Career Control

Project Controls for Federal Construction is your essential guide to navigating one of the most demanding sectors in the construction industry. With decades of combined expertise, Dr. Scott Arias and Matt Ellis unveil the real-world challenges and solutions that project managers face when working on federal government projects. This comprehensive manual blends proven strategies with practical insights, offering step-by-step guidance from bidding and budgeting to scheduling, quality assurance, and closeout processes.

Every day, there are multiple things vying for our attention - people, businesses, technologies, apps. But many of us don’t realize that our attention is our property. It belongs to us just like any other resource we own. And when we choose what we give our attention to, we can focus fully on our own purpose and on what’s best for us. When you take a step back and think about your thinking, you can take control of your attention, as well as your time and your purpose, rather than allowing others to be in control. It’s up to you.

Real leadership is not about controlling people. It is about developing them. Many leaders try to create results by tightening control, giving more instructions, checking every detail, and making themselves the center of every decision. But control does not build strong people. It creates dependency. Develop People, Don’t Control Them is a direct and practical audiobook for modern leaders who want to build stronger teams, increase responsibility, and help people grow beyond constant supervision.

Andy Storch spent years stuck in the wrong career and drifting aimlessly through life. Now, he is a professional coach, consultant, speaker, and author whose life mission is to equip others to live intentionally, love the life they live, and fulfill their true potential. In his eagerly-anticipated book Own Your Career, Own Your Life, you'll learn how to direct your own career, prepare for the future, and ultimately get back in the driving seat of your own life.

Being in control of a mind, even for a brief period in the grand scheme of things, can help you defuse tension - often for the other party as well as yourself. It can also help you come across as more confident and outgoing and as someone who's interested in many things and in other people. So assess, fine-tune, improve, and move toward mastery of controlling minds. It can enhance virtually every area of your life.