Doug Meijer reveals the real challenges he’s faced and the life lessons he learned along the way. Doug Meijer is best known as the cochairman of the superstore chain Meijer. In this candid memoir, he pulls back the curtain on his seemingly happy image to share his struggles with family, work, and health—and what they taught him about life. Within one week in November 2011, Doug’s marriage ended, his father passed away, and he was diagnosed with cancer. Alongside these crises, he struggled with intensifying depression leading eventually to treatment at an inpatient program. As he has healed, he’s come to realize some straightforward wisdom: There is no secret to survival. Ask for help. Practice gratitude. In addition to sharing the challenges he’s faced, Doug also tells the story of how he left behind his athletic aspirations to follow in his father’s footsteps. Through the family business, he found purpose and meaning through philanthropy. But Behind the Smile isn’t about what it takes to succeed in business. It’s about the problems that can affect any of us and how one man has persisted through them. With refreshing vulnerability and warmth, Doug extends a hand of empathy and a message of hope for healing and wholeness.
Doug Meijer reveals the real challenges he’s faced and the life lessons he learned along the way. Doug Meijer is best known as the cochairman of the superstore chain Meijer. In this candid memoir, he pulls back the curtain on his seemingly happy image to share his struggles with family, work, and health—and what they taught him about life. Within one week in November 2011, Doug’s marriage ended, his father passed away, and he was diagnosed with cancer. Alongside these crises, he struggled with intensifying depression leading eventually to treatment at an inpatient program. As he has healed, he’s come to realize some straightforward wisdom: There is no secret to survival. Ask for help. Practice gratitude. In addition to sharing the challenges he’s faced, Doug also tells the story of how he left behind his athletic aspirations to follow in his father’s footsteps. Through the family business, he found purpose and meaning through philanthropy. But Behind the Smile isn’t about what it takes to succeed in business. It’s about the problems that can affect any of us and how one man has persisted through them. With refreshing vulnerability and warmth, Doug extends a hand of empathy and a message of hope for healing and wholeness.
Agnorance. Is it even a word? Doug Sheehy believes it is since he authored it. Agnorance is discussed in full detail along with other memoirs, musings and madness from an unprofessional writer and attempted humorist named Doug. This book is filled with stories from Doug's life as well as his thoughts on a variety of topics and even a few choice recipes. There is plenty to learn about Doug and his thoughts on being the author of agnorance. This book basically picks up where his previous book, "Arrogance and Ignorance Can Get You Far" left off. The 47 chapters are brief yet entertaining.
The authors wrote this book when they couldn't find a short, comprehensive time management book to recommend to their executive coaching clients. It's based on the best tips from the top 20 time management books on Amazon as of September 2005. The book covers all the important aspects of time management in five sections (Focus, Plan, Organize, Take Action, Learn) and 25 chapters. Not a linear system, the book's layout allows readers to read from start to finish or zero in on specific areas for improvement. Writing is tight, with no fluff and many bullets and numbered steps so readers can get right to work on changing their time management habits. The Appendix includes an annotated list of the 20 source books. There's also a select list of books, many of them classics, which help people lead happier, more fulfilled lives. The last appendix shows how to buy books for much less. Published in December 2005, the book is now one of the top 5 time management books on Amazon!
Efficiency is a crucial concern across computing systems, from the edge to the cloud. Paradoxically, even as the latencies of bottleneck components such as storage and networks have dropped by up to four orders of magnitude, software path lengths have progressively increased due to overhead from the very frameworks that have revolutionized the pace of information technology. Such overhead can be severe enough to overshadow the benefits from switching to new technologies like persistent memory and low latency interconnects. Resource Proportional Software Design for Emerging Systems introduces resource proportional design (RPD) as a principled approach to software component and system development that counters the overhead of deeply layered code without removing flexibility or ease of development. RPD makes resource consumption proportional to situational utility by adapting to diverse emerging needs and technology systems evolution. Highlights: Analysis of run-time bloat in deep software stacks, an under-explored source of power-performance wastage in IT systems Qualitative and quantitative treatment of key dimensions of resource proportionality Code features: Unify and broaden supported but optional features without losing efficiency Technology and systems evolution: Design software to adapt with changing trade-offs as technology evolves Data processing: Design systems to predict which subsets of data processed by an (analytics or ML) application are likely to be useful System wide trade-offs: Address interacting local and global considerations throughout software stacks and hardware including cross-layer co-design involving code, data and systems dimensions, and non-functional requirements such as security and fault tolerance Written from a systems perspective to explore RPD principles, best practices, models and tools in the context of emerging technologies and applications This book is primarily geared towards practitioners with some advanced topics for researchers. The principles shared in the book are expected to be useful for programmers, engineers and researchers interested in ensuring software and systems are optimized for existing and next generation technologies. The authors are from both industry (Bhattacharya and Voigt) and academic (Gopinath) backgrounds.
There is now a widespread expectation that teachers and coaches should be reflective practitioners, an expectation written into national standards of education in many countries. This innovative book introduces the methods by which teachers and coaches can conduct research into their own professional practice and therefore become more effective reflective practitioners, improving their students’ learning as a result. As the only book on practitioner research that focuses specifically on the unique challenges of working in a physical education or youth sport environment, it uses real-life case studies and applied practical examples to guide the reader through the research process step-by-step. Examining the what, why and how of four key research methods in particular – action research, narrative enquiry, autoethnography and self-study – it provides an expert analysis of the strengths and limitations of each method and demonstrates how conducting reflective research can produce tangible results in improving both teaching and learning. This is an invaluable resource for all those interested in enhancing their professional development as students, practitioners or researchers of physical education and youth sport.
Do you want to be more successful? Achieve record breaking sales? Make more money right now? Are you committed to learning more about your customers and improving your skills and approach to helping them? Salespeople are some of the least trusted professionals of any career. That’s an opportunity for you! By using this book as your guide, you can substantially differentiate yourself from your competition. This 31-day book teaches the skills and habits of sales stars in bite-sized chunks you can learn and apply today. It challenges conventional sales thinking and leads you to a path of greatness. Superstar Saleswill teach you: A five-step selling model that focuses on the customer’s needs but also helps you win An evaluation process to determine if you are among the best or the rest How to capture and keep more business in a challenging market How to deal with objections using the LEAD Model that lessens the stress for both you and your customers The 10 competencies of a superstar leader How to become a high-performing sales star and exceed your goals And much more!
Discover and implement “the most important, proven leadership principles and ideas” in just thirty-one days with this step-by-step manual (Ken Hicks, CEO/Chairman, Footlocker, Inc.). It is the rare excellent boss who can achieve great results by earning their staff’s loyalty and inspiring exemplary performance. Now you can learn the secrets of these Superstar leaders—and become one of them. Superstar Leadership examines the key habits of the best and worst bosses, identifying nine key performance drivers that are proven to increase and sustain results. Do you want to earn more money for your company? Electrify your department? Increase customer loyalty, sales, and productivity while simultaneously decreasing turnover, improving innovation, and having fun? With evaluations and activities designed to help you hones your leadership skills, you can achieve all of this. Superstar Leadership will teach you: Why fifty percent of managers fail, and how to avoid being one of them Seven keys to employee motivation The high-performance formula that will catapult your career success The nine strategies of a Superstar leader How to create a high-performing team and exceed your goals And much more!
Are you worried that your customers are trying to survive tough times by seeking better deals from your competitors? Are you having an even tougher time finding new customers for your product or service? Superstar Customer Service follows Superstar Leadership and Superstar Sales, three titles aimed straight at achieving the highest levels of performance in these three essential areas. Customer service may be one of the most demanding and difficult jobs you’ll ever have... but it has the potential to make you a Superstar! Develop your skills, manage yourself, master your ability to address the relationship problems experienced by your company, and you can go anywhere you want to go! Job satisfaction, success, and personal accomplishment are all within your grasp! This book is organized as a month-long journey of improvement and discovery. Each chapter is a daily lesson with a core concept, skill-development idea, and resources to support your practice and application of the lesson. Superstar Customer Service will help you distinguish yourself as someone who can get things done. It may very well help you forge a new pathway in your career that is far beyond anything you previously imagined!
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