Take control of your personal finances—one bite at a time Getting your financial house in order is a big job. At first, you might even feel like you've bitten off more than you can chew. But don't give up! In How to Eat an Elephant, you'll gain vital understanding of important personal finance basics in just one day a month. Rather than tackle the beast in one bite, you'll master it a little bit at a time. Supported by online resources, tools, and reports, you'll complete fundamental tasks and gain fundamental understanding in an orderly and effective way. With practical, easy-to-understand guidance, this book will show you how to reduce your debt and save on interest; improve your understanding of personal finance basics and gain new confidence; reduce stress and anxiety about your money; and use powerful online tools to organize all your financial information. Offers a structured, non-intimidating approach to personal finance that can be mastered in four hours a month Covers vital topics like budgeting, life insurance, investment products, retirement planning, wills and powers of attorney, and much more Written by Frank Wiginton, one of Canada’s best-known personal finance speakers and gurus If it's time to take charge of your financial life, look no further. How to Eat an Elephant offers real solutions that will save you time, money, and headaches.

Have you ever wanted to tackle a task but just didn't know where to start? Have you ever wanted to achieve something but felt it was too big a challenge? Have you ever wondered how you would manage to complete everything you need to by the critical date or with the money you have available? This book will tell you the secrets of professional project managers who manage huge projects of amazing complexity, along with tricks of the best managers. Learn how to plan for the worst and achieve the best so that you can build the life you want with greater confidence and success.

The enormous challenge of implementing Total Quality Management -- the continuous improvement of all aspects of an organisation -- has been likened in scale to the task of eating an elephant. It cannot be done with one bite, but requires the elephant to be divided into digestible slices. So too with Total Quality Management: implementing improvement in any organisation requires a step-by-step (or slice-by-slice) approach. This easy to read, practical and entertaining book details some 96 topics, or 'slices', essential for the successful introduction and maintenance of Total Quality Management and a Total Quality Culture in any organisation. READERSHIP: Students and organisations practising or introducing total quality management.

“This book will help you own your calendar, block time for what matters most and reclaim your life.” —Paula Rizzo, author of Listful Living: A List-Making Journey to a Less Stressed You You want more time to spend with family, to achieve big goals, and to simply enjoy life. Yet, there seem to be more and more things competing for your time, and more distractions interrupting your day. Craig Jarrow has spent many years testing time management tactics, tools, and systems and written hundreds of articles on productivity, goals, and organization, Through it all he’s learned a simple truth: Time management should be easy, not complicated and unwieldy. And it shouldn’t take up more of your precious time than it gives back! Time Management Ninja offers 21 rules that will show you an easier and more effective way to take control of your time and manage your busy life. Follow these simple principles and get more done with less effort. It’s no-stress, uncomplicated time management that works. “Read this book, apply its rules, and you’ll find freedom.” —Hyrum Smith, bestselling author of Purposeful Retirement

Alice, a dedicated doctor and mother of two girls, bravely tells the story of her marriage to a man hiding a terrible secret - one that he has drawn their 4-year-old daughter, Grace, into. A compelling first person account of a mother whose marriage is shattered by revelations of pornography addiction, paedophilia and deceit.

How do you write a novel? Just like eating an elephant. One bite at a time. There are a lot of books on individual aspects of writing, but how do you translate that to your own work? How do you know if you are applying it correctly? Creating a novel is a huge undertaking. How do you juggle the forest and the trees? After having shared this method with many writers at every level of writing skills over my fifteen years as an editor and an author, what I’ve discovered is that the Novel Blueprint method covered in Eat the Elephant addresses these common problems. Each time I write a book it feels like I’m starting from scratch. How do I write a book without reinventing the wheel each time? There are so many pieces to juggle. Where do I even begin? I can’t finish a book. I get partway through and then I get stuck. How do I write faster and better? There’s a lot to remember about writing a book. How do I make sure I hit all the important things? How do I write a book that readers rave about and tell their friends to buy? The Novel Blueprint method gives you all the major components you need to construct your novel while still allowing for the element of surprise and the joy of creativity. It helps you write faster because you won’t have to be rewriting and deleting. When you sit down to write, you’ll know what you’re going to write. It will help you write a better book, rich with characters that are believable and story arcs that are compelling. And it gives you a method you can use on book after book so you know exactly what you need to do each time you sit down to write. How do you write a book? Using the Novel Blueprint method in Eat the Elephant. Buy now and start writing your novel today!

The how-to guide for overcoming obstacles, the daily mantra, the wild adventure, the quarter-life crisis, and the self-help book of the century - all wrapped into one crazy story about the life of a "kinda Amish" girl. It's messy, honest, real, and inspiring. A young woman's fearless journey into the unknown after having an epiphany about the true meaning of life. The beautifully woven masterpiece looks at the life of a small-town girl who, at the age of seven, predicted that she would one day write a book. Despite being shunned by her family, she decided to take a leap of faith and left home at the age of nineteen with $500 to her name and a one-way ticket to Honolulu, Hawaii. How to Eat an Elephant is an eloquent reflection of the life of a first-generation college graduate. The nuanced writing style brings new life to the mundane artifacts of everyday life.

One couple's walk through life and Alzheimer's disease from the first "hello" on a college campus to the final "goodbye" in a small room in a nursing home. "It's a love story. It's a story about advocacy. It's a story that shows how muchgoing the extra mile means. It will be great for caregivers." says an OT.

Are you tired of obsessing about food? Discover a new approach to weight loss that will free you from calorie-counts, restrictions, and food-related angst forever! Have you tried every diet there is without seeing results? Are you powerless over food no matter how hard you try? It's time to stop being a victim to your food choices. Let Helen Paige, an enlightenment expert and weight loss coach, show you how to start doing what your body wants. Eat Like An Elephant Look Like An Angel is a revolutionary new approach to food and weight loss that leaves behind all the rules, restrictions, and effort. With Helen Paige's approach, you'll learn how to work WITH your body instead of AGAINST it to find and maintain a healthy weight. You will discover: - How trying to control your weight is causing you to gain more and how to stop the cycle - Your body's true signals about food and how to understand them - The true purpose behind what we eat and how they meet our physical and spiritual needs - How to create a healthier body without struggle, effort, or hard choices - How to break free from food addiction, and much, much more! Helen Paige's guide to healthy living will teach you how to eat anything you want, whenever you want, while still maintaining your health and losing weight. Eat Like An Elephant Look Like An Angel is a weight loss revolution for a new generation that's become jaded about conventional diets and techniques. If you like well-written advice, easy-to-follow lessons, and an eye-opening understanding of how our bodies and minds work, then you'll love Helen Paige's life-changing book.