Career Control

A Wharton professor and tech entrepreneur examines how algorithms and artificial intelligence are starting to run every aspect of our lives and how we can shape the way they impact us.

Barely funded, technologically inept, conceptually derivative, and driven by rivalries, the company that was to morph into the biggest internet site in the world had an unlikely beginning. This is the fascinating and surprising story that includes all the elements of a great business narrative: obsessive characters from cofounders Tom Anderson and Chris DeWolfe to Rupert Murdock, relentless and unlikely innovation, and dizzying backroom dealmaking; all centered around an epic battle for control.

"Pass the Wildland Firefighter Exam: The Essential Guide to Launching Your Career Fighting Wildfires" is a focused summary of key principles and concepts designed to complement more comprehensive study materials and practical training. This guide provides aspiring wildland firefighters with an overview of critical topics needed to prepare for certification exams and launch their careers in firefighting. The guide explores fire behavior fundamentals, covering combustion science, heat transfer, and the fire tetrahedron. It categorizes wildland fires into surface, crown, and ground types, ...

Do you fail to follow your plans despite your best intentions? Are your mental toughness and willpower keeping you from the life you want? If your life is starting to resemble a never-ending hamster wheel from a lack of intentional action - you simply need to Discipline Your Mind. Dreaming day and night doesn't create the life you want - disciplined action does. Where you end up in life is determined solely by a number of times you fall and get up, and how much punishment you can withstand along the way.

Learn how to snap the chains keeping you from achieving your dreams. From "dating the wrong person" to "going to the wrong college" to "stuck in a career I hate", Control Your Fate gets to the root of the problem, bypassing the symptoms, and delivers a simple process for life change in small, manageable, and implementable steps anyone can take to become happier, satisfied, and more joyous with life.

Andy Storch spent years stuck in the wrong career and drifting aimlessly through life. Now, he is a professional coach, consultant, speaker, and author whose life mission is to equip others to live intentionally, love the life they live, and fulfill their true potential. In his eagerly-anticipated book Own Your Career, Own Your Life, you'll learn how to direct your own career, prepare for the future, and ultimately get back in the driving seat of your own life.

From the master of personal power - a date with destiny..."I know that no matter where you are in your life, you want more! No matter how well you're already doing or how challenged you now may be, deep inside you there lies a belief that your experience of life can and will be much greater than it already is. You are destined for your own unique form of greatness..." Anthony Robbins already has unlocked the personal power inside millions of people worldwide.

Are you working tirelessly to grow your business, only to feel like your profits just don’t match the effort you’re putting in? From profit strategist and CPA Jamie Trull comes a powerful method for finding the money already hiding in your business, so you can enjoy financial freedom once and for all.

What does it take for a brand to survive in the new environment of online marketplaces? What controls need to be put in place? What existing sales and operational processes need to change? These questions and more are answered in this book with a combined business and legal perspective. This book focuses on brands selling on marketplaces in the US and Europe. As legal protections for brands differ around the world, the book focuses on these specific markets where legal protections for brands are well established.

In Smart Moves: Simple Ways to Take Control of Your Life, you'll find the knowledge, tools and confidence to go after what you want and live the life you've always dreamed of. This practical playbook is packed full of more than 100 actionable tips for levelling up in your finances, your career, your wellbeing and your relationships. Inside, you'll find everything you need to empower and motivate you to take charge—starting today!

In the world of finance, excellence isn't just a trait—it’s a reputation that can set you apart from the competition and accelerate your career trajectory. The High-Performance Finance Professional is designed to help young professionals understand what it takes to build that reputation for excellence, while also serving as a valuable resource for seasoned professionals looking to mentor the next generation of finance leaders. Whether you're looking to quickly rise in your career or guide others to do the same, this book provides the essential mindset, skills, and strategies to become a...

This audiobook offers to solve the UK productivity conundrum and dramatically improve health and care services while reducing their cost and much more, besides. And it is no promise or dream. It is evidenced by those who have followed John's prescription, which is to change the way they think about management. Beyond Command and Control exposes the fallacies in command and control management, and they are not what people expect them to be.

Terrified of making bad decisions and missing great opportunities? Do you question your judgment and doubt your intuition? Your brain is like any other muscle: it needs training to improve. Nobody is born with flawless critical thinking and judgment skills. These skills usually require systematic practice, but you can shortcut the learning curve by learning and mastering the methods of the best thinkers, psychologists, and high achievers.

Warehouse workers pack boxes while a virtual dragon races across their screen. If they beat their colleagues, they get an award. If not, they can be fired. Uber presents exhausted drivers with challenges to keep them driving. China scores its citizens so they behave well, and games with in-app purchases use achievements to empty your wallet. Points, badges, and leaderboards are creeping into every aspect of modern life. Game designer Adrian Hon delivers a blistering takedown of how corporations, schools, and governments use games and gamification as tools for profit and coercion.

In an age when scandal can destroy a company's brand or anyone's reputation in an instant - Glass Jaw is an Art of War guide to modern crisis management. In boxing terms, a tough-looking fighter who can't take a punch is said to have a "glass jaw", and so it is these days with targets of controversy. Glass Jaw is a manifesto for these times, written by crisis management veteran Eric Dezenhall, who has spent three decades dealing with some of the most intense controversies, both known and...handled with discretion.

In business and in life, handing over the reins to others is inevitable. Everyone will eventually leave their team, retire from being the CEO, or see their kids leave home and lead their own lives. Leading from the Jumpseat enables us to embrace this inevitability. Leading from the Jumpseat is a metaphor for how we can choose to lead.

"Catapults you into a future scenario that cannot be ignored" Connecting seemingly unrelated instances of essential worker shortages around the world, investment analyst Shamil Ismail builds a compelling and well-researched narrative explaining why aging populations and falling birth rates are leading to a shrinking pool of essential workers in developed countries, which will massively disrupt their societies. Methodically unpacking the factors driving this escalating crisis, he shows why proposed solutions such as automation, AI, and raising the retirement age will not fix this problem. ...

You’ve heard about taking personal responsibility. You know about the importance of having a strong, healthy mindset. Here’s the big idea: These two concepts are 100 percent connected. Taking responsibility equals a strong, healthy mindset. But how do you take personal responsibility? That sounds like no fun! Paul Campbell Aucoin provides a shockingly simple breakthrough, using an easy-to-remember shortcut that turns taking responsibility into a skill.

Release yourself from caffeine the way psychologists free people from cocaine. Put your eating habits in rehab.The psychological strategies in this audiobook, developed by treatment centers to reduce drug cravings, will eliminate or seriously reduce your intake of sugar, salt, and fat. The result? Permanent weight loss without dieting.

If you as a leader hold on too tightly—to your people, to everyday decision-making, to the past, and more—you will cut off vital oxygen necessary for growth. The solution: stop being a control freak and instead empower your employees, get out of your own way, and establish a clear vision for the future. Embrace the growth paradox to get unstuck and grow your company to the next level. By leaning into some key, counterintuitive business ideas, you’ll make space for changes that will lead to nonlinear growth.