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  Got What It Takes? - Successful...

  Bill Boggs

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  Beyond talent, what factors have determined and defined the careers of well-known individuals? Training? Risk-taking? Luck? Emmy Award®-winning interviewer Bill Boggs shares success secrets he uncovered in candid conversations with 44 leaders in entertainment and the arts, sports, fashion, the business world, and more, including: Mark Burnett, Craig Newmark (Craigslist.com), Matt Lauer, Anna Quindlen, Renée Zellweger, Sir Richard Branson, Bobby Flay, Brooke Shields, Diane von Furstenberg, Norman Lear, Donald Trump, and Joe Torre, among others. They reveal crucial influences, how they deal with adversity and stress, and the choices they made that helped them to prevail in their careers and in their lives. This is an inside view of what makes the most successful people tick and a lessons-in-life career guide from accomplished stars at the top of their game.

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  The Great Workplace - How to...

  Michael Burchell, Jennifer Robin

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  For 20 years, the Great Place to Work Institute has  been producing annual ranking of the best companies to work for in  the US and in 38 countries around the world.  In the US,  the Institute produces the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work  For Annual List. In 2010, the list included among its  finalists: SAS, Google, REI, Scripps Health, Hoar Construction,  DreamWorks Animation, Zappos.com, Salesforce.com, Cisco, Marriott  Interntional, American Express, Mayo Clinic, Microsoft. Drawing on  the Institute's wide and deep body of knowledge acquired in  the process of producing this ranking, Institute senior  consultant Michael Burchell and research fellow Jennifer Robin  reveal that what separates the great from the good companies to  work for is the leader's ability to create Trust, Pride and  Camaraderie in their companies.   THE GREAT WORKPLACE explains the concept of a Great Place to  Work--defined as one in which employees trust the people they work  for, have pride in what they do, and enjoy the people they work  with--and demystifies the Institute's Great Place to Work  model, developed in 1984 and validated through its enduring  resonance in both the United States and in 40 countries around the  world. It also answers the fundamental question, "What is the  business value of creating a great workplace?" and brings the  definition of a Great Place to Work alive with anecdotes, best  practices, and quotes from employees working at the best workplaces  in the US (and ranked in the list).  Companies featured in the book include: General Mills, Google,  Gore, Microsoft, PricewaterhouseCoopers, SAS, Scripps Health,  Wegman's and S.C. Johnson.  As organizations grapple with the complexity and challenges of  leveraging human capital in today's hyper-competitive work  worldand as the Institute increases its presence across the  worldTHE GREAT WORKPLACE will be the "must read" source for  understanding the essential ingredients in and trends of great  places to work.

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  Successful Negotiating

  Henry Calero, Jack Anderson,...

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  Henry Calero is President of C-M Associates specializing in presentations on Negotiating, interpersonal relations and high performance human achievement. His personal expertise centers on non-verbal communications.   Jack Anderson, a well-known Washington newspaper columnist, syndicated by National Features Syndicate and syndicated radio show.  For 9 years he was also a commentator on ABC’s Good Morning America.  He is a Pulitzer Prize winning author for his National Reporting.   Edward Caprialian. Holds his PhD in Public Administration from USC in Los Angeles.

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  The Need For Freedom

  Eben Macdonald

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  Despite huge improvements in human living standards having taken place over the decades, extreme poverty still persists - and the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't helped. Research has found that economic growth is far and away the best reducer of poverty; naturally, the question should be asked, what set of policies is best suited to stimulate economic growth, and thus reduce poverty? The answer proposed in this book is simple: economic liberalism: the philosophy of free trade, secure property rights, business freedom, investment freedom, monetary stability, and limited state ownership of industries. Economic liberalism is yet to reach the world's poorest people and entrepreneurs; while citizens of the rich world enjoy the fruits which competitive marketplaces provide, the poor live under the regulatory clutches of intrusive bureaucracies. Case studies consistently demonstrate that liberalising markets is the best way to support economic growth. Public investment into supporting human infrastructure is definitely necessary as well. However, policymakers should focus especially on improving the efficiency of public services, which requires more than just increasing budgets. The link between foreign aid and economic development is empirically inconclusive.

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  The State and the Stork - The...

  Derek S. Hoff

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  “A powerful model of how to understand the complex array of issues that will shape the political economy of population in the future.”—American Historical Review   From the founders’ fears that crowded cities would produce corruption, luxury, and vice to the zero population growth movement of the late 1960s to today’s widespread fears of an aging crisis as the Baby Boomers retire, the American population debate has always concerned much more than racial composition or resource exhaustion, the aspects of the debate usually emphasized by historians. In The State and the Stork, Derek Hoff draws on his extraordinary knowledge of the intersections between population and economic debates throughout American history to explain the many surprising ways that population anxieties have provoked unexpected policies and political developments—including the recent conservative revival. At once a fascinating history and a revelatory look at the deep origins of a crucial national conversation, The State and the Stork could not be timelier.    “Hoff has done a real service by bringing to the foreground the economic dimension of U.S. debates over population size and growth, a topic that has been relegated to the shadows for too long.”—Population and Development Review   “After decades of failed efforts by the scientific community to alert the public to the environmental dangers of population growth and overpopulation, a first-rate historian has finally detailed both the arguments and their policy implications . . . Everyone interested in population should read The State and the Stork. This is an incredibly timely book.”—Paul R. Ehrlich, author of The Population Bomb

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  How to Get Sh*t Done - Why Women...

  Erin Falconer

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  From the editor-in-chief and co-owner of the highly respected self-improvement site Pick the Brain comes an inspirational guide for overscheduled, overwhelmed women on how to do less so that they can achieve more. Women live in a state of constant guilt: that we’re not doing enough, that we’re not good enough, that we can’t keep up. If we’re not climbing the corporate ladder, building our side hustle, preparing home-cooked meals, tucking the kids in at night, meditating daily, and scheduling playdates, date nights, and girls’ nights every week, we feel like we’re not living our best lives. Yet traditional productivity books—written by men—barely touch on the tangle of cultural pressures that women feel when facing down a to-do list. Now, Erin Falconer will show you how to do less—a lot less. In fact, How to Get Sh*t Done will teach you how to zero in on the three areas of your life where you want to excel, and then it will show you how to off-load, outsource, or just stop giving a damn about the rest. As the founder of two technology start-ups and one of Refinery29’s Top 10 Women Changing the Digital Landscape for Good, Erin has seen what happens when women chase an outdated, patriarchal model of productivity, and now she shows you how even the most intense perfectionist among us can tap into our inner free spirit and learn to feel like badasses. Packed with real-life advice, honest stories from Erin’s successful career, and dozens of actionable resources, How to Get Sh*t Done will forever reframe productivity so that you can stop doing everything for everyone and start doing what matters to you.

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