House Management

Suze Orman, the woman millions of Americans have turned to for financial advice, says it’s time for a serious reconsideration of the American Dream - what promise it still holds, what aspects are in need of revision, and how it must be refashioned to fit our lives so that we can once again have faith that our hard work will pay off and that a secure and hopeful future is within our reach. In nine electrifying chapters, Orman delivers a master class on personal finance for this pivotal moment in time and addresses every aspect of the American Dream.

The extraordinary breakthrough management program - heralded by GE, Motorola, and AlliedSignal - that is sweeping corporate America with its unprecedented ability to achieve superior financial results. Six Sigma is the most powerful breakthrough management tool ever devised, promising increased market share, cost reductions, and dramatic improvements in bottom-line profitability for companies of any size. The darling of Wall Street, it has become the mantra of Fortune 500 boardrooms around the world because it works.

The whole discipline of career management now has three elements to it: Managing yourself; Managing your team; and Managing your business. In this book, Shiv Shivakumar points out that today, unlike in the past, all the three elements are your responsibility. With in-depth interviews with top leaders across the spectrum and an insightful foreword by Sachin Tendulkar, The Art of Management is a must-hear.

Clutter is everywhere in our lives. It is present in our homes, our schedules, our jobs, our relationships, our use of technology, and, most importantly, our minds. The damaging effects of clutter on our psyches are clear. When we lead chaotic, unorganized lives, we are prone to worry, anxiety, self-doubt, and overthinking. But you can free yourself from the seemingly endless cycle of frantic days and sleepless nights, and shape the life you want to live.

Your home is a bustling location in which everything in it requires attention (included the humans). Taking the time to plan and prep (though at times annoying) will make all the difference in the outcome. The key to sanity is to understand that you are not a machine and that you require downtime as well if you want it to get done. You will get it done (maybe, with a little help). Breathe, pace yourself, and attempt to implement new ways to take care of you, your home, and all the living things within.

La cultura de grupo es una de las mayores fuerzas que existen. Podemos percibir su presencia en los negocios de éxito, en los equipos que lideran los campeonatos y en las familias más prósperas, y enseguida notamos cuándo falta y cuándo se ha vuelto tóxica. Todos queremos implantar una cultura fuerte en nuestras respectivas organizaciones, comunidades y familias. Sabemos que funciona, pero no sabemos con exactitud cómo.

If talent is the leading indicator of whether a business is up or down, a success or a failure (and it is)...do you know how to accurately judge raw human talent? Understand a person's unique combination of traits? Develop that talent? Convert what supposedly are "soft" subjective judgments about people into objective criteria that are as specific, verifiable, and concrete as the contents of a financial statement? The talent masters do. They put people before numbers for the simple reason that it is talent that delivers the numbers.

There’s a moment in every conversation that can change the whole relationship. A moment when you can either move toward the other person or away from them. Choose to break a negative cycle or continue it. Understand and be understood or remain confused and frustrated. It’s the “miracle moment”. And once you learn how to recognize and respond to it, it holds the power to help transform the relationships you have - at home, in love, and at work - into the ones you really want.

Finding some clients difficult to understand? Confused when they say one thing but mean another? Need better, more useful feedback? Sometimes feel on the back-foot? Have trouble managing client expectations? Wonder why they seem impossible to please? Concerned about being blind-sided by unexpected client loss? Find some answers in this engaging audiobook.

En La ventaja del ganador, Robert T. Kiyosaki desafía a sus lectores para que dejen de pensar que están destinados a tener problemas financieros el resto de sus vidas. La verdadera educación financiera es el camino para crear la vida que quieres para ti y para tu familia. Kiyosaki te alienta para que cambies lo único que esté bajo tu control: tú mismo.

This is your one-stop, definitive resource as you prepare for a secure and comfortable retirement. Investment and personal finance experts Larry Swedroe and Kevin Grogan present uniquely comprehensive coverage of every important aspect you need to think about as you approach retirement, including: Social Security, Medicare, investment planning strategy, portfolio maintenance, preparing your heirs, retirement issues faced by women, the threat of elder financial abuse, going beyond financials to think about your happiness, and much more.

Today, number crunching affects your life in ways you might never imagine. In this lively and groundbreaking new audiobook, economist Ian Ayres shows how today's best and brightest organizations are analyzing massive databases at lightening speed to provide greater insights into human behavior. They are the Super Crunchers.

This book is about prioritizing and pursuing pleasure as a means of radical, intentional, and transformative self-care. These pages speak to the ways in which women of color have been disconnected from our bodies and our well-being, unlearning and relearning what it means to put yourself first, all by discovering what truly brings you joy, ease, peace, comfort, and satisfaction. Discover the power of pleasure through tools and techniques that help you manifest the juicy, delicious life you crave.

Starting with the publication of their seminal bestseller, Future Shock, Alvin and Heidi Toffler have given millions of listeners new ways to think about personal life in today’s high-speed world with its constantly changing, seemingly random impacts on our businesses, governments, families and daily lives. Now, writing with the same rare grasp and clarity that made their earlier books classics, the Tofflers turn their attention to the revolution in wealth now sweeping the planet. And once again, they provide a penetrating, coherent way to make sense of the seemingly senseless.

The corporate masks we wear hide many a secret. The most potent are not the secret financial numbers or confidential strategy documents hidden away in locked drawers or in safes but the simple ones—good filter coffee generosity and thirty minutes of me-time. This book offers a selection of fascinating and useful secrets that can help you be far more successful at your workplace. As a bonus they can make you happier as well. Harish Bhat wields his pen with his signature insight to delight inspire provoke and change the way you see offices forever.

By the end of this journey, you'll comprehend the most common abusive phrases, discerning their real meaning and the narcissist's motivations. With your newfound knowledge, you'll be ready to dodge their advances and stop confrontations cold, all with minimal stress, preserving your dignity as you disengage from the narcissist in your life.

If you are in business, you are in the business of behavior. Unless a business influences behavior, it will not succeed. In the last 50 years, we have learnt more about how we behave than over the previous 5,000. This audiobook shows how behavioral science has revolutionized our understanding of how people really think (or don’t) and how we can use those insights in our businesses to influence behavior and gain competitive advantage.

Hey there! Are you a parent struggling with anger? This audiobook will teach you how to control your temper and work past your emotions to reach resolutions with your child. Anger and emotional outbursts are a pathway to raising an angry and aggressive child, which is why they are ineffective for parenting. The information provided can guide you towards ending your child's temper tantrums and meltdowns while helping you strengthen your emotional bond with them.

Sun Tzu's The Art of War is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest tools for understanding and resolving conflict ever. But how do you translate its military insights into practical tactics you can use in the corporate boardroom, the PTA meeting, or the family reunion? James Gimian and Barry Boyce take the principles born on ancient Chinese battlefields and show you how to relate them to the situations of your everyday life. By learning to identify the underlying dynamic of a situation, you can transform conflict into victory.

Nada es más inspirador que una ambiciosa visión que se convierte en una realidad triunfante: el Empire State Building pasó de ser un boceto a cambiar el skyline de Nueva York en tan solo veintiún meses. Sin embargo, la mayoría de las veces las grandes visiones se convierten en auténticas pesadillas: según las estadísticas, un asombroso 92 por ciento de los megaproyectos superan el presupuesto o el cronograma, o ambas cosas. Incluso los esfuerzos más modestos, como emprender un pequeño negocio, suelen fracasar.