Green Career

In the years following her role as the lead author of the international best seller, Limits to Growth - the first book to show the consequences of unchecked growth on a finite planet - Donella Meadows remained a pioneer of environmental and social analysis until her untimely death in 2001. Thinking in Systems is a concise and crucial book offering insight for problem-solving on scales ranging from the personal to the global. Edited by the Sustainability Institute's Diana Wright, this essential primer brings systems thinking out of the realm of computers and equations and into the tangible world....

Picture this: you open your closet and it doesn’t look like a fabric avalanche waiting to bury you alive. Your kitchen counters are so clear you could actually roll out cookie dough on them. And your garage… well, it no longer resembles a crime scene where old bicycles and half-broken lawn chairs go to die.

“Madeleine Gray takes a scalpel to millennial malaise, office romance, and infidelity, and the result is a brainy, gutsy, nervy—and hilarious—wonder of a novel.” —Meg Howrey, author of They're Going to Love You "Simon’s sarcastic delivery captures the emotions of a heroine with the...

AI is making dumb people dangerous and smart people even cooler. Which one you become depends on one skill. Not prompting. Not "prompt engineering." Direction. THE BRUTAL REALITY Most people use AI like an intern. They type vague requests and get vague results. Then they blame the tool. The people getting rich treat AI like a team of specialists. They give it a role. A goal. A standard. And they push back until the output is something they'd actually bet money on. This gap—between people who USE AI and people who DIRECT AI—will be the biggest wealth divide of the next decade. Using AI ...

Stop learning skills. Start building the one capability that never becomes obsolete. THE BRUTAL TRUTH ABOUT SKILL OBSOLESCENCE Every skill you learn today will be worthless faster than you can master it. That Excel expertise? Obsolete. That Python knowledge? Obsolete. That marketing framework? Obsolete. That design tool? Obsolete. Not in 20 years. In 2.5 years. THE RESEARCH THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING Harvard Business Review: The half-life of technical skills is now 2.5 years. What you learned in 2023 is worth 50% less in 2026. World Economic Forum: → 40% of your skills will be outdated by ...

Do you want to be able to talk to people with confidence and charisma, always know what to say even in difficult situations, easily make small talk, become an effective communicator, and leave a great first impression? If that’s the case, this audiobook will finally help you get there!

The New York Times bestselling author of The Beach House, Jemima J, and Sister Stardust presents a novel about the pleasure and meaning of finding a home—and family—where you least expect them... When Emma Montague left the strict confines of upper-crust British life for New York, she...

Bloomsbury presents From Strength to Strength written and read by Arthur C. Brooks. THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'In this book, Arthur C. Brooks helps people find greater happiness as they age and change' – The Dalai Lama 'This book is amazing' – Chris Evans 'A valuable guide to finding...

The statistics are sobering: 50% of new leaders are deemed ineffective, and 40% fail within the first 18 months of their role. Fortunately, the path to becoming a successful leader is paved with opportunities for growth and learning. This is a guide that offers a new way forward. Centered around the ICE Method, this book provides practical, actionable strategies for Intention, Collaboration, and Execution that will elevate your skills and maximize your impact as a leader.

You keep hearing about the demand for IRS representation services. Perhaps you’ve heard that it’s not complicated, and that it is a service you can provide at a premium fee. But how do you land these clients? Where are they, and how do you build the practice of your dreams so you can stop the long tax season hours and make better money helping taxpayers that appreciate your expertise?

Free yourself with the Green Beret’s A-Team methods of syncing mind, body, and spirit to become all you want to be. War has a way of shooting holes in your best-laid plans. Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Stube (Ret.) suffered life-changing wounds during the battle of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan in 2006, but using the Green Beret methods he learned in the Special Forces, Stube knew he could conquer anything. Conquer Anything is a special forces book, but even more than that it is a leadership book designed to help each of us achieve the highest goals possible.

99% of the time what we THINK is the problem is actually NOT the problem. We’ve all been there. You thought you solved a tough problem, and then it’s back again. Or you’ve worked and reworked your solution and you’re hitting dead ends. Why? We have been taught to find answers to problems, not to question the problem itself. We are still using strategies we learned in elementary school to solve complex, non-routine, difficult and potentially dangerous problems.

You enjoy logical tech work… and marketing seems like a dark art. It’s the total opposite of what you’re good at. The problem is this: If you own an MSP, you must do marketing to generate leads, win new clients, pay your staff more, and make lots of profit… so you can have a GREAT lifestyle. This audiobook has the answer. Inside, you'll find an easy 3 step lead generation system that’s been field tested by hundreds of MSPs across the globe. In the next hour, you'll discover... Why your family are desperate for you to improve your MSP’s marketing...

In the age of continuous scrolling and tailored feeds, the stuff we view on the internet is no accident. The Alphabetical Labyrinth: How Social Media Algorithms Plot What You Seek and Share takes you behind the scenes of the intricate algorithms that shape our digital life. This book explains how social media systems choose what shows on your feed, what is magnified, and why some messages pique your interest while others fade away.

Suck Less, Do Better isn’t just a title; it’s a call to action. It’s time to wake up, look in the mirror, and face the truth: you’re the problem—but you’re also the solution. This straight-talking guide empowers driven individuals who are done with mediocrity and ready to seize control of their futures.

THE F″(X) AI ERA Why the World Is Accelerating Beyond Your Reach — and What You Must Do Before It’s Too Late You are not falling behind. The world is accelerating beyond human speed. We have entered a new era — the F″(x) era — where information no longer just moves faster… it thinks, generates, and improves itself. And most people are still using strategies built for a slower world. In The F″(X) AI Era, you will discover why: Learning more skills is no longer enough Traditional career advice is quietly becoming dangerous Expertise is being replaced by execution speed And why...

Many owners of lawn care and landscape businesses found their companies on the belief that they would make more money working for themselves than they would as employees. Dedicated to the maintenance and beautification of properties, they believe that their hard work and expertise in softscape, hardscape, irrigation, or snow plowing will guarantee their success. But technical knowledge alone won't generate profit or help a company grow.

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years...

In Curable journalist and health care advocate Travis Christofferson looks at medicine through a magnifying glass and asks an important question: What if the roots of the current US health care crisis are psychological and systemic, perpetuated not just by corporate influence and the powers that be, but by you and me? Curable outlines the future of medicine, detailing brilliant examples of new health care systems that prove we can do better. It turns out we have more control over our health (and happiness) than we think.

Meet Jasmine Green—an aspiring veterinarian who adores animals—in this three-audiobook collection! Jasmine Green loves animals. Her mother is a veterinarian. Her father is a farmer. And her brother and sister are . . . well, they’re mostly annoying. But being in the Green family means...