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Books Built to Move People From Intention to Action

The library is built to be practical, memorable, and immediately useful for readers who want stronger leadership, better communication, clearer habits, and deeper purpose.

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Book Walter to Speak

Leave Things Better.

From THE SINK to The Sink for Kids, these books make initiative, responsibility, and ownership practical.

Communicate With Intention.

Conversational Stoppers focuses on the habits that derail dialogue and how stronger communication changes relationships.

Live With Direction.

Driftwood and the V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. framework press readers toward purpose, discipline, and a life with fewer regrets.

Book 01

THE SINK

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Initiative Culture Ownership

THE SINK

Ever met a stranger who changed your view of life forever? Could one sentence change the way you look at relationships? Work? Maybe even your world? There are many day to day interactions that we brush off as unimportant. What if we saw more? What if we left the world better, in each moment, than it was when we arrived? Even if that meant doing hard things. What would that look like? What would that mean for your job, for your family, for your life?

Consider what could happen if we took responsibility for not just our mess, but cleaned up found messes, even if it isn't ours. What could this mean for a company? What if you taught your employees to take initiative to leave the world and the things around them better than they found them?

Book 02

Do You Have What It Takes?

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Vision Time Management Relational Growth

Do You Have What It Takes?

No regrets. These two words sum up what most people would love to say about their life when it's all said and done. No matter what area of life is most important to you, we all want to know that we achieved the best results possible. Intentions aren't enough. What is needed is a powerful tool to help us accomplish our goals. This is what the V.I.C.T.O.R.Y. Model is all about. Here you will discover the seven key traits of all successful people: Vision, Initiative, Character, Time Management, Optimism, Relational, and Yearning.

You will find no abstract theory in this book. Everything you read will be practical and memorable. With a proven success coach as your guide, you will learn to achieve victory in everything you set your mind to. Inspiring real-life stories and simple exercises for self-reflection will guarantee your progress. Whether you want better results in your career, family, spiritual life or with personal goals, here you will discover tools you can apply right away to help you succeed where it counts.

Book 03

Driftwood

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Purpose Reflection Direction

Driftwood

Driftwood follows a young man who feels overwhelmed, adrift, and unsure where his life is headed. He sets out on his father's sailboat looking for change and finds himself forced into a deeper search for purpose.

As the story moves through storms, strange islands, and hard turns, the book pushes readers to think about direction, hope, and what it means to live with intention instead of regret.

Book 04

Conversational Stoppers

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Communication Dialogue Relationships

Conversational Stoppers

This book breaks down ten common habits that quietly weaken conversation and make it harder to connect with other people. Walter and Stacey Nusbaum show how everyday communication patterns can either build trust or shut dialogue down.

The focus is practical: identify the habits, replace them with stronger ones, and start communicating in ways that improve relationships, leadership, and everyday influence.

Book 05

The Sink for Kids

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Responsibility Kindness Character

The Sink for Kids

The Sink for Kids takes the leave-it-better idea and turns it into a story young readers can understand and apply. Through Dominic and his friends, the book makes responsibility, kindness, and initiative feel concrete and achievable.

It is written for parents, teachers, coaches, and youth leaders who want a memorable way to teach accountability, teamwork, and the habit of making a positive difference wherever kids go.

Reader Note

Books that pair well with Walter's coaching and training.

The shop is strongest when it supports the larger Nusbaum Group message: clearer leadership, stronger initiative, and practical next steps. These titles are a good starting point for individuals, teams, and event audiences who want to keep the ideas moving after the talk is over.

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For Leaders

Use them to sharpen communication, ownership, and organizational culture.

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For Teams

They work well as discussion starters after training or keynote events.

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For Growth

Each book is written to be direct, practical, and easy to apply immediately.