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Uber, Lyft, Amazon, Postmates, Doordash, Caviar--the list goes on for sidehustle gigs you can add in to your income stream, but they all require you to share some of your profit as a subcontractor. Short on cash, but want to learn how to do the same thing and take control of your life, income, and destiny? No matter how humble the beginnings, you can achieve what you desire most. Learn how to start a business from very little, create a system to free up your time, and develop a mindset to take you to the top.

For decades, millions of managers around the world have followed Ken Blanchard's management methods. This newly-revised edition empowers people at every level of the organization to achieve success.

Under President Xi Jinping, China has become a large and confident power both at home and abroad, but the country also faces serious challenges. In this critical take on China's future, economist George Magnus explores four key traps that China must confront and overcome in order to thrive and argues that Xi's authoritarian and repressive philosophy is ultimately not compatible with the country's economic aspirations.

With a combined fifty years of experience building, managing, advising, and troubleshooting teams, Jason Selk and Tom Bartow now reveal the common DNA that links the highest performing teams. It takes collective mental toughness to win, developed only through a clear understanding of your team. Great leaders don't overload their team; they manage expectations, creating a level of respect that is a catalyst for peak achievement.

Chris Voss' career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, terrorists, and international kidnappers. Revealing the skills that helped him to save lives, he reveals nine effective principles you can use to become more persuasive in your professional and personal life.

When leaders fail to respect the dignity of others, conflict and distrust ensue. Donna Hicks highlights three components of leading with dignity: what one must know in order to honor dignity and avoid violating it; what one must do to lead with dignity; and how one can create a culture of dignity in any organization, whether corporate, religious, governmental, health care, or beyond. Brimming with key research findings, real-life case studies, and workable recommendations, this book fills an important gap in our understanding of how best to be together in a conflict-ridden world.

Aujla presents the tried-and-tested steps to not only getting hired, but also the secrets to staying motivated and energized throughout the job hunting process. Filled with practical quick-step exercises, this book is designed so you can pick your path through the process, starting where it feels the most natural.

Updated and expanded: A new edition of the inspiring memoir by one of Canada's most unusual, successful and socially conscious businesspeople. "I am different. I have always been different. I grew up scared of being found out, scared of my natural inability to fit in, to conform, to look and sound and dress and behave 'normal.' I was always drawn to the different ones and I observed them with fascination-but the thought of being even a little bit like them mortified me.

Do More, Spend Less is the new road map to winning as a consumer. It's a game plan to get off the default path, turn the tables on the banks, airlines, hotels, cell phone companies and retailers and emerge victorious in the great game being played for your hard earned cash. Written by Brad Wilson, founder of BradsDeals.com, the largest editorial-driven deal website, the book provides tips, strategy and real-life examples of things he has personally done over the past 10 years as a professional bargain hunter.

Offers quick, accessible examples and clear guidelines about how to create an understanding between cultures.