24 Results for : shortsighted
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End of the Good Life: How the Financial Crisis Threatens a Lost Generation - and What We Can Do About It , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 420min
Generation Y faces the bleakest economic landscape in modern history. The recent spikes in unemployment and debt, alongside a drop in marriage, home-buying, and childbearing rates, will have long-term consequences for a group that had no hand in creating the financial crisis. For these young adults, the American Dream is moving farther out of reach. Worse still, leaders aren't doing anything about it. Drawing on a wide range of reportage and interviews from across the United States, Europe, Asia, and Latin America, Riva Froymovich gives voice to those struggling in this new economy and explains the harm of shortsighted government policies - including initiatives to curb the national debt and key social programs. Through policy suggestions that focus on social enterprise and investment in economic growth, as well as inspiring stories from young entrepreneurs carving out their own way, End of the Good Life presents a deeply relevant read for Millennials, their baby boomer parents, and anyone who cares about the survival of this nation's most important tenet: the opportunity to get ahead. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Soneela Nankani. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/harp/003408/bk_harp_003408_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Girl with Glasses: My Optic History , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 163min
Being a Girl with Glasses isn't just a style choice; it's a way of life. If you've ever had your specs steam up when walking into a bar, squinted into the sun on the soccer field, or laid eyes on a new haircut only after your locks are strewn across the floor, you know what it's like to be a GWG. Marissa Walsh has worn glasses since third grade. Now - 10 pairs of glasses, one pair of prescription sunglasses, and endless pairs of contacts later - she has fully embraced her four-eyed fate. As she recounts her optic history through the lenses of each pair of glasses - from the Sergio Valentes and the Sally Jessy Raphaels to the pseudo John Lennons and the dreaded health plan specs - at last she found them...the perfect pair. Marissa's comic look at a life behind glass is at once a poignant personal journey and a wry, canny exploration of just what it means to be a glasses-wearing kind of girl. Peppered with pop culture references and complete with appendixes of resources, classic GWG moments, and helpful tips on finding the right frames for your face, Girl with Glasses will give you reason to commiserate with your shortsighted sisters and celebrate your less-than-perfect vision. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Margie Lenhart. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/015367/bk_adbl_015367_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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And the Weak Suffer What They Must?: Europe's Crisis and America's Economic Future , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 621min
A number one Sunday Times best seller [UK] A titanic battle is being waged for Europe's integrity and soul, with the forces of reason and humanism losing out to growing irrationality, authoritarianism, and malice, promoting inequality and austerity. The whole world has a stake in a victory for rationality, liberty, democracy, and humanism. In January 2015, Yanis Varoufakis, an economics professor teaching in Austin, Texas, was elected to the Greek parliament with more votes than any other member of parliament. He was appointed finance minister and, in the whirlwind five months that followed, everything he had warned about - the perils of the euro's faulty design, the European Union's shortsighted austerity policies, financialized crony capitalism, American complicity and rising authoritarianism - was confirmed as the "troika" (the European Central Bank, International Monetary Fund, and European Commission) stonewalled his efforts to resolve Greece's economic crisis. Here, Varoufakis delivers a fresh look at the history of Europe's crisis and America's central role in it. He presents the ultimate case against austerity, proposing concrete policies for Europe that are necessary to address its crisis and avert contagion to America, China, and the rest of the world. With passionate, informative, and at times humorous prose, he warns that the implosion of an admittedly crisis-ridden and deeply irrational European monetary union should, and can, be avoided at all cost. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Yanis Varoufakis. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/003433/bk_hach_003433_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Not for Profit: Why Democracy Needs the Humanities , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 320min
In this short and powerful book, celebrated philosopher Martha Nussbaum makes a passionate case for the importance of the liberal arts at all levels of education. Historically, the humanities have been central to education because they have been seen as essential for creating competent democratic citizens. But recently, Nussbaum argues, thinking about the aims of education has gone disturbingly awry in the United States and abroad. We increasingly treat education as though its primary goal were to teach students to be economically productive rather than to think critically and become knowledgeable and empathetic citizens. This shortsighted focus on profitable skills has eroded our ability to criticize authority, reduced our sympathy with the marginalized and different, and damaged our competence to deal with complex global problems. And the loss of these basic capacities jeopardizes the health of democracies and the hope of a decent world. In response to this dire situation, Nussbaum argues that we must resist efforts to reduce education to a tool of the gross national product. Rather, we must work to reconnect education to the humanities in order to give students the capacity to be true democratic citizens of their countries and the world. Drawing on the stories of troubling - and hopeful - educational developments from around the world, Nussbaum offers a manifesto that should be a rallying cry for anyone who cares about the deepest purposes of education. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tamara Marston. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/003545/bk_adbl_003545_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Thirst for Power: Energy, Water, and Human Survival , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min
How changing the way we think about water and energy can secure the long-term sustainability of both precious resources. Although it is widely understood that energy and water are the world’s two most critical resources, their vital interconnections and vulnerabilities are less often recognized. This farsighted audiobook offers a new, holistic way of thinking about energy and water - a big picture approach that reveals the interdependence of the two resources, identifies the seriousness of the challenges, and lays out an optimistic approach with an array of solutions to ensure the continuing sustainability of both. Michael Webber, a leader and teacher in the field of energy technology and policy, explains how energy and water supplies are linked and how problems in either can be crippling for the other. He shows that current population growth, economic growth, climate change, and shortsighted policies are likely to make things worse. Yet, Webber asserts, more integrated planning with long-term sustainability in mind can avert such a daunting future. Combining anecdotes and personal stories with insights into the latest science of energy and water, he identifies a hopeful path toward wise, long-range water-energy decisions and a more reliable and abundant future for humanity. Published by Yale University Press. “This is an important and deeply readable book.” - Susan Tierney, Analysis Group “A wide-ranging, nuanced view of difficult but important issues that require serious consideration at every level, from policymakers, opinion shapers, and educators down to everyday citizens.” - Kirkus Reviews “Concise, relevant, and engaging” - Choice ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Pile. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/100884/bk_acx0_100884_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Leadership Pill: The Missing Ingredient in Motivating People Today , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 72min
How can you become a more successful manager, a stronger team leader, and a motivator who gets the best results from a group? Ken Blanchard and Marc Muchnick's The Leadership Pill provides the answer. In the best selling tradition of Whale Done! and The One Minute Manager, their entertaining and inspiring new book is a parable about the competition between two leaders with totally different management styles - a story that reveals the ingredients of truly effective leadership. Consider this tantalizing possibility: What if there were a pill that could actually stimulate the natural powers of the mind and body to provide leadership? In the story, an amazing new pill heightens one leader's powers, but contains the wrong ingredients, stimulating him in an obsessive and shortsighted direction with disastrous results. In contrast, the Effective Leader, working without a pill, proclaims that "only through sustainability can our teams remain motivated and successful." An inspiring and supportive leader, he supplies the right ingredients, earning his team's respect and trust with a blend of integrity, partnership, and affirmation. The hard-won result is a highly motivated team producing consistent top performance and genuine success. Ultimately it is recognized that "leadership for a lifetime" is much easier to digest than a pill for leaders looking for a quick fix. Destined to be a transforming experience for countless readers, The Leadership Pill shows business managers at any level how to apply the right techniques for getting both results and the commitment of their people, even when the pressure to perform is high. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Walter Bobbie. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/sans/000463/bk_sans_000463_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Brand vs Wild: Building Resilient Brands for Harsh Business Environments , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 364min
Today's business leaders operate in an increasingly harsh environment. Uncertainty in the economy causes paralysis. Quarterly goals drive short-term and shortsighted decisions. Workforce mobility kills loyalty. Iconic products decline as fast as start-ups create new categories. And the pressure to do more with less, combined with the multiplicity of available marketing tools and technology, can be overwhelming. Now more than ever, brands and the people who lead them need clarity and guidance. The good news is that people have found ways to thrive in harsh environments for millennia. Author Jonathan David Lewis, combining the lessons of group survival dynamics with more than a decade of proprietary research into the factors that cause companies to lose their way, shows leaders how to thrive in unforgiving business environments by learning to: Focus on navigating risk instead of trying to measure or reduce it Cultivate your brand's will to live by staying positive and asking the most important question: Are you worth it? Read the brand signs by observing the market, keeping an eye on performance measures, engaging your team, and listening to your gut Develop a concept of "mission" to ensure internal alignment and reduce friction Act with urgency rather than waiting for the right circumstance Brand vs. Wild helps listeners understand the wilderness in which they find their companies and identify the specific steps they must take to thrive in the brand wilderness. There is hope in a harsh business world. And Brand vs. Wild is it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Grover Gardner. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/gdan/002209/bk_gdan_002209_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Brotherhood: America's Next Great Enemy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 570min
The Muslim Brotherhood, or Ikhwan, has engaged in terrorism, assassinations, and anti-Western, anti-Semitic rhetoric and violence for almost a century - yet few Americans realize how powerful they really are. While we focus on al Qaeda, Hamas, and Hezbollah, it's actually the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest, most influential, and most anti-American Islamist group, that has become the preeminent voice and power in the Muslim world. Hiding behind a cloak of respectability and expensive Western suits, the Muslim Brotherhood is installing vehemently anti-American governments and power structures throughout the Middle East and the world, as we sit back and cheer for the "democracy" of the Arab Spring. In his new book, The Brotherhood: America's Next Great Enemy, Erick Stakelbeck teaches us the frightening truth about this dangerous group, from his first-hand experiences investigating the Brotherhood for eleven years, interviewing its members and visiting its mosques and enclaves. In The Brotherhood, Stakelbeck: Reveals how the Obama administration has put the Brotherhood on the threshold of power at every turn Examines the alarming ramifications for America, Europe, and Israel of the Brotherhood's rapid rise Warns against the West's-particularly the Left's-shortsighted, naïve, and deadly embrace of the Ikhwan and Traces the group from its violent roots to its current strategy of "stealth jihad" With Middle Eastern unrest only growing hotter, and saber-rattling at the West only growing louder, the Muslim Brotherhood's growing global clout will remain on the front burner of American national security challenges. Revealing and disconcerting, The Brotherhood is a must-listen for every American hoping to remain in a free America. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: John Pruden. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/tant/003255/bk_tant_003255_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Injured to Elite: A Guide to Empowering Yourself to Transform Your Life After Injury , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 354min
Ever wonder what it takes to guide your journey to elite performance after a physical challenge?Instead of relying on hand-holding by costly medical or performance professionals, Dr. David Meyer PT, DPT, created Injured to Elite to save you time, money, agony, and, most importantly, to empower you to utilize a seemingly negative physical challenge as a massive opportunity to retrain your mind, body, and spirit to achieve your fullest potential both on and off the field. Working from the belief that you can learn what he has by simply taking the time to understand it, Dr. Meyer PT, DPT, offers you his extensive academic training and experience working in Major League Baseball in an approachable handbook that takes you through recovery and beyond.No more wading through bogus internet searches and overpaying for misleading trainers - this book teaches you how to become your own professional performance guide.Ryan Sherriff has gone from injured to elite in the major leagues:“Dave was with me before the big leagues during my worst times in the minor leagues, and was a big part of my journey getting through my injuries and to the show.” - MLB LHP Ryan Sherriff, Tampa Bay RaysIn this sometimes shortsighted and superficial world, whether you play a professional sport on the big screen, or jog around the block before work in the morning, everyone requires a higher purpose.Dr. David Meyer is a sports performance physical therapist who graduated with his doctorate in physical therapy from New York University. After completing an advanced sports residency training program at the world-renowned Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, he served as the medical and rehabilitation coordinator for the St. Louis Cardinals for three years from 2015 through the 2017 season. While now serving as an advocate for athletes going through adversity and working toward advanced credentials with the Association of Applied Sports Psychology, a ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: David Meyer. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/225372/bk_acx0_225372_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Citizen Capitalism: How a Universal Fund Can Provide Income and Influence to All , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 230min
Corporations have a huge influence on the life of every citizen - this book offers a visionary but practical plan to give every citizen a say in how corporations are run while also gaining some supplemental income. It lays out a clear approach that uses the mechanisms of the private market to hold corporations accountable to the public. This would happen through the creation of what the authors call the Universal Fund, a kind of national, democratic, mega mutual fund. Every American over 18 would be entitled to a share and would participate in directing its share voting choices. Corporations and wealthy individuals would donate stocks, bonds, cash, or other assets to the fund just like they do to other philanthropic ventures now. The fund would pay out dividends to its citizen-shareholders that would grow as the fund grows. The Universal Fund is undoubtedly a big idea, but it is also eminently practical: it uses the tools of capitalism, not government, to give all citizens a direct influence on corporate actions. It would be a major institutional investor beholden not to a small elite group of stockholders pushing for short-term gain but to everyone. The fund would reward corporations that made sure their actions didn’t harm people, communities, and the environment, and it would enable them to invest in innovations that would take more than a few months to pay off. Which is another reason corporations would donate to the fund - they could be freed from the constant pressure to maximize their quarterly share price and would essentially be subsidized for doing good. The authors demonstrate that our current economic rules force corporations to be shortsighted and even destructive because for most large investors, nothing matters but share price. The Universal Fund is designed to be a powerful positive balancing force, making the world a better place and the United States a better nation. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Tom Dheere. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/137284/bk_acx0_137284_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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