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Business & Careers August 2019
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100 side hustles : unexpected ideas for making extra money without quitting your day job
by Chris Guillebeau
"Best-selling author Chris Guillebeau presents a full-color ideabook featuring 100 stories of regular people launching successful side businesses that almost anyone can do. This unique guide features the startup stories of regular people launching side businesses that almost anyone can do: an urban tour guide, an artist inspired by maps, a travel site founder, an ice pop maker, a confetti photographer, a group of friends who sell hammocks to support local economies, and many more"
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Happy money : the Japanese art of making peace with your money
by Ken Honda
"Become Zen with your money and alleviate your anxieties about finances and earning potential. Ken Honda - Japan's #1 bestselling personal development guru - will help you heal your relationship with money and discover the lifestyle that will truly make you happy"
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(It's great to) suck at something : the unexpected joy of wiping out and what it can teach us about patience, resilience, and the stuff that really matters
by Karen Rinaldi
"Discover how the freedom of sucking at something can help you build resilience, embrace imperfection, and find joy in the pursuit rather than the goal. What if the secret to resilience and joy is the one thing we've been taught to avoid? When was the last time you tried something new? Something that won't make you more productive, make you more money, or check anything off your to-do list? Something you're really, really bad at, but that brought you joy? Odds are, not recently. As a sh*tty surfer and all-around-imperfect human Karen Rinaldi explains in this eye-opening book, we live in a time of aspirational psychoses. We humblebrag about how hard we work and we prioritize productivity over play"
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Moneyland : the inside story of the crooks and kleptocrats who rule the world
by Oliver Bullough
"If you want to know why international crooks and their eminently respectable financial advisors walk tall and only the little people pay taxes, this is the ideal book for you. Every politician and moneyman on the planet should read it, but they won't because it's actually about them." --John le Carré, author of A Legacy of Spies An investigative journalist's deep dive into the corrupt workings of the world's kleptocrats takes him from ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in London and Manhattan. An Economist Book of the Year.
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The latte factor : why you don't have to be rich to live rich
by David Bach
"Discover #1 New York Times bestselling author David Bach's three secrets to financial freedom in an engaging story that will show you that you are richer than you think . Drawing on the author's experiences teaching millions of people around the world to live a rich life, this fast, easy read reveals how anyone--from millennials to baby boomers--can still make their dreams come true"
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Women with money : the judgment-free guide to creating the joyful, less stressed, purposeful (and, yes, rich) life you deserve
by Jean Sherman Chatzky
"Ask successful women what they want from their money and they'll tell you: independence, security, choices, a better world, and-oh yes-way less stress, not just for themselves but for their kids, spouses, partners, parents, and friends. Through a series of Happy Hour discussions (when money is the topic, wine helps) and one-on-one conversations, Jean Chatzky gets women to open up about the one topic we still never talk about. Then she flips the script and charts a pathway to this joyful, purpose-filled life that today's women not only want but also, finally, have the resources to afford"
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