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Even the most successful professionals encounter hurdles at some point in their careers. While you can't avoid setbacks, you can recover from them and regain your confidence. Whether you make a mistake, lose a client, or get a bad performance review, you need to learn from the experience and move on. The You at Work: Dealing with Setbacks article collection will help you gain understanding from your experience, proactively discuss the problem with...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Grit tells you what you need to know—before or after you read Angela Duckworth’s book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Grit by Angela Duckworth includes: Historical context, Chapter-by-chapter summaries, Important quotes, Fascinating trivia, Glossary of...
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Whether you're dealing with a problem employee or praising the good work of a colleague, you need to communicate in a way that promotes positive change in others. Giving Effective Feedback quickly walks you through the basics of delivering feedback that gets results, including:
Choosing the right time to talk
Engaging in productive dialogue
Helping both star and struggling performers
Developing a plan for effective follow-up
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Get inside the head of one of the most influential women in the world, one who has penetrated almost every media space with her unique combination of savvy business sense, practical homemaking advice, and good humor.
This collection of quotes has been gathered from Martha Stewart's numerous public statements-interviews, op-eds, television appearances, books, and more. It's a comprehensive picture of her business empire, her advice for life and the...
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Learn how to make better; faster decisions.
You make decisions every day-from prioritizing your to-do list to choosing which long-term innovation projects to pursue. But most decisions don't have a clear-cut answer, and assessing the alternatives and the risks involved can be overwhelming.
You need a smarter approach to making the best choice possible. The HBR Guide to Making Better Decisions provides practical tips and advice to help you generate...
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Claves para un año "redondo" 2.0 es una obra coral, una suma de esfuerzos, conocimientos y experiencias de ocho expertos puestos a tu servicio, con la sana intención de empujarte a que éste sea el mejor año de tu vida.
El libro que tienes en tus manos te enseñará a ajustar tus finanzas personales y familiares; a lograr tus metas; a mejorar de forma saludable tu alimentación; te enseñará cómo vivir la etapa de la menopausia, o cómo ayudarle...
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Ineffective managers sap motivation and kill productivity. So what do you do if you've got a manager who's incompetent, passive, controlling, or all of the above? It can be tough to find straightforward, relevant, and actionable advice. The You at Work: How to Be Effective with a Bad Boss article collection will help you by outlining specific situations and offering concise step-by-step advice on how to work effectively with a not-so-great boss. What's...
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START YOUR OWN EVENT PLANNING BUSINESS AND CELEBRATE ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK!Weddings, graduations, birthday parties, anniversaries, and conferences-what do these all have in common? Everyone would rather hire someone else to plan and run them! That someone can be you. Take your passion for event planning to the next level with in-the-trenches advice and tools you need to start, run, and grow a successful business. From writing a solid contract to...
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Get inside the head of Jane Fonda: actress, political activist, environmentalist, philanthropist, and creator of an unlikely fitness empire that captivated the country beginning in the 1980s.
This collection of quotes has been curated from Jane Fonda's numerous public statements- interviews, books, social media posts, television appearances, and more. It's a comprehensive picture of her legacy and her impact on American popular culture.
Fonda began...
50) All Women Rock
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The "All Women Rock" Tradition
Having always been a customer service type of guy, transitioning from a small town in Louisiana to a big state like California was a shocker for me. The big city life of the Los Angeles area was so different from that life I had already experienced. I had no choice but to take it by the reigns and learn a new way of doing business.
After 30 years of living here, I would not trade the experience for anything else. It...
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In this informational and necessary book, hundreds of gainfully employed young people detail their experiences launching their careers. They offer real-world tips and advice on looking for and landing a first job, doing well at work, and simply hanging in there. Their stories cover the gamut of work life - dealing with difficult bosses, weird coworkers, less-than-ideal environments and tasks, and climbing up (or slipping down) the corporate ladder,...
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Create a long-term, no-fuss, wealth-building plan that will get you out of an office cubicle for good. Entrepreneur Media has teamed up with Nightingale-Conant, the world leader in self-development, to show you how to escape the 9-to-5 rat race, harness the power of passive income, and earn a steady stream of cash while living your best life. Whether you want to escape your corporate life and start a side hustle, spend more time with your family while...
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Help your people reach their potential.
As a manager, it's your responsibility to ensure your team is motivated and performing at a high level. But recent data reveals abysmal engagement levels among workers around the globe. How do you fix the problem--before your most talented people walk out the door?
By understanding what drains your employees, you can increase their job satisfaction and push them toward achieving their goals. The HBR Guide...
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Internationally acclaimed artist Meredith Gaston, whose stylish, pretty watercolor art has been exhibited in Sydney, Melbourne, Italy, Germany, Hong Kong, and the United States, illustrates this uplifting book. Expect Wonderful Things is a gorgeous tome of encouragement in the form of illustrated inspirational quotes from the author and from poets and thinkers, such as the Dalai Lama, Albert Einstein, Confucius, Lao Tzu, William Wordsworth, Rainer...
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Bring strategy into your daily work.
It's your responsibility as a manager to ensure that your work -- and the work of your team -- aligns with the overarching objectives of your organization. But when you're faced with competing projects and limited time, it's difficult to keep strategy front of mind. How do you keep your eye on the long term amid a sea of short-term demands?
The HBR Guide to Thinking Strategically provides practical advice and...
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While twelve-step recovery teaches the importance of living one day at a time, recovery is about building a bright future out of the wreckage of the past. That's where planning is valuable for the individual in recovery. This delightful planner reinforces the benefit of doing the footwork, and working toward the results one desires.
57) Power and Impact
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With formal authority comes power. But few people realize that informal power--the kind that doesn't come with a title--can have just as much impact. How do you use your power for greater influence?
This book explains how power affects our emotions, our behavior, and how we work with others. You'll learn how to use self-awareness to keep your power in check, connect with the right people to create more value, respond to abuses of power, and leave...
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Mental Focus and Brain Games For Memory Improvement helps the reader show how an individual can regain the focus they lost and how to maintain this focus by eliminating or reducing the unwanted distractions. This boxed set is a compilation of books that will help improve one's memory through brain games and exercise. It is an easy read and the instructions outlined are extremely easy to go through and execute. The process requires the individual to...
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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Outliers tells you what you need to know-before or after you read Malcolm Gladwell's book. Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books sets the standard for quality and gives you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. This short summary and analysis of Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell includes: Historical contextChapter-by-chapter summariesProfiles of the main charactersImportant quotesFascinating...
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Improve Your EQ. Success as an entrepreneur takes a lot more than big ideas and dedication. With threats of burnout and rejection at nearly every turn, the entrepreneurial journey is riddled with obstacles-but the staff, experts, and voices of Entrepreneur want you to know you're not alone. Entrepreneur Voices on Emotional Intelligence brings you real-world strategies to help you get brutally honest with yourself and boost your emotional intelligence....
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