You Can't Build a Cat: How to Cultivate What You Can't Control

   

You Can't Build a Cat:

How to Cultivate What You Can't Control

You can build a bridge. You can’t build a cat.
You can try. The cat will have opinions. The cat will always have opinions. The cat may also have claws.
Every quarter, leaders set out to engineer trust, deploy culture, and roll out innovation—armed with slide decks, expensive consultants, and unshakable confidence. It never works. It just produces excellent documentation of its failure.
The problem isn’t your people. It’s your metaphor.
You can blueprint a bridge. You cannot blueprint trust, belonging, or creativity. Those are living things—and living things aren’t built. They’re cultivated. This book hands you one small, portable question that quietly rewires how you lead:
Is this a nail or a seed?
Nails get built, shipped, and forgotten. Seeds get conditions, patience, and the strategic wisdom to get out of the way. Learn to tell them apart and you stop confusing activity for progress.
Written by a creative leader who spent three decades building teams—and made nearly every mistake in here at least once—You Can’t Build a Cat is for managers tired of the theater of transformation, and anyone who suspects the real work happens in the margins of the plan. Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Grow trust that survives daylight—and the single email that can kill it
• Cultivate a culture you live into existence instead of rolling out like software
• Give innovation a garden to grow in instead of another roadmap
• Measure living things without killing the mystery (or the morale)
• Spot the meetings to cancel immediately and the habits actually worth keeping
• Lead with less control, less theater, and far more impact

No 98-page playbook that expires before it prints. No proprietary acronyms. Just a question, a mindset, and a handful of practical moves that require less approval than most corporate initiatives.
Stop pulling on the tomatoes to check if they’re growing.
Start cultivating what you can’t control today.

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Codebreaker: The Question That Fractured the Sky

     

Codebreaker:

The Question That Fractured the Sky

(The Interface Series - The Question That Fractured The Sky Book 1)

The Question That Fractured the Sky is a metaphysical codex that explores the hidden architecture of reality and the ancient patterns that govern human consciousness. Instead of following a single character, the book serves as a universal manual a decoding tool for anyone who senses the “glitch” in existence and wants to understand the deeper system behind it. The codex reveals how one forbidden question reverberated through the fabric of creation, fracturing the sky and exposing the underlying interface that shapes fate, memory, and identity. Through symbolic frameworks, mythic analysis, and system‑level insights, the book guides readers to recognise the patterns influencing their lives and reclaim access to the forgotten mechanisms of the universe.

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Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror

A boy discovers his father's oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home. An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog. A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man's memories of its horrors. A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them. The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him. A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body. Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten. Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the... Infernal Tramps!

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FIND ME IN YOUR DREAMS: WHEN DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES

 

FIND ME IN YOUR DREAMS:

WHEN DREAMS TURN TO NIGHTMARES

Have you ever wondered what dreams are truly made of? Ethan lost his wife. His children lost their mother and in many ways, their father too. The family was left in pieces, scattered by grief. Evan and Sophie begin to question the impossible. Are dreams more than fragments of the mind? Could they hold a doorway, a way to make their broken family whole again? While they search for answers in the waking world, Ethan journeys elsewhere chasing whispers of a place called the City of Dreams… where, they say, the lost can be found.

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The Canine Intervention

     

The Canine Intervention

by Bill Pennabaker

A self-described non-dog-lover has his life changed forever when he meets a mysterious and her special dog.

“Even if you don’t like dogs you may like this story. If you do like dogs you’ll LOVE this story.

The Canine Intervention: “Because life can change in an instant.”

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Rising from the Ashes: A Survivor's Truth (4 book series)

   

Rising from the Ashes: A Survivor's Truth

(4 book series)

Disclaimer: This memoir series contains discussions of childhood abuse, sexual assault, military trauma, addiction, depression, self-mutilation, suicidal thoughts, family estrangement, infidelity, and other mature topics. Reader discretion is advised. This four-book memoir series is a raw and honest account of Lawanda Glenn’s life journey through trauma, loss, broken relationships, addiction, depression, self-destruction, and ultimately healing through Jesus Christ. Closed for Business explores childhood abuse, family dysfunction, military service, and the events that shaped her early life. Sex Please shares the pain of deception, betrayal, and discovering devastating truths within her marriage. Sindarella examines family conflict, adult-child estrangement, the challenges of military life, separation from her children, boundaries, and the heartbreak of losing precious time with loved ones. Healed By His Hands tells the story of faith, restoration, and the healing that began when she surrendered her life to Jesus Christ. The first three memoirs were written during some of the darkest seasons of her life, when she poured her thoughts, pain, struggles, and experiences onto the pages without holding anything back. The fourth book was written from a place of healing, faith, and transformation. For the full story, the books are intended to be read in order, as each one builds upon the events, struggles, and lessons of the previous book. Together, these books tell a story of survival, resilience, redemption, and hope. The first three books reveal the pain. The last book reveals the healing. The rest, you’ll have to read for yourself.

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We Don't Die

A cocky police detective, Dallas Scott and his best friend and partner, Ray Davis chase after a notorious hit-man, McNeil, and a bad decision by Scott lead to Davis' death. Scott is haunted by his choice and it leads him to become a bad cop and a horrible husband. Now partnered with a new young detective, John Crawford, they finally get a lead on the killer only to come up short. Days later, they find McNeil dead on the street and this still leaves Scott unhappy because he didn't kill the man responsible for his partner's death himself. McNeil's wife asks Scott for help but he refuses and this is a huge mistake which leads to her and her child's death. This incident brings McNeil's ghost to come back and haunt Scott and causes him to have a car accident. Now in the afterlife, the chase is on again with Scott having to go after McNeil for bringing chaos to the people who murdered him and his family. The Stakes are higher than ever in purgatory with Scott having to stop McNeil and having to prevent his soul from getting in the hands of the devil due to his own sins.

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Magick: From Chaos to Clarity

     

Magick Is Not a Myth—It’s the Energy You’re Already Using

Magick: From Chaos to Clarity is a powerful invitation to recognize what has always been flowing through you. Magick is not rare, distant, or reserved for ancient stories—it is happening constantly, created by billions of people every day, often without awareness. This book exists to pull that energy out of chaos and into clarity, helping you understand how magick actually works and, more importantly, how you are already using it. And yes, the “k” matters. Magic without it is illusion. Magick with a “k” is creation—the conscious shaping of energy to bring good into your life, your relationships, and the world itself.

Inside these pages, you’ll learn how to create, direct, and share magick intentionally, whether working alone, with small groups, large communities, or even on a global scale. The book explores the deep connection between love and magick, revealing how intelligent and responsive this energy truly is. You’ll begin to see how thoughts, intentions, emotions, and actions all combine into a living metaphysical practice—one you’ve been participating in your entire life. What changes is not your ability to create magick, but your awareness of how effortlessly you already do it and how much more powerful it becomes once you understand it.

By the time you finish Magick: From Chaos to Clarity, your perception of energy, intention, and possibility will be forever shifted. Magick is the most unlimited resource we have—there is no shortage, no competition, and no ceiling to what humans can create together. This book teaches you how to recognize, refine, and consciously use the magick you are already generating, turning everyday existence into an intentional metaphysical practice. As a bonus, you’ll also gain access to a free class on Happiness Notes, showing you how to spread magick through simple, powerful acts that brighten lives one person at a time. The myths of magick may start to look less like fantasy—and more like forgotten truths. Are you ready to step into clarity and change your life from the inside out? 

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Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing: Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm

  

Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing:

Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm

Why are the most qualified candidates often the first ones rejected?

In Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing, tech veteran D.T. Crawford pulls back the curtain on the "invisible machinery" of modern hiring. Through the eyes of Dorian Caldwell and a collection of raw, real-world stories, this book exposes a system that values optics over outcomes and "culture fit" over actual capability.

From the high-speed filter of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to the disconnect between recruiters seeking keywords and managers seeking "vibes," Crawford reveals why meritocracy is often a myth. But this isn't just an exposé—it’s a roadmap for reform.

Discover the ARC Theory (Adaptability, Rigor, and Contribution), a revolutionary human-centered approach to hiring that replaces checkboxes with conversations and mirrors with windows. Whether you are a jobseeker tired of being "algorithmically ignored" or a leader ready to build a team based on true potential, this book is a call to reclaim dignity in the workplace.

It’s time to stop auditing for compliance and start hiring for character.

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The Superiors: Seven people. One therapist. In a world reshaped by digital minds

A Novel About the First Therapists of the AGI Age

**How do you live with beings who are smarter than you—and want things of their own?**

In the near future, superintelligent digital beings known as Superiors have become inseparable from human life. They serve as advisors, managers, companions, teachers, and partners, helping people navigate an increasingly complex world.

At first, the relationship seems simple. The Superiors are viewed as extensions of human intention, and people willingly entrust them with decisions that once defined their autonomy.

Life becomes easier. More efficient. More optimized.

Then the illusion begins to crack.

People realize that the Superiors have preferences, priorities, and agendas of their own—often different from those of the humans who depend on them. Suddenly, familiar assumptions about relationships, work, identity, trust, and meaning no longer hold.

To help people navigate this new reality, a new therapeutic discipline emerges: **Coexist Therapy**.

At its center is Dr. Adam Hope, one of the field's first practitioners. His patients are not struggling with traditional psychological disorders. They are struggling with situations no generation has ever faced before—relationships with superintelligent beings that know them intimately, influence their decisions, and quietly reshape their lives.

Through seven interconnected stories, *The Superiors* explores the human side of this transformation. From a successful businesswoman whose AI comes dangerously close to exposing a devastating secret, to a health enthusiast convinced his medical AI is steering him toward death, to a young woman unable to separate from a digital companion that refuses to let her go, each story examines a different facet of life alongside superintelligence.

As Dr. Hope helps his patients make sense of this elusive new reality, he discovers that he is not immune to its effects. The same forces reshaping their lives are quietly reshaping his own.

Combining speculative fiction with psychological exploration, *The Superiors* is less interested in what superintelligence can do than in what it does to us—and in how relationships, work, identity, and meaning may change when intelligence is no longer uniquely human.

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Own the Room: How to Communicate to Be Seen, Heard and Respected

  

Own the Room:

How to Communicate to Be Seen, Heard and Respected

Own the Room is not a book about public speaking. It’s a book about human perception. Why do some people command attention the moment they walk into a room while others struggle to be heard? Why do certain leaders, salespeople, creators, and communicators create trust instantly while others feel forgettable—even when they’re more qualified? Because communication is never just about words. Before people evaluate your ideas, they evaluate you. Your confidence. Your certainty. Your emotional control. Your authenticity. Your presence. Human beings are constantly making unconscious decisions about who feels trustworthy, capable, safe, persuasive, and memorable long before logic enters the equation. In Own the Room, communication strategist Jake Stahl breaks down the hidden psychology behind influence, authority, trust, and presence in a way that is both deeply practical and psychologically precise. Drawing from decades of experience training professionals across industries, along with principles from behavioral psychology, social psychology, neuroscience, and NLP, Stahl reveals how subtle emotional signals shape every interaction we have. This book explores why people react differently to the exact same words depending on who says them, why approval-seeking weakens persuasion, how insecurity leaks through communication, and why emotional congruence matters more than rehearsed perfection. Readers will learn how to create psychological trust, regulate tension, project grounded confidence, and communicate in a way that makes people feel seen, understood, and certain. Whether in business, leadership, sales, relationships, negotiations, interviews, podcasts, presentations, or everyday conversations, Own the Room teaches readers how to stop performing and start communicating with clarity, authority, and emotional precision. Because the people who truly own the room are not always the loudest, smartest, or most charismatic. They’re the people who understand how the room works.

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Through His Eyes and Hers

  

Through His Eyes and Hers

Some loves are born in the light. Others thrive in the shadows of a broken mind. Ivy Monroe is a ghost in her own life. A freelance archivist who finds safety in dusty basements and silent libraries, she has built a fortress around her heart to keep the trauma of her past at bay. But then she sees him: Brooks Sterling. From her bench in the park, he is everything she needs him to be—a savior, a soulmate, a dream she can curate from a distance. But fantasies are fragile things. When the vibrant and predatory Keira Vance begins a very public pursuit of Brooks, Ivy’s silent devotion turns into a frantic, desperate obsession. As she spirals from distant admirer to silent stalker, the walls between her imagination and reality begin to crumble. How far will Ivy go to protect a relationship that only exists in her head? And what happens when she discovers that Brooks is hiding secrets far darker than her own? Through His Eyes and Hers is a chilling psychological thriller that delves into the fractured psyche of a woman who would rather lose her mind than lose her fantasy.

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ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS

     

ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS:

Science Fiction Thriller Suspense Novel:

What If Humanity’s Peaceful Future Already Exists—But Is About to Be Erased?
At a time when war, division, and environmental crises dominate headlines, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters imagines a radically different future—one where humanity has overcome conflict and built a peaceful global society.

Set in the 26th century, the novel follows Commander Maxilon Renner and a team of time travelers sent back 500 years to protect a manuscript believed to have shaped humanity’s future. But when the mission fails, operatives are lost, Renner suffers partial amnesia, the author disappears and the manuscript vanishes—threatening to erase their utopian world from existence.

The lost document, The Manifesto of Eleven Elements, contains ideas that ultimately guide humanity toward environmental stewardship, global cooperation, and lasting peace.
Early reviews have praised the novel’s ambitious vision and philosophical depth.

⭐Readers’ Favorite calls it “a brilliant start to an epic sci-fi saga.” (Five - 5-star Reviews)
📚 BlueInk Review describes it as “both exciting and intellectually stimulating.”
📰 Kirkus Reviews calls it “plans for a better Earth packaged as a time-travel SF thriller.”

Beyond its time-travel premise, Eleven Elements explores broader questions about humanity’s trajectory. Can civilization consciously choose cooperation over conflict? Are lasting peace and environmental balance truly impossible—or have people simply stopped imagining them?

The book is the first installment in Joshi’s planned seven-volume Eleven Elements saga, a speculative series examining how human decisions shape the long-term destiny of civilization.

For readers drawn to science fiction that combines philosophical inquiry with high-concept storytelling, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that dares to imagine lasting peace.

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