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"It's 2017 at the University of Arkansas. Millie Cousins, a senior resident assistant, wants to graduate, get a job, and buy a house. So when Agatha Paul, a visiting professor and writer, offers Millie an easy yet unusual opportunity, she jumps at the chance. But Millie's starry-eyed hustle becomes jeopardized by odd new friends, vengeful dorm pranks, and illicit intrigue."--
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"Forced to join the school's Community Action Club, troublemaking best friends Helen and Gracie take over the club's campaign for maxi pads in bathrooms and soon find themselves closer to change and deeper in trouble than ever before, forcing them to make a difficult decision"--
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"Start living an astonishing life with this "practical and accessible, moving and deeply meaningful" (Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone ) guided program for identifying your core values and aligning every area of your life with them so you can feel fulfilled every day. "This book is a wonderful invitation. Take it" (Dave Evans, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Designing Your Life). We all have...
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"Two women. Two eggs. One life-changing switch. Katherine finally has it all. She's spent her entire life striving for perfection--obsessing over her spotless home, maintaining her pristine reputation, building her perfect family--and her hard work has finally paid off. After seven difficult years of trying (and failing) to conceive, Katherine gives birth to Rose, her IVF miracle child, and at last has the one thing she's wanted most of all. But one...
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"Determined to go to an elite art camp, young Korean American girl Gigi Shin starts a tutoring club with her friends to make money, but when the first few sessions are chaotic, she wonders if she'll end up sacrificing more than she bargained for to achieve her dreams."--
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A Podcast host, spiritual director and best-selling author offers guidance to help readers recognize when to leave situations that are no longer useful, including how to navigate endings without closure and differentiate between peace and discomfort avoidance.
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"Every organization is plagued by destructive friction-the forces that make it harder, more complicated, or downright impossible to get anything done. Yet some forms of friction are incredibly useful, and leaders who attempt to improve workplace efficiency often make things even worse. Drawing from seven years of hands-on research, The Friction Project by bestselling authors Robert I. Sutton and Huggy Rao teaches readers how to become "friction fixers,"...
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Protection is the New Fair Advantage for Any Leader, CEO & Investor
We're not talking about outside-in based protection, through insurance, legal contracts, body guards, security surveillance systems or cyberware. Although very useful, these are reactive and therefore limited.
If a leader creates negativity or makes wrong decisions it always comes back in some shape or form. We're talking about proactive universal inside-out based protection, where...
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El futuro del trabajo es un tema muy debatido e investigado hoy en día, con diferentes opiniones y perspectivas al respecto. Sin embargo, podemos identificar algunas tendencias y desafíos que pueden influir en el trabajo futuro. En primer lugar, es probable que la automatización y la inteligencia artificial sigan transformando el mercado laboral, y algunas tareas serán reemplazadas por la tecnología, mientras que otras requerirán habilidades...
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How you can become better at solving real-world problems by learning creative puzzle-solving skills.
We solve countless problems-big and small-every day. With so much practice, why do we often have trouble making simple decisions-much less arriving at optimal solutions to important questions? Are we doomed to this muddle-or is there a practical way to learn to think more effectively and creatively? In this enlightening, entertaining, and inspiring...
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Recognised by Forbes, the World Economic Forum, Financial Times and more… creativity is the skill most critically in demand for the future of work and education.
So why don't we have it?
And how should you learn it?
In this book Christopher S. Sellers articulates the creativity problem-how standard education devalues creative intelligence, why collaboration and productivity cripple creative process.
Drawing on Steve Jobs, Diane Arbus, Aristotle,...
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"Do you ever wonder why you keep making the same bad choices, even though you tell yourself it will be different next time? In Think Ahead, pastor Craig Groeschel draws on biblical truth and scientific research to help us learn the power of "pre-deciding" big and small choices so we can discover new joy, freedom, and contentment."--
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What would you do if there was a tool to help you make better decisions in less time? You'd jump at the chance, wouldn't you?
Mental models help you filter information, which allows you to see things more clearly and make better decisions.
Mental models are also a shortcut to finding the quickest and the best route to solve your problems, whether work-related or personal.
The beauty of mental models is that their variety is virtually infinite, and...
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Modern work life is a maze, but you can find a shortcut through it
We are spending longer hours at work, although we desire more work-life balance. According to the World Population Review, the ten countries with the longest workweeks averaged 42.2 hours.
Given how much time you spend at work, wouldn't it be better if you could be more efficient at your job? The Harvard Business Review says that workers spend as much as 41 percent of the average...
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Stop public speaking anxiety it its tracks and speak with skill and ease with this hypnosis and guided meditation program!
Benefits of the program include:
- Less anxiety and more calm when speaking in front of people
- Boosted confidence and self-esteem
- Laser focus
- Increased memory
- Increased peace and calming energy
- Deep relaxation for your body and mind
- More natural energy throughout your day
Motivational Hypnotherapy's Joel Thielke...
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A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to make its own choices.
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"When what you do is inextricably tied to who you are for so much of your life, it can be daunting to think of who you'll be if you slow down-or stop working entirely. You've charted your own career journey, made difficult choices, led teams through times of turmoil, celebrated big wins, and moved on from devastating losses. How do you just stop? What do you do without a purpose and a plan-and a crowded calendar? How do you make this next stage of...
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"A New York Times bestselling author and leading expert on market risk argues that seismic shifts in the global economy will trigger a multi-trillion-dollar migration of wealth, tracing the fateful decisions that created this crisis-and outlines new rules of investing for the forward-thinking. From Wall Street to the White House, the fantasy of an eventual "return to normal" is still alive and well, nurtured by dangerously outdated theories. But the...