Smart Power

Brevity is confidence. Length is fear. This is the guiding principle of Smart Brevity, a communication formula built by Axios journalists to prioritize essential news and information, explain its impact and deliver it in a concise and visual format. Now, the co-founders of Axios have created an essential guide for communicating effectively and efficiently using Smart Brevity—think Strunk and White’s Elements of Style for the digital age.

Our smartphones have brought digital technology into the most intimate spheres of life. It's time to take control of them, repurposing them as pathways to a democratically designed and maintained digital commons that prioritizes people over profit. Smartphones have appeared everywhere seemingly overnight: since the first iPhone was released, in 2007, the number of smartphone users has skyrocketed to over two billion.

Only 10 percent of leaders run their teams at full power. The formula you are about to learn is based on the most extensive research of its kind, spanning more than 15,000 careers with over 9 million data points. The idea has been battle-tested for more than two decades by leaders in every major industry.

Hey, smart girl! Are you looking to boost that GPA even more? Believe it or not, yoga can help you do that. Learn all the best yoga poses for building your mental muscle and staying healthy at the same time.

The future will be increasingly distributed. As the publicity surrounding Bitcoin and blockchain has shown, distributed technology and business models are gaining popularity. Yet the disruptive potential of this technology is often obscured by hype and misconception. This detailed guide distills the complex, fast-moving ideas behind blockchain into an easily digestible reference manual. This book is for anyone evaluating whether to invest time in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Go beyond buzzwords and see what the technology really has to offer.

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Do you want to find the key elements of successful entrepreneurs? On the path to success, there are many hardships. People who are successful all share one common secret: they behave in a very special way. Find out about the one factor that all extraordinarily successful people share and how to build courage in order to face adversity. Grit Breakthrough is a distillation of the latest research-based ideas from the best thinkers in the field of grit, success, and leadership.

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"And nothing is, but what is not." Macbeth may be mystified by the Weird Sisters' words but this intense performance with incisive commentary cuts to the heart of Shakespeare's complex psychological tragedy.

The multi-award-winning SmartPass study guide with and without commentary options. Full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Hear "A little touch of Harry" whenever you want to! Examine and appreciate the powerful language of leadership in this guided history play, considered to be Shakespeare's greatest creative statement about war.

Riddles have existed for thousands of years because they don’t just entertain, they help develop brain power and get kids to think more "laterally" and creatively. In this bumper book of brain teasers and riddles for smart kids, you will have a unique collection of riddles split into three different levels: from "easy" to "genius", which get more tricky as you go through the book.

You know your life could be so much better if only you had more willpower. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to stick to your diet and meet your weight goals. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to avoid alcohol. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to stop procrastinating and get more work done. Want unstoppable willpower on tap? Well, now you can have it. In this book, you'll learn what willpower is, why it's so important, why you don't have enough of it - and how you can strengthen your reserves so they become unstoppable.

Have you ever wondered how the greatest men and women in history achieved so much? Are you searching for life changing lessons that will help you achieve your goals? Are you caught up in a life of mediocrity and believe that there is more potential within you, but don't know how to bring it out? In this book, you will learn many of the success habits of great leaders, wealthy business icons, and influential achievers that they put into practice.

The multi-award winning SmartPass full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis for any student to fully understand and appreciate the play.

I've been on a wonderful and enlightening trip since I began researching this book in 2003 and published its first edition in 2004 as Managing with Conscience for Competitive Advantage. It was praised by reviewers for its importance, need, relevance, and style.

Pioneering Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Magdalena Yesil came to the United States in 1976 with two suitcases and $43, blind to the challenges she would face as a woman and immigrant in Silicon Valley. Today, she is best known as the first investor and a founding board member of Salesforce, the now multibillion-dollar company that ushered in the era of cloud-based computing.

In times of emergencies, electrical grid power is the first to go out. Blackouts, floods, hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes, land slides, you name it, the natural world can unleash catastrophes which leave people without basic services, and especially sources of electricity. Solar energy is an excellent source of power for charging batteries especially in emergencies and prolonged blackouts. This book describes how to build a solar power supply and system which is portable, rugged, and sturdy in construction.

The biggest issue many of us face is installing solar power and not breaking the bank. What if we could show you a way to be able to do both? Find out how to make the switch to solar power.

Make Smart Choices is for anyone who struggles with making choices as well as for those who want to improve decision-making skills to the next level. Whether you are a student, professional, entrepreneur, or stay-at-home parent, if you want to radically upgrade the quality of your life, you have to make smart decisions every single day.

Thinking is a natural process that every human being goes through. This involuntary process happens to everyone despite their mental state or age. But intelligent thinking is far much beyond what “thinking” is. The world is changing, and people are making a difference in the technological world. Innovations have changed our lives because intelligent people have stepped up their game. Anyone can be smart, whether a graduate or someone who never had any form of schooling.

What's holding you back in terms of becoming a successful real estate investor? The most common hindrance is fear of the unknown. The market can be scary and there's always some risk of making a faulty judgment and losing money. Being prepared, however, and having a comprehensive guide that pinpoints the key steps reduces the risk and maximizes your chances of generating high returns. After all, even the most successful real estate investors were riddled by doubt and insecurity in the very beginning.