Business and economics

  • Would You Hire You

    Creator

    Adolphe, Matt

    Abstract

    This book includes 10 tips that will help you successfully navigate the changing world of work and excel in your job. Follow these tips to become an essential employee and discover that job security and leadership positions are naturally within your reach. Not only will you excel in your career, but you will also make your workplace better for those around you. Why not be the most you can be? Read on and start today!

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Iguana Books

    Not specified
  • Smoke and Mirrors Financial Myths That Will Ruin Your Retirement Dreams (8th Edition)

    Creator

    Trahair, David

    Abstract

    If you read the papers and listen to the “experts,” you’ve heard the usual pitches about retirement: you’ll need a million dollars so you better start an RRSP early and maximize your contributions, trust the stock market and mutual funds for the best returns and put your faith in a financial advisor. But what if this advice is wrong? By reading this book, you will learn the truth about these myths.

    Publisher (Source)

    Toronto

    Iguana Books

    Not specified
  • The seventh sense : power, fortune, and survival in the age of networks

    Creator

    Ramo, Joshua Cooper

    Abstract

    If you find yourself longing for a world where information is not always at your fingertips, you may be as useful as the carriage maker post–Henry Ford. Is it possible to not become hopelessly tangled with technology? Joshua Cooper Ramo says yes--if you are ready to ride the disruption.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Deep work : rules for focused success in a distracted world

    Creator

    Newport, Cal

    Abstract

    Cal Newport explains how to systematically train the mind to focus and reorganize one's work life so that deep work is at the core. He explains why this shift is crucial in a complex information economy and how developing a deep work practice helps us in our increasingly distracted world.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Postcapitalism : a guide to our future

    Creator

    Mason, Paul

    Abstract

    Over the past two centuries, capitalism has undergone profound changes from which it has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Paul Mason's Postcapitalism argues that we are on the brink of a change so big that this time capitalism itself will mutate into something wholly new.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Publishing

    Not specified
  • Intentional living : choosing a life that matters

    Creator

    Maxwell, John C.

    Abstract

    We all have a longing to be a part of something purposeful. And to do that, all we need to do is start. Every major accomplishment started with a first step. In Intentional Living, John Maxwell will help you take that step, and the ones that follow, on your personal path through a life that matters.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Kids these days : human capital and the making of millennials

    Creator

    Harris, Malcolm

    Abstract

    A millennial investigates why his generation is worse off economically than their parents in this devastating portrait of what it means to be young in America. Pushing aside stereotypes, what actually unites this generation? The short answer is: They've been had. Harris asks why and answers with a brilliant, data-driven analysis of economic and cultural forces that have shaped millennial lives.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified
  • Verbal judo : the gentle art of persuasion

    Creator

    Thompson, George J.

    Jenkins, Jerry B.

    Abstract

    Verbal Judo is the classic guide to the martial art of the mind and mouth that can help you defuse confrontations and generate cooperation.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Ashland, Oregon]

    Blackstone Audio, Inc.

    Not specified
  • No limits : blow the cap off your capacity

    Creator

    Maxwell, John C.

    Abstract

    In his newest book, John Maxwell identifies seventeen core capacities and will guide you on how to identify, grow, and apply your critical capacities to your daily life.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [New York]

    Hachette Book Group

    Not specified