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  Stop Guessing - The 9 Behaviors...

  Nat Greene

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  Become the greatest problem solver you can be!Bad problem solving costs individuals and society incalculable amounts of time, money, and sanity. In this book Nat Greene—who's been solving hard problems professionally for over twenty years—shares nine behaviors anyone can adopt to find solutions to even the most seemingly intractable problems.The problem with most problem solving, Greene says, is that it's not problem solving at all: it's guessing. We have an idea of what might work and we try it out. If that doesn't work, we try something else. And so on. It's inefficient at best, and with really hard problems there are simply too many variables for guessing to work. Greene shows you how to adopt the behaviors great problem solvers use to arrive at solutions efficiently—without guessing. He illustrates them with examples ranging from everyday issues like fixing a malfunctioning garage door to stopping frequent breakdowns at a chemical plant (saving millions of dollars) to addressing the scourge of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. So stop guessing and start solving today!

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  Here We Grow - The Marketing...

  Marcia Barnes

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  The Secret to Growing Your Business is Simple — Invest in Marketing that Works Step away from viewing marketing as a cost center that drains money from annual budgets and delivers unreliable results. It’s really a burgeoning profit generator that can power growth and abundance in every aspect of your business. But only if you do it right. In Here We Grow, you’ll learn how to build scalable and repeatable marketing programs that result in transformational change — whatever that may look like for your business. Along the way, you’ll get to know Marcia Barnes, founder and CEO of Valve+Meter Performance Marketing and her personal story of transformation that took her from poor beginnings to building a marketing methodology that grew one company’s annual revenue from $2 million to $440 million. Now on a mission to help a hundred companies realize 10x more in business valuation, Marcia offers not only her marketing secrets but also sound advice for getting the most out of yourself, your teams, and your business.

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  The Political Economy of...

  Jeff D. Makholm

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  With global demand for energy poised to increase by more than half in the next three decades, the supply of safe, reliable, and reasonably priced gas and oil will continue to be of fundamental importance to modern economies. Central to this supply are the pipelines that transport this energy. And while the fundamental economics of the major pipeline networks are the same, the differences in their ownership, commercial development, and operation can provide insight into the workings of market institutions in various nations.           Drawing on a century of the world’s experience with gas and oil pipelines, this book illustrates the importance of economics in explaining the evolution of pipeline politics in various countries. It demonstrates that institutional differences influence ownership and regulation, while rents and consumer pricing depend on the size and diversity of existing markets, the depth of regulatory institutions, and the historical structure of the pipeline businesses themselves. The history of pipelines is also rife with social conflict, and Makholm explains how and when institutions in a variety of countries have controlled pipeline behavior—either through economic regulation or government ownership—in the public interest.

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  Why Marx Was Right - 2nd Edition

  Terry Eagleton

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  In this combative, controversial book, Terry Eagleton takes issue with the prejudice that Marxism is dead and done with. Taking ten of the most common objections to Marxism—that it leads to political tyranny, that it reduces everything to the economic, that it is a form of historical determinism, and so on—he demonstrates in each case what a woeful travesty of Marx's own thought these assumptions are. In a world in which capitalism has been shaken to its roots by some major crises, Why Marx Was Right is as urgent and timely as it is brave and candid. Written with Eagleton's familiar wit, humor, and clarity, it will attract an audience far beyond the confines of academia.

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  Business Leadership vs Management

  RWG Publishing

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  John Maxwell went said a manager says go but a leader says let's go and someone once quipped when I talk to managers I get the feeling that they are important. When I talk to leaders I get the feeling that I am important. The relationship between leadership and management has been debated about for decades.  
  Many of us have had bosses who were great managers in a practical sense, but not great leaders. On the flip side, the world has seen many great, inspiring, visionary leaders who had very little actual management skill. Arguably the best leader or manager would be one who possesses both attributes.  
  But how do we cultivate these characteristics in ourselves? How do we balance and maintain the skills and methodologies of management along with the deeper qualities and characteristics of leadership? In this course, we're going to teach you how to do exactly that. 

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  Jump Ship - Ditch Your Dead-End...

  Josh Shipp

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  We' ve always been told " winners never quit," but TV personality and motivational speaker Josh Shipp knows it isn' t true. Smart people quit the right things at the right time. But how do you know if you' re in the wrong career? What is the right thing for you? And when' s the best time to jump ship? Jump Ship is a step-by-step guide through one of life' s most difficult-- and most important-- transitions. Leaving behind an unsatisfying job and embarking upon a new career can open up a world of fulfillment, but it isn' t easy. As a role model and mentor to tens of thousands of young professionals, Shipp has seen the impact that a new career can have on a person' s life. In Jump Ship, he offers you the time-tested tools to get there. This book will help you discover your truest priorities and provide you the resources you need to succeed, drawing inspiration from the countless people whose lives he has improved. Filled with powerful stories and practical guidance, this is a book designed to help you face down your fears-- and take the plunge.

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