Dave Anderson

Over 20 years, A Play, A Pie and A Pint has famously commissioned and produced more than 600 plays, providing countless opportunities for writers, actors and directors to develop their craft and try out new ideas. Productions are simple, rehearsal times short and the subject matter diverse. Audiences at Glasgow’s Òran Mór get a new play at lunchtime every week lasting no more than an hour, accompanied by a pie and a pint. To celebrate the beloved theatrical institution’s 20th anniversary, this second collection includes critically acclaimed plays and favourites as voted by the public and members of the theatre company. Includes the plays: Rose (Lorna Martin)Fleeto (Paddy Cunneen)One Day in Spring (various)Tír na nÓg (Dave Anderson)Storytelling (Oliver Emanuel)The Great Replacement (Uma Nada-Rajah)Write-Off (Aodhan Gallagher)Rachel’s Cousins (Ann Marie Di Mambro) ‘a bedrock of the Scottish theatre industry’ The Guardian

How you do anything is how you do everything. Great performance, whether at work or at home, starts with the little things: making your bed, organising your closet, maintaining your yard, shooting a basketball, closing a deal. Elevate Your Excellence offers strategies anyone can use to improve the often-neglected everyday disciplines like hydration, sleep quality, and mindset maintenance that can make all the difference in generating high-quality performance. International speaker Dave “Mr. Accountability” Anderson encourages readers to make simple and immediately actionable “tweaks” to ordinary things that they can begin doing extraordinarily well to transform their lives - in areas including: Winning your morning hours to set the pace of success for the day Improving mental toughness and staying locked into what matters most to tackle your most challenging days Mastering intentional breathing and sleeping to add years to your life Regardless of industry, position, age, experience, or geography, Anderson’s guidelines are proven techniques to make excellence an innate part of your personal brand. Whether you’re running a household or building a corporate culture, the game-changing action items in this book will inspire you to do and be better - and will truly elevate your excellence.

A collection of 'Dad Jokes'. Pizza delivery customers repeatedly said, "You should write a book." Customers describe these jokes as creative, clever, always good and smart. This continues the book series. We trust you will enjoy the jokes, and will want to share them with your family and friends. Expect a new book periodically.

This real-time, historical record of the New York Yankees from their hometown newspaper allows you to experience over a century of the pride, power, and pinstripes of Major League Baseball's most successful team.There has never been a team that has won as many World Series titles, hit as many home runs, or had as many great superstars as The New York Yankees. The New York Times Story of the Yankees includes more than 390 articles chronicling the team's rich history through the best writing on the ball club by beloved Times reporters like Arthur Daley, Red Smith, George Vecsey, Tyler Kepner, and more. Organized by era, the book covers the biggest stories and events in Yankee history, such as the purchase of Babe Ruth, Roger Maris's 61st home run, and Derek Jeter's last game.This completely up-to-date through 2020 edition, including the Aaron Boone era and the rise of Aaron Judge, is illustrated with hundreds of black-and-white photographs that capture every era. A foreword by diehard Yankees fan, Alec Baldwin, completes the celebration of baseball's greatest team.

Some people seem to be born with a mental makeup that predestines them for success. But anyone can master their mindset. Dave Anderson shows you how. In Intentional Mindset, LearnToLead founder Dave Anderson shows you how to purposefully develop both killer instinct and mental toughness by cultivating and strengthening ten specific traits. The author of 15 books and host of the popular podcast The Game Changer Life, Dave's guidance has impacted readers and listeners in more than 145 countries. Now, he shares a unique blueprint for developing the mindset you need to succeed, presenting foundational strategies for intentionally developing and strengthening what he calls the ACCREDITED traits: attitude, competitiveness, character, rigor, effort, discipline, intelligence, tenacity, energy, and drive. Throughout the book, readers will follow the progress of three "case studies." The frustrations, progress, and victories of "Fred," "Frank," and "Frances" will replace the sterile or academic approach so common in personal development books with a more readable, personal, and actionable experience. What's more, Anderson provides an optional 70-day follow-up course to integrate the book's lessons into one's daily routine and accelerate results. All materials for this course, including a downloadable workbook and 70 supporting videos—one for each day—are provided at no cost at LearnToLead.com. Intentional Mindset is a true game changer—a book that gives you the tools to shape your future by shaping your mind.

Memory like a faded photograph. Static spread across neurons. Blackness engulfs but the sun still shines. Like a dying plant finally given water, he drinks up his surroundings- trees, buildings, water, clothes on the humans-all black. Confusion spreads like tentacles across fresh prey.Speaking of prey- the ruler of this land, called the thought wind, sniffs out a vulnerable subject and decides it's meal time-as it feeds on people's thoughts. It welcomes the human called Nails to his new home-the dark side. The invisible tyrant explains the rules. Never visit the enemy mainland-the light side. Always wear black and do the opposite of the light side. Be creative and never dull or ordinary.Outside his four walls, the thought wind squats inside Nails' brain relentlessly. He learns that wearing headphones and focusing on the music is the best protectant against the hijacking. However, in order to find information and clues he must subject himself to the brain invasions. And so begins the daily quest to find answers.Why is he here? Why does the thought wind have such disgust for the light side? Why is there a 200-foot Statue giving the other side the middle finger? Desperately seeking answers, he breaks the number one rule and begins visiting the light side. To his shock and surprise, he meets a girl.Can the boy in black and the girl in white find a way to be together? In a world where each side hates the other, and your most private and intimate thoughts are never truly your own?

Where do you fall on your organization's performance spectrum? Unstoppable is performance-enhancing manual for those who are ready to change the world. Regardless of talent or skill set, there are four types of people in every organization: Undertakers, Caretakers, Play Makers, and Game Changers—but value is definitely not equal across the board. Game changers move things forward with relentless energy, effort, attitude, and excellence. They elevate those around them, inspire exceptional performance, and drive their organization to the top. This book is designed to help you rise to the challenge and become the Game Changer your organization needs. Candid insights from dozens of coaches, managers, CEOs, journalists, entrepreneurs, and other elite performers reveal the qualities that make some people stand out, and the underlying theme is mindset. While talent is a great head start, it is merely potential. Undeveloped and erratically-wielded talent holds little value for an organization. The key to high performance is an intentionally cultivated mindset of success, backed by the bold action it takes to make things happen every day. This book delves deep into the elite performance paradigm to help you work at the highest levels. Learn what separates the playmakers from the game changersStep up your performance with a simple five-step processTransform your thinking and develop an unstoppable toughness Be the best at what you do, and elevate your entire organization The performance spectrum is not about classifying your coworkers; it's about self-assessment, self-reflection, and self-improvement. Everyone has star quality, even if it is buried deep inside. Unstoppable helps you uncover your potential, and upgrade your performance to become the best.

While many books focus on developing managerial competencies, most leadership failures are the result of a failure in character, not a failure in competence. But, just like how you don’t get in shape by reading a fitness magazine, you don’t become a Leader of Character by reading a book on Character. You have to DO what you want to BE! Leaders of Character is a “workout plan” designed to develop six Habits of Character by providing small, daily exercises that strengthen your character muscles for the bigger character tests all leaders face.

Looking for more out of life? After three tours totaling over 10,000 miles, Tim and Debbie Bishop have discovered wisdom and truth from the seat of a bicycle. In Wheels of Wisdom, the authors share the life lessons they learned on the open road. When you're looking for enlightenment, you can find it almost anywhere, be it from watching two herons saunter across a Florida road, pedaling to a dead-end in a Kentucky tobacco field, or observing eagles flying overhead in Montana. In each lesson of this book, you'll find practical insights, inspiration, and encouragement--along with personal reflection questions that will help you: Adopt the right mind-set Conquer fear, worry, and inaction Overcome obstacles Relish life's journey Certain principles are universal whether you are bicycling across America or chasing your own lifelong dream. You may be continuing your education, connecting with new people, looking to change jobs, or simply wondering about your future. Wherever you are in life, Wheels of Wisdom will give you a fresh perspective and new motivation for your own adventure. Not only will you encounter meaningful truth as you travel vicariously to new places and meet new people, you'll also experience some genuine "God moments" and have some fun on the way. So, pack up your dreams and passions and come along for the ride. It's time to learn on the open road