Financial English

Have you ever asked yourself “What if I’m a tightwad and my significant other is a spendthrift?” or vice versa? Scott Rick, a behavioral scientist at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, knows that many people do. He also knows that the financial aspects of an intimate relationship can become a money minefield if couples try to navigate it without first discussing all of the financial issues between them, especially if those two people have different approaches to spending.

In Hot Seat, Immelt offers a rigorous and raw interrogation of himself and his tenure, detailing for the first time his proudest moments and his biggest mistakes. The most crucial component of leadership, he writes, is the willingness to make decisions. But knowing what to do is a thousand times easier than knowing when to do it. Perseverance, combined with clear communication, can ensure progress, if not perfection, he says.

Let’s face it: Adulting is hard, especially when it comes to money management. In Money Honey, former financial advisor Rachel Richards achieves the impossible by bringing humor and sass to the dreaded subject of personal finance. An avid investor and business owner, Rachel talks straight about how to attain financial freedom.

As DS Lucas Walker recovers from his injuries, he heads from Caloodie, Queensland, to the Gold Coast. Surfer's Paradise: a seaside city where gleaming high rises fringe sparkling surf beaches, sunny days lead to wild nights, and criminals and bikie gangs mingle with tourists and dignitaries at five star hotels, clubs and casinos. Before long, Walker is part of a team trying to solve a horrific home invasion and murder that has claimed the life of a young mother and left her nine-year-old daughter fighting to survive. Can he help them find the perpetrators, and keep the young girl safe?

God has called you to be a wealth builder. Did you know that? But what does that mean? Does he promise that you will be rich and drive fancy cars? No, but the path to wealth begins with behaviors that are described in his word and have been proven over time to work. This book is about the behaviors of the wealth builder. Not by strategies or tactics, but by the mental disciplines, day to day actions of wealth builders.

Star-trading Clan Korval - known to Terrans as the Tree-and-Dragon Family and to the locals simply as the Dragon - has been convicted of crimes against the homeworld. No matter that one of the "crimes" consisted of saving the elitist planet of Liad from very real internal threats, the Council of Clans wanted Korval heads to roll. Unfortunately for the council, the Dragon's allies conspired to impose a milder punishment for saving the world: banishment rather than execution.

Are you lauded for your entrepreneurial achievements and accomplishments? Yet, behind closed doors, your wellbeing is suffering. Aaron Marcum understands this struggle. In his own entrepreneurial journey, he found himself on the edge of financial despair, sleeping under his desk to maintain a relentless hustle. He felt distant from his wife and six children. On the verge of burnout, he learned a meaningful way that helped him thrive and discovered the entrepreneurs’ Eight EntreThrive™ Laws to achieving well-being.

Don't you wish high schools and colleges prepared students with real-life, practical financial skills they'll need to navigate the adult world successfully? And wouldn't it be great if you could learn to not only manage money, save, and invest wisely - but also avoid the financial mistakes others often learn about the hard way? With "A Stress-Free Guide to Financial Literacy for Teens & Young Adults," all this is absolutely possible! Through this comprehensive, practical, and friendly guide, any teen or young adult can master money management - assuring a secure financial future.

When someone sends you a referral it is like them lending you one of their cars. They are risking something precious to them, in this case their reputation and relationship with the person they are referring, but they are doing it because they know you and trust you. They expect you to take care of it and return it in the same or better condition. Referrals can be the key to a business-changing network of connections and self-generating opportunities. You just need to be the kind of person others are comfortable taking that risk with and you need to make sure you don’t wreck their ‘car’.

Let's face it, we all need money in order to live. How we earn it is up to us. Whether you want to work for someone else or start your own business, this book will help you learn how to land that first job, figure out your paycheck, and negotiate a raise.

Once you've started to accumulate property and money, you're not done managing your financial life. Far from it! You still need to protect your possessions, your money, and your identity from theft. Find out what it takes and how much it will cost.

Are you facing challenges in your finances? Are you worried about how to have perpetual control over forces of darkness causing confusion in your life and endeavor? Do you believe that your prosperity is still within reach, and can be acquired and sustained? This book is meant to change every unpleasant situation Satan has brought your way, and establish God’s agenda in your life.

Are you tired of your daily job? Would like to understand what is passive income and how you can achieve financial freedom? Many people are living life on their own terms, working when they choose to, and earning more than they ever did at their “daily” jobs.

The Indispensable LinkedIn Sales Guide for Financial Advisors is a step-by-step guide that can transform a LinkedIn novice into a LinkedIn master, while at the same time help a LinkedIn master take their social selling skills to the next level. By combining research from three separate studies on affluent investors, elite financial advisors, and social media in the financial services industry (labeled as the Trifecta of Research), the authors create a financial advisor roadmap on how to use LinkedIn to help acquire more affluent clients.

Look at a map of the world and you’ll see a colorful checkerboard of nation-states. But this is not where power actually resides. Over the last decade, globalization has shattered the map into different legal spaces: free ports, tax havens, special economic zones. With the new spaces, ultracapitalists have started to believe that it is possible to escape the bonds of democratic government and oversight altogether. Crack-Up Capitalism follows the most notorious radical libertarians around the globe as they search for the perfect space for capitalism.

Anyone can build wealth and create the life they envision for themselves if they enlarge their financial understanding. A successful entrepreneur, George S. Clason translated his knowledge of sound financial principles into parables set in ancient Babylon. More relevant today than ever before, these tales provide straightforward lessons in the laws that govern the building of wealth. Clason’s dynamic storytelling will transport you into the Babylonian empire at its apex, where the basic principles of personal finance were born.

Though it's a potentially lucrative enterprise, the reality of independent consulting seldom matches the dream. Most solo consultants and boutique consulting firms are perpetually within six months of bankruptcy due to the sputtering unreliability of their new business engines.

Discover the secret to enjoying your golden years free of fears and worries – retire with confidence in just 7 steps!

This is the story of a man caught in the middle of a huge American destabilising operation, illustrating the secret economic war that the United States is waging against developed nations across the world. In 2014, France lost part of the control of its nuclear power plants to the United States. Frédéric Pierucci, former senior executive of one of Alstom's subsidiaries, found himself at the heart of this state scandal. His story goes to the very heart of a $12 billion thriller that illustrates the secret economic war that the United States is waging in Europe.

$uperhubs is a rare, behind-the-scenes look at how the world's most powerful titans, the superhubs, pull the levers of our global financial system. Combining insider's knowledge with principles of network science, Sandra Navidi offers a startling new perspective on how superhubs build their powerful networks and how their decisions impact all our lives. $uperhubs reveals what happens at the exclusive, invitation-only platforms - the World Economic Forum in Davos, the meetings of the International Monetary Fund, think tanks....