Lifescripts: What to Say to Get What You Want in Life's Toughest Situations

Follow authors to get new release updates, plus improved recommendations. Stephen M. Pollan A nationally recognized career and personal finance strategist, Stephen Pollan has maintained a highly successful executive advancement and coaching practice for more than three decades. As a professional certified coach, he has counseled, guided and mentored hundreds of people – including corporate leaders, world-class athletes, and professionals in the arts – and in the process, has earned national recognition as a trusted adviser. He has helped them to develop a blueprint for their professional and personal lives that enables them to meet their needs, achieve their goals and surpass their expectations. Pollan is the author of 23 books, including three national best sellers, and numerous magazine articles that focus on the “business of living.” His books are considered bibles by anyone making business, real estate or personal finance decisions. WORKSCRIPTS, his most recent publication, is a guide to navigating difficult dialogues in the modern workplace. Other top selling books include: LIFELINES, which dealt with how to handle unforeseen disasters in your business and personal life; IT’S ALL IN YOUR HEAD, which teaches us how to embrace and celebrate the life we have; FIRE YOUR BOSS, a counter-intuitive career guide to take control of your work life and boost your income while pleasing your boss; and, SECOND ACTS, a straightforward look at life strategies for making your dreams come true. LIVE RICH, a Wall Street Journal best seller, debunks the notion that fulfillment lies in people “loving” their jobs and careers. He looks at work as a means to an end, NOT an end in itself. DIE BROKE, was on The New York Times Bestseller List for 18 weeks and a Book-of-the-Month Club Selection. This unconventional book offers a comprehensive and practical message for financial happiness. Mr. Pollan appeared twice on Oprah to discuss the philosophy of DIE BROKE. LIFESCRIPTS, also a Book-of-the-Month Club Selection, literally scripts people for a variety of life changing events including: Asking for and getting a raise, negotiating the best deal on selling or buying a house, thriving after being downsized, etc. Read more about this author Read less about this author Read more about this author Read less about this author Clear, concise, and accessible are the three words most often used to describe the prose of Mark Levine. He is expert at making complex information and abstract concepts approachable for a general readership, and developing book structures that best convey that information. Levine is known for his ability to deliver extraordinarily clean manuscripts under the tightest of deadlines. His calm demeanor and consummate professionalism have allowed him to successfully collaborate with personalities as varied as a hard driving former Green Beret, a tranquil Episcopal priest, a systematic Wall Street executive, a streetwise Park Avenue lawyer, a peripatetic Madison Avenue creative director, an intense New York investment banker, and an emotive Midwestern motivational speaker, among others. While he has written on subjects as diverse as leadership, business, marketing, personal finance, career planning, and spirituality, Levine is one of those rare writers who have the ability to write hybrid works which bridge genres, whether leadership guide/memoir, self help/business, or career/personal finance. Levine has collaborated on nearly 30 published books, including the best sellers Second Acts, Die Broke, Live Rich and Lifescripts. Besides shepherding projects from proposal through final text, Levine has also done book doctoring and manuscript editing for projects in various stages of development. He has also been a contributing editor to Worth and a columnist for Men’s Health and Working Woman. He is also the author of hundreds of magazine articles, three of which were nominated for the American Society of Magazine Editor’s National Magazine Awards. As editor-in-chief and treasurer of Third Millennium Press, Inc., a book packaging firm, Levine produced 17 books for major publishers. He has taught magazine writing at Cornell University and has been a guest lecturer at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Journalism. He is a member of the Authors Guild. Read more about this author Read less about this author Read more about this author Read less about this author