Chasing Success, Finding Purpose

Chasing Success, Finding Purpose
Author: Dontonio B. Wingfield
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2018-12-13
Genre: African American basketball players
ISBN: 9781791610357

Dontonio Wingfield knows the powerful pull of the past. Having grown up in a world of poverty, abuse and addictions, he passionately pursued a path that would take him to a successful life of money and fame. His status as the Albany (Georgia) basketball superstar of the 1990's opened the door for him to become a starting freshman at the University of Cincinnati. After one year, Dontonio was drafted to the NBA by the Seattle Supersonics reaching the pinnacle of success. However, all of it came crashing down in one fatal swoop. With honesty and transparency, Dontonio shares with the rest of the world his story of mistakes and poor choices that led him to a season of darkness and pain. Fortunately, that season was neither final nor fatal. Dontonio chose to rise up to a life filled with meaning and purpose. As a result, he is creating a new life for himself and for future generations.

Pursuit of Passionate Purpose

Pursuit of Passionate Purpose
Author: Theresa M. Szczurek
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2005-01-21
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471714143

In Pursuit of Passionate Purpose, self-help guru Theresa Szczurek reveals that the real key to a successful and happy life is in knowing what it is that you truly desire and pursuing it with determination. Based on the everyday wisdom of eighty successful people from all walks of life, along with the practical strategies she used to pursue her own passion, Szczurek presents a proven, step-by-step plan for effectively pursuing whatever your passionate purpose is. By emulating the six strategies/characteristics that almost all truly successful people share, you?ll discover who you really are, what you really want from life, and how to achieve it.

Chasing Success

Chasing Success
Author: Alok Trivedi
Publisher: Dash Enterprises
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2017-04-12
Genre: Life skills
ISBN: 9780998926902

The American Dream . . . the big job, nice things, the large paycheck. They are all things that Kumar has strived for, telling himself that by achieving each of these he is doing the best for his family. When he finally lands the big promotion at a large and successful firm, he truly believes he has made it. Foreseeing happy, stress-free times with his family in the future, Kumar is taken by surprise when he realizes that he could lose everything--his health, his family, his happiness. But the strong desire to succeed still reels him in. In Kumar's quest for happiness, he faces two great mentors who challenge him in very different ways to help him realize his inner self. Through this he faces heartache, awakenings, and realizations that challenge him to the core of his being. This is a story that prompts the question, Who am I? It's a story that reflects the battles many people find themselves up against in today's world--the struggle to meet the ever increasing demands of business, family, success, life balance, and personal fulfillment.

Chasing the Bright Side

Chasing the Bright Side
Author: Jess Ekstrom
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019-11-05
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0785229310

One flicker of hope. That’s all it takes to catapult yourself into the life you’ve always imagined. Success is not born out of skill, school, where we’re from, who we know, or what we scored on the SAT. None of us were born ready. None of us started life knowing how to fly a plane or launch a company or knit a sweater for our dog. But we are born with something more important than skills. We’re born with optimism—the initial seed for success. Optimism fuels the belief that you can be the one to create the good the world needs. But you’ve got to hone it. And practice it. And determine to live from it. In Chasing the Bright Side, Jess Ekstrom shares her own inspirational story of how optimism helped her overcome multiple challenges, and the dynamic ways her mind-set propelled her as a young entrepreneur, international speaker, and philanthropist. Do you have dreams for yourself and the world that are tucked away in your box of somedays? What would happen if today was the day you opened the box? And what if that box was the key to a better tomorrow? Jess’s journey will inspire you embrace the power of optimism in your own life, and help you reimagine your purpose so you create good in the world while fulfilling your own dreams—right where you are.

Inspire Integrity

Inspire Integrity
Author: Corey Ciocchetti
Publisher: Morgan James Publishing
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2019-10-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1683504402

Inspire Integrity is addicting. It focuses on what it means to live an authentic life. Its chapters encourage people of all ages and circumstances to understand that authentic success comes from the attainment of: (1) a sincere sense of contentment, (2) strong personal relationships, and (3) a solid character. This is much different from worldly success such as excessive wealth, fame and popularity - things which, in and of themselves, do not have the capacity to make a person happy. It is designed to help people look critically at their life, think through their decisions, set priorities and goals, develop a solid character, avoid serious mistakes and discover their true passion in life. It draws on the major ethical frameworks of Aristotle, Mill and Kant as well as the Golden Rule as tools to avoid Benjamin Franklin's warning that people tend to get old too soon and wise too late. It presents a roadmap to accomplish this mission and advocates that each reader start the journey to authentic success now! Inspire Integrity focuses on the story of Cash, the racing greyhound, who is world famous and has won tens of millions of dollars winning races. The biggest race of his life is on the horizon and everyone is there, including the press, to cover history in the making. If he wins the race his owner will receive a million-dollar prize. The night before the race, Cash reveals he's not going to race the next day and that he is retiring completely. Shocked, the owner asks him whether he is hurt, mad at her, or too old? He responds that it's none of those things. In fact, he's been doing a lot of critical thinking about his life and has come to the conclusion that all he's ever done is run around dirt racetracks, and he just cannot do it anymore. He finally understands that those little white rabbits that everyone encourages him to chase day and night aren't even real.

The Secret Society of Success

The Secret Society of Success
Author: Tim Schurrer
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 140022943X

It’s time to redefine success. “The book you’re about to read is an absolute game changer, life changer, and outlook changer. . . . You will never view success the same way again. And that’s a very good thing.” — ERNIE JOHNSON JR., Emmy Award winner and host of TNT’s Inside the NBA There’s a message getting a lot of airtime these days. It says to be successful, you have to step into the spotlight, climb the ladder, become the boss, or chase whatever version of success that’s been dangled in front of you. But what if there’s another way? What if fame, money, and power aren’t all that we should be chasing? In The Secret Society of Success, Tim Schurrer invites you to reevaluate your definition of success and learn a new, freer way to go about achieving it. How do you learn this approach? With the Secret Society as your guide—a community of people who know how to make an impact, whether they have the spotlight or not. The Secret Society will teach you to define success for yourself; contribute to your team without minding who gets the credit; make an impact that spans far beyond yourself, regardless of the size of your platform; navigate living in the tension between contentment and striving; go from feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and restless in your job to being confident in the value you bring to the team; and discover meaning and fulfillment in the work that you do. Through powerful stories of people like the CEO of Apple Tim Cook, NBA all-star LeBron James, Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and people whose names you’ve never heard of, you will discover that the success you’re looking for is within your reach, wherever you are and whatever your role. “The Secret Society of Success is an important book that everyone should read. It is not only insightful; it’s inspirational. This book captures what it really means to be successful. I am for one ready to up my game! Thank you, Tim, for giving me this gift!” — DAVID NOVAK, cofounder and former chairman and CEO of Yum! Brands (KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut)

Chasing Perfect

Chasing Perfect
Author: Alisha Illian
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 073698044X

Girl, read your Bible. You can eat all the kale, buy all the things, lift all the weights, take all the trips, trash all that doesn’t spark joy, wash your face and hustle like mad, but if you don’t rest your soul in Jesus, you’ll never find peace and purpose. You’ve had enough of the hustle. You’ve given up trying to meet social media’s impossible standards, and you’re done living a life ruled by busyness. But where do you go from here? For Alisha Illian, it wasn’t until she learned to abide in God’s truth that she finally found fulfillment. In Chasing Perfect, Alisha shares how God awakened her heart to prioritize what matters to Him. She’ll help you learn what it means to look beyond each day’s diversions and live in surrender to the Savior. You’ll see why it’s so important to… separate yourself from the self-first attitude of self-help culture savor each blessing God has given you schedule—rather than squeeze in—daily time to spend with God You don’t have to keep filling your calendar to the brim with unsatisfying distractions. Chasing Perfect will help you submit to God and experience His perfect renewal and rest.

Beyond Success

Beyond Success
Author: Jeff Gitterman with Andrew Appel
Publisher: Balboa Press
Total Pages: 167
Release: 2014-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1452594023

Wealth Management for the Soul: a four part plan for financially oriented people in spiritual crisis and spiritually oriented people in financial crisis.

Chasing Failure

Chasing Failure
Author: Ryan Leak
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0785240896

A USA TODAY Bestseller! Chasing Failure will help you remove every excuse for not pursuing the life you want to live, and that failure may just be the quickest way to success. We all have something we’d love to do, but often our fear of failure outweighs the potential of our destiny. But what if we found out that failure could actually help us succeed? In Chasing Failure, Ryan Leak shares the science behind why people are afraid to fail, mixing in real-life stories and adding practical steps to help us intentionally chase failure in order to embrace the opportunities that come with it. Everyone fails in life—but if you’re willing to learn, improve, and grow because of your failures, you are already on the road to success. As a motivational speaker, whether addressing people in corporations, churches, or youth events, Ryan has a message of hope: failure is right around the corner, so be brave enough to chase it! The good life is on the other side, and as he says, “God promises to be with you always, even through the failure.” Packed with wisdom, specific strategies, and a key takeaway included at the end of each chapter, Chasing Failure will help you: Explore whether your dream idea is worth pursuing Count the cost and create an action plan for your idea Learn how to effectively deal with criticism Understand how to embrace failure and learn how it can propel you By blending personal stories, get-up-and-go encouragement, and practical step-by-step advice, Ryan Leak will show you how chasing failure could be the quickest way to success.

Pursue

Pursue
Author: Randy Robinson
Publisher: Bookbaby
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-07-20
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 9781543902921

You were created for a purpose. You exist for a reason. You have a destiny to fulfill. You may not realize it yet, but you are a special treasure waiting to be unlocked, opened, and shared with the world. There is a greater power working in you. When you surrender to God's guidance, He can do more through you than you ever dreamed possible. It's time to accomplish your purpose. This book can be your guide to understanding and embracing your purpose. It can increase your faith to pursue your true calling, the one God planted in the deepest part of who you are. Only you know the dream that lies within you, and only you can achieve it. Let this book fuel the passion inside you to pursue your purpose.