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Business and Personal Finance August 2018
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Rebel Talent : Why It Pays to Break the Rules at Work and in Life
by Francesca Gino
When we conform to well-accepted rules and norms rather than constructively rebel against them, we keep our doubts and disagreements to ourselves. As leaders, we are less effective and respected. As employees, we feel dissatisfied and are more likely to be overlooked for top assignments and promotions. Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Francesca Gino provides strategies and examples for cultivating and embracing nonconformity in the workplace and in life. Gino encourages all of us to rebel and question the the status quo so we can thrive.
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Get Money : Live the Life You Want, Not Just the Life You Can Afford
by Kristin Wong
In Get Money, personal finance expert Kristin Wong shows you the exact steps to getting more money in your pocket without letting it rule your life. Through a series of challenges designed to boost your personal finance I.Q., interviews with other leading financial experts, and exercises tailored to help you achieve even your biggest goals, you'll learn valuable skills such as building a budget that actually works, creating a debt-payoff plan, and starting an investment portfolio. -- Adapted from Amazon summary. |
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How Women Rise : Break the 12 Habits Holding You Back from Your Next Raise, Promotion, or Job
by Sally Helgesen
Leadership expert Sally Helgesen and bestselling leadership coach Marshall Goldsmith identify the 12 habits that hold women back as they seek to advance, showing them why what worked for them in the past might actually be sabotaging their future success. Building on Marshall's classic best seller "What Got You Here Won't Get You There," their new book "How Women Rise" is essential reading for any woman who is ready to advance to the next level. | |
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Measure What Matters : How Google, Bono, and the Gates Foundation Rock the World With OKRs
by John Doerr
In the fall of 1999, John Doerr met with the founders of a start-up he'd just given nearly 12 million, the biggest investment of his career. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had amazing technology, entrepreneurial energy, and sky-high ambitions, but no real business plan. For Google to change the world, or even survive, Page and Brin had to learn how to make tough choices on priorities while keeping their team on track. They had to know when to pull the plug on losing propositions, to fail fast. They needed timely, relevant data to track their progress--to measure what mattered. Doerr introduced them to a proven approach to operating excellence--Objectives and Key Results. The rest is history.
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Bad Blood : Secrets and Lies in Silicon Valley
by John Carreyrou
The full inside story of the breathtaking rise and shocking collapse of a multibillion-dollar startup, by the prize-winning journalist who first broke the story and pursued it to the end in the face of pressure and threats from the CEO and her lawyers.
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I Love Capitalism! : An American Story
by Ken Langone
Home Depot co-founder Ken Langone has seen it all on his way from childhood poverty to a net worth beyond his wildest dreams. This story of his unlikely rise and controversial career is also a passionate defense of the American Dream -- of preserving a country in which any hungry kid can reach the maximum potential of his or her talents and work ethic.
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The Ambition Decisions : What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life
by Hana Schank
"The Ambition Decisions" is a guide to the changes that may seem arbitrary but are life defining, by women who've been there. Organized by theme, each chapter draws on real women's stories of facing down crisis, transition, and decision-making to illustrate broader trends Schank and Wallace observed. Each chapter wraps up with a useful bulleted list of questions to consider and tips to integrate that will guide women of all ages along the way to finding purpose and passion in work and life.
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