Making Faith Great Again: Wisdom from a Life with No Regrets

Marlene was twenty-two, a new baby in arms, when her husband said, "I think God's calling us to give our lives to the Philippines." Her response? "Sounds like an adventure " But three years into their successful ministry, Marlene loses her entire family to a plane crash, and Don and Marlene must return home to run the family business. They'd planned on selling the business and returning to "God's work" until a world-famous evangelist told them that they could do even more good for the Kingdom of God by running their business well and supporting missionaries. That conversation changed everything. Over the next sixty years, they planted hundreds of churches and touched hundreds of thousands of lives. In this book, Marlene tells her fascinating story and shares hard-won wisdom about prayer, prosperity, marriage, and generosity. Above all, she urges us to pursue an adventurous life of great faith.

Ostrom, Marlene

Biographies & Memoirs

Advantage Publishing Group

Define and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service: Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Profits

Why do small businesses have such a difficult time surviving and thriving? There are many reasons. Three of the top four reasons for small business failure are the business ran out of cash, didn't have the right team, and were outcompeted. What do these three reasons have in common? They are all directly related to customer service. Customer service has a massive influence on sales and cash flow. Customer service has a direct effect on the attitude and actions of the team running the business. Customer service has a direct impact on a business's competitive advantage. I've used the ideas and principles in this book to build and run three very successful businesses. I've seen these principles transform my clients' businesses, helping them grow, and creating more remarkable success. I didn't write this book on what I've heard about; I wrote this book based on first-hand knowledge and after experiencing the incredible benefits of creating a service culture based business. My goal in this book is to help businesses to go from surviving to thriving and from thriving to dominating. This is accomplished by creating and enhancing customer service and developing a business's service culture and attitude. This is not a book about customer service This is a book about success It's about how to run and sustain a successful business. This book is not just for the companies that are struggling and are on the brink of closing. This book is also for successful companies that are doing well but could be doing even better. This book is for one-person operations or business with 1000's of employees. For the brick and mortar business to the digital business. It doesn't matter the business type because treating customers is the same for every business. You might be thinking this all sounds great, but can improving your customer service really make that big of impact on a business? You don't have to take my word for it. All you have to do is look at some of the most successful businesses on the planet. Companies such as Amazon, Southwest Airlines, Zappos, Apple, and Chick-fil-A have all been built on the foundation of exceptional customer service. What do you have to lose by reading this book? Nothing As you read this book, my promise to you is you'll find simple strategies, ideas, and principles. If you take action and implement them, you'll notice and see a significant change in your business success and the business's atmosphere. It'll be a happier, friendlier, and better place to work.

Self-Help

Henry, Kelly

Personal Transformation

★★★★★ "One of the best books I have read on customer service!" - Reader Review 
__________\nWhy do small businesses have such a difficult time surviving and thriving?\nThere are many reasons, but three of the top four reasons for small business failure are: the business ran out of cash, didn't have the right team, or were outcompete.\nWhat do these three reasons have in common?\nThey are all directly related to customer service.\nCustomer service has a massive influence on sales and cash flow. Customer service has a direct effect on the attitude and actions of the team running the business. Customer service has a direct impact on a business's competitive advantage.\nI've used the ideas and principles in this book to build and run three very successful businesses. I've seen these principles transform my clients' businesses, helping them grow, and creating more remarkable success. I didn't write this book on what I've heard about; I wrote this book based on first-hand knowledge and after experiencing the incredible benefits of creating a service culture based business.\nMy goal in this book is to help businesses to go from surviving to thriving and from thriving to dominating!\nThis is accomplished by creating and enhancing customer service and developing a business's service culture and attitude.\nThis is not a book about customer service! This is a book about success!\nIt's about how to run and sustain a successful business. This book is not just for the companies that are struggling and are on the brink of closing. This book is also for successful companies that are doing well but could be doing even better. This book is for one-person operations or business with 1000's of employees. For the brick and mortar business to the digital business. It doesn't matter the business type because treating customers is the same for every business. 
You might be thinking this all sounds great, but can improving your customer service really make that big of an impact on a business? 
You don't have to take my word for it. All you have to do is look at some of the most successful businesses on the planet.\nCompanies such as Amazon, Southwest Airlines, Zappos, Apple, and Chick-fil-A have all been built on the foundation of exceptional customer service. 
What do you have to lose by reading this book? Nothing! As you read this book, my promise to you is you'll find simple strategies, ideas, and principles.\nIf you take action and implement them, you'll notice and see a significant change in your business success and the business's atmosphere. It'll be a happier, friendlier, and better place to work.

Business & Money

Henry, Dr. Kelly

Business Culture

Marlene was twenty-two, a new baby in arms, when her husband said, "I think God's calling us to give our lives to the Philippines." Her response? "Sounds like an adventure!" But three years into their successful ministry, Marlene loses her entire family to a plane crash, and Don and Marlene must return home to run the family business. They'd planned on selling the business and returning to "God's work" until a world-famous evangelist told them that they could do even more good for the Kingdom of God by running their business well and supporting missionaries. That conversation changed everything. Over the next sixty years, they planted hundreds of churches and touched hundreds of thousands of lives. In this book, Marlene tells her fascinating story and shares hard-won wisdom about prayer, prosperity, marriage, and generosity. Above all, she urges us to pursue an adventurous life of great faith.

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Do you feel anxious about sending your child to kindergarten? Are you looking for ideas on how to prepare your child for kindergarten? If so, this book will replace such worries with wisdom and confidence. It does so by defining what school readiness means and why it is such a big deal both socially and politically. It also examines what is known about sending children to kindergarten and what occurs if parents decide to hold their children out of kindergarten for a year. This book provides insight into how your child learns and how to support such learning. Here, you will gain a plan of action to prepare yourself and your child for a successful kindergarten year.

Ready for Kindergarten?

Education & Teaching

Brown, Christopher P.

Schools & Teaching

Ready for Kindergarten?: Free Yourself from the Readiness Trap so that You and Your Child are Ready for and Will Succeed in Kindergarten

Children's Books

Brown, Dr. Christopher P

Arts, Music & Photography

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 Pirates are still out there, flintlock pistols and schooners traded for [assault rifles] and black-painted Zodiacs. \nJuan's crew of outcasts and thieves from various countries lived at the edge of a dusty village in Southern Haiti, not far from the Dominican Republic border. They were safe in Haiti-a country of refuge for pirates and thieves, for injustice and abuse. 
 The village itself consisted of fewer than a hundred hovels of sticks, paper, and earth, all clustered together. The inhabitants made their living from fishing and meager farming. Their bodies were thin, and souls depressed. It was typical Haiti. 
 The pirate's neighborhood, though, prospered a little from the thieves' spending. A few residents dedicated a portion of their homes to selling groceries, supplies, and light hardware, or providing their skills-a couple of seamstresses, a mechanic, and a panga boat repairman. Opportunities to buy alcohol and drugs were abundant, as were women who offered the usual services. A "policeman" was paid by Juan to guard his belongings, prevent problems, and report on everything that happened. He was always wearing the mock badge Juan once pinned on him. 
 Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints tells the riveting tales of modern-day pirates in the unpredictable waters of the Caribbean-not Jack Sparrow caricatures, but real men and women driven by their pasts. \nJuan is fiercely loyal to his crew and loves adventure, but did he bite off too much by attacking a luxury cruise ship filled with Argentina's ruthless elites? 
 His son, Ivan longs to build a respectable life with the beautiful daughter of a prominent Dominican Republic family, but how can he convince Ileana that he is no longer a ruthless pirate? 
 Maria's life fell apart when her father died at sea, but she found a new one climbing the ranks of Juan's crew. When she's nearly killed leading their most ambitious raid, Maria begins to regret her new life. 
 Peter, an American expatriate, was a Catholic missionary until alcohol cost him everything. Wondering the hills of Haiti in search of redemption, he begins caring for a young lady who is recovering from a gunshot that should have killed her. 
 Based on his experience as an international lawyer and pilot, T. Grant Acker creates an unforgettable cast that brings us into a world filled with danger and corruption, love and redemption. 
 Review 
"T. Grant Acker dares us to see the other side of life-a life that only someone with his experience can reveal. Pirates, Scoundrels. and Saints: Paraiso is a powerful novel that reveals the modern world of pirating from the inside. The characters get into our blood, pulling us into their needs and desires. We are left understanding them as passionate and complex individuals." 
-Richard Heller, Sculptor and author of Blueprints. \n"The characters and places in this book brought back memories of my adventures as a pilot and smuggler in the Caribbean. The author's descriptions are accurate, and his action-packed novel is true to life." 
-D.H., Convicted smuggler 
 About the Author 
Timothy Grant Acker lived in Mexico for thirteen years as a lawyer and was touched by the sort of scoundrels and saints found in his book. He has explored the depths of life and experienced the power of forgiveness. Born in New York, Acker lives (mostly) in Washington State and reluctantly practices law from time to time.

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints PARAISO: Book One

Literature & Fiction

Acker, Timothy Grant

Genre Fiction

Pirates are still out there, flintlock pistols and schooners traded for assault rifles and black-painted Zodiacs. Juan's crew of outcasts and thieves from various countries lived at the edge of a dusty village in Southern Haiti, not far from the Dominican Republic border. They were safe in Haiti-a country of refuge for pirates and thieves, for injustice and abuse. The village itself consisted of fewer than a hundred hovels of sticks, paper, and earth, all clustered together. The inhabitants made their living from fishing and meager farming. Their bodies were thin, and souls depressed. It was typical Haiti.The pirate's neighborhood, though, prospered a little from the thieves' spending. A few residents dedicated a portion of their homes to selling groceries, supplies, and light hardware, or providing their skills-a couple of seamstresses, a mechanic, and a panga boat repairman. Opportunities to buy alcohol and drugs were abundant, as were women who offered the usual services. A "policeman" was paid by Juan to guard his belongings, prevent problems, and report on everything that happened. He was always wearing the mock badge Juan once pinned on him. Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints tells the riveting tales of modern-day pirates in the unpredictable waters of the Caribbean-not Jack Sparrow caricatures, but real men and women driven by their pasts. Juan is fiercely loyal to his crew and loves adventure, but did he bite off too much by attacking a luxury cruise ship filled with Argentina's ruthless elites? His son, Ivan longs to build a respectable life with the beautiful daughter of a prominent Dominican Republic family, but how can he convince Ileana that he is no longer a ruthless pirate? Maria's life fell apart when her father died at sea, but she found a new one climbing the ranks of Juan's crew. When she's nearly killed leading their most ambitious raid, Maria begins to regret her new life. Based on his experience as an international lawyer and pilot, Timothy Grant Acker creates an unforgettable cast that brings us into a world filled with danger and corruption, love and redemption.

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints: PARAISO: Book One

Ignite Your Church: Seven Practices to Be an Architect and Not an Arsonist

Are you a new pastor at a well-established church? You know it's dying for change but you're afraid of destroying it in the process. Or perhaps you're a long-time pastor who's grown tired of the rut and are sick of endless new church growth techniques. 
Ignite Your Church isn't a church growth book. It's a guide to renovating your church and bringing it to full potential. As a pastor who revitalized a church with nearly 100 years of history and a consultant that has coached over 300 pastors through relaunching their own churches, Dr. Jones will provide you with the tools you need to light a fire under your church without burning it down. 
From the Introduction: 
Because all churches drift, this book is for any and every leader who wants to either ignite a fire under their church or keep the fire lit. I've been in ministry for thirty years and spent the last seventeen years leading New Life, a church with an incredible foundation of nearly a hundred years but that was in desperate need of major renovation. I've paid the price and made all the mistakes. I've also coached countless pastors of established churches and seen the good, bad, and ugly of leading God's flock. 
Over that time, I discovered and developed the MCI Relaunch Strategy-a revolutionary and practical technique that can change everything. A match that lights the fire. But fire is dangerous stuff. It can excite and energize a congregation or destroy, in one hour, a church that took one hundred years to build. After getting burned more than once, I've also developed seven hard-won practices you'll want to master before striking that match. 
These principles and tools apply regardless of the age of your church and you don't necessarily need to be the lead pastor to implement them. But this book is uniquely focused on established churches because they aren't typically addressed in church-growth books or at leadership seminars. Leaders like Rick Warren, Andy Stanley, Craig Groeschel, and Steven Furtick are all great men who made great contributions to the Church (and have enriched my life), but they planted their churches. They haven't experienced the challenges you face pastoring a church with decades of history. Remodeling a house and building a new one may look similar to outsiders, but any architect will tell you that they take radically different skills, and this book focuses on those skills. 
Dr. Troy Jones is passionate helping well-established churches like yours rediscover their vision and excitement. From the Introduction, "I believe that the greatest potential for reaching America lies in waking up our countless established churches and helping them recapture their purpose." 
He is the lead pastor of New Life Church in the Seattle area and is a sought-after speaker, coach, and consultant. Troy and Jana, his wife of 32 years, live in a 125-year-old-house that they literally picked up and moved down the street to save from demolition. Their painstaking renovation stands as a testament to their love of old things made new.

Religion & Spirituality

Troy H. Jones

Christian Books & Bibles

Ignite Your Church isn't a church growth book. It's a guide to renovating your church and bringing it to its full potential. As a pastor who revitalized a church with nearly 100 years of history and a consultant that has coached over 300 pastors through relaunching their churches, Dr. Jones will provide you with the tools you need to light a fire under your church without burning it down.

Jones, Troy H

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Making Faith Great Again: Wisdom from a Life with No Regrets

Define and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service: Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Profits

Define and Deliver Exceptional Customer Service: Proven Strategies to Maximize Your Profits

Making Faith Great Again: Wisdom from a Life with No Regrets

Ready for Kindergarten?

Ready for Kindergarten?: Free Yourself from the Readiness Trap so that You and Your Child are Ready for and Will Succeed in Kindergarten

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints PARAISO: Book One

Pirates, Scoundrels, and Saints: PARAISO: Book One

Ignite Your Church: Seven Practices to Be an Architect and Not an Arsonist

Ignite Your Church: Seven Practices to Be an Architect and Not an Arsonist