Career Control

Barely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalries, the company that was to morph into the biggest internet site in the world had an unlikely beginning. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all the elements of a great business narrative: obsessive characters from cofounders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe to Rupert Murdock, relentless and unlikely innovation, and dizzying backroom dealmaking; all centered around an epic battle for control.

Learn how to snap the chains keeping you from achieving your dreams. From "dating the wrong person" to "going to the wrong college" to "stuck in a career I hate", Control Your Fate gets to the root of the problem, bypassing the symptoms, and delivers a simple process for life change in small, manageable, and implementable steps anyone can take to become happier, satisfied, and more joyous with life.

Andy Storch spent years stuck in the wrong career and drifting aimlessly through life. Now, he is a professional coach, consultant, speaker, and author whose life mission is to equip others to live intentionally, love the life they live, and fulfill their true potential. In his eagerly-anticipated book Own Your Career, Own Your Life, you'll learn how to direct your own career, prepare for the future, and ultimately get back in the driving seat of your own life.

Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. Points, badges, and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. Game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools, and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion.

In Smart Moves: Simple Ways to Take Control of Your Life, you'll find the knowledge, tools and confidence to go after what you want and live the life you've always dreamed of. This practical playbook is packed full of more than 100 actionable tips for levelling up in your finances, your career, your wellbeing and your relationships. Inside, you'll find everything you need to empower and motivate you to take charge—starting today!

Ctrl Alt Re-Wire is broken down into seven parts with simple key guidelines that can be exercised daily. They are: 1. Awareness and acceptance of responsibility 2. Why you must discover your why in order to be successful 3. Passion vs. discipline 4. sustainability (small, daily consistent steps that lead to compounding growth results over time) 5. Channel your learning with action 6. Shape your environment to your advantage 7. When to speak and when to be silent.

In the world of finance, excellence isn't just a trait—it’s a reputation that can set you apart from the competition and accelerate your career trajectory. The High-Performance Finance Professional is designed to help young professionals understand what it takes to build that reputation for excellence, while also serving as a valuable resource for seasoned professionals looking to mentor the next generation of finance leaders. Whether you're looking to quickly rise in your career or guide others to do the same, this book provides the essential mindset, skills, and strategies to become a...

Conquer the REHS/RS Exam: Your Guide to a Career as a Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian is designed for practical, focused exam prep. This study guide helps you review essential topics like food safety, water quality, air and waste management, vector control, housing, and emergency response—along with key environmental health regulations. Clear explanations aim to simplify complex material without unnecessary filler. Whether you're new to the field or reviewing for recertification, this guide provides a structured way to study core subjects that appear on ...

This audiobook offers to solve the UK productivity conundrum and dramatically improve health and care services while reducing their cost and much more, besides. And it is no promise or dream. It is evidenced by those who have followed John's prescription, which is to change the way they think about management. Beyond Command and Control exposes the fallacies in command and control management, and they are not what people expect them to be.

If you as a leader hold on too tightly—to your people, to everyday decision-making, to the past, and more—you will cut off vital oxygen necessary for growth. The solution: stop being a control freak and instead empower your employees, get out of your own way, and establish a clear vision for the future. Embrace the growth paradox to get unstuck and grow your company to the next level. By leaning into some key, counterintuitive business ideas, you’ll make space for changes that will lead to nonlinear growth.

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives and how we can shape the way they impact us.

Are you working tirelessly to grow your business, only to feel like your profits just don’t match the effort you’re putting in? From profit strategist and CPA Jamie Trull comes a powerful method for finding the money already hiding in your business, so you can enjoy financial freedom once and for all.

In an age when scandal can destroy a company's brand or anyone's reputation in an instant - Glass Jaw is an Art of War guide to modern crisis management. In boxing terms, a tough-looking fighter who can't take a punch is said to have a "glass jaw", and so it is these days with targets of controversy. Glass Jaw is a manifesto for these times, written by crisis management veteran Eric Dezenhall, who has spent three decades dealing with some of the most intense controversies, both known and...handled with discretion.

Terrified of making bad decisions and missing great opportunities? Do you question your judgment and doubt your intuition? Your brain is like any other muscle: it needs training to improve. Nobody is born with flawless critical thinking and judgment skills. These skills usually require systematic practice, but you can shortcut the learning curve by learning and mastering the methods of the best thinkers, psychologists, and high achievers.

In business and in life, handing over the reins to others is inevitable. Everyone will eventually leave their team, retire from being the CEO, or see their kids leave home and lead their own lives. Leading from the Jumpseat enables us to embrace this inevitability. Leading from the Jumpseat is a metaphor for how we can choose to lead.

"Catapults you into a future scenario that cannot be ignored" Connecting seemingly unrelated instances of essential worker shortages around the world, investment analyst Shamil Ismail builds a compelling and well-researched narrative explaining why aging populations and falling birth rates are leading to a shrinking pool of essential workers in developed countries, which will massively disrupt their societies. Methodically unpacking the factors driving this escalating crisis, he shows why proposed solutions such as automation, AI, and raising the retirement age will not fix this problem. ...

You’ve heard about taking personal responsibility. You know about the importance of having a strong, healthy mindset. Here’s the big idea: These two concepts are 100 percent connected. Taking responsibility equals a strong, healthy mindset. But how do you take personal responsibility? That sounds like no fun! Paul Campbell Aucoin provides a shockingly simple breakthrough, using an easy-to-remember shortcut that turns taking responsibility into a skill.

Release yourself from caffeine the way psychologists free people from cocaine. Put your eating habits in rehab.The psychological strategies in this audiobook, developed by treatment centers to reduce drug cravings, will eliminate or seriously reduce your intake of sugar, salt, and fat. The result? Permanent weight loss without dieting.

Have you ever felt trapped by your mind? Do you find yourself always worrying and questioning why it feels as if you're not in control of your life? If you answered yes, maybe it's time to move forward and change it. Changing Your Mind is crucial to the psychology of success. When you change your mind, you give yourself the ability to achieve the success you've always longed for.

Are you feeling blindsided by midlife? You’re not alone, and you’re not crazy. Our current culture tells us that midlife (ages 40 to 65) is a time of unraveling, chaos, and uncertainty for women. This doesn’t have to be true. In Piloting Your Life, diverse women from around the world share their personal stories of learning, growing, and thriving through midlife to inspire you to explore and experiment. Terri Hanson Mead candidly shares her extensive research on happiness, sex, friendship, money, and health to help you discover and live your life.