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"I am hopelessly and forever a mountaineer," John Muir wrote. "Civilization and fever and all the morbidness that has been hooted at me has not dimmed my glacial eye, and I care to live only to entice people to look at Nature's loveliness. My own special self is nothing". In Donald Worster's magisterial biography, John Muir's "special self" is fully explored as is his extraordinary ability, then and now, to get others to see the sacred beauty of the natural world.

For the first time ever, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and Forbes' Richest Self-Made Woman Liz Elting shares her story on how she cofounded and grew TransPerfect, the billion-dollar translation and language solutions company that began as a dream in an NYU dorm room. In Dream Big and Win, Elting divulges practical and inspiring tips you can implement immediately, teaching why success is not solely about attaining and wielding power.

Les Brown is a top motivational speaker, speech coach, and best-selling author, as well as a loving father and grandfather, whose passion is empowering youth and helping them have a larger vision for their lives. His straight-from-the-heart, high-energy, passionate message motivates and engages all audiences to step into their greatness, providing them with the motivation to take the next step toward living their dreams.

Joe Vitale is one of the featured teachers in the hit movie The Secret and an all-round marketing genius. In a world which overdoses daily on advertising and marketing messages, you have to know how to stand out and make your message so compelling that every other message pales into insignificance.

Transform your passion into a profitable business - with the help of the legendary entrepreneur who turned an innovative idea into a $100 million global powerhouse. Judi Sheppard Missett is a fitness icon who, at just three years old, discovered a passion for dance that would eventually fuel a global dance fitness empire. After an early life spent honing her dancing skills and a career as a professional jazz dancer, Judi had an epiphany: Why not combine the art of jazz dancing with the science of exercise to help others achieve a healthier, happier self-image and life? 

Billionaire businessman named as "One of the Top 100 Entrepreneurs of the Last 100 Years" by the Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, Allbusiness.com, and Apple Computer talks about his successes, failures, and about the role of passion in his life.

In How to Build a Billion-Dollar Business, former Swisse CEO Radek Sali unpacks how his unique approach to product, people, and branding took Swisse Wellness from an Australian favorite to a blockbuster brand that sold for $2.1 billion.

Michael E. Gerber is the author of 13 business books, including the best seller The E-Myth Revisited. His revolutionary perspective has become the gold standard for small business development throughout the world, making him what INC magazine calls “The World’s #1 Small Business Guru” and one of BusinessWeek’s best-selling authors of past decades.

In April of 2000, Gary Erickson turned down a $120 million offer to buy his thriving company. Today, instead of taking it easy for the rest of his life and enjoying a luxurious retirement, he's working harder than ever. Why would any sane person pass up the financial opportunity of a lifetime?

Jay Conrad Levinson is the author of the best-selling marketing series in history, Guerrilla Marketing, plus 24 other business books. In this interview, he discusses the nature of passion and how it drives him. There have been 14 million Guerrilla Marketing books sold worldwide, and many university MBA programs offer a course in Guerrilla Marketing. This has become the best-known marketing brand in history.

"LOVE YOUR PASSION" is the passionate and moving story of Noel Turner from New Zealand, becoming a global entrepreneur of TURNER New Zealand and a network visionary CEO of FREZZOR.

Thomas J. Stanley was so inspired by his grandparents 63-year marriage that he decided to take a 75-day road-trip across the U.S. to speak to more than 300 so-called ‘Marriage Masters’ – people who have enjoyed incredible, long-lasting marriages – to find out what the secrets are to sustaining long-lasting, happy unions. "Getting relationships right", whether within the sphere of marriage or outside, is a prerequisite to success for any serious entrepreneur.