Dan Clark

A best-selling author and motivational speaker discusses the difference between success and significance and offers personal insights, historical anecdotes, and true stories that will help improve readers' finances, careers and personal lives.

Achieving the Level Beyond Success

The Art of Significance

Jack Canfield

Mark Victor Hansen

Kimberly Kirberger

Inspiring and Humorous Stories About College

Chicken Soup for the College Soul

A time to mourn. A gruesome find. A race for the truth. After her husband and son are killed in a tragic car accident, Carolyn goes to stay with her mother in a quiet, rural town. She hopes the break will help her cope with her loss. Soon, Carolyn discovers that the small town holds unforgivable secrets. One she stumbles upon when she discovers the body of a young boy down a well - only to find he has disappeared when she returns with the police. The local residents, including Carolyn's mother, doubt her discovery and blame it on her current state of mind. Rumours begin to spread. With somebody determined to stop Carolyn uncovering the truth, she knows she needs to prove what she saw. Not just for the boy and his family but also for herself. Will Carolyn be able to find the proof she needs? Or will her life be in danger if she continues her search?

The Boy in the Well

Understanding your company’s data has never been easier than with Microsoft’s new Power BI package for Excel 2013. Consisting of four powerful tools—Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query and Power Maps—Power BI makes self-service business intelligence a reality for a wide range of users, bridging the traditional gap between Excel users, business analysts and IT experts and making it easier for everyone to work together to build the data models that can give you game-changing insights into your business. Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013 guides you step by step through the process of analyzing and visualizing your data. Daniel R. Clark, an expert in BI training and a regular speaker on these topics, takes you through each tool in turn, using hands-on activities to consolidate what you’ve learned in each chapter. Starting with Power Pivot, you will create robust scalable data models which will serve as the foundation of your data analysis. Once you have mastered creating suitable data models, you will use them to build compelling interactive visualizations in Power View. It’s often necessary to combine data from disparate sources into a data model. Power Query allows you to easily discover, combine, and refine data from a variety of sources, so you can make accurate judgments with all the available information. Geographical awareness is another common requirement of data analysis. Using Power Maps you will create captivating visualizations that map your data in space and time. Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013 is your practical guide to getting maximum insight from your data, and presenting it with impact.

Self-Service Business Intelligence Using Power Pivot, Power View, Power Query, and Power Map

Beginning Power BI with Excel 2013

A NEW NEIGHBOUR. A NEW FRIEND. A NEW THREAT.

At first it was exciting to see the new neighbour move into the vacant apartment across the way... then it quickly changed.

Grace and Mike have lived in Church Place for almost four years. It's their home, they're settled and are extremely content.

When the new tenant asks for Grace's help during a time of need, she's happy to assist as it gives her an opportunity to learn more about the woman.

It isn't long until Grace and Mike discover who she really is.
Only now it may be too late...

THE NEIGHBOUR'S SECRET - the new suspenseful thriller by author of THE BOY IN THE WELL and I'LL FIND YOU.

The Neighbour's Secret

"STANDING IN FRONT OF A ROOM AND CALLING YOURSELF A LEADER, NO MORE MAKES YOU A LEADER THAN SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF A GARAGE MAKES YOU A TRUCK!" "IF YOU HAVE TO TELL THEM THAT YOU ARE - THEN YOU AREN'T" "THE PURPOSE OF A LEADER IS TO GROW MORE LEADERS - KNOWING YOU DON'T NEED A TITLE TO LEAD" DAN CLARK is founder and CEO of The Art of Significance Development Company an international communications and training firm; High Performance Business Coach; University Professor; National Radio Host; Award Winning Athlete; Adventurer; Gold Record Songwriter; and a New York Times Best Selling Author of 34 books, who delivers customized, cutting edge keynote speeches and transformational programs on leadership, safety, building winning teams, and creating a legacy culture of excellence to entry level employees, emerging leaders, top corporate executives, sales teams, healthcare providers, educators, and military troops at every pay grade. From the time he was eight years old and battled cancer, Dan has relentlessly pursued excellence. As a teenager Dan starred in a weekly TV series on CBS called '47 Happiness Way, was the voice of a cartoon character, and through his relentless pursuit of self mastery, became the state Golden Gloves Boxing Champion, Intermountain Ski Racing Champion, an All American football player, All State baseball pitcher, and accepted a full scholarship to attend the University of Utah (Psychology '79). Dan played football for 13 years until his career was cut short in a practice tackling drill that left him paralyzed for fourteen months. As he fought his way back to a 95% recovery Dan became an expert on personal integrity, self-mastery, motivation, change management, resiliency, and the healing power of service before self - all of the intangible qualities of a well respected and admired leader. By 1982, Dan was recognized as an Outstanding Young Man of America, was sponsored into the National Speakers Association by ZigZiglar, and has since soared to the edge of space in a U2 Spy Plane, flown fighter jets with the Air Force Thunderbirds, raced automobiles at Nurburgring, carried the Olympic Torch in the Winter Games, and was named Utah Father of the year in 2012. Since 1982, Dan has spoken to millions of people in over 5500 audiences, in all 50 states, 61 countries, on 6 continents, to clients including 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, world leaders gathered at the 'Festival of Thinkers' in Abu Dhabi, keynoting the United Nations World NGO Congress in Germany, Million Dollar Round Table, National School Board Assoc., National Assoc. of Secondary School Principals, National PTA Convention, National Health Underwriters Assoc., U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Medical Assoc., American Bankers Assoc., National Realtors Assoc., U.S. Navy Admirals Conference, keynoting the Air Force Four Star Generals 'Corona, ' the Air Force Academy Character and Leadership Development Symposium, West Point Military Academy National Conference on Ethics, and multiple tours 'down range' to motivate and thank our combat troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Ethiopia, Korea, Japan, Europe and across the globe. Dan has been inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame, and both Achievers Global and eSpeakers have named Dan one of the Top Ten Motivational Speakers In The World. Dan has been published in more than 50 million books in 40 languages worldwide, has appeared on more than 500 TV and radio programs including Oprah and Glenn Beck, has been the featured in Mayo Clinic, Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, Success, Thought Masters, and Utah Business Magazines, and as the cover story in Millionaire Magazines. TO CONTACT DAN for a Keynote Speech, and/or to conduct a 1 to 3 day Training: 1-8oo-676-1121 Website: danclark.com Email: dan@danclark.com

The Art of Significant Leadership and Talent Development

Learn how to turn every sales pitch into a 'serve pitch' proving Sales is the 'transference of trust' - you can get anything in life you want, when you are willing to help enough other people get what they want!

The Art of Significant Selling

Transference of Trust

Dan Clark shows beginning VB.NET programmers how one goes about architecting an object oriented programming solution aimed at solving a business problem.

An Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET

From prestigious author and speaker Dan Clark comes this hilarious collection of jokes on all subjects. It's amazing how much joy, fun, contagious excitement, and positive energy can come into our lives when we find humor at home, in the workplace, in sports, during church, in school, around our communities, and while traveling the world. It's true - the funniest things happen when you look for laughs! Enjoy these jokes quietly to yourself or share them with friends and family - whichever you choose, this joke book is guaranteed to have you laughing from beginning to end!

The Funniest Things Happen When You Look for Laughs

THE GREATEST COLLECTION OF LAUGH-OUT-LOUD JOKES IN THE UNIVERSE!! JOCULAR! WAGGISH!! FACETIOUS!!! BECAUSE THE FUNNIEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU LOOK FOR LAUGHS! The mentally irregular material manifested in this manuscript was assembled by Dan Clark during a time when he obviously had a lapse in judgment and forgot he was a world-class motivational speaker. Having written over thirty positive, life-changing books, this anthology is shallow and meaningless, destined not for the shelves of your library, but for your washroom reading pleasure as you seek comic relief for a constipated soul. While his books on self-mastery, leadership, team building, parenting, relationship selling, and public speaking were inspired in the breathtaking Irish countryside and beaches of Costa Rica, Dan wrote and compiled this 'piece of work' in the tiny towns of Weed California, Hooker Oklahoma, Cut n Shoot Texas, Hell Michigan, Toad Suck Ferry Arkansas, Boring Oregon, and Nothing, Total Wreck, Why, and Surprise Arizona! Although many assume that 7th grade was Dan's senior year, his stellar academic performance actually extended to the three years he was a junior in high school that nearly killed the whole faculty. Yet, because Dan's cholesterol count was higher than his SAT scores, it was only a matter of time before Dan was performing 'stand up' in some of the most prestigious comedy clubs in North America including Yuk Yuks in Toronto, The Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Ice House in Pasadena, Caroline's in New York, and Second City in Chicago. Always upbeat and sometimes 'off-the-wall, ' Dan is famous for visiting sick friends suffering in hospitals with the soul purpose of making them laugh to help them heal through humor! And if that doesn't work, he gets them a deal on a colonoscopy, which will put a smile on anyone's face! PUBLISHER'S DISCLAIMER No one can be held responsible for the content in this book! It's just flat-out funny! Of course, some of the jokes are edgy, but if you are offended, no apologies, only condolences for having your knickers in a twist, knowing HE WHO LAUGHS - LASTS! To Contact Dan for a Keynote Speech, and/or to conduct a 1 to 3 day Training: 1-8oo-676-1121 Website: danclark.com Email: dan@danclark.com

Dan Clark's Humor File

Analyze company data quickly and easily using Microsoft’s powerful data tools. Learn to build scalable and robust data models, clean and combine different data sources effectively, and create compelling and professional visuals. Beginning Power BI is a hands-on, activity-based guide that takes you through the process of analyzing your data using the tools that that encompass the core of Microsoft’s self-service BI offering. Starting with Power Query, you will learn how to get data from a variety of sources, and see just how easy it is to clean and shape the data prior to importing it into a data model. Using Power BI tabular and the Data Analysis Expressions (DAX), you will learn to create robust scalable data models which will serve as the foundation of your data analysis. From there you will enter the world of compelling interactive visualizations to analyze and gain insight into your data. You will wrap up your Power BI journey by learning how to package and share your reports and dashboards with your colleagues. Author Dan Clark takes you through each topic using step-by-step activities and plenty of screen shots to help familiarize you with the tools. This third edition covers the new and evolving features in the Power BI platform and new chapters on data flows and composite models. This book is your hands-on guide to quick, reliable, and valuable data insight. What You Will Learn Simplify data discovery, association, and cleansing Build solid analytical data models Create robust interactive data presentations Combine analytical and geographic data in map-based visualizations Publish and share dashboards and reports Who This Book Is For Business analysts, database administrators, developers, and other professionals looking to better understand and communicate with data

A Practical Guide to Self-Service Data Analytics

Beginning Microsoft Power BI

An extraordinary book about mastering the art of living a happy, fulfilled and meaningful life. Dan Clark shouldn't be here today. In 2013 he had a heart attack and barely survived. He wasn't living right. Stress nearly killed him.In talking with people, he realized that what he was feeling was universal. We all get so hung up in competing in every aspect of our lives... We forget to live. You might remember Dan as Nitro, that buffed-up guy on American Gladiators. Whenever he felt any sort of emotion, he felt like he needed to build his shell even harder. And it all led him to having a heart attack. When he laid there in the hospital, all he could think about was... did he make a difference? Did he live the life he wanted to? The experience of facing his mortality shined a light on what he loved in life, his reasons for living and how he wanted to live. It gave him a clarity that he wanted to share in his new book F Dying. F Dying is a culmination of everything he learned about changing his live and helping others change theirs. If you're looking for ways to practice courage and fully show up at work, at home, and with the people you love... If you're trying to figure out how to move forward after a setback or trial and still hope, still dream, still see the possibilities in front of you... If you want to transform your life, find balance, deep satisfaction, inner peace and connectedness... This book is for you.

How Cheating Death Kicked My Ass Into Loving, Learning and Living My Best Life

F Dying

Michael Gale

Collects over two hundred of the author's best motivational stories, on such topics as understanding, parenting, laughter, heroes, teaching, love, and leadership

A "litter" of Stories & Anecdotes that Hug the Heart & Snuggle the Soul

Puppies for Sale, and Other Inspirational Tales

America's leading high school speaker shares with teenagers the stories, anecdotes, and advice he gives to the hundreds of thousands of students he speaks to throughout the United States.

Weathering the Storm

Erik Swanson

Jon Kovach

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The 13 Steps to Riches - Habitude Warrior Volume 7

In 1865, Indiana State University began classes as many other future regional state universities would: as a "normal school," a school that specialized in training teachers, usually in one- or two-year programs. By 1933, Indiana State had won the name Teachers College and had begun offering graduate-level education. In A History of Indiana State University, Dan Clark explores the history of Indiana State's institutional transformation against the backdrop of the amazing expansion of public education and the scope of higher education in the United States during this period. Starting with the origins of the normal school and the need for professional teachers to help construct the educational infrastructure of Indiana, Clark examines how the faculty and students pushed the school to conform to increasingly popular traditional collegiate ideals, broadening their curriculum and student extracurricular life (athletics and Greek life), until by the 1920s Indiana State had transformed itself into a teachers college. A History of Indiana State University offers an invaluable guide to the history of this beloved Indiana institution, and details the underappreciated impact that normal schools had in providing an educational opportunity to less privileged aspiring students.

From Normal School to Teachers College, 1865-1933

A History of Indiana State University

Running may be the only thing that keeps them alive...

Celebrating their wedding anniversary out on a quiet lake, Robert and Helen Harris's night quickly turns from intimate to dealy when they are attacked by an intruder, leaving their young daughter Jess an orphan.

Fifteen years later, Jess is an adult. Graduated from university and settled into a new city and job, she has found herself in an abusive relationship with her boss, Sean, who is a cruel and easily angered man.
Seein an opportunity to flee and make a fresh start, Jess runs.

Living life simultaneously to Jess, Arina is experiencing her own nightmare. Kept prisoner and forced to work as a slave by a ruthless Russian crime boss, Arina is also faced with a chance to escape her miserable life.

Both women are fleeing from their own dangers... but are they heading towards freedom, or perhaps more harm?

I'll Find You

"I'D RATHER SEE A SERMON PREACHED THAN HEAR ONE ANY DAY - I'D RATHER YOU WOULD WALK WITH ME THAN MERELY POINT THE WAY" "ANY MALE CAN BE A FATHER, BUT IT TAKES A SPECIAL MAN TO BE A DAD" "TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY HE SHOULD GO: AND WHEN HE IS OLD, HE WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT." - PROVERBS 22:6 DAN CLARK is Founder and CEO of The Art of Significance Development Company - an international communications and training firm; High Performance Business Coach; University Professor; National Radio Host; Adventurer; Gold Record Songwriter; a New York Times Best Selling Author of 34 books; and an Award Winning Athlete who fought his way back from a paralyzing injury that cut short his career. Dan is a primary contributing author to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, has been published in more than 50 million books in 40 languages worldwide, and had his famous story Puppies For Sale made into a film at Paramount Studios starring Jack Lemmon. Dan has been inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame, and named one of the Top Ten Motivational Speakers In The World. Since 1982, Dan has appeared on more than 500 TV and radio programs including Oprah and Glenn Beck, and has spoken to millions of people in 5500 audiences, in all 50 states, 61 countries, on 6 continents, delivering customized, cutting edge motivational keynote speeches and transformational training programs to North America's most influential educational, parenting, and family focused organizations including the National School Board Assoc., National Associations of Secondary and Elementary School Principals, National PTA Convention, the national convention of the American School Counselors Assoc., SourceAmerica (formerly NISH - National Institute for the Severely Handicapped), National Eating Disorders Assoc., and at countless state PTA and district teacher in-service conferences. 'NO OTHER SUCCESS CAN COMPENSATE FOR FAILURE IN THE HOME' From 1983 to 1989, Dan was the premier speaker for Mrs. Nancy Reagan's "Just Say No" positive choices program and spoke to millions of teenagers, in thousands of schools, in all 50 states, in all ten Provinces of Canada, in the school systems in England, and on hundreds of college/university campuses throughout the world. During this time North America was also suffering from a suicide epidemic and Dan was heavily involved in its resolution and continued prevention. Obviously, Dan has unmatched experience in motivating young people, having perfected the techniques to influence their decision-making and behavior. Dan has studied with Dr. Stephen Glenn: "Developing Capable Young People," and with Jim Fey: "Love and Logic," and has been a guest speaker at countless Women's Conferences and Parenting Seminars. DAN NAMED 2012 UTAH FATHER OF THE YEAR Proudly, Dan has been married for over 30 years, and has helped raise four 'significant' children - who everybody agrees are extraordinarily smart, exceptionally talented, unbelievably beautiful inside and out, classy, sophisticated, elegant, fun loving, spontaneous, adventurous, confident, and above all non-judgmental, unconditionally loving, humble and kind - all because of their incredible mother! TO CONTACT DAN for a Keynote Speech, and/or to conduct a 1 to 3 day Training: 1-8oo-676-1121 Website: danclark.com Email: dan@danclark.com

The Art of Raising Significant Children

CHAMPIONS KNOW: "THERE IS NO 'I' IN TEAM - - AND THERE IS NO 'I' IN SUCKS BUT THERE ARE TWO 'I's' IN WINNING: INDEPENDENT PREPARATION - INTERDEPENDENT COLLABORATION. TEAMS THAT CONSISTENTLY WIN HAVE THE MOST 'I' PLAYERS ON THEM" "NOT EVERY FOOTBALL PLAY IS DESIGNED TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN" "THERE'S NOTHING MORE INSIGNIFICANT THAN THE HALF TIME SCORE" "UNDER PRESSURE YOU DON'T STEP UP YOUR GAME - YOU SUCCUMB TO THE LEVEL OF YOUR TRAINING AND PRACTICE" "LOSING HURTS WORSE THAN WINNING FEELS GOOD" DAN CLARK is founder and CEO of The Art of Significance Development Company- an international communications and trainingfirm; High Performance Business Coach; University Professor; National Radio Host; Adventurer; Gold Record Songwriter; and a New York Times Best Selling Author of 34 books, who delivers customized, cutting edge motivational keynote speeches and transformational programs on leadership, safety, building winning teams, and creating a culture of excellence to entry level employees, emerging leaders, top executives, educators, sports teams, and military officers/NCOs. Dan was a Sunkist All American football player, received an 'invitation tryout' from the MLB Kansas City Royals out of high school as a baseball pitcher, and was a projected #1 draft choice by the NFL Oakland Raiders. Dan starred as an American football player for 13 years until a practice tackling drill left him paralyzed for fourteen months. Sixteen doctors told Dan he would not recover, but recover he did, and uses the lessons he learned to coach championship teams (winning the State High School 5A Football Championship), transform last place NFL Teams into Super Bowl Champions, and turn low performing companies into sensational leaders in their industries. Dan also uses his experiences flying the B1 and B2 Bombers and T-38, F-4, F-15, F-18, and F-16 fighter jets - especially with the Air Force Thunderbirds - to teach that flying Mach II and catching 9 gs in a supersonic high tech jet, is achieved the same way we strengthen trust, perfect our execution, and galvanize a group into a high performing team - through high touch feel and making winning personal. Dan has been inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame, has been named one of the Top Ten Motivational Speakers In The World, and since 1982, has spoken to millions of people in 5500 audiences, in all 50 states, 61 countries, on 6 continents to 200 of the Fortune 500 companies, and many times to our military combat troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, Korea, Japan, Africa and Europe. TO CONTACT DAN for a Keynote Speech, and/or to conduct a 1 to 3 day Training: 1-8oo-676-1121 Website: danclark.com Email: dan@danclark.com

The Art of Significant Coaching and Building a Winning Team

"SALES IS THE TRANSFERENCE OF TRUST - SO CUSTOMERS CHOOSE YOU, NOT JUST SOMEONE WHO DOES WHAT YOU DO" "WEALTH FLOWS THROUGH YOU, NOT TO YOU. YOU CAN GET ANYTHING YOU WANT WHEN YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP ENOUGH OTHER PEOPLE GET WHAT THEY WANT." "DUPLICATION OF A PROVEN SALES SYSTEM INCREASES YOUR CLOSING RATE TO 93%" DAN CLARK is founder and CEO of Dan Clark and Associates - an international communications and training firm; High Performance Business Coach; University Professor; National Radio Host; Adventurer; Gold Record Songwriter; and a New York Times Best Selling Author of 34 books, who delivers customized, cutting edge motivational keynote speeches and transformational programs on Leadership, Team Building, Safety, the Law of Attraction, Relationship Selling and his popular 'P-6 Story-Selling' course. Dan starred as an American football player for 13 years, until a paralyzing injury cut short his career. Sixteen doctors told Dan he would not recover, but recover he did! Which made him an expert on self-mastery, setting expectations, resiliency, change management, and the formula for persevering based on a personal 'why' - all of which are the necessary mindsets and character traits required to be a sales champion. Dan was inducted into the National Speakers Hall of Fame, and both Achievers Global and eSpeakers have named Dan one of the Top Ten Motivational Speakers In The World. As one of the most respected speakers/consultants/trainers in the business, Dan has been published in more than 50 million books in 40 languages worldwide, has appeared on more than 500 TV and radio programs including Oprah and Glenn Beck, has been featured in Mayo Clinic, Entrepreneur, Inc., Forbes, Success, and Utah Business Magazines and the cover story in Millionaire Magazines. Since 1982, Dan has been crisscrossing the globe working with the world's most amazing sales organizations including Million Dollar Round Table, Country Club Managers Association, National Health Underwriters Association, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, most of the largest Life Insurance and Financial Advisor Companies, most of the largest real estate companies, most of the largest door to door 'summer sales' security, solar and pest control organizations, the United States Air Force Recruiting Services Command, and a diverse section of other large sales/customer driven businesses including Apple, AT&T, Marriott Hotels, McDonalds, Delta Airlines, and hundreds more! ZigZiglar publically proclaimed, "When you see Dan Clark's beautiful, talented and extraordinary wife you will agree with me that Dan is clearly the greatest salesman who ever lived!" TO CONTACT DAN for a Keynote Speech, and/or to conduct a 1 to 3 day Training: 1-8oo-676-1121 Website: danclark.com Email: dan@danclark.com

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