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Shirin Behzadi was arrested multiple times under an oppressive regime in Iran before she had even reached adulthood. Fleeing her homeland alone as a teenager, she carried nothing with her but a suitcase—and a bold dream. In Istanbul, and later at a Los Angeles gas station, she quietly declared to anyone who would listen: One day, I will lead a large company.

This isn’t an academic textbook filled with dense financial theory. No more guessing or feeling uncertain about the decisions you’re making. This audiobook will give you the reassurance and confidence you’ve been searching for.

In "Failure Is an Option", Daniel Solomon takes you on a raw, honest, and often hilarious journey through his financial highs and lows—from losing $100,000 in the stock market to building a thriving real estate empire. This isn’t another "get rich quick" book. It’s a real-world guide to embracing failure, learning from mistakes, and turning setbacks into stepping stones toward financial success.

Author Stephen Now gives us a way to illuminate life’s experiences, through his reflections on loss, love, fear, rejection, healing, and acceptance. He demonstrates the idea that life experience need not be a series of successes or achievements to be beautiful. Discovering Unexpected Gifts points to something beyond ourselves as we begin to understand we play a part in bringing unexpected gifts to others - and in so doing find meaning, purpose, and joy.

Long before the advent of this pandemic, I recognized that certain people had the ability to recover successfully when life tried to knock them down, and I found that the traits that enabled those people to comfortably deal with adversity were traits I could develop for myself, and you can, too. In this audiobook, I have defined five practices that build the traits common to those resilient people. I introduce you to the practices that matter, with clear explanation along with optional activities when you want a change.

As she was digging deep into the lives of community members, Heather Lende, the obituary writer for her tiny hometown newspaper in Haines, Alaska, began to notice something. Even the crustiest old Alaskan sourpuss who died in a one-room cabin always had Halloween candy for the neighborhood kids, and the eccentric owner of the seafood store who regularly warned her about government conspiracies knew how to be a true friend - his memorial service was packed.

The only constant certainty in this world is change, whether you call for it or it falls upon you when least expected. If you are ill-prepared, there will come times when life will hit you hard off balance and knock the wind out of you. Regardless, whatever you come in contact with is irrelevant, as long as you are able to adapt to the situation at hand to let it play out in your favor and steer toward the best outcome of your ability - adaptability that is.