153 Results for : pivots
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Sunshine State: Essays , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 604min
Rising literary star and Los Angeles Times First Fiction Award finalist Sarah Gerard uses her experiences growing up along Florida's Gulf Coast to illuminate the struggles of modern human survival - physical, emotional, environmental - through a collection of essays exploring intimacy, addiction, obsession, religion, homelessness, and incarceration. With the personal insight of The Empathy Exams, the societal exposal of Nickel and Dimed, and the stylistic innovation and intensity of her own breakout debut novel, Binary Star, Sarah Gerard's Sunshine State uses the intimately personal to unearth the deep reservoirs of humanity buried in the corners of our world that are often hardest to face. In the collection's title essay, Gerard volunteers at the Suncoast Seabird Sanctuary, a world-renowned bird refuge. There she meets its founder, who once modeled with a pelican on his arm for a Dewar's Scotch campaign but has since declined into a pit of fraud and madness. He becomes our embezzling protagonist whose tales about the birds he "rescues" never quite add up. Gerard's personal stories are no less eerie or poignant. An essay that begins as a look at Gerard's first relationship becomes a heart-wrenching exploration of acquaintance rape and consent. An account of intimate female friendship pivots midway through, morphing into a meditation on jealousy and class. Sunshine State offers a unique look at Florida, a state whose economically and environmentally imperiled culture serves as a lens through which we can examine some of the most pressing issues haunting our nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Madeleine Maby. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/005913/bk_harp_005913_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Priestdaddy: A Memoir , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 612min
From Patricia Lockwood - a writer acclaimed for her wildly original voice - a vivid, heartbreakingly funny memoir about having a married Catholic priest for a father. Father Greg Lockwood is unlike any Catholic priest you have ever met - a man who lounges in boxer shorts, who loves action movies, and whose constant jamming on the guitar reverberates "like a whole band dying in a plane crash in 1972". His daughter is an irreverent poet who long ago left the church's country. When an unexpected crisis leads her and her husband to move back into her parents' rectory, their two worlds collide. In Priestdaddy, Lockwood interweaves emblematic moments from her childhood and adolescence - from an ill-fated family hunting trip and an abortion clinic sit-in where her father was arrested to her involvement in a cultlike Catholic youth group - with scenes that chronicle the eight-month adventure she and her husband had in her parents' household after a decade of living on their own. Lockwood details her education of a seminarian who is also living at the rectory, tries to explain Catholicism to her husband, who is mystified by its bloodthirstiness and arcane laws, and encounters a mysterious substance on a hotel bed with her mother. Lockwood pivots from the raunchy to the sublime, from the comic to the deeply serious, exploring issues of belief, belonging, and personhood. Priestdaddy is an entertaining, unforgettable portrait of a deeply odd religious upbringing and how one balances a hard-won identity with the weight of family and tradition. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Patricia Lockwood. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/029727/bk_adbl_029727_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Four Elements of Thinking: Reasoning, Creativity, Synthesis, Evaluation , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 664min
Stuck mulling over a problem? Do you find it hard to make decisions? Do you struggle to be creative? Are you overwhelmed by information overload? Got thinker's block?The Four Elements of Thinking introduces tools in your thinker's toolbox. It introduces a methodical and practical approach to thinking. It associates the four vital aspects of thinking (Reasoning, Creativity, Synthesis, and Evaluation) with easy to remember mnemonics (Earth, Air, Water, and Fire). The four elements presents a system to improve your skills at managing information, decision-making, creativity, reasoning, and problem solving.The book will allow you to see new opportunities and solutions by engaging key mental tools during the thinking process. The four elements introduces a method for systematic investigation of the deep study of a subject. Each of the four elements of thinking is comprised of four components. In turn, each of the components is comprised of principles which are tools in a thinker's toolkit. The elements of Earth, Air, Water and Fire remind you to apply Reasoning, Creativity, Synthesis and Evaluation throughout the thinking process.Empedocles from ancient Greece claimed the world was composed of the four elements of Earth, Air, Fire, Water. These elements are now easy to remember because they are infused into popular culture. Earth thinking represents reasoning that is coherent and logical. It is composed of the Evidence, Inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning and abductive reasoning components. Air thinking is a proxy for creativity. It is composed of the Investigation, Incubation, Insight and Innovation components. Water thinking symbolizes synthesis thinking which is composed of the linking, perspective, synthesis, and pivots components. Fire thinking stands for Evaluation. It is composed of the decision, judgment, contingency and validation components.The problem solving flow de ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Dheere. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/153851/bk_acx0_153851_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Day Trading , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 291min
There are many sources of income but day trading is more than just a source of income but a door to brighter future. Is your daily job giving yourself the best that you need in life? If not, day trading is a change in both lifestyle and mindset. With so many trading books out there, many that are noticeably absent are those that address day trading that is precisely how this book came to be. As someone enjoys reading those books who understands the benefits of day trading, I had to find a way to keep things in check. At first, I began my book by explaining what to do in order to get ready for day trading, then I outlined the entire book in the following headlines: The basics of day trading Strategic trading Money matters Establishing yourself Don'ts of day trading Stock market Entry strategies for day trading Technical analysis in day trading Scalping Fading Daily pivots Momentum Creating your day trading plan Success tips in day trading Brokerage firms that focus on day trading Essential day trading tips for beginners Developing your target price Using candlesticks chart as part of your strategy How to subscribe a level 2 service quotes service So, if you're like me and have been hunting for a way to make your life successful then listen on! It is a superb book which contains approved information on day trading. If you have purchased this book, then the chances are that you are looking forward to changing your life forever. The fact is, that while day trading works, it calls for handwork as well as commitment because it can be hard to work for you if you are lazy. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Dave Wright. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/088649/bk_acx0_088649_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Lean: The Best Guide to Help You Master Lean Thinking. Learn About Kanban Systems and Six Sigma , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 252min
Are you looking for a guide to help you better understand the principles of Lean? If yes, then keep listening!People often consider Lean as making money. Well, every business aims to generate revenue. The purpose of Lean, as we will see in the case of entrepreneurs, is to ensure that values are supplied to the customer. This is through products designed to cater to the needs of the customers. This waste management thinking has helped a lot of businesses shape their visions in creating substantial products with value-filled services and not just producing to make money. Of course, income will flow in as a result of massive sales. It is a beneficial situation both for the manufacturer and the customer. The customer enjoys the product; the manufacturer receives his pay. This book covers the following topics:The Toyota production systemTotal quality managementAdvantages and benefitsUnderstand the principles of lean.KaizenTypes of Kanban systemsSix sigmaKanbanAnd much moreLean thinking helps you have real-time experience with the customers, and you can build the product in line with their taste and expectations. You cannot always be in the same position. "No Growth" is terrible for business. Big enterprises, including startup businesses, are sure to have ups and downs at one point in time. There will be discouragement, break in production, and other hazards surround the business world. So, to thrive, get ready for the bad times. When a situation goes south, one of the most effective ways to quickly overcome it is by overturning it into an opportunity. Consider the critical Lean formula on facing uncertainties: Chaos + speed + pivots = success."Do you want to learn more about Lean? Scroll up to the top of the page and hit the "Buy Now" button to get started! ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ethan Parker. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/214069/bk_acx0_214069_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Pivot & Go: The 29-Day Blueprint to Redefine and Achieve Your Success , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 375min
Pivot perspective. Change your life.Most of us run on an endless string of vague goals and should-haves, with true, empowering change always just out of reach. Many of us feel stuck in our day-to-day routine, without the proper tools to break the mold and live our best lives every single day. David Nurse, a renowned life optimization coach of more than 150 NBA players and CEOs, knows it doesn’t have to be that way.Pivot & Go is a compelling, hands-on blueprint to changing course and leading the life you want to live - today. In this energizing, adventurous, and actionable guide, David outlines a clear 29-day plan - not to living the life, but to living your absolute best life. His key is to make mindful mindset pivots that allow you to shift your perspective by incremental yet powerful degrees. Focusing on success, failure, passion, joy, and confidence, Pivot & Go is here to help you find your genuine rhythm - one that will carry you through each chapter of life with the energy and ability to make the most of every day.Punctuated with stories from his own journey to leading a full and rewarding lifestyle, as well as featuring never-before-told stories of triumph from some of the top NBA athletes in the world, David has delivered an audiobook like no other. Not only will it give you the power to change your life, it will give you the strength to do so. Get ready to banish negative thoughts, live to the max, and become energized and ready to tackle each and every day. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Nurse. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/219197/bk_acx0_219197_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Between the World and Me , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 215min
Number-one New York Times best seller National Book Award winner Named one of Time’s Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Decade Pulitzer Prize finalist National Book Critics Circle Award finalist Hailed by Toni Morrison as “required reading”, a bold and personal literary exploration of America’s racial history by “the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race” (Rolling Stone).Named one of the Most Influential Books of the Decade by CNNNamed one of Paste’s Best Memoirs of the DecadeNamed one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by The New York Times Book Review • O: The Oprah Magazine • The Washington Post • People • Entertainment Weekly • Vogue • Los Angeles Times • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • New York • Newsday • Library Journal • Publishers Weekly In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation’s history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race”, a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden?Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates’ attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son - and listeners - the story of his awakening to the t ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ta-Nehisi Coates. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/004241/bk_rand_004241_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Imagination Machine
A guide for mining the imagination to find powerful new ways to succeed.We need imagination now more than ever-to find new opportunities, rethink our businesses, and discover paths to growth. Yet too many companies have lost their ability to imagine. What is this mysterious capacity? How does imagination work? And how can organizations keep it alive and harness it in a systematic way?The Imagination Machine answers these questions and more. Drawing on the experience and insights of CEOs across several industries, as well as lessons from neuroscience, computer science, psychology, and philosophy, Martin Reeves of Boston Consulting Group's Henderson Institute and Jack Fuller, an expert in neuroscience, provide a fascinating look into the mechanics of imagination and lay out a process for creating ideas and bringing them to life:The Seduction: How to open yourself up to surprisesThe Idea: How to generate new ideas The Collision: How to rethink your idea based on real-world feedbackThe Epidemic: How to spread an evolving idea to othersThe New Ordinary: How to turn your novel idea into an accepted realityThe Encore: How to repeat the process-again and again.Imagination is one of the least understood but most crucial ingredients of success. It's what makes the difference between an incremental change and the kinds of pivots and paradigm shifts that are essential to transformation-especially during a crisis.The Imagination Machine is the guide you need to demystify and operationalize this powerful human capacity, to inject new life into your company, and to head into unknown territory with the right tools at your disposal.- Shop: buecher
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Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me Summary , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 31min
This is a Summary of Ta-Nehisi Coates' number-one New York Times best seller Between the World and Me, hailed by Toni Morrison as "required reading", a bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history by "the single best writer on the subject of race in the United States" (The New York Observer). "This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it." In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race", a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men - bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it? And how can we all honestly reckon with this fraught history and free ourselves from its burden? Between the World and Me is Ta-Nehisi Coates' attempt to answer these questions in a letter to his adolescent son. Coates shares with his son - and readers/listeners - the story of his awakening to the truth about his place in the world through a series of revelatory experiences, from Howard University to Civil War battlefields, from the South Side of Chicago to Paris, from his childhood home to the living rooms of mothers whose children's lives were taken as American plunder. Beautifully woven from personal narrative, reimagined history, and fresh, emotionally charged reportage, Between the World and Me clearly illuminates the past, bracingly confronts our present, and offers a transcendent vision for a way forward. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Stacy Thomas. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/061136/bk_acx0_061136_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Doll: A Vanessa Michael Munroe Novel , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 826min
Haunted by a life of violence and as proficient with languages as she is with knives, Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and hunter, has built her life on a reputation for getting things done - dangerous and often not-quite-legal things. Born to missionary parents in lawless Africa, taken under the tutelage of gunrunners, and tortured by one of the jungle’s most brutal men, Munroe was forced to do whatever it took to stay alive. The ability to survive, fight, adapt, and blend has since taken her across the globe on behalf of corporations, heads of state, and the few private clients who can afford her unique brand of expertise, and these abilities have made her enemies. On a busy Dallas street, Munroe is kidnapped by an unseen opponent and thrust into an underground world where women and girls are merchandise and a shadowy figure known as The Doll Maker controls her every move. While trusted friends race to unravel where she is and why she was taken, everything pivots on one simple choice: Munroe must use her unique set of skills to deliver a high-profile young woman into the same nightmare that she once endured, or condemn to torture and certain death the one person she loves above all else. Driven by the violence that has made her what she is, cut off from help, and with attempts to escape predicted and prevented, Munroe will hunt for openings, for solutions, and a way to strike back at a man who holds all the cards. Because only one thing is certain: She cannot save everyone. In this high-octane thriller for fans of Lee Child, Stieg Larsson, and Robert Ludlum's Bourne trilogy, Vanessa Michael Munroe will have to fight fast, smart, and furiously to overcome a dangerous nemesis and deliver her trademark brand of justice. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Hillary Huber. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/003531/bk_rand_003531_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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