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Shirley Jackson's third novel, a chilling descent into multiple personalities Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting off her dead mother’s inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer terrible...

If your business can’t breathe without you, it’s not freedom—it’s a trap. You didn’t start your business to work nights, miss vacations, and answer client emails from the toilet. But somewhere along the way, you became the bottleneck. The fixer. The decider-in-chief. The reason things move at the speed of you—and the reason they don’t scale beyond you. The Founder Bottleneck is your no-BS guide to diagnosing and destroying the habits, beliefs, and systems that keep your business overly dependent on your constant involvement. Packed with brutal truths, practical strategies, and...

Deliver Service That Feels Like Magic (Even Without a Five-Star Budget) The Hospitality Mindset isn’t a book about better customer service—it’s a blueprint for unforgettable client experiences that create loyalty, spark referrals, and make your business impossible to ignore. Drawing on the behind-the-scenes brilliance of world-class hotels, airlines, and restaurants, Kevin Shirley reveals the small but mighty principles that transform everyday business interactions into emotional moments worth remembering—and sharing. Whether you're a solopreneur, coach, consultant, or creative, ...

A career in real estate isn’t rocket science, at least on the surface: Put buyers and sellers together, guide them through the negotiation and on to a successful settlement, collect a commission check, exit stage left, repeat.Alas, the devil, though — as they say — is in the details. And details there are. Many of them.It seems that each year real estate sales become increasingly more complicated. The “contract-to-close” period is among the most important in the real estate sales cycle. All the hard work of finding a home for your buyer, working with the listing agent and ...

Every entrepreneur faces the inevitable arrows of adversity... What separates those who thrive from those who merely survive isn't the absence of challenges—it's their response to those challenges when they arise. In The Second Arrow, you'll discover the ancient wisdom that's transforming how modern entrepreneurs handle adversity. Drawing from Buddhist philosophy, neuroscience, and real-world case studies, this book reveals how successful business leaders avoid the self-inflicted wounds that compound external challenges. You'll learn: Why your reaction to business setbacks often causes ...

What if you could earn someone’s trust before they even know your last name? In today's fast-moving, high-skepticism world, trust isn’t earned over months anymore—it’s built in moments. The Trusted Stranger shows you how to become the kind of person others instinctively believe, confide in, and refer to their friends… even if you’ve just met. Whether you're a real estate agent, coach, consultant, financial advisor, or service-based entrepreneur, this book teaches you the science and strategy behind rapid trust-building—without being manipulative or salesy. You'll learn how to ...

Build a Business That Thrives—One Relationship at a Time Are you grinding away at your solopreneur business, feeling like you’re doing it all on your own? The Connection Advantage will change the way you think about success. This isn’t another book about hustle or scaling fast—it’s about something deeper and far more sustainable: building meaningful professional relationships that lead to real business growth. Whether you’re a coach, consultant, creative, or freelancer, The Connection Advantage gives you the exact strategies you need to turn your network into your most powerful ...

You didn’t leave your job to become your own worst boss. Most entrepreneurs start their business chasing freedom — only to find themselves drowning in client demands, late-night emails, last-minute requests, and non-stop availability that leaves them exhausted and resentful. The real secret to a profitable, sustainable, and joyful business isn’t working harder or saying yes to everything. It’s mastering gentle boundaries — clear, compassionate limits that protect your time, energy, and value without burning bridges or turning you into a robot. In The Art of Gentle Boundaries, real...

Buying a home is one of the ultimate proofs of your financial discipline and success. But behind all the glamor and excitement is a challenging process. You have to look for houses, inspect them, make offers, and make do with what you can afford. The thing is, a lot of these activities only become successful if the buyer and the REALTOR are in a good working relationship. I wrote this book to enlighten you about the activities that happen behind the buying process. There are so many people involved in the real estate industry. It would help buyers like you if you knew what to do before you ...

Make a Lasting Impression—Without Breaking the Bank In a noisy, automated, AI-saturated marketing world, nothing cuts through the digital fog quite like a well-hosted, face-to-face gathering. But before you break into a cold sweat over budgets, timelines, or what kind of cocktail napkins to buy, take a breath. In Champagne Vibes on a Seltzer Budget, Kevin Shirley strips away the intimidation of client events and shows business owners, entrepreneurs, and service professionals how to turn simple gatherings into loyalty-building, referral-generating machines. Whether you're an enthusiastic ...

Selling a home is a significant life decision. Making wise decisions during the process is one of the best investments you can make in your family's financial future. But, selling a home is not taught in school, even though it is one of the most necessary pieces of knowledge you could acquire in life.The event can be extremely stressful, especially when you are doing it for the first time. The truth is that selling a home can be complicated, emotional, and fraught with both perils and expenses. Nevertheless, understanding the process can make the task much more relaxed. And one of the links...

Storytelling Isn’t Just Marketing — It’s Your Most Powerful Competitive Advantage. In a world where customers can buy almost anything from almost anyone, why do some businesses thrive while others struggle — even when they offer nearly identical products or services? The answer isn’t features, pricing, or hustle. It’s story. Storytelling as Strategy is a practical, no-fluff guide for entrepreneurs, small business owners, and service professionals ready to transform their brand from forgettable to legendary. In these pages, Kevin Shirley reveals how to create an emotional moat ...

Build a Business That Feels as Good as It Looks. Most business books teach you how to do more. This one shows you how to be more. The Soft Power Advantage is a bold invitation to rethink everything you thought you knew about success. In a world obsessed with hustle, strategy, and scaling at all costs, Kevin Shirley offers a radically different blueprint for building a business that’s wildly effective — and deeply human. This isn’t about hacks, formulas, or another color-coded productivity system. This is about cultivating soft power — the quiet, magnetic strength that comes from ...

Stop Shouting. Start Attracting. Discover the Quiet Power of Magnetic Marketing. If marketing has ever made you feel inauthentic, exhausted, or invisible, you’re not alone. Magnetic Marketing offers a radical shift from the noisy, pushy tactics that dominate today's business world. This isn't another book about funnels, hacks, or sales tricks. It's a quiet revolution for service providers who want to attract the right clients with ease, authenticity, and grace. Through thoughtful stories, actionable insights, and a voice that feels like a deep breath in a chaotic marketplace, Kevin ...

Think success is all about hustle? Think again. If a flock of baby chicks can influence a robot with nothing but pure focus and desire… imagine what you could do with your fully-developed, problem-solving, business-building human brain. Think It, Build It is not another fluffy mindset book or a repackaged Law of Attraction guide in business-casual clothing. This is intentionality with teeth — science-backed, no-nonsense strategies for entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and small business owners who are tired of random results and ready to create on purpose.Inside, you'll discover: The bizarre...

Escape the Burnout Spiral Without Burning It All Down You didn’t start your business to work 24/7, answer emails from the bathroom, or lie awake at 2AM wondering if you can keep going. But if you're like most entrepreneurs, burnout has crept in—and it's costing you your energy, creativity, and love for the work you once adored. Burnout-Proof is your field guide to building a sustainable business without sacrificing yourself in the process. No fluff. No hustle culture nonsense. Just clear-eyed strategies for protecting your energy, setting boundaries that stick, and reclaiming your spark...

Trabajar desde casa es maravilloso hasta que el gato decide vomitar en tu computadora. Y tu vecino, que sólo puedes asumir que esta construyendo una motocicleta, comienza a encender todo tipo de herramientas eléctricas y máquinas ruidosas a lado. Para la mayoría de los profesionales modernos, trabajar en casa de vez en cuando representa un lujo que nos ofrecen nuestras respectivas empresas. Sin embargo, en la era de las pandemias semanales, el trabajo en casa puede convertirse en la nueva normalidad. Pero, ¿qué entorno nos permite ser más productivos: ¿la oficina central o la ...

Working from home is terrific. Right up until the child hides your laptop. And your neighbor, who you can only assume is constructing a motorcycle, begins firing up all kinds of power tools and noisy machines next door. For most modern professionals, working in the home from time to time is a luxury that we are afforded by our individual companies. Now, however, in the age of weekly pandemics, working at home may become the new normal. But which environment really allows us to be more productive: the home office or the office office? At the workplace, your coworkers frequently pose the ...

What if you could become the name everyone whispers when it’s time to move—without ever cold-calling, door-knocking, or faking enthusiasm at networking events? In The Neighborhood Whisperer, veteran real estate mentor Kevin Shirley introduces a radically human approach to local visibility, trust-building, and authentic marketing. This isn’t a book about farming postcards or lead funnels. It’s about weaving yourself into the emotional and social fabric of a neighborhood so naturally that you become unforgettable—not because you’re loud, but because you belong. Drawing on three ...