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This is the poignant life-and-death story of Johnny Stack, whose young and vibrant life ended by suicide after his descent into addiction to high-potency marijuana and cannabis-induced psychosis. You’ll laugh and cry with his mother, Laura Stack, as she retells the story of Johnny’s joyful childhood and then takes you through the unthinkable tragedy of his loss. It’s every parent’s nightmare. But this book is much more than Johnny’s story.

Are you concerned about your teen's THC use (smoking marijuana, vaping, dabbing, or using edibles)? In The Impact of THC on Our Children: A Parent's Worst Nightmare, twenty-five Parents of Children with Cannabis-Induced Psychosis (POCCIP) share their real-life stories of their children's THC use, addiction, mental illness, psychosis, and sometimes, sadly, suicide. This book is published by Johnny's Ambassadors Youth THC Prevention, a nonprofit in Colorado, with a mission to educate parents, teens, and communities about the dangers of today's potent THC products on adolescent brain ...

Transform your thoughts, your life, and your actions to achieve greatness … one thought at a time. This powerful audio program featuring top motivational speakers and thought leaders will teach you steps to increase confidence and motivation to reach your goals. In Thinking Big, Les Brown will infuse you with inspiration and a sense of empowerment so you can choose your future.

There is one particular thing that works faster and more consistently than anything else to bring your mind and body into balance. This audio program from best-selling authors tells you what it is. Reducing the stress levels in your life will save you money, improve relationships, and get your life back into balance. This short audio program shows you how to do that, while you get more things done listening to this program during your commute.

Raising a motivated teenager doesn’t have to be a struggle! Empower yourself with the knowledge that will make your child-rearing years a success. Plenty of tools and methods exist that you can use today to make your child’s teen years happy and successful. These are pivotal years in the life of your child, and you can prepare your teenagers to be productive in school, happy in their relationships, and on their way to a bright future.

These days, everyone is busy. Advances in technology mean there is more information to sort through than ever. Work hours have increased, but to-do lists are endless - schedules get blown in the first five minutes of the day. You could spend more time “planning” and “prioritizing” your list than actually doing the work! At work and in life, we all just have too much to do! And when you have too much to do, it’s hard to feel productive. If you can’t do everything, you need to put your time and energy into what will yield the more important results.

Using the techniques in this program, you will be able to create boundaries around technology which will help clarify and simplify your life. Get unstuck and abandon your fears to set and achieve big goals!It doesn’t matter whether your goal is to become a millionaire—or a billionaire—or if you just want a bigger house, a nicer car, a better job, a healthier life, or a happier relationship. Discover the powerful tools you have been seeking to transform your life and your business.

Effectiveness, Stack says, is identifying and achieving the best objectives for your organization - doing the right things. Efficiency is accomplishing them in the least amount of time, with the least effort and cost - doing things right. If you're not clear on both, you're wasting your time. As Drucker put it, "There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all." Stack's 3T Leadership offers 12 practices that will enable executives to be effective and efficient, grouped into three areas where leaders spend their time.

You have a sink full of dishes to wash, three loads of laundry to do, 17 bills to pay, 36 e-mails to answer, a big stack of novels on the nightstand you would love to read, and zero minutes of free time. You cannot add more hours to the day, but Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, will help you make the most of the time you do have and get things done.

In today’s world of rapid, disruptive change, strategy can’t be separate from execution - it has to emerge from execution. You have to continually adjust your strategy to fit new realities. But if your organization isn’t set up to be fast on its feet, you could easily go the way of Blockbuster or Borders. Laura Stack shows you how to quickly drive strategic initiatives and get great results from your team. Stack will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to help you hit the ground running!

LAURA STACK, MBA, CSP, is a personal productivity expert and the author of Leave the Office Earlier and Find More Time. As a professional speaker, she helps workers Leave the Office Earlier with Maximum Results in Minimum Time. Laura is the president of The Productivity Pro, Inc., an...

Long hours. Juggling family and work. Deadlines. High stress levels. Professionals are feeling more overworked and overwhelmed than ever before. Yet you CAN get more done than you ever thought possible and still get home to your real life sooner. Laura Stack, The Productivity Pro, shows you how.

Is the burden of debt keeping you awake at night? Are you looking for debt relief, wondering if you need to get a second job just to tread water? Are you seeking the shortest path to financial freedom? Well, you're in luck. You're about to unlock the secrets to getting out of debt fast - and forever! The truth is that creditors don't want you to pay down your debt. They want to keep your debt principal high so they can collect the most amount of interest possible.

Even though public speaking is the most common of all fears, it doesn’t have to be a roadblock on the path to your success. Whether you’re speaking to five or five hundred, you can learn to do it with confidence and charisma. The best advice from some of the world’s most inspiring speakers is gathered right here. These powerful tips and techniques will help you develop winning material, mentally prepare for your presentation, and communicate a powerful message.

Don't Slow Down-Team Up! With countless emails, constant communication, cascading deadlines, and seemingly endless meetings, it's a wonder any of us gets anything done these days. You can try working harder or faster or smarter, but what really makes the difference is “teaming well.” A good team is the most powerful productivity machine in existence. Laura Stack's FAST model mobilizes teams to be the most effective they can be, while keeping each other's best interests at heart. Teams learn to work together Fairly, accept Accountability, apply Systems Thinking, and maximize available Technology. An interactive assessment helps you evaluate your team's current speed and rate of acceleration. Every team may have its stars, but they couldn't do their jobs without the rest of the team doing theirs. By the end of this audiobook, you'll truly understand the abilities of your team and how each member makes things go. So, rev your team's engines, and you'll soon be roaring down the track together!

What is it about the top percentile of high earners in business, and how can you “join the club”? Join job and career experts as they share their experience and wisdom on how to find the perfect job and get promoted faster. Explore how to approach the job market to quickly find those hard-to-find jobs, then approach these opportunities in such a way that your job application stands out from the competition.

Get ready to join the new wave of entrepreneurs building profitable businesses from home. More than half of working people in the US work for companies with 10 people or less…meaning that it is easier than ever to set up a work from home office. The days of being confined to a cubicle are over, and millions of people are ditching their 9-5 to be their own boss from the comfort of home. Whether you are a salesperson, creative, writer or consultant, you will find valuable insights from successful business people who have paved the way to enjoy the benefits of working from home.

¿Le preocupa el consumo de THC de su hijo adolescente (fumar marihuana, vapear, dabbing o consumir comestibles)? En El impacto del THC en nuestros hijos: la peor pesadilla de los padres, veinticinco padres de hijos con psicosis inducida por el cannabis (POCCIP, por sus siglas en inglés) comparten sus historias reales de consumo de THC, adicción, enfermedad mental, psicosis y, en algunos casos, lamentablemente, el suicidio de sus hijos. Este libro ha sido publicado por Johnny's Ambassadors Youth THC Prevention, una organización sin fines de lucro de Colorado cuya misión es educar a ...

Do you find yourself continually racing against time? Do you feel that you have so much to do that it’s difficult to get anything done? Managing time effectively is the key to managing your individual performance, but it’s much more complicated today than making a list and checking things off. This audio program will show you how to create a time management system that works for you.

Are you running toward your dream, or just making it through each day? Do you know your gifts and purpose? What’s holding you back? There are three steps you can take to move forward faster toward dreaming again, hurdling the barriers to your goals, and fulfilling what you are here to do! It takes vision, plans, and action.