Evolve: Your Path. Your Time. Your Shine.

By Tony Carlton

The straightforward content of this pocketbook allows readers to access short chapters containing reliable advice. Once the genuine principles are learnt, examples are provided so the reader can immediately add them to their skillset.

My hope is that this book guides and empowers more people to go outside of their comfort zone and obtain the results they deserve. Use this book as a navigational tool to assist with the hurdles and heartache associated with reaching your finish line.

Remember when you plan your own journey, the stress is predictable!

"For any CEO or manager trying to do the right thing and be an effective leader... this book is for you!" — Sean Judge, CEO Interra Energy

"The size of the book is small, but the message that is being sent is MASSIVE!" — Kevin Webster, RVP Ecclesiastical Insurance

"When on the entrepreneurial journey it is easy for enthusiasm to wane. This book, by one of the happiest and successful entrepreneurs I know, will help you stay on track." — William Pickering, San Diego, CA

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tellwell Talent
• Release date: Jul 20, 2020
• ISBN: 9780228832645

Tony Carlton

As an energetic, positive, and thriving entrepreneur, I enjoy a wonderful lifestyle in the mountains of Jasper National Park. With the clear lakes and the fresh air of the Rocky Mountains, my inspiration to assist others comes naturally. Throughout my life I have strived to ensure my level of customer service exceeds the highest standards. When you can deliver an experience to your target audience that makes them feel appreciated and respected, you will have that relationship for life. This is just one road sign that you will see on your road to success.This upbeat book ensures that the readers have seen and understood the road signs as they continue to evolve on their journey to their finish lines.Be the reason someone smiles today! - Tony

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Evolve

Your Path. Your Time. Your Shine.

The E’s of business…

Engage. Embrace. Enact & Enlighten.

Tony Carlton

Evolve

Copyright © 2020 by Tony Carlton

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

Tellwell Talent

www.tellwell.ca

ISBN

978-0-2288-3263-8 (Paperback)

978-0-2288-3264-5 (eBook)

To my wife Tara who, without her organization, love, loyalty and understanding of a crazy entrepreneurial husband, none of this would have been possible.

Table of Contents

Mission

ENGAGE

Enthusiasm

Timing and Presentation Skills Are Fundamental

First Impressions

ENACT

Customer Service

Planning the Journey

EMBRACE

Transparency = Synergy

Leadership and Change

Momentum

Relationships

Budgeting … The Leak in the Bucket!

Perspective

Business Environment and Culture

ENLIGHTEN

Celebrating the Wins—Big or Small

About the Author

Acknowledgments:

Praising the Authors of the Inspirational Quotes

Mission

In this age of information overload, finding means of cutting to the chase is critical to success. Lengthy self -h elp books are a luxury of the past. Here you will find chapters that are brief and to the point. Whether a new or established leader, you will learn how to read the road signs and navigate the crossroads of the challenges ahead. From offering fresh ideas to helping you implement forgotten strategies, use this guide as a business compass to help navigate your way forward when indecision oc curs.

Seek out exceptional coaches and mentors along your way. Absorb their knowledge and excel in paying it forward. Not just because when you help others you are also helping yourself, but because the journey towards success is also the path of our own evolution, and it is unlikely one will occur without the other.

An old friend once told me the following while reflecting on his journey, "You figure out what you are going to do in your 20s, build your network in your 30s, live off