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Every day, we make decisions on topics ranging from personal investments to schools for our children to the meals we eat to the causes we champion. Unfortunately, we often choose poorly. The reason, the authors explain, is that, being human, we are all susceptible to various biases that can lead us to blunder. Our mistakes make us poorer and less healthy; we often make bad decisions involving education, personal finance, health care, mortgages and...
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Design-oriented firms such as Apple and IDEO have demonstrated how design thinking can directly affect business results. Yet most managers lack a real sense of how to put this new approach to use for issues other than product development and sales growth. Solving Problems with Design Thinking details ten real-world examples of managers who successfully applied design methods at 3M, Toyota, IBM, Intuit, and SAP; entrepreneurial start-ups such as MeYou...
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Alfred A. Knopf
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[2015?]
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xi, 320 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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The Patient's Playbook will change the way you manage your health and the health of your family, from finding the right doctor to coordinating the best medical care. An expertly informed guide to the steps that everyone should take--even before illness strikes. The Patient's Playbook is a compelling narrative of personal stories that imparts lessons and illuminates strategies for better, and even life-saving, medical decision-making. With clarity...
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"Filled with great strategies you can immediately put to use in your business and personal lives . . . extremely entertaining, thought-provoking." —Tyra Banks, CEO, TYRA Beauty, and creator of America's Next Top Model
Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then there are situations that seem completely hopeless. Conflict is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And to top...
Some negotiations are easy. Others are more difficult. And then there are situations that seem completely hopeless. Conflict is escalating, people are getting aggressive, and no one is willing to back down. And to top...
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2017.
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English
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Shares anecdotal insight into the illogical influences behind poor financial decisions and how to outmaneuver them, covering topics ranging from credit-card debt and household budgeting to holiday spending and real estate sales. Why is paying for things painful? Why are we comfortable overpaying for something in the present just because we've overpaid for it in the past? Why is it easy to pay $4 for a soda on vacation, when we wouldn't spend more...
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Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2009.
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160 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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Uses real-life examples and five basic moral principles to encourage teens to make the right choices in various situations related to friends, family, school, and relationships.
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Elon Books
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2018.
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71 pages : color illustrations ; 29. cm.
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English
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"Danny is a real-life superhero in training, learning about his most important super power of all: 'the power to choose.' In this book, YOU decide how Danny's school day will end by making choices for him. You'll have a blast trying to reach all eight endings!"--Back cover.
74) Photographic Memory Mastery: Learn Powerful Techniques to Boost your Memory Instantly & Remember
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If you want to discover powerful Photographic Memory strategies today to help you develop Photographic Memory skills to help you read more and remember important details for academic or career success, keep reading...
Have you ever asked -
- what is photographic memory?
- can photographic memory be learned?
- can photographic memory be acquired?
… but finding it difficult to get the information you seek in order to understand photographic memory...
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Español
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Cómo ganar amigos e influir en las personas, El poder del ahora, Inteligencia emocional, Tus zonas erróneas, Gente tóxica, El arte de no amargarse la vida... un tsunami de manuales nos inunda. Ya no estamos solos, un libro puede salvarnos. Hecho añicos el sujeto social, se imponen las terapias de autoayuda, funcionales a la ideología consumista imperante. ¿Cómo combatirlas?
La motivación, la creatividad, la capacidad comunicativa, el éxito...
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The children learn about the history of roads and railroads, what can be a problem, and what may not be serious. They learn about engines and traction. They learn about moving people and things around with less work and cost. They run tests of their own to see how traction and friction work. They learn about improvising and going with what they have.
77) Little Ms. Monda
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Within the innermost part of Little Ms. Monda's well-being, feelings of doubt and failure set in. But the stakes are raised when Little Ms. Monda is forced to choose between self-love and loyalty to her family and friends, and pursuing her life with self-worth and value, and recognizing the hurts and issues of other people's opinions.
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Just as bullies hate being called out, so too do the agents of powerful media corporations go on the attack when called out for their abuse of their privileged positions. This narrative is about the misuse of power by News Ltd, the Australian arm of the News Corporation which dominates the media scene in that country. It is an account of how the full force of its considerable assets can be used to dictate and manipulate narratives and how ruthlessly...
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During the process of writing this book I realized a question must be answered before I proceeded. Why would anyone need this book? The answers were developed as I organized my material.#1.If anyone was thinking about a career in education they would be enriched with the information this book.#2.If someone was currently involved in education and required some clarity about their role in the profession they would want this book.#3.If a professional...
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Three Strikes, I'm In. I believe anyone has the opportunity to make their passion or desires a reality. The choice is yours, and the decision is totally up to you. If you want something bad enough, your passion can become a burning desire, and you should make an attempt to go after it. If you never try, then you may sit there wondering what it would have been like if you would have taken that opportunity. I am blessed to say that I am a disabled vet...
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