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How to achieve lifelong fulfillment and lasting happiness by looking no further than within...Can you honestly say that you’re living your best life? No, not a life of ease and comfort, despite what society may dictate. Nor one of ultimate luxury and opulence. Living your best life means living up to your full potential, being at peace with who you are and feeling like you’ve given it your all. In Growing Stronger, you will uncover the secrets to reframe your perspective and tackle the issues that are keeping you from your authentic self.

Uncertainty pervades the big decisions we all make in our lives. How much should we pay into our pensions each month? Should we take regular exercise? Expand the business? Change our strategy? Enter a trade agreement? Take an expensive holiday? We do not know what the future will hold. But we must make decisions anyway. So we crave certainties which cannot exist and invent knowledge we cannot have.

Covid-19 has heightened career uncertainty in a work landscape dominated by turbulence and change, and it is directly impacting how people are entering—or re-entering—the workplace. But as Lindsey Pollak makes clear, the pandemic merely accelerated trends that have been building. While this new world is complicated, you won’t have to navigate it alone. For twenty years, Pollak has been following the trends and successfully advising young professionals and organizations on workplace success. Now, she guides you through the changes currently happening—and those to come.

Previously unpublished talks from the Father of Modern Management. Throughout his professional life, Peter F. Drucker inspired millions of business leaders not only through his famous writings, but also through his lectures and keynotes. These speeches contained some of his most valuable insights but had never been published in book form - until now.

Meet Derrick Mason, one of the most ruthless drug dealers ever to walk the streets. He and his family control over 50 percent of the drug traffic in New York City. Things are going good until Derrick is forced to make a tough decision that could change his family's lives forever. He knows the wrong decision could start an all-out war with men 10 times more powerful than him. With so much on his plate, Derrick has to push his emotions to the side and remember that business is business.

Esta es una obra académica de referencia dedicada al análisis crítico del consumismo como fenómeno histórico, económico y cultural. Con un enfoque interdisciplinario y rigor teórico, el libro investiga las raíces profundas y los mecanismos estructurales que han convertido el consumo en un pilar central de las sociedades capitalistas contemporáneas.

In a world fueled by sex, drugs, and money, the savvy, sexy, and professional women of the Black Magnolia Society are taking the entertainment industry by storm making and breaking all the rules. Amidst racial turmoil and social prejudice, three best friends formed a bond that remained throughout their lifetime. Cicely Charles, Katherine Blessing, and Lucinda Lewis formed the Black Magnolia Society in 1936. Over sixty years later, their granddaughters have taken the helm to continue their legacy of sisterhood, strength, courage, and ultimately wisdom. In this first book of an exciting new ...

George Soros - universally known for his philanthropy, progressive politics and investment success gives an impassioned defence of his core belief in open society. George Soros is among the world's most prominent public figures. He is one of history's most successful investors, and his philanthropy, led by the Open Society Foundations, has donated over $14 billion to promote democracy and human rights in more than 120 countries. But in recent years, Soros has become the focus of sustained right-wing attacks in the United States and around the world.

By 2050, $50 trillion will change hands in North America in the largest generational wealth transfer ever. It will remake the world and be the biggest money-making opportunity in history. "Business as usual", founded on exploitation and environmental ruin, is over. Climate catastrophe, reactionary politics, and widening inequity have put the world on edge. Meanwhile innovations are shifting the economic ground, and an entire generation is pounding the table for real change.

Acclaimed futurist, author, and digital strategist Bernard Marr delivers a compelling and engaging discussion of the technologies driving the impending—and ongoing—transformation of the internet, including blockchain, augmented reality (AR), and more. In the book, you'll explore the risks and opportunities presented by these game-changing techs and how they might impact you, your organization, and community.

In Competition Is Killing Us, top business and competition lawyer Michelle Meagher establishes a new framework to control capitalism from the inside in order to make it work for the many and not just the few. Meagher has spent years campaigning against these multi-billion- and trillion-dollar mammoths that dominate the market and prioritise shareholder profits over all else; leading to extreme wealth inequality, inhumane conditions for workers and relentless pressure on the environment.

Consumerism drives the pursuit of happiness in much of the world, yet as wealth grows, unhappiness abounds, compounded by the grave problems of climate change, pollution, and ecological degradation. We've now reached both an environmental and spiritual dead-end that leaves us crying out for alternatives. Elegant Simplicity provides a coherent philosophy of life that weaves together simplicity of material life, thought, and spirit.

With the aim to educate and encourage every listener to adopt disruptive technologies, as well as to understand their impact on the future of businesses, workforce, and societies, The Future of Disruptive Technologies was born.

Introduction In the 21st century, the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid tertiary education has become a transformative force in society. AI, once the realm of science fiction, is now an integral part of our daily lives, influencing how we work, communicate, and learn. Hybrid tertiary education, which combines traditional in-person learning with online and digital components, has emerged as a flexible and adaptive model for higher education. Together, AI and hybrid education are reshaping the educational landscape, making learning more accessible, personalized, and ...

In four decades, bookended by the Pope’s visits to Ireland in September 1979 and August 2018, Ireland has become one of the wealthiest and most progressive nations in the world. Characteristically brilliant and timely, Renaissance Nation is a thrilling account of Ireland’s vertiginous rise and a timely exploration of its conflicted present, where stark decisions await the next generation of would-be revolutionaries.

Are we driving off a digital cliff and heading for disaster, unable to focus, maintain concentration, or form the human bonds that make life worth living? Are media and business doomed and about to be replaced by amateur hour? Both visionary and practical, I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works captures the zeitgeist of an emerging age, providing the understanding of how a radically changed media world is influencing human behavior.

When businesses try to "do AI", they place an abstract solution before problems and customers without fully considering whether it is wise, whether the hype is true, or how AI will impact their organization in the long term. Often absent is sound reasoning for why they should go down this path in the first place. Doing AI explores AI for what it actually is - and what it is not - and the problems it can truly solve.

How to make an efficient BMarketing Plan! Your complete and professional Marketing Plan Guide to start your new business and make it work! Here Is a Preview of What You'll Learn Inside... ♥ Tools you can use ♥ Executive Plan ♥ Goals & Objectives ♥ Target Customers ♥ Situational Analysis ♥ External Forces ♥ Pricing & Positioning Strategy ♥ Distribution Plan ♥ Promotions Plan ♥ Marketing Assets ♥ Strategy For Increasing Orders ♥ Referral Strategy ♥ Much, much more! * * *FREE GIFT INSIDE – PERSONAL TIPS AND INSIGHTS * * * In this insightful and to-the-point ...

In A World Without Email, Cal Newport argues that this steady flow of distractions disrupts us from achieving any meaningful work, causes us undue stress and is costing businesses millions in the form of untapped potential. Newport shows us how to completely reimagine and redesign workflow and processes without the constant pings of emails distracting us.

Growing into You is the book that will change how you perceive yourself, within the boundaries of the life you’ve created. Do you feel like there must be more to life? Do you perceive having done everything right, yet something is still missing? Perhaps you’ve forgotten who you truly are, deep down, beyond all societal conditioning.