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The first authoritative and comprehensive guide to "aging in place"--a burgeoning movement for those who don't want to rely on assisted living or nursing home care--which allows seniors to spend their later years living comfortably, independently, and in their own home or community. For millions of Americans, living in a nursing home or assisted living facility is not how they'd prefer to spend their retirement years. This is why more and more people...
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The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645. Many translations have been made, and it enjoys an audience considerably broader than other martial artists and people across East Asia. For instance, some foreign business leaders find its discussion of conflict and taking the advantage to be relevant to their work in a business context....
3) So you want to start a side hustle: build a business that empowers you to live your life, your way
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"Create a successful side hustle that pays off in a life changing way with this definitive guide from two expert side hustlers. Have you ever dreamed of a way to earn extra money, cover unexpected expenses, or step away from a corporate job and create a life that's more in line with what you truly value? If so, the idea of the "side hustle" could be more relevant to you than ever. In this hard-hitting guide, a husband-and-wife team who have built...
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"Death is scary—but planning your funeral doesn't have to be! It's Your Funeral! will help demystify death, decrease your anxiety, and put the fun back in funeral, whether that means a drunken bacchanal or a somber reflection on just how great you were. Every stage of the legacy planning process is considered, from a burial outfit to a funeral theme. Practical and cheeky questions alike are answered, including: What is the most eco-friendly burial...
6) Bygones
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An estranged couple must temper their hostilities when their daughter announces that she is pregnant and wants both parents to walk her down the aisle.
Forty-year-old Bess Curran is an interior designer who is still lonely and bitter after a traumatic divorce from Michael six years earlier. She and her husband have nothing left to say to each other, and their children, Lisa and Randy, are their only bond. Lisa, anxious for her parents to reconcile,...
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"Are you a high potential charting your course within your current organization, a leader trying to jumpstart innovative thinking in your company? Or are you ready to do something new? Consider this simple yet powerful idea: disruptive companies and ideas upend markets by doing something truly different - they see a need, an empty space waiting to be filled, and they dare to create something for which a market may not yet exist. An expert in...
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Award-winning Washington Post retirement columnist Stan Hinden's bestselling How to Retire Happy, Fourth Edition, helps you make the right decisions to ensure a happy, healthful retirement. It delivers all the expert advice you need in an easy-to-understand step-by-step style. How to Retire Happy includes everything that has made previous editions the go-to guides for retirees and near-retirees, plus:
Brand-new material on health insurance and the...
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Annie O'Harran is getting married . . . all over again
A divorced, single mum, Annie is about to tie the knot with David. But there's a long summer to get through first. A summer where's she's retreating to a lonely house in Cornwall, where's she's going to finish her book, spend time with her teenage daughter Flora and make any last-minute wedding plans.
Annie should be so lucky.
For almost as soon as Annie arrives her competitive sister and her...
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Strategy essentially involves competing to be unique. It is the key to achieving goals through proper planning, resourcing, implementation and evaluation of various strategy management tactics. The strategy is essentially the choices an organization makes, that defines what markets to be served and how to gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. The strategy involves taking basic directional decisions for organizational purposes and missions....
11) Road to nowhere
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For years, Wardsville sat nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, a peaceful small town. The kind of place where neighbors care for each other. But that's until unexpected funding arrives to build a road into town. With millions to be gained in land and development deals--and millions to be lost for those in the road's way--everyone has something at stake. Suddenly, this quiet town is torn in two as neighbor turns on neighbor. The fate...
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W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne changed the field of strategy and the language of business with their pathbreaking "blue ocean strategy," a model for creating uncontested markets that unlock new demand and new opportunities for growth. This book brings together three of their classic blue ocean strategy articles, all first published in Harvard Business Review."Blue Ocean Strategy" highlights the distinct differences between market-competing (red ocean)...
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Dick and Jane are in trouble—money trouble. Like their friends, and maybe like you, they struggle to stay afloat on a sea of debt. After listening to a radio program, they discover there might be a way out. But it will be hard. It will hurt. Can they do it? They are in debt. They face car repairs and job losses. Dare they think they could possibly retire in comfort someday? Is retiring early an impossible dream or something they could actually achieve?...
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When you approach the end of your career, you may have the assets you need to retire, but do you have a game plan to live comfortably, spend what you've saved, and never outlive your money? This is a major stumbling block for many people as they approach retirement, but it doesn't have to be. You can live the life you've always envisioned-travel, a second home, time with grandchildren-without having to micromanage your money or fearing it will run...
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Most organizations manage risk using Enterprise Risk Management, which looks at past exposures or actuarial assessments to identify calculable and predictable threats. But the world is changing so quickly, and in such unexpected ways, that executives need to tackle risk head-on as an integral part of their strategic planning process.
Strategic Risk Management is a far more forward-looking approach that emphasizes future potential over past actions-it's...
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How to Settle Down in Costa Rica and Enjoy Your Retirement to the Fullest. Are you done working so hard, taking care of your kids, and saving up for retirement?
Are you now free to get out from behind your office desk and have more fun as you retire?
Do you want to have the best possible option on where to settle down and how to achieve it?
You've got the funds. You've got more free time. You still have plenty of energy to explore more of what...
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Time has become a precious commodity, so business leaders who can save their customers' time more effectively than competitors do will win their loyalty. This book shows how it's done. Business survival requires valuing what customers value-and in our overworked and distraction-rich era, customers value their time above all else. Real-time companies beat their rivals by being faster and more responsive in meeting customer needs. To become a real-time...
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Businesses worry about new technologies, but customers are the ultimate disruptors-Suman Sarkar offers bold strategies for making sure you understand your customers and keep up with their ever-changing needs.
Disruption-the brutal roiling of markets, the decline of long-established brands and products, and the rise of new upstarts-drives business failure and success. Most people think technology causes disruption, but technology merely enables it....
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"I don't love this job anymore, but should I stay for the pension?" This gut-wrenching question is common for many people working in pensionable careers. But, how much is your pension worth? And, is staying worth it?
Since 2017, Grumpus Maximus has researched and written about this critical decision point, which he calls The Golden Albatross. Having served 20 years in the U.S. Military, he too struggled with the same questions, and now, he helps...
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CRISIS IS A GIFT. USE IT TO OPEN YOUR MIND AND INDUCE CHANGE AND GROWTH.
The Gift of Crisis is a roadmap of proven-in-practice steps for all organizations to properly use any crisis to reset and redefine their purpose and business model, align their stakeholders and society, and use innovation and technology to grow exponentially and help the planet become a better home.
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