Critical Business

Why do employers judge candidates on the first impression they make, even though they know it’s wrong and often misleading? Why do people smoke, drink to excess, and eat things they know are bad for them? How do normally intelligent people wind up believing fake news stories? To find out, let’s take a trip back in time to Victorian England. A famous story from the Victorian days is that women had to wear corsets. It’s debated how commonplace corsets actually were, but they squeezed a woman’s body like a snake - making the waist look smaller.

Do you want to live in insanely awesome life? Are you looking to achieve massive success? Do you feel stuck in life and not exactly sure how to proceed? The majority of people achieve a certain level of success in their life but never really live up to their true potential. In this book Sunil Saxena describes the mental framework needed to live in insanely awesome life. This intellectual and action oriented book brilliantly explains how you can develop the proper mental framework and start living the "massive action lifestyle".

Making decisions is not an easy task. When faced with a situation where you have to make a decision, get logical, and think smart, do you wisely use your intuition or do you just get stuck in the moment? This audiobook will help you be great at critical thinking; no more overthinking for you once you listen to this audiobook.

Outraged by the downward spiral of American intellect and culture, Michael R. LeGault offers the flip side of Malcolm Gladwell's best-selling phenomenon, Blink, which celebrated impulse thinking over factual knowledge or critical analysis. If best-selling books are advising us to not think, LeGault argues, it comes as no surprise that sharp, incisive reasoning is on the decline, leading our society to incompetence and failure.

Terrified of making bad decisions and missing great opportunities? Do you question your judgment and doubt your intuition? Your brain is like any other muscle: it needs training to improve. Nobody is born with flawless critical thinking and judgment skills. These skills usually require systematic practice, but you can shortcut the learning curve by learning and mastering the methods of the best thinkers, psychologists, and high achievers. This book collects all the tips, tricks, and tactics of the most successful people to develop your inner smartness.

We live in an exciting time. Technology, globalization, and demographic shifts provide new potential for personal and business success. Yet, research tells that only 30 percent of our attempts to implement change succeed amid the turbulence we encounter both within and outside today's organizations. We need new ways of thinking and doing if we are to turn potential into performance. Managing at the Leading Edge provides a new evidence-based road map for leadership success in a dynamic context.

Are you tired of being manipulated by faulty logic and hidden biases? Do you want to sharpen your ability to think clearly and make sound decisions? What if you could spot hidden fallacies and challenge flawed arguments effortlessly? Whether you're navigating daily challenges, handling complex decisions, or just seeking to sharpen your mind, this book equips you with essential techniques that shape the way you think and see the world.

Everyone faces problems in business and life. If you are like most people, you go right to the solution and miss all or most of the other seven critical steps. Will your mindset support your plan? Are there barriers you need to identify and overcome? What values are driving your decisions? What is already working and what isn't? Imagine how much more you could accomplish if you spent a little more time planning in a way that could ensure your success. Learn step-by-step how to make inspired decisions in your business and your life with confidence and fearlessness.

Turquoise Eyes combines compelling narrative while teaching problem solving and critical thinking skills. Set after a bank begins implementing a new retail banking strategy, we follow Teresa García Ramírez de Arroyo, a director general in the Mexican government, who has received some disturbing news. A whistleblower has emailed Teresa with troubling news about a mistake in the loan default calculations and reserve ratios. The numbers do not add up. This audiobook teaches advanced business concepts through a compelling storyline.

Learn what makes the African American market unique, why marketers should care, and how you can effectively connect with black Americans. Drawing on her wealth of experience and ongoing research and consulting on the African American market, Pepper shares with listeners her thoughtful insights on this influential segment.

Whether you're a veteran property owner or just starting out, here you'll uncover the real estate expertise you need to select the finest land for your new home.

On Becoming a Critical Thinker is a comprehensive guide that equip listeners with the essential skills to analyze information, make informed decisions, and solve complex problems. Through practical exercises and real life examples this book will transform the way listeners approach challenges enabling them to navigate the business and finance world with confidence and precision.

The purpose of the 50 Critical Quotes series is to assist people in developing a reliable and repeatable process for retaining life’s lessons so that the experiences are less likely to repeat themselves, thus allowing practitioners of the 50 CQ system to progress instead of regress and ultimately to improve their overall life experience.

It's commonly believed that intellect, memory, and problem-solving are decided at birth – the brain you start with is only capable of growing to a certain degree. The truth is, your brain adapts and evolves daily as life unfolds around you and it is exposed to new experiences and stimuli. When you read a book, your brain strengthens neural connections related to analytical thinking and language. The simple act of going for a walk requires the coordination of spatial awareness and movement, along with dozens of other processes.

Being an apex problem solver is choosing to tackle those complex problems in your every day life and career. In The Apex Problem Solver: Understanding Critical and Creative Thinking to Enhance Complex Problem Solving, you will learn the difference between critical thinking and creative thinking and how both styles of thinking are essential aspects when it comes to any complex problem.

You are a powerful go-getter! But how do you know you are focusing on the most impactful efforts? Imagine turning challenges into opportunities, making decisions that drive you closer to your goals, and communicating your ideas with impact. Critical Thinking for Go-Getters is your ultimate guide to mastering critical, creative, and persuasive thinking skills to take control of your life.

Bombastic headlines about science and technology are nothing new. To cut through the constant stream of information and misinformation on social media, or grab the attention of investors, or convince governments to take notice, strident headlines or bold claims seem necessary to give complex, nuanced information some wow factor. But hype has a dark side, too. It can mislead. It can distract. It can blinker us from seeing what is actually going on.

The B2B world has changed drastically since 2020, making content marketing more mission-critical than ever before. Content Marketing: Mission Critical explains how to harness this powerful tool for growth, even when resources are limited. This audiobook provides an easy-to-follow guide for business leaders on how to prepare their companies for successful, sustainable content marketing initiatives.

About 97 percent of a rocket's fuel is used in the first three feet of its launch. The same is true in launching a new business, product, or service. Those first few steps are absolutely critical. Scott Duffy has developed a practical approach for turning your big idea into a thriving venture by focusing on the crucial period immediately before, during, and after opening your doors (literally or online). His approach is based on his experiences working with top entrepreneurs like Tony Robbins and Richard Branson, who taught him how to balance the two key sides of entrepreneurship.

THE NEW SUPERIOR is a bold but heartfelt tutorial on the fundamentals of contemporary high-stakes leadership, drawn from the unique experiences and insights of one of America's most respected forensic laboratory executives who reminds us that urgency is what energizes teams in the face of existential threats. Unfortunately, momentum is often sacrificed by toxic influencers whose need to dominate suppresses collaboration, even in matters of life and death.