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The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across A Shrinking Planet
by Kyle Hegarty"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world. As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn:· Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty· How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings· Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know· The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people· What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication· How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places
The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet
by Kyle Hegarty"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." - Csaba TothAn unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world.As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn:Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualtyHow to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandingsCross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to knowThe art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding peopleWhat outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communicationHow to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places
The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across A Shrinking Planet
by Kyle Hegarty"This is the Indiana Jones of international business." Csaba Toth An unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization. The Accidental Business Nomad is for anyone working in a more global environment and who is looking to gain critical insights and communications skills needed for a shrinking world. As Managing Director of TSL Marketing's Leadership Nomad group, Kyle Hegarty has deciphered the culture code of doing business in Asia and the fastest growing markets. Hegarty reports on his triumphs and failures, including tales where unexpected lessons abound. The result is a no-holds-barred, gritty, and unvarnished guide to doing business across cultures. Readers will learn:· Why up to 70 percent of international ventures fail due to cultural issues, and how to avoid becoming a casualty· How to navigate the invisible language of cultural misunderstandings· Cross-cultural communications skills everyone in business needs to know· The art and science of personality profiling and quick short-cuts to understanding people· What outsourced call centers can teach us about the future of global communication· How to find inspiration and innovation in the most unlikely of places(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
The Accidental Creative: How to Be Brilliant at a Moment's Notice
by Todd HenryYou go to work each day tasked with (1) inventing brilliant solutions that (2) meet specific objectives by (3) defined deadlines. If you do this successfully you get to keep your job. If you don't, you get to work on your résumé. The moment you exchange your creative efforts for money, you enter a world where you will have to be brilliant at a moment's notice. (No pressure, right?)" Many of us assume that our creative process is beyond our ability to influence, and pay attention to it only when it isn't working properly. For the most part, we go about our daily tasks and everything just "works. " Until it doesn't. We treat our creative process like a household appliance. It's just expected to work quietly in the background, and we lose sight of how much we depend on it until the day we're stuck with dirty socks. Adding to this lack of understanding is the rapidly accelerating pace of work. Each day we are faced with escalating expectations and a continual squeeze to do more with less. We are asked to produce everincreasing amounts of brilliance in ever-shrinking amounts of time. There is an unspoken (or spoken!) expectation that we'll be accessible 24/7, and as a result we frequently feel like we're "always on. " Now business creativity expert Todd Henry explains how to unleash your creative potential. Whether you're a creative by trade or an "accidental creative," this book will help you quickly and effectively integrate new ideas into your daily life. Born out of his consultancy and his popular podcast, the book offers a practical method for discovering your personal creative rhythm, whether you're a manager or a consultant, a designer or a performer. As he writes: "The always-on manner with which many creatives approach their work is arrhythmic, but the creative process is naturally rhythmic. Working harder and staring more intently at the problem to achieve better ideas is like trying to control the weather by staring at the clouds. Rather, you need to incorporate practices that instill a sense of structure, rhythm, and purpose into your life. You need to create space for your creative process to thrive rather than expecting it to operate in the cracks of your frenetic schedule. This will not only help you generate better ideas now, but it will also ensure that you are acting on the things that matter most instead of drifting through your days.
The Accidental Salesperson: How to Take Control of Your Sales Career and Earn the Respect & Income You Deserve
by Chris LytleSales may have chosen you--and you&’ve suddenly found yourself in a profession you&’re not fully prepared for. Learn how to navigate your career effectively with this invaluable resource.Sales training expert and author Chris Lytle offers advice and inspiration new salespeople might have missed when they skipped the career-planning stage--and provides the tools you need to fast-track your sales success.Filled with money-generating strategies, humorous yet instructive anecdotes, thought-provoking axioms, and powerful tools, The Accidental Salesperson includes guidance on:selling to people who don't have time to meet,differentiating between information seekers and genuine prospects,using social media and other online tools,and building relationships competitors can't steal.Lively, entertaining, and mercifully free of the dull theories, manipulative methods, and high-pressure tactics of most sales books--the fully updated second edition of The Accidental Salesperson guides you through every aspect of selling to customers in today&’s marketplace.
Accidentally on Purpose: A One-Night Stand, My Unplanned Parenthood, and Loving the Best Mistake I Ever Made
by Mary F. PolsAt thirty-nine, movie critic Mary Pols knew she wanted to have a baby. But never—not in a million years—on her own. To take on the physical, emotional, and financial challenges of motherhood without a perfect soul mate/husband would be absurd, kind of like not bothering to use a condom during a one-night stand with an adorable but jobless guy ten years her junior. Pols spends the ensuing weeks despairing over everything, from the financial nightmare of single motherhood to the end of her hopes for a traditional life. Not the least of her worries is finding the right way to drop the bombshell on loved ones, including her five siblings and eighty-four-year-old father, who has a German temper and an Irish Catholic attitude toward babies out of wedlock. Yet faced with the frightening, lonely truth that this might be her only chance at motherhood, she plunges ahead with the pregnancy and an Odd Couple version of a co-parenting relationship that looks like one more disaster in a long line of romantic disappointments. But even as she tries to give her son’s young father a radical makeover, she realizes that his devotion and love for their child matters more than his spotty résumé or his inability to remember to put oil in the car. With humor, insight, and compelling honesty, Pols reveals what it means to compromise in the name of love and to find joy in an accidental life, suddenly brimming with purpose.
Accompany Me: A Life in Vulnerability and Faith
by Nora GallagherIn her deeply affecting and profound portrait of illness and how it can dramatically alter the fabric of our lives and our faith, Nora Gallagher depicts the process of alienation she experienced when she encountered her first major crisis of health. Learning to suddenly have to ask for help, to heal, and to find her own capacity for wellness and resilience—Gallagher makes a powerful call for a more meditative, shared existence in which we can sit quietly with one another, open our hearts, listen, accept, and throw off the narrative of business and function that pervades our lives and blinds us to compassion. Meditative, touching, and an inspiration—Accompany Me welcomes people from all walks of life and tradition to join Gallagher on her journey to rediscover her faith, her home and her comfort in a community of all of the other souls who spend their days with one another in the land of the vulnerable. A Vintage Shorts Original. An ebook short.
Accomplishment: How to Achieve Ambitious and Challenging Things
by Michael Barber'Excellent . . . reveals that high accomplishment has a signature pattern that reoccurs from sport to politics to business to government' Matthew SyedThere is no secret formula for success, especially when tackling a new challenge. But what if there were a pattern you could follow? A way of mapping the route and navigating the obstacles that arise?Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses and major sporting teams around the world on how to achieve ambitious goals on time. Drawing on stories of historic visionaries and modern heroes - from Mary Fischer and Rosa Parks to Paula Radcliffe and Gareth Southgate - Barber presents a unique combination of personal anecdote, historical evidence and interviews from inspirational figures to unpack the route to success.
Accounting for Non-Accountants: The Fast and Easy Way to Learn the Basics
by Wayne A. LabelAimed at entrepreneurs and anyone else who wants to make informed financial decisions, this accessible text introduces the fundamentals of accounting and bookkeeping. Label (a CPA and educator) uses a fictitious small business case to illustrate the use of such tools as financial statements and balance sheets. He also describes how budgets are created and discusses the various types of audit reports. <P> <i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. To explore further access options with us, please contact us through the Book Quality link on the right sidebar. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these. </i>
Accumulation d’habitudes: (les habitude puissantes d’un gagnant)
by The BlokeheadÊtes-vous un procrastinateur ? Comment le savez-vous ? Vous allez peut-être être surpris de constater qu’il est possible d’avoir un problème de procrastination sans vous rendre compte pleinement que le problème existe. Ceci peut vous causer un certain nombre de problèmes si par malheur vous faites partie de ces personnes parce qu’il est très probable que votre habitude de procrastination vous a fait rater des opportunités importantes dans votre vie. Il se peut que ces habitudes affectent pratiquement tous les aspects de votre vie à ce jour. Heureusement, la chose la plus importante dont vous devez prendre conscience est que vous avez un problème de procrastination. Vous serez alors capable de trouver des méthodes anti-procrastination qui vous permettront de combattre le problème efficacement. Continuez à lire pour découvrir si vous avez un problème de procrastination.
"Ace" Any Test
by Ron FryTesty on test day? Don't stress! Ace Any Test offers proven step-by-step strategies you can use in any testing situation, from classroom quizzes to standardized exams such as the SAT. Education advocate and author Ron Fry unlocks every student's successful side with preparation strategies such as reading for maximum retention, researching the teacher's testing history and preferences, and using those inevitable jitters to psych yourself up and sharpen your focus.
"Ace" Any Test (Ron Fry's How to Study Program #1)
by Ron FryA practical guide for effective test prep with strategies for improving your performance on any test—from the bestselling How to Study series. Testy on test day? Don’t stress! “Ace” Any Test offers proven step-by-step strategies you can use in any testing situation, from classroom quizzes to standardized exams such as the SAT. Education advocate and author Ron Fry unlocks every student’s successful side with preparation strategies such as reading for maximum retention, researching the teacher’s testing history and preferences, and using those inevitable jitters to psych yourself up and sharpen your focus.
Ace It!
by Bernie WeissLooking for a competitive advantage that will set you apart from your colleagues and competition and take your sales game to the next level? Learn how sales champions win new business. Learn how they Ace It!With increased technological disruption and competitive pressure straining even the most established client relationships, generating new business revenue is more important than ever. Unfortunately, many salespeople are ill-equipped to make the vital transition from a more reactive account management style to a mindset that puts acquiring new customers at the center of their sales success. In Ace It!, iHeartMedia New York president Bernie Weiss provides a practical and accessible ten-step approach to selling that covers the whole sales journey, from finding prospects all the way to the start of new, and hopefully long-term, client relationships. Whether you&’re a sales novice who has recently switched careers, a recent college graduate just starting a sales job, a sales veteran in need of a boost to jumpstart a plateaued career, or a sales manager looking for an accessible guide to help train new hires to produce significant new revenue quickly, Weiss&’s book gives you the tools you need to sell more and sell better. Filled with proven, real-world techniques and scripts easily applied to any real-world sales situation, Ace It! shows you how to become a new business star who consistently beats budget even in today&’s challenging and fast-changing marketplace.
Ace Notes: Tips and Tricks on Existing in an Allo World
by Michele KirichanskayaWhat is the ace lens?Is my relationship queerplatonic?Am I sex-favorable, sex-averse or sex-repulsed?As an ace or questioning person in an oh-so-allo world, you're probably in desperate need of a cheat sheet. Allow us to introduce your new asexual best friend, an essential resource serving up the life hacks you need to fully embrace the ace. Expect interviews with remarkable aces across the spectrum, advice on navigating different communities , and low-key ways to flaunt your ace identity.Covering everything from coming out, explaining asexuality and understanding different types of attraction, to marriage, relationships, sex, consent, gatekeeping, religion, ace culture and more, this is the ultimate arsenal for whatever the allo world throws at you.
Aceites Esenciales Para Gatos: Recetas con Aceites Esenciales, Usos y Cuidados
by The BlokeheadA través de este libro, usted va a aprender qué aceites específicos usar para calmar o relajar a su gato, eliminar pulgas y garrapatas, mantener la salud de su piel, y cuidados generales para sus delicadas orejas y hocicos. Hay muchos usos específicos de los aceites esenciales para los gatos. A través de este libro, usted va a aprender qué aceites específicos usar para calmar o relajar a su gato, eliminar pulgas y garrapatas, mantener la salud de su piel, y cuidados generales para sus delicadas orejas y hocicos. También hay algunas recetas que se pueden usar para desodorizar el entorno del gato y repeler insectos. ¡Agarre el libro para aprender más!
Acepta el cambio para lograr el éxito
by Dale CarnegieAPRENDE CÓMO Y CUÁNDO EMPRENDER LOS CAMBIOS EN TU CAMINO HACIA EL ÉXITO La capacidad de promover los cambios y adaptarse a ellos es uno de los factores más importantes para alcanzar el éxito tanto en la vida privada como en el trabajo. A menudo pensamos que cuando un método funciona, lo hará para siempre; sin embargo, esta consigna a veces no es cierta: lo que hoy tiene validez puede no ser el mejor enfoque para el futuro. Si queremos progresar, debemos estar dispuestos a hacer cambios, incluso de gran envergadura. En estas páginas, encontrarás información práctica y detallada sobre: -Cómo y cuándo deberíamos sugerir o iniciar un cambio -Cómo lidiar con el cambio cuando formamos parte de un equipo -Cómo reducir el estrés cuando estamos afrontando un cambio Esta es una guía fundamental para lograr que los cambios nos ayuden a transitar hacia el éxito.
Acepta y vuela: De odiarme a amarme sin medida
by Mara Jiménez (@croquetamente__)Un libro honesto e inspirador sobre cómo Mara Jiménez (@croquetamente__) pasó de odiarse a sí misma a amarse sin medida. «Solo desde el amor a una misma es posible sanar de verdad.» En este libro voy a contarte mi historia. Esa que incluye los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria que sufrí, el bullying, la gordofobia, la baja autoestima y esa sensación constante de que se hundía mi mundo. Pero sobre todo te voy a contar cómo salí de ahí, esa otra parte de la historia en la que hablamos de sanación y de encontrar luz ante tanta oscuridad. Vengo a contarte cómo pasé de odiarme a amarme sin medida, cuando aceptarme fue el primer paso hacia mi libertad. Vamos a querernos y alzar el vuelo, ¿te vienes?
La aceptación de la Justicia Universal
by Dada BhagwanSi tú dices todo lo que ocurre es justo, no tendrás preguntas que hacer. Sin embargo la gente sigue buscando justicia fuera y además desea la liberación. Esto es una contradicción. No puedes tener las dos. Donde las preguntas terminan, empieza la liberación. En esta ciencia llamada Akram vignan (el camino corto al conocimiento del Ser) no quedan más preguntas. Por esto le es fácil a la gente seguirlo. Pujya Dadashri (Maestro de esta ciencia espiritual) ha impartido su extraordinario conocimiento con nosotros, dice que en realidad las injusticias no existen en este mundo. “Todo lo que ocurre es justo” La naturaleza nunca se ha desviado de la justicia. La naturaleza no es una persona o un Dios que está bajo alguna influencia. Naturaleza quiere decir Evidencias Científico Circunstanciales. Se tienen que dar muchas circunstancias para que se produzca el hecho.
Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology: Teach Yourself
by Tim LebonEverybody wants to be happier and fulfil their potential, and for years many self-help books have claimed they know the answer. Only in the last two decades has Positive Psychology started to provide evidence-based ideas that have been scientifically shown to work. In this book psychotherapist, lecturer and life coach Tim LeBon shows you how you can use the tools coming from Positive Psychology to achieve your goals. You will discover how ideas from CBT, mindfulness and practical philosophy can produce a more balanced, wiser version of Positive Psychology. Learn how to: * flourish and be happier * maintain and sustain positive relationships * find more meaning in life and accomplish more * become wiser and more resilient * discover the real benefits that a genuine understanding of positive psychology can bring.
Achieve Your Potential with Positive Psychology: CBT, mindfulness and practical philosophy for finding lasting happiness
by Tim LebonEverybody wants to be happier and fulfil their potential, and for years many self-help books have claimed they know the answer. Only in the last two decades has Positive Psychology started to provide evidence-based ideas that have been scientifically shown to work.In this book psychotherapist, lecturer and life coach Tim LeBon shows you how you can use the tools of Positive Psychology to achieve your goals. You will discover how ideas from CBT, mindfulness and practical philosophy can produce a more balanced, wiser version of Positive Psychology. Learn how to:* flourish and be happier* maintain and sustain positive relationships* find more meaning in life and accomplish more* become wiser and more resilient* discover the real benefits that a genuine understanding of positive psychology can bring."This book has a wealth of information and fascinating case studies which will take you on a fulfilling journey through the relatively new perspective of positive psychology. Tim LeBon does not leave you to fend alone but encourages us to take responsibility for ourselves through guided action plans, diagnostic tests and key ideas leading to newer and fresher outlooks. I would encourage anyone interested in positive psychology to soak this book up and take a step towards a better life."Ilona Boniwell, Associate Professor at Ecole Centrale Paris and author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell
Achievement Addiction (Re: CONSIDERING)
by Justine TohRe:CONSIDERING invites you to look at what’s familiar from an unfamiliar angle. To consider how we consider things – and how to do it better.Are you an achievement addict? It’s hard not to be one given our collective obsession with success.Students fear that the ATAR will sum up not just their schooling career, but also their individual worth. Australians aren’t just mad for sporting victory – skyrocketing house prices show we’re equally hooked on owning property. Then there are the furious work habits of Silicon Valley CEOs, violin prodigies, and tiger mums.Why do we constantly strive for our significance – and could you quit the habit if you tried?
The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life
by Bernard RothThe cofounder of the Stanford d.school introduces the power of design thinking to help you achieve goals you never thought possible.Achievement can be learned. It’s a muscle, and once you learn how to flex it, you’ll be able to meet life’s challenges and fulfill your goals, Bernard Roth, Academic Director at the Stanford d.school contends.In The Achievement Habit, Roth applies the remarkable insights that stem from design thinking—previously used to solve large scale projects—to help us realize the power for positive change we all have within us. Roth leads us through a series of discussions, stories, recommendations, and exercises designed to help us create a different experience in our lives. He shares invaluable insights we can use to gain confidence to do what we’ve always wanted and overcome obstacles that hamper us from reaching our potential, including:Don’t try—DO;Excuses are self-defeating;Believe you are a doer and achiever and you’ll become one;Build resiliency by reinforcing what you do rather than what you accomplish;Learn to ignore distractions that prevent you from achieving your goals;Become open to learning from your own experience and from those around you;And more.The brain is complex and is always working with our egos to sabotage our best intentions. But we can be mindful; we can create habits that make our lives better. Thoughtful and powerful The Achievement Habit shows you how.“The Achievement Habit is a masterpiece in describing how to think creatively and fulfill your life’s ambitions.” —Paul Hait, entrepreneur and Olympic gold medalist
Achieving Inner Balance in Anxious Times
by Barbara KillingerClinical psychologist Dr Barbara Killinger offers insights and a variety of techniques that she developed in working with her clients over the years. Through their stories, she illustrates the dynamics of workaholism, showing how it produces profound personality changes, negatively affects family interactions, and reduces effectiveness at work. She explains the dynamics of how workaholism can result in the loss of personal and professional integrity, and why ambitious, perfectionistic people typically become obsessive and increasingly narcissistic. Achieving Inner Balance in Anxious Times shows us how to become aware of the darker side of our personalities, and how to avoid conflict and power struggles by establishing clear ego boundaries that help build mutual trust and respect in our personal and professional lives. The achievement of inner balance makes work-life balance possible.
Achieving the Dream
by Carol A. LearyAs a 21st-century woman, you know that a college degree is critical for career advancement, increased income, and a better future for you and your family. If you are considering a college education after years in the workforce or raising a family, you may be thinking: "I don't know where to start! Can I do it?" Achieving the Dream answers with a resounding "Yes, you can!" To demystify the college journey, 18 experts address your questions about choosing a college; getting fi nancial aid; balancing work, family, and school obligations; and more. You will be inspired and gain confi dence by reading success stories from women just like you.
Achieving the Impossible…with God: The Life Story of Dr. R. A. Forrest
by Lorene MoothartTOCCOA FALLS, GEORGIA“Where Character is Developed, with Intellect”DR. R. A. FORREST (about whom this book is written) and the Toccoa Falls Institute are, in a sense, synonymous. He it was who breathed into the school the breath of life; he has been its mainstay throughout its forty-five years of existence; and he is still exerting a guiding and steadying influence in shaping its destiny.For those of you who may first become acquainted with this Christian school through the pages of this book, the following brief resume is presented.THE TOCCOA FALLS INSTITUTE was begun in 1911 to offer educational opportunity to young people who perhaps became Christians after reaching maturity and who desired training to fit them to become Christian workers. Today the school has a four-year high school course, a vocational course, a commercial department, and a four-year Bible course—offering the degree Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Education. The Institute helps to develop the character and intellect of hundreds who come from all parts of the United States and other countries, enabling them to become good citizens and fruitful servants for the Lord around the world. The sun never sets on the work of former students and graduates of Toccoa Falls.