Results for "The Bet" in Business & Careers

Networking events suck, but they can suck less. What to say and when to say to be likable, connect, and make a memorable impression. Actionable and applicable verbal maneuvers for just about every phase of conversation. From hello to goodbye, with strangers or old friends, you'll learn how to simply go deeper. No more: Interview mode, awkward silence, or struggling to hold people’s attention. Better Small Talk is a unique listen. Imagine the following situation: You've just put on your name tag, and you're approached by a stranger.

From the creator of Valuetainment, the #1 YouTube channel for entrepreneurs, and “one of the most exciting thinkers” (Ray Dalio, author of Principles) in business today, comes a practical and effective guide for thinking more clearly and achieving your most audacious professional goals. Both...

A fully revised and expanded edition of the runaway bestseller, Surrounded by Idiots—now with more: Content Examples Snark! Master the four basic behavior types and change the way you communicate! Do you ever think you’re the only one making any sense? Or tried to reason with your...

Our lives are defined by the stories we tell ourselves, but those stories aren't always true. Narratives that are based on outdated or irrelevant information can run (or ruin) our lives for years, even if those stories are wildly different from the objective reality that formed them.

You were promoted because you were good at your job.Now you have a completely different job.For many first-time leaders, the move from individual contributor to people leader is where the real challenge begins. The skills that made you successful before—solving problems yourself, moving...

The author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Ultralearning explores why it’s so difficult for people to learn new skills, arguing that three factors must be met to make advancement possible, and offering 12 maxims to improve the way we learn. Life revolves around learning—in school, at...

What growing a brand actually takes, from the people who’ve successfully done it. Host Matt Raminick ran digital marketing at Quiksilver, Volcom, and Pacsun for nearly two decades, then started Sunnyside to help lifestyle brands fix their creative and grow profitably. Each episode, an experienced founder, operator, or creative walks through the moves that paid off and the ones they’d make differently today. How brands grow, and how the people behind them do too.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this "brilliant" (Arthur Brooks) and "both timely and timeless" (Adam Grant) book, pioneering Harvard Kennedy School professor and behavioral scientist Julia Minson reveals the counterintuitive secret to a life of less drama and more impact. We are in a disagreement crisis...

In this compelling book, strategy guru Roger L. Martin and Skoll Foundation President and CEO Sally R. Osberg describe how social entrepreneurs target systems that exist in a stable but unjust equilibrium and transform them into entirely new, superior, and sustainable equilibria. All of these leaders - call them disrupters, visionaries, or changemakers - develop, build, and scale their solutions in ways that bring about the truly revolutionary change that makes the world a fairer and better place.

How much of your life is determined by the decisions you make?Every career, investment, relationship, opportunity, and mistake begins with a single choice. Yet most people were never taught how to make better decisions.Whether you're choosing a career, making financial decisions, leading a team...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The billion-dollar Hollywood producer provides a master mentorship by sharing secrets to success honed from working with the biggest stars in the world. As Kevin Hart says of working with Will Packer: “I became a student and learned from the way he was moving. The...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER ‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ JOE LYCETT We used to care a lot about our clothes. We didn’t have many but those we had...

Perhaps you find it difficult to address issues or excess workload with your manager, leading to working yourself to your limits before suffering burnout. Or maybe you have a member of your team or a friend that is struggling with burnout at work, and you want to learn how you can help them.

Why do so many owners of mid-market companies chase bigger, only to end up further from the life they set out to build? For decades, business books have urged owners to focus on growth. Yet for many, this undisciplined pursuit of more creates debt, complexity, and stress. What began as a dream of freedom becomes a business that drains their energy and pulls them off course. In Bigger isn't Better, Better is Better, Brad Giles delivers a complete rethink of how owners build their companies.

In these stressful times, it's more important than ever to learn how to think before we speak so our communications lead to cooperation, not conflict.This book introduces exactly what to say and do when dealing with people who are upset, unreasonable, or not treating you with the respect you want, need, and deserve.

Ever noticed that trying to calm down often produces more agitation? Or that real fulfillment can be elusive, despite living a successful life? Often, such difficulties stem from the human brain's hardwired tendency to seek pleasure and avoid pain. Modern science demonstrates that this survival mechanism served the needs of our earliest ancestors, but is at the root of many problems that we face today, such as depression, compulsive and addictive behaviors, chronic pain, and stress and anxiety.

The Bet: An Entrepreneur’s All-In Strategy to Win in Business is a one-of-a-kind road map for an entrepreneur's business, filled with inspiring and sometimes funny anecdotes from Jay's own life that show how entrepreneurial endeavors require a certain spirit, drive, and intelligence to make it in the competitive world that is business. True entrepreneurs like Jay will only become motivated by his life, his lessons, and his passion to help others grow.

Why do some people break through and make an impact while others get stuck going through the motions? In every organization there are Impact Players—those indispensable colleagues who can be counted on in critical situations and who consistently receive high-profile assignments and new...

Think differently, be more creative, and catch ideas in the air to solve problems quickly and skyrocket your productivity. People only see what is just visible. Thinking out of the box will empower you see the alternatives that others simply miss out on. Learn how to think out of the box, be known as “idea person”, and solve problems smarter, faster, and better.

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