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Books with author John David Miller

  • AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

    David Miller

    eBook (Lake Union Publishing, Oct. 18, 2010)
    In 2003, software engineer David Miller left his job, family, and friends to fulfill a dream and hike the Appalachian Trail. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail is Miller's account of this thru-hike along the entire 2,172 miles from Georgia to Maine. On page after page, readers are treated to rich descriptions of the valleys and mountains, the isolation and reverie, the inspiration that fueled his quest, and the life-changing moments that can only be experienced when dreams are pursued. While this book abounds with introspection and perseverance, it also provides useful passages about safety and proper gear, with a view into a professional hiker's preparations and tenacity. This is not merely a travel guide, but a beautifully written and highly personal view into one man's adventure and what it means to make a lifelong vision come true.
  • QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life

    John G. Miller

    Hardcover (TarcherPerigee, Sept. 9, 2004)
    Who Moved My Cheese? showed readers how to adapt to change. Fish! helped raise flagging morale. Execution guided readers to overcome the inability to get things done. QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, already a phenomenon in its self-published edition, addresses the most important issue in business and society today: personal accountability. The lack of personal accountability has resulted in an epidemic of blame, complaining, and procrastination. No organization-or individual-can achieve goals, compete in the marketplace, fulfill a vision, or develop people and teams without personal accountability. The solution involves an entirely new approach. We can no longer ask, "Who dropped the ball?" "Why can't they do their work properly?" or "Why do we have to go through all these changes?" Instead, every individual has to ask the question behind the question: "How can I improve this situation?" "What can I contribute?" or "How can I make a difference?" Succinct, insightful, and practical, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question provides a method for putting personal accountability into daily action, which can bring astonishing results: problems get solved, barriers come down, service improves, teamwork grows, and people adapt to change.
  • AWOL on the Appalachian Trail

    David Miller

    Paperback (Lake Union Publishing, Oct. 18, 2010)
    In 2003, David Miller left his job, family, and friends to fulfill a dream and hike the Appalachian Trail. AWOL on the Appalachian Trail is Miller’s account of this thru-hike along the entire 2,172 miles from Georgia to Maine. On page after page, readers are treated to rich descriptions of the valleys and mountains, the isolation and reverie, the inspiration that fueled his quest, and the life-changing moments that can only be experienced when dreams are pursued. While this book abounds with introspection and perseverance, it also provides useful passages about safety and proper gear, showing a professional hiker’s preparations and tenacity. This is not merely a travel guide, but a beautifully written and highly personal view into one man’s adventure and what it means to make a lifelong vision come true.
  • QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability at Work and in Life

    John G. Miller

    eBook (TarcherPerigee, Sept. 9, 2004)
    The lack of personal accountability is a problem that has resulted in an epidemic of blame, victim thinking, complaining, and procrastination. No organization—or individual—can successfully compete in the marketplace, achieve goals and objectives, provide outstanding service, engage in exceptional teamwork, or develop people without personal accountability. John G. Miller believes that the troubles that plague organizations cannot be solved by pointing fingers and blaming others. Rather, the real solutions are found when each of us recognizes the power of personal accountability. In QBQ! The Question Behind the Question®, Miller explains how negative, ill-focused questions like “Why do we have to go through all this change?” and “Who dropped the ball?” represent a lack of personal accountability. Conversely, when we ask better questions—QBQs—such as “What can I do to contribute?” or “How can I help solve the problem?” our lives and our organizations are transformed.THE QBQ! PROMISEThis remarkable and timely book provides a practical method for putting personal accountability into daily actions, with astonishing results: problems are solved, internal barriers come down, service improves, teams thrive, and people adapt to change more quickly. QBQ! is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to learn, grow, and change. Using this tool, each of us can add tremendous worth to our organizations and to our lives by eliminating blame, victim-thinking, and procrastination. QBQ! was written more than a decade ago and has helped countless readers practice personal accountability at work and at home. This version features a new foreword, revisions and new material throughout, and a section of FAQs that the author has received over the years.
  • QBQ! The Question Behind the Question: Practicing Personal Accountability in business and in Life

    John G. Miller

    Paperback (Denver Pr, Sept. 14, 2001)
    Have you ever heard questions like these? "Why do we have to go through all this change?" "Why don't they communicate better?" "When is someone going to train me?" "Who dropped the ball?" "When is that department going to do its job right?" "When will someone share the vision?" "Why is this happening to me?" "When will we get more tools and better systems?" If so, QBQ! is the book for you and your organization. In today's business culture, the lack of personal accountability is a problem that has resulted in an epidemic of blame, complaining, and procrastination. No organization - or individual - can achieve its goals, compete in the marketplace, fulfill its vision, or develop people and teams without personal accountability. The solution is an entirely new approach - characterized by new thinking and behaviors - where we no longer give lip service to teamwork, but ask, "What can I do to contribute?" and "How can I make a difference?" John G. Miller helps us make this happen. This new, hard-hitting book from the author of Personal Accountability shows us all how to become more effective and successful. Using succinct, lighthearted stories and easy-to-read chapters, Miller gives us a practical method for putting personal accountability into daily action, which can bring astonishing results: Problems get solved, internal barriers come down, service improves, teamwork grows, and people adapt to change more quickly. In QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, John G. Miller presents a winning handbook you'll want to keep close by for situations requiring personal accountability. It's a terrific resource for anyone seeking to learn, grow, and change. Using this tool, each of us can add tremendous value to our organizations and our lives by eliminating blame, complaining, and procrastination.
  • Custer's Fall: The Native American Side of the Story

    David Miller

    Paperback (Plume, May 1, 1992)
    The true story of the Battle of Little Bighorn—told from the perspective of the native americans who fought in Custer's Last Stand. The day began with the killing of a ten-year-old Native American boy by U.S. cavalry troopers. Before it ended, all of those troopers and their commander, George Armstrong Custer, lay dead on the battlefield of the Little Big Horn—the worst defeat ever inflicted by Native Americans on the U.S. military. Now, the full story of that dramatic day, the events leading up to it, and its aftermath are told by the only ones who survived to recount it—the Native Americans. Based on the author’s twenty-two years of research, and on the oral testimony of seventy-two Native American eyewitnesses, Custer’s Fall is both a superbly skillful weaving of many voices into a gripping narrative fabric, and a revelatory reconstruction that stands as the definitive version of the battle that became a legend and only now emerges as it really was.
  • Content Marketing: The Complete Guide For Beginners To Learn Content Marketing And Strategies

    David Miller

    eBook (David Miller, Nov. 2, 2019)
    "If you want to Reach more Customers, Sell your Products in the right manner, if you want to know more about Content Marketing and how to write contents for SEO, Social Networks, Blogs, copywriting etc. then keep reading..." Arnold Schwarzenegger had always said that one of the most important moments of his life was the moment when he realized that, to succeed in any industry, it was necessary to know how to sell. Arnold had to sell himself in the best way, becoming a brand, a synonym of quality, a name known by all, and that pushed people to spend money to see it or to buy his product (a film, proteins, autographs).Arnold remembers that moment as true enlightenment, a turning point of his life and his career, and included it in his 10 "Arnold's Rules," the rules of life that allowed him to achieve success.The principle of sales and marketing is present in every business, and only people who can master it in the best way can aspire to achieve maximum results in their work. After all, it's impossible to sell something if nobody knows it, right?The best companies in the world invest billions of dollars each year in advertising, and marketing experts have stratospheric salaries to invent systems to sell products to people.Can you learn all the secrets of content marketing and use the web to maximize your products and your business?Of course, it is possible, and all the answers to your questions are within "content marketing - The complete guide to learning content marketing and strategies," the definitive book on marketing and all its secrets!Thanks to the experience of David Miller, you will have all the information you need to set up an effective marketing campaign, have all the information you need to create a successful funnel, understand how to write persuasive content and how to integrate social media into your marketing campaign.There will be detailed examples and secrets learned from David Miller during his successful career in the most famous multinationals in the world. Have you ever thought that social media can be your secret weapon to maximize your business?By reading this book, you will have all the tools you need to understand the enormous potential of marketing to set up in the best way any type of content marketing campaign and how to create viral content. And all this explained with clear and simple words.Nor can you miss an updated section with SEO rules and the best White Hat techniques to get noticed in the Google ranking. Every aspect of marketing is dealt with very clearly in this text, a real manual essential for those who want to increase the turnover of their business and expand continuously.This is not a book but a real investment in the future of the company. David Miller opens the doors of marketing; we just have to let him in.In this book, you will gain a complete understanding of Content Marketing from a user perspective including: Evolution Of Content What Is Content Marketing What Are The Basics Of Marketing How To Write Content What Are Keywords And Seo Opportunities And How To Creating Keyword Reports Audience Persona Discovery, Sales Funnel Content Mapping and Style Guidelines Content Promotion & Budget SettingClick Buy Now in 1-Click or Buy NOW at the top of this page to start reading!
  • I think I summoned a succubus, now I can't get rid of it: Insomniac Short Stories

    John David

    eBook
    Short-story about a man that decides to dabble in things he doesn't know and understand, unleashing more than he could have bargained for.
  • Flipping the Switch: Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability Using the QBQ!

    John G. Miller

    Hardcover (TarcherPerigee, Dec. 29, 2005)
    In his bestselling book QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, John G. Miller revealed how personal accountability helps to create opportunity, overcome obstacles, and achieve goals by eliminating blame, complaining, and procrastination. The result? Stronger organizations, more dynamic teams, and healthier relationships. Now Miller takes readers to the next level to show how they can use the power of the QBQ! and personal accountability every day. When a light switch is flipped the flow of energy that is released reaches the lightbulb in an instant, bringing it to life. Similarly, asking the right kind of question-a QBQ-is the first step to empowering what Miller calls the Advantage Principles-five essential practices that will lead to a richer experience in every aspect of life: - LEARNING: live an engaged and energized life through positive personal growth and change- OWNERSHIP: attain goals by becoming a solution-oriented person who solves problems- CREATIVITY: find new ways to achieve by succeeding "within the box"- SERVICE: build a legacy by helping others succeed- TRUST: develop deep and rewarding relationships With compelling real-life stories and keen insights, Miller demonstrates how anyone can find success and satisfaction by "flipping the switch."
  • The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural

    John David Miller

    eBook (Blue Heron Publishing, March 8, 2016)
    A historian navigates his family's Appalachian past to unearth a lost civilization.The story is about the author's quest to understand his family's history and his purpose in the arbitrary purchase of an old mill site unexpectedly once owned by his ancestors. As Miller wrestles with the coincidences of his life and his strong belief that nothing happens by chance, the history of the Appalachian Region of Virginia where he's made his new home begins to reveal its secrets. This is a true story backed by hundreds of actual photographs taken as the mystery unfolded.Winner Reader's Favorite 2016 International Book AwardsWinner 2016 Hollywood Book Festival Winner 2016 Beach Book FestivalWinner 2016 San Francisco Book FestivalWinner 2016 New York Book FestivalWinner 2016 Paris Book Festival
  • Flipping the Switch...: Unleash the Power of Personal Accountability Using the QBQ!

    John G. Miller

    eBook (TarcherPerigee, Dec. 29, 2005)
    In his bestselling book QBQ! The Question Behind the Question, John G. Miller revealed how personal accountability helps to create opportunity, overcome obstacles, and achieve goals by eliminating blame, complaining, and procrastination. The result? Stronger organizations, more dynamic teams, and healthier relationships. Now Miller takes readers to the next level to show how they can use the power of the QBQ! and personal accountability every day. When a light switch is flipped the flow of energy that is released reaches the lightbulb in an instant, bringing it to life. Similarly, asking the right kind of question-a QBQ-is the first step to empowering what Miller calls the Advantage Principles-five essential practices that will lead to a richer experience in every aspect of life: - LEARNING: live an engaged and energized life through positive personal growth and change- OWNERSHIP: attain goals by becoming a solution-oriented person who solves problems- CREATIVITY: find new ways to achieve by succeeding "within the box"- SERVICE: build a legacy by helping others succeed- TRUST: develop deep and rewarding relationships With compelling real-life stories and keen insights, Miller demonstrates how anyone can find success and satisfaction by "flipping the switch."
  • The Sibold Effect: Beyond Science, History, Ghosts, and the Appalachian Supernatural

    John David Miller

    Paperback (Blue Heron Publishing, Feb. 28, 2016)
    This story is about the author's quest to understand his family's history and his purpose in the arbitrary purchase of an old mill site unexpectedly once owned by his ancestors. As Miller wrestles with the coincidences of his life and his strong belief that nothing happens by chance, the history of the Appalachian Region of Virginia where he's made his new home begins to reveal its secrets. Backed by hundreds of actual photographs taken as the mystery unfolded.