International Development

The Sweet Potato Queens are bona fide experts at planning a marvelous marriage (and ending one, look below if you're looking for advice on dumping a deadweight hubby!), so who better to provide this handy wedding planner? And even if you're not planning your own nuptials, surely you have dreamt about your perfect day, regardless of whether you've met Mr. Right yet!

India is at a crossroads today. Its growth rate, while respectable relative to other large countries, is too low for the jobs our youth need. Intense competition in low-skilled manufacturing, increasing protectionism globally and growing automation make the situation still more difficult. In this book, the authors explain how we can accelerate economic development by investing in our people’s human capital, expanding opportunities in high-skilled services and manufacturing centered on innovative new products, and making India a ferment of ideas and creativity.

The Accidental Business Nomad is an unvarnished, story-driven, practical guide to working across cultures. The book features real stories of companies going global and highlights the realities of doing business overseas in a post-globalization world. Each story gives fascinating insights and lessons into the cultural realities and unexpected surprises of modern globalization.

In Go Glocal, Craig lays out the framework businesses need to succeed when entering a foreign market, explaining why it’s important to be proactive when deciding where to take your company. Craig breaks down how to prepare your organization for success in a new country, discussing critical issues like whether your value proposition will translate to a new cultural context, why relationships are more important than contracts, how to establish and nurture profitable relationships, and what vehicle for going international might work best for your business.

Elmira Bayrasli's colorful narrative brings listeners inside the world of high-growth entrepreneurs as they overcome vexing obstacles to build businesses that create jobs and economic growth and - perhaps most important - shift mindsets. Here are the people who personify the transformative force of entrepreneurship from parts of the world that will be the source of the overwhelming amount of economic growth over the next 25 years.

Economist Amartya Sen's 1997 work Development as Freedom presents a "middle way" approach to how we should look at international development, based on the idea that its success or failure cannot be measured by income alone. Having grown up in India, Sen brings his own understanding of what poverty really means to the issue, arguing that above all, the process and goal of development must be human freedom. He backs up this idea through his concept of "capabilities."

Described as ‘unique and a great service to understanding’, this book is intended for three groups; Western Buddhists, that bulk of the West that have no religious affiliation yet know there is something more to life, and Buddhists in Asia who follow the encounter of the dharma with the West. It highlights the pervasive similarities in the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha as they were probably originally presented. In its six chapters and appendix, it compares the two great teachers, the Buddha and Jesus, briefly charts the process by which experts have produced words readily ...

Written with the entrepreneurial, ambitious woman in mind, this book acknowledges achievement is fun! As a go-getter, you may find yourself losing energy and enthusiasm for your goal in the crush of other obligations, fires that need to be put out, and people who do not have the same standards, ideals, and expectations that you have. Accomplished will not only see you through any achievement, you will be forever changed by the experience you have listening through the book and completing the companion course.

Do you often feel emotionally exhausted, invalidated, and hopelessly misunderstood in your interactions with someone close to you? Are you struggling to untangle yourself from a web of manipulation and deceit? Welcome to the world of narcissism—a hall of mirrors where nothing is as it seems.

Ross Garcia discusses the development if this paradigm in detail and how we can overcome the persistent little nagging voice in our heads that tells us that we can't do something. He presents transformative and inspirational ideas from the legendary New Thought Leader Bob Proctor, from his books and lectures, and Ross tells his own personal story about how he converted failure into success by thinking about it differently and taking action. Learn how you, too, can eradicate that little voice in your head that tells you, "I can't" by replacing with "I CAN".

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) was developed to accelerate human change. Typically training includes route mastering of an seemingly endless array of techniques. While students of the field may be awed by the results and how quickly that can change human behavior, rarely do they understand why they work. Thus, they have very little capability when it comes to modifying the techniques to fit their situations. This book provides the solution to that dilemma.

"Se ti senti un alieno in questo mondo, va benissimo; non è affatto qualcosa di sbagliato. Dovresti sentirti proprio così, perché il mondo nel quale devi vivere non ti permette di entrare in sintonia con gli altri, con le loro idee, con i loro comportamenti. Questo non è un mondo giusto - intendo dire che non è un mondo a misura d'uomo. E tu vorresti stare in questo mondo e sentirti parte? Sarà naturale sentirsi degli alieni; ma è qualcosa che dovrebbe renderti felice."

In this audiobook, learn how to: leave a great first impression; never let an opportunity pass you by; deal with toxic people; overcome self-limiting beliefs; get people to be interested in you; fail and not be a failure; take appropriate risks; be confident in social settings; minimize life's disappointments; not let past wounds hold up your future; and much more!

We have witnessed a disruptive new world history during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic declaration and its aftermath. Those surreptitious forces we have long suspected of having plans to dominate our lives and target us for exploitation toward their selfish profiteering have become more prominent. The uber-rich billionaire class has used this time to extend their grip over national economies and has made more profits at the fastest rate ever while many middle-class families are being crushed. This book, FORGED BY FIRE, aims to articulate an alternative futurist pathway leading to ...

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Are you a student or a young professional who always thinks about starting your own company one day but doesn't know where to get started? The Titan in Making is a life-changing practical guide made specifically for you that will help you make this transition from academia or professional jobs to entrepreneurship by developing your mindset.

Beginning in 1971 with research conducted in the Northern Territory of Australia, the book presents an integrated story through research conducted in the northern highlands of Thailand and much of the developing world, with an emphasis on Asia. With the benefit of 40 years hindsight, a uniting theme in the work is elicited, which progressively integrates broader aspects of personal development, some of which are alluded to in the text. The initial works tend to be routine technical experiments, which gradually give way to contextual works, development experiences and holistic appreciation ...

Questa è un'opera sullo stupore e la meraviglia, che si rivolge a tutti coloro che sentono il richiamo del risveglio mormorare all'interno del loro essere, come un bisbigliare assordante; ma che al tempo stesso non sanno come orientarsi in quell'onda di piena che a tratti travolge. Osho avvicina alla più grande avventura cui l'essere umano possa aspirare. E ricorda che l'esistenza è meraviglia!

Noi tutti siamo in viaggio, o meglio in fuga. Gli eventi ci invadono, nel bene o nel male, rendendo impossibile qualsiasi elaborazione. E nulla di tutto ciò pare acquietare il bisogno profondo di sentirsi a casa nell'esistenza; anzi, la fantasia, l'immaginazione, ma anche i viaggi veri e propri non aiutano: qualcosa in noi sa che "essere a casa" è unaltra cosa, ha un altro sapore, una vibrazione differente. A un certo punto, viene il dubbio che il Reale sia qualcosa di diverso dalla realtà che l'umanità sta vivendo, agendo o subendo.

Una vita autentica, è questa la proposta esistenziale di Osho che qui affronta il tema della ribellione da diverse prospettive quotidiane, senza perdere di vista quello che da sempre è il vero destino dell'essere umano: una gioiosa comunione con l'esistenza. Nel caos sovrano che sembra ritmare la nostra epoca, potrebbe sembrare un discorso "fuori dal mondo". Di certo lo è, considerato lo stato in cui versa; infatti, Osho invita a guardare le cose con occhi più limpidi, per non tardare più l'assunzione delle proprie responsabilità, anche rispetto a quel caos.