Books published by publisher Wise Media Group

Recently added:↪★How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile is the only book we know of that is updated to the new 2019 interface!Here’s just some of what’s been changed in this e-book edition (14th Edition):✔Revised images and instructions throughout to match LinkedIn’s new redesign✔Updates on which features have disappeared and which have moved✔New chapter on how to communicate on LinkedIn✔Chapter on LinkedIn Groups de-emphasized and moved to a Bonus Tip✔How to identify what keywords people are entering to find you (Mistake #5)✔How to make the most of Mutual Connections (Mistake #5)✔LinkedIn’s new Voice Messaging & Location features (Mistake #6)✔The new “consecutive positions” layout (Mistake #9)✔Photo/video tagging and stickers (Mistake #13)✔Using GIFs, emojis, photos and mentions in comments (Mistake #13)✔Giving “Kudos” feature (Mistake #13)✔Sharing video updates (Mistake #15)✔New Jobs tools: Jobs Insights, Job Title Highlights, and Salary Highlights (Mistake #16)✔How to ask for a referral (Mistake #16)✔The new “How You Match” feature in Jobs (Mistake #16)✔LinkedIn Jobs’ new Easy Apply option (Mistake #16)✔How to request a revised recommendation (Mistake #17)✔Updated instructions for backing up your profile (Bonus Tip #1)✔Updated instructions for creating a company page (Bonus Tip #2)✔LinkedIn’s new company page Content Suggestions feature (Bonus Tip #2)✔Setting up two-step account verification to protect your profile (Bonus Tip #5)✔Revised instructions for creating a Secondary Language Profile (Bonus Tip #7)✔The new face of LinkedIn groups (Bonus Tip #8)✔Updated character limits for profile sections (Appendix B)✔The latest hot skills and buzzwords to avoid (Appendix D)✔Updated instructions on how to get free e-book updates (Appendix G)✔New Appendix! Setting & Privacy at-a-glance (Appendix H)Reviews:"Unless you have the rare job that requires no communication with other human beings, you will benefit from regular and careful reading of Brenda Bernstein’s advice. She will guide you through the rules of creating and using professional gateway documents: resumes, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles. Her advice for job seekers in a variety of settings is both accessible and sound. Best of all, she writes and presents with grace and humor. Brenda is a “must read” and “must consult” for people entering, re-entering, or reconfiguring their place at work." - Susan Gainen, Principal Consultant, Pass the Baton, Minneapolis, MN. "Brenda’s “How to Write a KILLER LinkedIn Profile” webinar was EXCELLENT! The information I received was applicable immediately and easily. Using Brenda’s insightful techniques, I transformed my one-dimensional career history into a compelling brand-focused profile that has increased my profile reviews and name search results by 20%!" - Nikki Champagnie, Career Services Professional, Houston, TX. "Many people are beginning to truly understand the strategic networking power of LinkedIn, but it’s surprising how few have adopted good habits when constructing and maintaining their LinkedIn profiles. Personal branding and sending a concise message to people who visit your profile is critical. Brenda Bernstein’s e-book holds key profile strategies and important tips on avoiding networking pitfalls. As a LinkedIn trainer myself, it’s good to know I have a resource like this for my clients to help them after they’ve left my classroom." - Michael Phelps, LinkedIn Trainer, Milwaukee, WI "I just love this new book! It absolutely addresses topics no one else has and that people should be paying attention to. It hits the bulls-eye on making LinkedIn work the way it’s intended! Plus Ms. Bernstein does a great job of conveying important, spot-on points in a clear and engaging manner." - Larry Megugorac, Sales Executive, Brentwood, CA

Straight from college, to the US Army, to command pilot of a four ton gunship with a four man crew in Vietnam. From college chess games to a game of life and death. It was surreal to say the least. In this book I pour my heart out and bare my soul to tell you what that was like, from basic to Vietnam and back. Synopsis In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois, just before entering his third year. He had run out of money and had to work for a while. These were the days before the lottery and the draft soon came calling. In order to somewhat control his own future, he enlisted in the U.S. Army’s helicopter flight school program. Little did he know that this adventure would be the most profound experience of his life. Garrison flew hundreds of missions for the 119th AHC, stationed in the Central Highlands at Camp Holloway in Pleiku, Vietnam. He was awarded twenty-five Air Medals, four campaign Bronze Stars, and The Distinguished Flying Cross among numerous other awards. His narrative takes you through the whole process, from basic training, flight school, flying combat in Vietnam, and his return to the United States. His description includes many incidents in combat flight, including being hit by rocket propelled grenades and being on fire in the air, over hundreds if not thousands of enemy troops. But this is not all. He elaborates on the daily lives, emotions, and nuances of the pilots and what they considered their mission to be. GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS is a must read if you are to have a realistic understanding of what flying helicopters in Vietnam combat was all about. Review “Mark Garrison’s Guts 'N Gunships is more than just another Vietnam flashback. It is a portal which will transport readers to a most painful American experience. These were definitely goodbye times in America and the author bares his soul with his narrative. The author reveals how he, his friends and family, like millions of other Americans were sucked into the Vietnam whirlwind while the nation’s leaders wrestled with a domino theory pressed upon the nation by think tanks tied to the military industrial complex. Guts 'N Gunships follows Garrison’s true life story of being on the short list for the draft, and then going all in by signing up for helicopter pilot training. After just a few months training, he found himself in the mountains of Vietnam flying Huey helicopters into small holes in the triple canopy jungle. He had been assigned to duty with the Crocodiles and Alligators of the 119th Assault Helicopter Company, just a few short miles from the dreaded Ho Chi Minh Trail. His one year recounting of his numbered days there is painted with blood, pathos and hilarious incidents, stemming from hard drinking and furious nap of the earth flying, while the helicopters were blown apart with the pilots and crews in them. Most uplifting of all is the author’s first person accounting of a unit of pilots who saw the American mission failing but renewed vows among themselves that they would give the enemy no quarter and would cut no corners in their attempts to bring home alive every American they possibly could. No one has ever before addressed the American helicopter pilot experience in the way Garrison does.” —Ron Gawthorp

A heart-warming, fantasy novel written by two best friend back in the 1970's but not released until the recent passing of one of the authors - a wonderful tribute. This audiobook is chock full of fun, imagination, creativity, friendship, levity, and adventure! This audiobook is intended for children of all ages. It is set in 1959, but in a parallel universe, starring Albert, an eternally youthful 77-year-old, and his 7-year-old best friend, Wilber. Join them on their many surreal adventures as Albert seeks to cling onto his youth and find the answer of a lifetime. Three wild days in Albert's world full of imaginative scenery and quirky characters, combined with plenty of good old-fashioned 1950's boyhood charm, will leave you wondering what could possibly happen next. (Includes a specially curated soundtrack for each chapter on Spotify to get you in the proper mood.) Try it!

PRACTICAL TACTICS AND REAL STORIES TO HELP YOU MAKE BREAKTHROUGHS IN YOUR CAREERYou don't need a fancy ivy-league degree, to be born into wealth, or have great connections to achieve MASSIVE SUCCESSNot everyone is like Steve Jobs or Elon Musk. However, that doesn't mean massive success isn't right around the corner. Often times, our perceived weaknesses are our greatest strengths. FLIP YOUR WEAKNESSES INTO STRENGTHS. Our Most valuable resource is time. It is the only resource that is not replenishable. In the name of networking, we waste precious time spending it on networks that hold us back. Stay away from the Frenemy Zone and learn to build a vertical network.LEARN THE TRICKS OF TRADING SOCIAL VALUE TO BUILD POWERFUL CONNECTIONS IN ANY INDUSTRYFrom building his last startup to a $15M valuation to selling beepers in Compton and making nearly $10K/month after immigrating to the US with broken English, Kevin Hong has learned the power of selling vision. Sell vision to win job interviews, raise money, and recruit superstars for your cause.MASTER THE ART OF SELLING VISION TO ANYONEKevin Hong who has been featured in the NY Times, LA Times, The Verge, CNBC, and many other media outlets and who has contributed articles to CNBC, Forbes, Huffington Post, and Inc. Magazine will teach you the Power of Reality Distortion. He built his last startup by living in a van with his entire sales team for over 2 years and raised over $4M in venture capital money. RE-ENGINEER YOUR REALITY BY RE-DEFINING YOUR EXPECTATIONSToo many books discuss the same people, the same companies, and the same concepts, resulting in cliche advice. Kevin Hong, a brutally candid journalist, goes out of his way to interview the most breathtaking stories. An entrepreneur who reinvented himself after growing up in communist Romania, an executive who connected Psy (Gangnam Style) with Scooter Braun (Justin Beiber's manager) to turn the hit song viral, an ex-NBA basketball star reinventing himself on the fly, and many more entrepreneurs, executives, and even celebrities. REAL-LIFE EXAMPLES AND STORIES ALONG WITH ACTIONABLE ITEMSDeep inside we are all nonconformists and you will never have the career or lifestyle you desire by following the status quo.BUY NOW AND UNLEASH THE NONCONFORMIST IN YOU

Who are the caregivers? We all are, for at the heart of being human is the capacity to care, to reach out to others and explore the relationships we build. The Soul of Caregiving is about us and how we, as caregivers, serve, even sacrifice, for those in need. I invite you to explore with me how we have the opportunities to partake in a kind of pilgrimage along the path of our experiences as caregivers. Who will be your guide on this journey? Unlike other pilgrims who have a guide assigned to them, you will soon discover it is your own Soul guiding you. Professionally skilled as we may be to meet the needs of others, a fundamental core component of our busy lives as caregivers, is the necessity to stop and rest. It is not a waste of time, but rather a luxury of time, to ponder, reflect, and grow from our experiences. Not an easy endeavor in the midst of a whirlwind of activity. We, as caregivers, experience vulnerability, helplessness, fears, and pain over the traumatic events we experience because we care. We care about those whom we are called to serve. Compassion fatigue comes about because we care. In Chapter One, I call this tension between activity and reflection, “the Dance of Caregiving,” a dance between the caregiver’s needs and those of the one in need. The chapter is an introduction to exploring something we do every day: to reflect on our experiences. Chapter Two, “Reclaiming Soul,” asks the question, “What is Soul?” and how is the caregiver empowered and sustained. Discovering Soul implies going deeper into the inner caverns of our being and listening to the inner beats of our heart where insight and wisdom abide. "Once Upon a Time in the Land of OZ," Chapter Three, explores the universal underpinnings of the role of caregiving, as each profession exists in the broader mythic and archetypal realm of a culture. In Chapter Four, “Truce or Consequences,” both the mythos and logos of caregiving are explored. Each relates to faithless science and unscientific faith, leading to a unity of the left and right brain functions. “The Ins and Outs of Hospitality,” in Chapter Five, discusses how the caregiver, as host, experiences three different dimensions of hospitality: the caregiver who hosts the stranger, the caregiver who hosts his or her reactions and experiences, and thirdly, the caregiver who welcomes the stories of the guests they host. Chapter Six, “Love is a Wounded Healer,” addresses an ancient question of the frailty of humankind. There is within each of us a space that seeks wholeness and transformation, an area of woundedness which often shows its face in the midst of our caregiving. In a unique and profound way, those who serve are transformed in the healing relationship that is created with those in need. We are wounded healers. “Cultivating the Soul’s Garden,” Chapter Seven, addresses the art of reflection as a fundamental skill for caregivers. An understanding of Soul implies allowing the moment to take root and to reflect on how to nourish and sustain ourselves as caregivers. Chapter Eight focuses on “Spirituality: The Sinew of Human Experience” where imagination helps one discover meaning, arguing that the essential actions of a caregiver are spiritual. In Chapter Nine “Practice, Practice, Practice” I explore what a practice is and how caregiving is a spiritual practice. The ordinary becomes spiritual, as inner strengths and values give birth to meaning, insight, and transformation. The Soul of Caregiving concludes with Chapter Ten, “Warning: Our Tank is Almost Empty” which explores compassion fatigue and its two sisters, secondary traumatic stress and burnout. We experience compassion fatigue because we care. We look at how to recognize the warning signs, take action to avoid them, and learn how to recover from them in building compassion resilience.

Deep in the forests of Cameroon, in the heart of Central Africa, a young girl named Snow Flower lives with her grandmother. One day Snow Flower is out collecting water with her friend, Remi. As they walk through the forest they hear a rustling sound nearby…What will Snow Flower and Remi do when they discover what is hiding in the bushes? Beautifully illustrated, the story of Snow Flower and the Panther is perfect for children ages 5 and up, and suitable for the whole family.

Create a career on your terms Whether you've been in your job for a few months or a few decades, you've likely battled feelings of dissatisfaction, frustration, and even boredom. In addition to feeling underwhelmed in your career, despite how successful it may appear to others, you know that relying fully on a corporate job for your livelihood today is riskier than ever. Many of today's working professionals are blindly navigating their careers and ignoring modern challenges like stagnating wage growth, enormous student debt, AI, globalization, and fears of automation. Compounding matters, most career experts are still offering advice as if it's 1980, and that makes following their outdated direction dangerous and irresponsible. It's time to take back control of your career This complex new world of work can make you feel hopeless, stuck, or worse, like you're going about your career all wrong, without a specific, proven plan to get from where you are to where you want to be. But all is not lost! With the right skills and insights, you can build a career on your terms and live your life as fully and meaningfully as you desire. That is what Unboxed is all about. Unboxed will: Give you career clarity Help you understand why you feel unengaged in your job Show you how to be proactive and defend against automation, AI, and more Teach you the proven three-step plan to take back control of your career Provide a detailed workbook to successfully complete the three-step plan Give you the confidence and roadmap to finally get where you want to be in your life

Epic fantasy adventure. Complete 4-book series in one volume.The Complete TetralogyPart 1: Tales of the Rasha LaPart 2: Beyond the MoonwalkPart 3: Byways of the ButterflyPart 4: The Lure of the Dragon RangeSynopsis...and since it was their turn the monarchs told their own story: A tale of lost children who return to earth as butterflies on the wings of the Fyrstellia, the falling stars.For when the Lord of Light granted men a mortal life span He founded a halfway house in the nearby heavens as well, the Halls of Waiting, where angels could bring the fallen and tend their spirits until they were ready to go further into the Light. For most it was only a short stay, but not for the children."They don’t want to go on", reported the Keeper of the Halls. "They want to go back".Here are two that did – together with an account of their journey into Mexico, caught up along the way in the fortunes of the fairy people on earth.______________"It gets worse before it gets better!"So goes the joke amongst migrators, cheering each other on, laughing at harsh reality.The jest speaks to an unspoken truth. Some of them will never see the part where it gets better. Those are the odds. But odds are for losers, not migrators!So journey with them fearlessly! Yes, there are horrible dangers just ahead, but against that you will have a guide – a hummingbird with skill in the arts of light – and for lighter company a pair of brash young monarch butterflies beginning to learn the ways of the wild.What could go wrong?

Deep in the forests of Cameroon, in the heart of Central Africa, a young girl named Snow Flower lives with her grandmother. One day Snow Flower is out collecting water with her friend, Remi. As they walk through the forest they hear a rustling sound nearby… What will Snow Flower and Remi do when they discover what is hiding in the bushes? Beautifully illustrated, the story of Snow Flower and the Panther is perfect for children ages 5 and up, and suitable for the whole family.

Deep in the forests of Cameroon, in the heart of Central Africa, a young girl named Snow Flower lives with her grandmother. One day, Snow Flower is out collecting water with her friend, Remi. As they walk through the forest they hear a rustling sound nearby.... What will Snow Flower and Remi do when they discover what is hiding in the bushes? Beautifully narrated, the story of Snow Flower and the Panther is perfect for children ages fives and up, and suitable for the whole family.

You want to earn a great living while working on the things that matter most to you. All without sacrificing your relationships, health, or principles in the name of a paycheck.To make that happen, you need to have control over your time and be strategic about the actions you take to create an ideal life for you and your family.The problem is, you aren't being strategic! You’re spending all your time and energy on your job, but you’re missing out on the benefits of climbing the ladder. Even when you do find yourself getting ahead, the increased commitment and pressure at work negates your promotion or small spike in pay by stealing even more of your time and energy.This never-ending cycle leaves you feeling exhausted, frustrated, stuck and demoralized. Surely there has to be a better way!I believe you deserve to win back your life and break free from the job-for-money trap!You deserve the freedom to choose how to spend your time and talent.You deserve a lifestyle that provides the freedom and flexibility to work on what, and with whom, you choose to without sacrificing your livelihood or security.You deserve an alternative to the toxic 9-5 culture. Unboxed is the only career playbook you’ll ever need to read. Whether you’re just starting out, or you’ve been in your career for years, Unboxed will give you the WHAT and the WHY, but most importantly, teach you HOW to Create a Career on Your Terms!About the Author:Nick Murphy is a Lifestyle Business Coach and former NFL player. He's also the host of the Building a Lifestyle Business Podcast, experienced HR Tech entrepreneur, speaker and frequent media contributor on topics related to the future of work, jobs and careers. USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Inc., Yahoo!, Fox News, Business Insider, MSN and many other national and regional outlets have featured his insights. Nick splits his time between Omaha and Scottsdale with his wife and five children. When he's not writing, speaking, coaching or creating content, Nick can be found traveling, at the gym, or cheering on his beloved Arizona State Sun Devils.