Career Planning

Striking out on your own for the first time is exhilarating. But in a culture full of bad advice, predatory banks, and splurge-now-pay-later temptations, it can also be extremely dangerous - leading you to make financial decisions that could hurt you for years to come. Combine this with a slumped economy, mounds of student loans, and dubious examples from reality TV stars to politicians to your own parents, and it’s no wonder so many twenty-somethings are struggling.

How bad will the current economy get? According to Eric Janszen, we could be facing an unemployment rate of over 10 percent; half of all retail stores boarded up; skeletons of unfinished buildings in our cities; and tax revenues down by 30 percent, leading to big cuts in government services. Sounds grim, but the good news is that this crisis will open the door to a saner economic future if we recognize the opportunity to correct decades of bad policy.

As individuals, companies, and countries struggle to recover from the economic crisis, many are narrowly focused on forecasts for the next week, month, or quarter. Yet they should be asking what the global economy will look like in the years to come—where will the long-term risks and opportunities arise? These are the questions that Daniel Altman confronts in his provocative and indispensable book.

How do we stay safe? Should we? What if our attempts are exposing us even more to the very risks we are avoiding? Would acceptance of danger make us more secure? Is there such a thing as foolproof? In Foolproof, Greg Ip presents a macro theory of human nature and disaster that explains how we can keep ourselves safe in our increasingly dangerous world.

Eighty million baby-boomers will retire in the next two decades. Four out of 10 people over 55 have less than $100,000 saved toward retirement! This audio addresses includes practical advice on how much money one will need in retirement, investments, IRAs, life insurance and annuities, social security, as well as the emotional issues attached to retirement.

En este episodio te contamos por qué la creación de procesos da flojera y cómo manejarla. Así como de la creatividad y la espontaneidad que surgen desde los procesos.

This is an audiobook for people with ideas. Do you make plans that never get implemented? Are they overly complicated and fail because you simply can't stop planning until it's perfect? Or do you refuse to plan because you care only about getting things done, but end up failing and causing chaos for those closest to you (spouse, partners, teammates, etc.)? Do you end up reworking projects instead of accomplishing your goals?

Americans agree on very little these days, but red state conservatives and blue state progressives can agree on one critical point: Wall Street can no longer be trusted. Yet most of us continue to invest our money in the stocks and bonds of Fortune 500 companies, transferring our capital far from where we live and work. Local investing expert Michael Shuman offers another alternative.

Forex is a powerful market - but only those who know how to navigate it can make the best returns. To succeed, you need to understand the market and exactly how you can get the most for your money. Inside this guide, you’ll uncover the secrets of forex and how you can take advantage of this incredible money-making opportunity!

The world of trading might be scary and unstable. Many of the traders are struggling to take advantage of the market, and the number one reason for that is because the strategies that used to work in the past are no longer working today. If you're a conservative investor - one who'd like to play safe - you'll prefer consistent gain over a big, risky profit with a higher chance of losing it. Learn about the updated investing strategies that exist in the market today.

In Crude Forecasts: Predictions, Pundits, and Profits in the Commodity Casino, Peter Sainsbury, economist, commodity investor and blogger at Materials Risk, shows how you can take back control.

For more than 25 years, Charles Schwab has been passionate about demystifying investing. In a user-friendly style, You're Fifty - Now What? offers a mix of clear and workable advice about how to accumulate and grow your money.

For over 15 years, New York Times best-selling author Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been uncannily accurate in predicting the financial future. In his three previous works, Dent predicted the financial recession of the early 90s, the economic expansion of the mid-90s, and the financial free-for-all of 1998-2000.

Technology is advancing faster than ever - but for better or for worse? On the one hand, astonishing technological developments from personalized genomics to self-driving cars to drones to artificial intelligence could make our lives healthier, safer, and easier. On the other hand, these very same technologies could raise the specter of a frightening and alienating future - eugenics, a jobless economy, complete loss of privacy, and an ever-worsening spiral of economic inequality.

Transforming Project Management takes you beyond envisioning a great strategy and into the realm of implementing it - with skill, care, and expertise. Petersen explains how to break down a strategic plan into key objectives and project portfolios to make sense of all the project "parts" - then successfully lead the execution of the plan.

Revenue Harvest: A Sales Leader's Almanac for Planning the Perfect Year draws on seven timeless farming principles to teach sales leaders how to improve sales team performance. Farming and selling are two of the oldest professions, and while technology has distinctly changed parts of both industries, the time tested principles remain true. The same seven principles that time after time yield the best crop are the same principles a sales leader can use to achieve their goals - regardless of how the market shifts.

What will the world look like in 2020? Paul Cornish and Kingsley Donaldson guide us through a maze of global uncertainty in this fascinating look at the future. With the world already struggling to contain conflicts on several continents, with security and defence expenditure under huge pressure, it's time to think the unthinkable and explore what might happen

From the bestselling author of The Roaring 2000s and The Great Depression Ahead comes a work that looks forward, showing listeners how to weather the storm in this new economy that is going to get much worse in the years ahead.

In his most recent New York Times best-selling work, The Great Depression Ahead, Harry S. Dent predicted the debt crisis that would ensue in the wake of the government’s failed stimulus plan. Dent’s investment advice sees no place to hide....

Fraternity parties can be legendary, talked about by students, parents, alumni, and brothers for years to come. But one wrong move - a band pulling a no-show, not having enough money to pay entertainers, or the cops showing up - can turn a once-in-a-lifetime experience into a memorable failure. As the social chair of your fraternity, it's on you to guarantee every event your chapter hosts is an overwhelming success.

This book will teach you the steps of the PB&J Business Strategy, and help your company organize around a cause and set up a plan in under a week. The benefits for your business include positive energy, free publicity, new opportunities, collaborations, implementations, innovations, and efficient execution of every component of the plan.