Real Work

For decades, Adam Gopnik has been one of our most beloved writers, a brilliantly perceptive critic of art, food, France, and more. But recently, he became obsessed by a fundamental matter: How did the people he was writing about learn their outlandish skill, whether it was drawing a nude or baking a sourdough loaf? In The Real Work, Gopnik apprentices himself to an artist, a dancer, a boxer, and even a driving instructor (from the DMV), among others, trying his late-middle-age hand at things he assumed were beyond him.

How would you like to be calmer, less distracted, more productive, and more content at your job? You might think it would take more hours in the day, a better boss, more support, less interference, a shorter commute - and the list goes on. Most of the things we think would help are either not in our control or simply not realistic. But there is one thing we can do to achieve the qualities we seek, and it can be done invisibly and often: meditation.

Meet Justin Campbell. He’s a newly minted MBA who’s landed a coveted job in consulting. He’s headed to Chicago to serve HGS, a large client with an intriguing new technology its executives haven’t yet decided how to exploit. Constrained by a short timeline and limited information, Justin and his team use state-of-the-art strategy tools to analyze various possibilities. But Justin soon finds the application of his strategy toolkit isn’t as straightforward as he’d expected.

Your organization's culture is the key to its success. Strategic planning is essential. People's competencies should be measured and their weaknesses shored up. People crave feedback. These may sound like basic truths of our work lives today. But actually, they're lies. As Marcus Buckingham and Ashley Goodall show in this provocative, inspiring book, there are some big lies - distortions, faulty assumptions, wrong thinking - running through our organizational lives.

Discover a Smarter Way to Invest Your Money Are you unsure about where to put your money? Do you feel confused by all the different ways to invest? Imagine if there was an easy and safe way to grow your money through real estate… Introducing "Passive Real Estate Investing" a simple guide to making your money work for you through private lending in real estate. This guide is for people like you who want an easy and smart way to invest and earn more. In this quick guide, you will discover: What private lending is and why it's a good idea How private lending in real estate works Easy steps ...

Learn the secret of what really drives sales - and how to give people what they need so they want to buy from you.

Each day we deal with the challenges of ordinary life: a series of mundane experiences that could be summarized by the title of this book, Work, Sex, Money. We all hope that these aspects of our life will be a source of fulfillment and pleasure, and they often are. Yet they are also always sources of problems for which we seek practical advice and solutions.

Whether you're looking for your first rental property or just looking for a better way to manage the ones you have, this audiobook shows you Mike Butler's strategies, mind-set, tools, and technologies to make your rental business a boatload easier while giving you a lot more time to do what you want!

Josh "the Shark" Altman has achieved extraordinary success in a traditional industry and in the most competitive real estate market in the country - all without being "discovered" or catching the proverbial big break. He worked for it. He figured it out. He failed. He learned. He wrote his own script. The key to his success? Confidence - informed, intelligent, calculated confidence. Calculated confidence means training yourself in your chosen field, knowing it so well that you can trust your gut instincts to guide you toward the best possible option.

Did you know that movies and books like The Secret haven’t revealed the REAL secret behind getting what you want in life? It takes much more than simply visualizing, creating vision boards, or praying to get what you want in life. Yes, there IS a secret...and it’s about to be revealed to you inside this book! What’s incredible is that this secret is fairly simple and easy to implement. With just 15 minutes a day of your time, you can heal yourself, access amazing ideas that you would have never thought of before, and essentially COMMAND that the universe deliver to you exactly what ...

"Real Faith for Real Life: A Study in the Book of James" Uncover the Timeless Wisdom of James "Real Faith for Real Life" invites you on a profound journey into the teachings of the Book of James. Adapted from an insightful sermon series, this book takes you on a deep dive into James's wisdom, revealing its enduring relevance for modern Christians. What Awaits You: Faith & Life: Delve into the practical aspects of living out your faith in today's complex world. James offers a guide for dealing with trials and temptations. Faith & Works: James underscores the inseparable link between faith ...

In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, America is often reduced to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James Gimpel to launch the Patchwork Nation project, using on-the-ground reporting and statistical analysis to get past generalizations and probe American communities in depth.

Are you struggling to keep the ever-elusive Work/Life Balance? Feel like you are losing your mind on the daily? Dr. Amanda Borre shares tips and tricks on: Health Nutrition Fitness Motherhood Marriage Professional careers all intermingled with real life stories you can relate to. Don’t think you have time for ALL of that? It’s all wrapped into a quick read that gives you ideas on how to have a better balance in just minutes. If you need to get out of that rut you are in, scroll up and click the “buy now’ button right now.

Companies spend billions of dollars annually on diversity efforts, with remarkably few results. Too often diversity efforts rest on the assumption that all that's needed is an earnest conversation about "privilege." That's not enough. To truly make progress with diversity, equity and inclusion, we must focus less on documenting the problem and more on just stopping the transmission of it.

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.

Deep and meaningful interpersonal connections at work are critical to your career—and to your well-being. Bonds built on trust allow women to help one another, exchange information, and be more productive. But high-quality professional relationships are only possible with emotional openness—and not all women feel they can be vulnerable enough in the office to develop these kinds of ties. Making Real Connections explores the many ways that our working relationships with other women are usually amazing—and sometimes messy.

Under the recent advice of social distancing and “stay safe, stay at home”, the advantage in today’s workforce lies with those people who are able to do real work from home. Because, let’s face it, this will not be the only instance in our lifetime where we will encounter the need to lock down and shelter in place. In my book, I show you over 100 ways you can have a successful career working from the comfort of your own home.

Recent best-selling books have completely altered the way we understand how humans work and play together. Zina Sutch and Patrick Malone hope to flip a light switch and illuminate, above all else, that leadership begins with heart and soul. In five succinct chapters, they show that we lead best when we tap into our genetically driven human nature to love and nurture, connect and trust. This book seeks to reintroduce the warmth of human interaction and emotion into the leadership tool kit. 

Do you feel stuck in a dead-end career? Would you rather work part-time, cash in $25,000 checks regularly, and make $100,000 in just your first year? There’s more to life than what you are doing now. You have the ability to become self-sufficient and make serious money. The only thing holding you back is yourself. Expert real estate investor Scott Jelinek understands how to achieve entrepreneurial success, and in Work Just Gets in the Way of Making Money, he shares strategies you can use to find, negotiate, and sell real estate.

Leads are the lifeblood of any business, especially in real estate. So to be successful in real estate, you need to fine-tune your lead generating skills. Business coach and career strategist James Harrison will help you remove the guesswork and share top-performing strategies that simply bring leads to your door and get you closing more business today.