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Hyperfocus: How to Be More Productive in a World of Distraction

Chris Bailey · Viking
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

A practical guide to managing your attention--the most powerful resource you have to get stuff done, become more creative, and live a meaningful lifeOur attention has never been as overwhelmed as it is today. Many of us recognize that our brains struggle to multitask. Despite this, we feel...
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Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World

ADAM TOOZE · Viking
Pages: 720
Format: Hardcover

From a prizewinning economic historian, an eye-opening reinterpretation of the 2008 economic crisis (and its ten-year aftermath) as a global event that directly led to the shockwaves being felt around the world today.In September 2008 President George Bush could still describe the financial...
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Temp: How American Work, American Business, and the American Dream Became Temporary

Louis Hyman · Viking
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover

The untold history of the surprising origins of the "gig economy" --how deliberate decisions made by consultants and CEOs in the 50s and 60s upended the stability of the workplace and the lives of millions of working men and women in postwar America.Every working person in the United...
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WorkParty: How to Create & Cultivate the Career of Your Dreams

JACLYN JOHNSON · Gallery Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

First, we leaned in. Now we stand up. Jaclyn Johnson - the founder and CEO behind Create & Cultivate, the fastest growing online platform and conference for millennial women in business - offers a rallying cry for a new generation of women who are redefining the meaning of work on their...
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Humble Leadership: The Power of Relationships, Openness, and Trust

Edgar H. Schein · Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

Bestselling author and father of organizational culture studies, Edgar Schein and Peter Schein trail-blaze with a creative perspective on leadership that encourages vulnerability and empathy as a form of strength.The more traditional forms of leadership that are based on static hierarchies...
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POMODORO TECHNIQUE : the acclaimed time management system that has transformed how we work

FRANCESCO CIRILLO · Currency
Pages: 144
Format: Hardcover

Available for the first time in bookstores, this is the classic book on productivity and time management developed by Francesco Cirillo, the creator of the Pomodoro Technique, whose self-published book has been downloaded over 2 million times as a free download.Francesco Cirillo's The Pomodoro...
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8 Steps to High Performance: Focus On What You Can Change

Marc Effron · Harvard Business Review Press
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

What Really WorksThere's no shortage of advice out there on how to perform better, and better than others, at work. The problem is knowing which methods are actually proven to work--and how you should act on them to get the best results.In 8 Steps to High Performance, talent expert...
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The Robot in the Next Cubicle: What You Need to Know to Adapt and Succeed in the Automation Age

LARRY BOYER · Prometheus Books
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

An optimistic and useful look at the coming convergence of automation, robotics, and artificial intelligence, and how we can take advantage of this revolution in the workplaceIt's called the Fourth Industrial Revolution--a revolution fueled by analytics and technology--that consists...
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