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Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and a speaker, writer, and mother, found herself exasperated by the busyness of modern life: too many conflicting obligations and not enough time, energy, or patience to get everything done. She tried all the standard techniques—prioritizing, multitasking, delegating, even napping—but none really worked. Determined to create a less stressful life for herself—without giving up her hard-won career success or happiness at home—she road-tested every research-based tactic.

As two-income families find themselves ever more time-poor, many look to outsource to cleaners, nannies, and care workers. More and more, it would seem, people are finding themselves without either the emotional or the financial resources to take care of themselves and each other. The home, rather than an escape from the work and its pressures, is in fact an extension of it. After Work is a crucial corrective to this trend, extending its attention beyond paid jobs to the impact of domestic work upon familial relationships, social bonds, and our conceptions of domestic space.

The AI Digital Nomad Blueprint: 7 Automated AI Businesses to Ditch Your 9–5 and Travel Full-Time (No Coaching. No Client Work. No Personal Brand Required.) 📍 Escape burnout. Ditch the hustle. Build quiet income streams using AI. If you're done with the influencer hamster wheel, tired of pretending to enjoy Zoom calls, or just desperate to escape the content treadmill, this is your blueprint to real freedom. Inside The AI Digital Nomad Blueprint, you'll discover seven fully automated, faceless business models you can launch from your laptop, powered by AI, no audience, no personal brand...

You check email the moment you lift your head off the pillow in the morning. You bring work with you on vacation, sneak glances at your smart phone during family dinners, and take business calls and texts at your kid's sports games. It's as if you've been forced to make a choice between your company or your life, sacrificing time for yourself and family for the sake of career success. But it doesn't have to be that way.

In Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Tim McLoughlin draws upon his three-decade career in the criminal justice system with his characteristic wit and his fascination with misfits and malfeasance. A lifetime immersed in New York City feeds short stories that evoke a landscape of characters rife with personal arrogance and misjudgment; and nonfiction essays about toeing the line when the line keeps disappearing.

When asked if they'd rather receive aid or work, the world's poorest people will always choose work. But the world's richest countries continue to send aid, targeting the symptoms, not the causes of poverty. Western countries have the best intentions, but charity-based aid often does more harm than good, and billions of people continue to suffer. According to Leila Janah, giving dignified, steady, fair-wage work is the most effective way to eradicate poverty.

Fish! Sticks employs the same kind of easy-to-use story that was used in Fish! to illustrate its three main commitments for continued success: Find IT, Live IT, Coach IT, where the "IT" is each employee's own personal vision, found within the overall vision for the business. Chock full of easy-to-grasp examples, this book provides advice that is concrete and can produce immediate improvements in employee morale, customer satisfaction, and productivity, both for the short and long-term.

As a working mother you often draw the short straw. Bosses and coworkers assume that since you're focused on your family, you don't prioritize work, and they give crucial opportunities to those around you. Advice for Working Moms can help you alleviate this stress. Drawing on the wisdom of experts and parents alike, it will help you strike the right balance between family and work, all while navigating the long-standing bias against mothers and, more broadly, women in the workforce.

This book was previously published as “Hotel Spanking” by Reba Bale. This business trip is more painful than she expected… Trapped in a hotel room with her annoying coworker while working on an impossible project for their boss, Debbie can’t help but feel a little petulant and bratty. John is smug. Hot. Super annoying. And a secret alpha? Debbie had no idea her coworker had such a bossy side until he calmly informs her that he knows the perfect way to release her tension – a good old-fashioned over-the-knee spanking. When the spanking is over, they can’t help but explore the ...

After a series of terror attacks Max finds himself once again in battle with a ghost from the past – Daniel McBain, who as unearthed an annihilator base on the Oregon coast. Inadvertently Max, Susan and their group are whisked back to 1943 where history has been altered in the Nazi’s favor. They are pitted against an ARDU unit that will stop at nothing to kill them. They must somehow find a way back in order to correct the time line and stop a worldwide genocide

55 Great Ways to Increase Your Income is a practical guide to getting paid more and earning extra cash on the side. It provides a comprehensive overview of the various strategies, both short-term and long-term, which can be utilized to increase your income. Each strategy is backed up with real-life examples, making this an ideal resource for anyone looking to make more money right now.

Do you want to discover the must-have project management hacks to achieve more success and master every area of your life? If you’ve ever experienced project failure at home, work or even with your hobbies, you’re not alone. The truth is, project management isn’t easy. And it’s important to remember that this is not your fault! But becoming a successful project manager doesn’t happen by luck...you have to take action. And that’s how Project Management for Beginners will empower you.

Your entire career depends on communication. When you can communicate effectively, you already have the foundation for being not just a good leader, but a great one…. A leader who inspires…. A leader who motivates…. A leader who is remembered. Whether you’re leading an entire organization, you’re an entry-level manager, or you’re considering beginning your journey into leadership, it all starts with communication.… And you’re about to uncover its secrets.

Nothing ever fits Grayson, so when he finds a tailor that promises to work magic on his new suit, he just has to give him a try. Grayson has spent his whole life trying to hide behind everyone else. And as short as he is, it's been easy. But with an awards ceremony coming up, he wants an outfit that will turn heads. Maybe even the head of a woman who will finally see past his height. This tailor says he can help him do just that — that getting a new suit can transform a person. Grayson dismisses it as an exaggeration at first, but as he gets closer and closer to seeing the finished ...

Transform Your IT Leadership with AI-Powered Efficiency Struggling to balance strategic planning with daily operational chaos? Lead IT with AI is your essential playbook for using generative AI—like ChatGPT—to automate routine tasks, clarify communication, and lead smarter in fast-paced IT environments. Whether you're managing hybrid teams, overseeing critical infrastructure, or responding to stakeholder demands, this guide gives you proven, real-world GPT prompt templates built for IT Managers and Directors. What You’ll Learn: Build a custom AI prompt library to save hours every week...

What happens when someone discovers your deepest secret? Landon is a singer. It's all he's ever wanted to be, and he knows he can make it if he just keeps trying. But until then, he has to take whatever jobs he can get. Working as an assistant at a doctor's office is just another way to pay the bills. Nothing more. Andrew devotes everything to his practice. All his attention and all his time. There's no room for anything else. When he meets his handsome new assistant, he knows that his willpower is going to be tested, but he also knows that he'll pass. Just like he always does. But when ...

You didn’t leave your job to become your own worst boss. Most entrepreneurs start their business chasing freedom — only to find themselves drowning in client demands, late-night emails, last-minute requests, and non-stop availability that leaves them exhausted and resentful. The real secret to a profitable, sustainable, and joyful business isn’t working harder or saying yes to everything. It’s mastering gentle boundaries — clear, compassionate limits that protect your time, energy, and value without burning bridges or turning you into a robot. In The Art of Gentle Boundaries, real...

A decade ago, I chose to thrive in my career by starting my first work journal. A decade later, I share the techniques that made me maintain this gem of a habit for all professionals like me. In this book, you will find how work journals can help any professional grow and maintain a fulfilling career, the different tools you need to get started with your own journal including my personal and preferred setup, the common problems new journalers experience with clear and practical ways of solving them, and tips on how to not sink but thrive in the process.

Often, thousands of women live unconsciously behind excuses and mental walls, depending on another factor external to their own being, which is not always responsible and sometimes take control of their actions. You have probably felt stuck at some point in your life and need help, or perhaps, you have asked yourself the following questions: How to stop procrastinating? How to stop feeling afraid? How to manage stress and anxiety? How to be a productive woman? I invite you to listen to this book and take control of your life!

Within this audiobook, you'll find myriad approaches to Alice, from horror to historical, taking us from the nightmarish reaches of the imagination to tales that will shock, surprise, and tug on the heart-strings. So, it's time now to go down the rabbit hole, or through the looking-glass or...but no, wait. By picking up this audiobook and starting to listen to it, you're already there, can't you see?