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Connect to the world around you and realize the enormous potential in talking to strangersEveryday, random encounters really can change lives, when you make them happen the right way and leverage the connection at the other end. Talk to Strangers explains how to stand out and tap the potential of others by taking notice of who is standing alongside you on the bank line, the latte pickup point, or the ticket counter at the airport. David Topus' life-changing...
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How important is it that youre happy' We cant be happy all the time, but happy people get sick less often, have more energy, are better motivated and more creative. Theyre more fun to be around too. So why would you not want to let a little more happiness into your life' Liggy Webb is an expert when it comes to understanding what makes people tick; shes worked with huge companies, national bodies and the United Nations, helping people to develop their...
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Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience, Josh Davis, director of research at the NeuroLeadership Institute explains clearly that our brains and bodies operate according to complex biological needs that, when leveraged intelligently, can make us incredibly effective. From what and when we eat, to when we tackle tasks or disengage-how we plan our activities has a huge impact on performance. Davis shows us how we can create the conditions for two awesome...
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It was true that Tarzan and Tantor were the best of friends, and that Tarzan never yet had tasted of the flesh of the elephant; but the Gomangani evidently had slain one, and as they were eating of the flesh of their kill, Tarzan was assailed by no doubts as to the ethics of his doing likewise, should he have the opportunity. Had he known that the elephant had died of sickness several days before the blacks discovered the carcass, he might not have...
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"As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: the belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Meanwhile, those in power...
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Maximize performance with better dataDeveloping a successful workforce requires more than a gut check. Data can help guide your decisions on everything from where to seat a team to optimizing production processes to engaging with your employees in ways that ring true to them.People analytics is the study of your number one business asset-your people-and this book shows you how to collect data, analyze that data, and then apply your findings to create...
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In the updated edition of this critically acclaimed and bestselling book, Microsoft insider Scott Berkun offers a collection of essays on field-tested philosophies and strategies for defining, leading, and managing projects. Based on his nine years of experience as a program manager for Microsoft's biggest projects, Berkun explains to technical and non-technical readers alike what it takes to get through a large software or web development project....
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As highlighted in Ron Howard's critically acclaimed National Geographic documentary series Breakthrough, Christine is a pioneer and trailblazer in the business world, where she has proven that her methods of playing to win work.
In Winning Conditions, Christine teaches readers that success isn't built only on the work itself. It isn't automatically based on who is the smartest or who works the longest, or who has the best skills or the most innovative...
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For Readers of Ray Kurzweil and Michio Kaku, a New Look at the Cutting Edge of Artificial Intelligence
Imagine a robotic stuffed animal that can read and respond to a child's emotional state, a commercial that can recognize and change based on a customer's facial expression, or a company that can actually create feelings as though a person were experiencing them naturally. Heart of the Machine explores the next giant step in the relationship between...
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In the 1980s and 1990s, many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle. Japan was going to dominate, then China. Countries were called "tigers" or "mini-dragons," and were seen as not just development prodigies, but as a unified bloc, culturally and economically similar, and inexorably on the rise. Joe Studwell has spent two decades as a reporter in the region. In How Asia Works, Studwell distills his extensive research...
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Recent years have seen a revival of the heated culture wars of the 1990s, but this time its battle ground is the internet. On one side the "alt right" ranges from the once obscure neo-reactionary and white separatist movements, to geeky subcultures like 4chan, to more mainstream manifestations such as the Trump-supporting gay libertarian Milo Yiannopolous. On the other side, a culture of struggle sessions and virtue signalling lurks behind a therapeutic...
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"A bestselling guide for women to transform their professional and personal livesMillionaire entrepreneur Vickie Milazzo shares intimate secrets of her successes and setbacks on the road to building a thriving business. Embark on a journey of passionate exploration to learn how women can achieve their life and career goals. Milazzo reveals how the guiding principles of her own life and business can help women everywhere achieve their dreams.Whereas...
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While the cryptocurrency market is known for its volatility-and this volatility is often linked to the ever-changing regulatory environment of the industry-the entire cryptocurrency market is expected to reach a total value of $1 trillion this year. If you want to get in on the action, this book shows you how.
Cryptocurrency Investing For Dummies offers trusted guidance on how to make money trading and investing in the top 200 digital currencies,...
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The life and times of one of the foremost intellects of the twentieth century: Claude Shannon—the architect of the Information Age, whose insights stand behind every computer built, email sent, video streamed, and webpage loaded. Claude Shannon was a groundbreaking polymath, a brilliant tinkerer, and a digital pioneer. He constructed a fleet of customized unicycles and a flamethrowing trumpet, outfoxed Vegas casinos, and built juggling robots. He...
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Pulitzer Prize–winning historian James MacGregor Burns's definitive look at the power of transformational leadership, from Moses to Machiavelli to Martin Luther King Jr. Historian and political scientist James MacGregor Burns has spent much of his career documenting the use and misuse of power by leaders throughout history. In this groundbreaking study, Burns examines the qualities that make certain leaders-in America and elsewhere-succeed as transformative...