Sarah Wynn-Williams, a young diplomat from New Zealand, pitched for her dream job. She saw Facebook's potential and knew it could change the world for the better. But when she got there and rose to its top ranks, things turned out a little different.
From wild schemes cooked up on private jets to risking prison abroad, 'Careless People' exposes both the personal and political fallout when boundless power and a rotten culture take hold. In a gripping and often absurd narrative, Wynn-Williams rubs shoulders with Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and world leaders, revealing what really goes on among the global elite—and the consequences this has for all of us.
Candid and entertaining, this is an intimate memoir set amid powerful forces. As all our lives are upended by technology and those who control it, 'Careless People' will change how you see the world.
Paulo Coelho is one of the bestselling authors in the world, with more than 230 million copies of his books—from 'The Alchemist' to 'The Warrior of Light'—sold across 170 countries in eighty languages. In this enchanting and introspective journal, Coelho takes you down the path of reflection and imagination.
With 45 thought-provoking questions, you will explore mind and soul as you consider the signs and omens along your journey, make peace with the unknown, and learn to listen to your heart's desires. Evocative and intimate, each page prompts big and small contemplations on fear, love, gratitude, forgiveness, destiny, and more.
'Journey' includes an introduction from Coelho, plenty of blank space to write, and beautifully designed quotes from his most popular books, speeches, interviews, and posts. Exquisitely produced, with a white and copper foil-stamped cover, 'Journey' is a must-have for fans of this legendary writer—and anyone seeking a space for discovery and inspiration.
Experience a cinematic origin story of the infamous DC villain as never before with this unique edition of the Academy Award-nominated 'Joker' screenplay. Acclaimed and evocative, 'Joker' depicts Arthur Fleck's descent into madness as a soulful, allegorical character study that belongs on the shelf of every Batman fan.
Financial journalist Nicholas Shaxson first made his reputation studying the 'resource curse', seeing first-hand the disastrous economic and societal effects of the discovery of oil in Angola. He then gained prominence as an expert on tax havens, revealing the dark corners of that world long before the scandals of the Panama and Paradise Papers. Now, in 'The Finance Curse', revised with chapters exclusive to this American edition, he takes us on a terrifying journey through the world economy, exposing tax havens, monopolists, megabanks, private equity firms, Eurobond traders, lobbyists, and a menagerie of scoundrels quietly financialising our entire society, hurting both business and individuals.
Shaxson shows how we got here, telling the story of how finance re-engineered the global economic order in the last half-century with the aim not of creating wealth but of extracting it from the underlying economy. Under the twin gospels of 'national competitiveness' and 'shareholder value', megabanks and financialised corporations have provoked a race to the bottom between states to provide the most subsidised environment for big business, have encouraged a brain drain into finance, and have fostered instability, inequality, and turned a blind eye to the spoils of organised crime. From Ireland to Iowa, Shaxson shows the insidious effects of financialisation on our politics and on communities who were promised paradise but got poverty wages instead.
We need a strong financial system—but when it grows too big it becomes a monster. 'The Finance Curse' is the explosive story of how finance got a stranglehold on society, and reveals how we might release ourselves from its grasp.
Financial success does not always depend on your knowledge. It has to do with your behaviour. Even for extremely intelligent people, conduct is difficult to teach. Investment, personal finance, and business decisions are frequently taught as maths-based subjects where data and formulae provide clear instructions. On a spreadsheet, however, people do not make financial decisions in the real world. They are made at the dinner table or in a meeting space, where personal history, your particular worldview, ego, pride, marketing, and unusual incentives are all mixed up.
Why do some people, regardless of how much money they have in their bank accounts, feel that they are always in a state of scarcity and fear? Why is it that while some people approach financial goal-setting with dread, others do so with zeal and assurance? What distinguishes them? Could it have something to do with how they view money itself?
People who have a positive relationship with money tend to have similar behaviours and characteristics. What are their diverse ways of thinking and acting? Can these actions be learned, or are they encoded in a person's psychology? In this thought-provoking book, Dr Charles Richards, a psychotherapist, offers surprising and uplifting responses to these queries in this thought-provoking book. He demonstrates how each of us may develop a fruitful relationship with money and build a wealthy and fulfilling life, based on his research and interactions with experts.
The experiences of individuals who bravely overcame adversity and had amazing lives form the book's core. Their stories, together with Dr Richards' conversations with finance professors, lawmakers, business owners, and other successful people, pave the way for a better future for all of us.
We currently live in a challenging economic climate. Popular financial experts advise us to play it safe, stay put, and shield ourselves from future uncertainty. Dr Richards counters those who spread fear with optimism, moderation, and wisdom. Anyone who wants to succeed in their personal or professional life and experience true success should read 'The Psychology of Wealth'. It offers guiding principles for a better existence.
Leadership development speaker and consultant Andy Ellis is the former CSO of Akamai, where he contributed to the creation of Akamai's billion-dollar cybersecurity business. He now brings his speaking, consulting, and business knowledge to readers with '1% Leadership'—based on the reality that real-world leadership is messy and complicated; it rarely fits into an acronym or a dogmatic, overarching philosophy. Ellis says that there are no 'irrefutable laws' of leadership or power; there is no secret. As a result, '1% Leadership' does not provide one path to leadership—it provides dozens of practical lessons that anyone, at any stage of their career, can use to make tiny '1% at a time' improvements. '1% Leadership' is a handy guidebook that business readers can regularly apply to identify blind spots, boost morale (both personal and among teams and organisations), and solve problems at work.
Readers can spend a few minutes each Monday morning focusing on one lesson for their leadership development—perhaps that lesson only improves their performance by 1%, but it is those accumulated 1% improvements that separate the best leaders from everyone else. Lessons include: