villain, the hero, and the guide. These four characters live inside us. If we play the victim, we’re doomed to...

Life is about choices. Where you live, the schools you attend, your career path, who you marry - all affect your success and satisfaction. Many of these choices are dichotomous. If I live here, I can’t live there. If I attend this university, I can’t also go to that one. Leaders often see their workplace strategy as an equally “this or that” choice.

An inspirational tale of triumph over extraordinary setbacks, A Colonel & A Cowboy tells the remarkable story of rodeo great Stran Smith and retired U.S. Army Colonel J. Craig Flowers. Stran Smith’s journey to becoming a World Champion rodeo cowboy is woven together with Colonel Flowers’ experiences supporting some of the most elite teams in the world. Through dramatic, real-life storytelling and humor, these two native Texans offer a profound analysis of what it takes to move from great to elite: Mission, Mindset, and Process.

Mission Transition is an essential career-change guide for any transitioning veteran that wants to avoid false starts and make optimal career choices following active duty. Every year, about a quarter of a million veterans leave the military - most of whom are unprepared for the transition...

At age fourteen, Garry Drummond borrowed his dad’s bulky video camera and launched his first venture—Kiddo-Video, filming birthday parties. After knocking on hundreds of doors without landing a single customer, he learned a lesson that would shape his entrepreneurial mindset for life: success doesn’t come from ideas alone, it demands relentless execution, adaptability, and perseverance.

In a world where change is the only constant, leadership demands courage and clarity. Every organization faces pivotal moments that can either blur their vision or strengthen their resolve. Through insightful storytelling, engaging illustrations, and practical exercises, Bolsinger helps you cut through the noise to hone in on what truly matters—your mission. The Mission Always Wins isn't just about theory; it's packed with real-life case studies and actionable advice, so you can foster alignment and purpose within your team.

Every successful organization needs high-performance teams to compete and succeed. Yet, technical people are often resistant to traditional "touchy-feely" teambuilding. To improve communication, performance, and morale among NASA's technical teams, former NASA Astrophysicist Dr. Charlie Pellerin developed the teambuilding process described in "How NASA Builds Teams"—an approach that is proven, quantitative, and requires only a fraction of the time and resources of traditional training methods.

Artificial intelligence is about to eliminate millions of routine white-collar jobs. But the real story isn’t job loss. It’s the birth of a new kind of economy—one where individuals succeed not by climbing a career ladder, but by discovering and pursuing a mission. In The Mission Economy: How to Find Meaning and Prosperity in the Age of AI, award-winning author and business strategist Stephen Hawley Martin explains why the rapid rise of artificial intelligence is transforming the structure of work—and why those who thrive in the coming era will be people who align their work with ...

Read by the author. For anyone who feels like they'll never live the life they dream of living, let social media sensation and entrepreneur Gabriel Conte be an inspiration to you: The life you want can be yours. And you can begin to earn it, achieve it, and live it right now. Gabriel Conte has...

Can we trust the Bible, or has it been distorted over the centuries? If Christians believe that the Bible contains the very words of Almighty God, why have most never read it cover to cover or made it part of their daily lives? How did we get the Bible? How should one respond to legitimate criticism? Everyone believes something when it comes to religion. Atheists believe there is no God. Atheists are not unreasonable, they are just arguing from a different starting point. How should we think about atheism? Are angels and demons real, or just a Hollywood invention? If the devil exists, why ...