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This practical business book by an internationally acclaimed time management expert helps listeners understand why they're not finishing projects and what to do about it, including using Dr. Yager's unique F-I-N-I-S-H technique. It also goes beyond a "do this, not that" approach to help you develop a deeper insight into what you should be committing to in the first place!

We’ve all had friendships that have gone bad. Whether it takes the form of a simple yet inexplicable estrangement or a devastating betrayal, a failed friendship can make your life miserable, threaten your success at work or school, and even undermine your romantic relationships. Finally there is help. In When Friendship Hurts, Jan Yager, recognized internationally as a leading expert on friendship, explores what causes friendships to falter and explains how to mend them - or end them.

"Friendshifts" is a word Dr. Yager coined to denote how sometimes our friendships may shift throughout our lives, and even how we define a friend. Fortunately, in some instances, lifelong friendship does happen. The examples, anecdotes, quotes, and studies cited throughout the audiobook reinforce the notion that the right friends will help you get ahead or be happy in life, and even live a longer life; whereas the wrong friends can sabotage you or even get you hurt or killed.

The audiobook is based on the second edition of 125 Ways to Meet the Love of Your Life, which is being finalized. The core of the audiobook is 125 annotated ways to meet the love of your life, organized into nine categories, such as introductions by friends and family, dating services, trips, at work, cybermatching, online dating, singles clubs, parties, and lots more. Inspiring examples of successful matches based on original research throughout the book; Dr. Yager and her husband Fred even share their own "how we met" story.

Positive statements related to key relationships including parent-child, sibling, extended family, friend, romantic partner, neighbors, co-workers, or service providers. Includes an introduction by relationship and business coach and author/sociologist, Dr. Jan Yager as well as activities in the back of the book on how to improve your relationships at work and in your personal life.

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This is a collection of the author's original inspirational affirmations including two dozen famous maxims on happiness. This useful little book begins with an introduction about happiness, highlighting the work of Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, and other related works of sociologists, psychologists, and even economists on happiness.

This is the first of a new series by sociologist, educator, artist, and author Jan Yager entitled Fairy Tale Sequels. Book 1 is Little Red Riding Hood. This book is divided into four parts. After a Note to Parents or Educators, Part 1 is a brief summary of the evolution of the tale. Part 2 is the author's retelling of the classic fairy tale of "Little Red Riding Hood." In Part 3, the author shares her sequel. In Part 4, in the activities section, the author asks readers to create their own sequel to "Little Red Riding Hood," writing it down, and even sharing it with family, friends, or ...

With The Fast Track Guide to Losing Weight and Keeping It Off, follow Jan Yager, PhD on her mission to help you not only lose weight and maintain the loss but also to understand the different sociological and psychological reasons behind why the weight is so hard to get off and especially to keep off.

This prescriptive self-help book by acclaimed friendship coach, expert, and sociologist Dr. Jan Yager, author of the international hit titles When Friendship Hurts (in 29 languages) and Friendshifts (in nine languages) now looks at how the right friends can extend your life and even delay or avoid the onset of dementia and how the wrong ones can have catastrophic effects.

A noted time management consultant shows how to identify goals, clarify priorities, and achieve an ideal balance among work, family, and play concerns. Creative Time Management for the New Millennium especially appeals to those who want a time management approach that offers more flexibility while still accomplishing business and personal goals.

A practical guide to developing productive business relationships to hasten your success, whether you work for a major corporation, a small business, or are a self-employed entrepreneur or freelancer.

A practical guide to public speaking for those just starting out as well as seasoned pros. A useful audiobook covering everything from speech preparation and delivery, protocol for speakers, speaking concerns for authors, how to prepare and excel if you're asked to speak on TV, and lots more. In this audiobook, you will learn: How to research, prepare for, and give the most popular types of speeches, from the keynote address to a 90 minute workshop, all-day seminar, participating in a panel, the toast, roast, and more.

In 365 Daily Affirmations for Friendship, in addition to international friendship expert Dr. Jan Yager's original friendship affirmations, there are two dozen famous friendship quotes. There is also an extensive introduction about friendship as well as activities for improving friendship at work as well as in your personal life.

Work Less, Do More, 2nd Edition, is filled with suggestions on how to handle e-mail, deal with distractions ("distractionitis") and interruptions, as well as tips on prioritizing, delegating, conducting more effective meetings, multitasking, and mastering (or even eliminating) paperwork.

How can you get the most out of your college experience? Do you have all the tools you need to succeed? With the Skills Building Workbook for College Students, you will learn the skills you need to not only get through college, but to excel. Chapters include lessons and exercises or activities such as: Note Taking 101, Introduction to Time Management, Dealing with Procrastination, and Better Writing Skills.

You don't have to be rich to travel the world. Jan Yager shares 80 ways that you can make it happen—60 are free and 20 involve some financial investment. Whether you want to go to just one country besides your many countries and even around the world, this inspiring book by the award-wining, best-selling self-help expert Jan Yager—whose books include Help Yourself Now—is a great place to start making your global travel dreams come true.

This is the award-winning how to book on using business etiquette as a strategy for success by international speaker Jan Yager who is also a sociologist and workplace consultant. Here she explains her six business protocol principles and also covers image, gift-giving, ethics, international etiquette and communication skills.

The first part of this four-part book, after A Note to Parents and educators, offers a summary about the evolution of this classic fable or folktale. In Part 2, prolific author, teacher, artist, and parent Jan Yager retells the classic "The Three Little Pigs" fairy tale. In Part 3, she shares her original sequel. In Part 4, there are Activities including a request that readers (or children being read this book) write their own sequel and even illustrate it. A reference section as well as a list of children's books including related media concludes this book. It is a fun book for all ages! ...

This concise guide offers suggestions as well as additional resources to help you deal more effectively with your money challenges and where to seek out further assistance.