Sentences with phrase «of book work»

A fairly new diver, he spent a few days learning to dive in Sidemount configuration as well as taking a look at some of the book work ahead of him, leaving with a much better idea of what's involved in technical diving training.

The twelve fledgling authors were charged with driving traffic, awareness, and sales of the book their work appeared in.

First, your readers will be better able to understand both the underlying message of your book, as well as how the different parts of your book work together.

We offer a blended model of book work as well as on - line activities.

I've shared this quote from Eugene Peterson (from the Introduction of his book Working the Angles) with dozens of pastors because it gets to the root of the issue at hand.

This expiry system is very much akin to how the Harry Potter series of books works at your local library, except they expire in five years.

Also, remember, our cover designers are asked their opinions of ALL the books they work on.

Pretty much all of the books she worked with won awards, including a Foreword Book of the Year for a book by Kate Niles, and many were translated into other languages.

I have to point out, however, that not a lot of the books I work on for my clients fall into that category and typically have a few formatting features that require more attention to detail.

This expiry system is very similar to how the Harry Potter series of books works at your local library, except those expire in five years.

I'm often asked how do I get so much pumped out each week with blogs, communications about ongoing events, the variety of books I work of with clients... and working on my own book.

Only FIFTEEN PERCENT of one of the major online publisher's authors have managed (or bothered) to even get 1 review of the book they worked so hard to write and then threw into a machine to publish.

If you are a non-fiction author, posted articles with hints that didn't make your book, or small portions of your book working as teasers would be good.

, The reason this book turned me on was because Michael Price is my biggest influence (my goal is to work for him at MFP Investors) and the author of this book worked for him when he was at Mutual Series.

He is a trustee of Book Works, London.

Not exact matches

A new book from the author of «The Art of Nonconformity» asks: What if today was your last day of working for someone other than yourself?

I worked with [the young Canadian actor] Lyriq Bent on Book of Negroes.

«This book helped me understand that doing your best work and being your most focused takes practice and training — and not necessarily the kind of practice you might imagine.

The power of platforms is explained in a new book, Platform Revolution: How Networked Markets are Transforming the Economy and How to Make Them Work for You, by Geoffrey Parker, Marshall Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Choudary.

In addition to working full - time as a financial analyst, Sall also honed his personal finance knowledge with the help of a few useful books.

«This short book has so many layers of meaning and so many interesting juxtapositions,» Gates writes, including «life and death, patient and doctor, son and father, work and family, faith and reason.»

The business world can be brutal I don't care what you learned in school, you'll come across so many situations you can't learn in a text book written in 1985 (Not a fan of college, can you tell:)-RRB- Be prepared to work 7 days a week.

This book was pivotal for myself and my business partner and is a significant reason why we now have a successful business with a small team of employees handling the day - to - day work.

Find out why Guy Kawasaki calls the books «A transformational work in the history of customer service.»

Here is Gates's summary of this entertaining book: «The brain behind XKCD explains various subjects — from how smartphones work to what the U.S. Constitution says — using only the 1,000 most common words in the English language and blueprint - style diagrams.»

She is arguably the most in - demand career and internship expert and the author of two books; All Work No Pay and Welcome to the Real World.

That jibes with what Stewart suggests, that certain kinds of books — genre stuff like fan fiction or romance — work better digitally, but print is still a more desirable way to digest the really good meaty writing.

The publisher of former FBI Director James Comey's upcoming book is remaining tight - lipped — and working hard to make sure anyone with access to the book will do the same.

A thought - provoking post on Business Insider gathers evidence from Newport's book and elsewhere that the Microsoft founder was — in his youth at least — a true master of deep work.

But now that you're back to work and settling into 2018, Bill Gates has a book recommendation for you that will remind you just how many of your fellow Americans aren't so lucky, and why you should be grateful for your good fortune.

Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile and psychologist Steven Kramer, authors of the incisive The Progress Principle, pored over 12,000 daily work diary entries and were surprised to find out that making progress — even small wins — on meaningful work is the most powerful motivator,» reports the book.

There has been plenty of important research on each of these management qualities, such as Mark Murphy's book Hundred Percenters on motivating employees to greatness; or ex-Googler Kim Scott's «radical candour» approach to providing feedback; or the work of Brené Brown, whose landmark 2010 TED talk is called «The Power of Vulnerability.»

She wrote one of the first business books on using the Internet for business, and loves working with clients to enhance their marketing.

Fortune's annual list of «Best Companies to Work For» is certainly not a definitive assessment of a company's workforce, but it's significant enough that Hsieh mentioned Zappos» rise up its ranks in the second edition of his book.

When McConlogue leaves to go to work, Leo spends 3 - 4 hours on his own, practicing writing code and reading one of the three javascript books McConlogue gave him alongside a Samsung Chromebook.

In her book, Put Your Intuition to Work, intuition expert Lynn Robinson explains that some of the greatest business leaders rely on their intuition to make important decisions.

In their new book, Decisive: How to Make Better Choices in Life and Work, brothers and academics Chip (of Stanford Graduate School of Business) and Dan Heath (of Duke) explore how to eliminate biases and improve the quality of our decisions.

«Do not suppress them and become like a balloon that's poking itself in and will eventually burst,» says Weiss, the author of the new book «How We Work.»

Dr. Gary Namie, president of workplace - bullying consulting firm Work Doctor and co-author of the new book The Bully - Free Workplace: Stop Jerks, Snakes, Weasels, and Snakes from Killing Your Organization, says there are three workplace trends that should make you wonder whether you're terrorizing your staff.

I shared in my book, The 5 Languages of Appreciation at Work, five ways that people could show others they're valued — through words of affirmation, acts of service, quality time, tangible gifts and physical touch.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

Uber, which allows users to book and pay for a taxi by smartphone, says its more than 30,000 London drivers enjoy the flexibility of being able to work when they choose and receive on average more than the minimum wage.

Of course, some would argue, if all this open - book stuff is going to work, you're probably going to have to give employees a piece of the piOf course, some would argue, if all this open - book stuff is going to work, you're probably going to have to give employees a piece of the piof the pie.

Buffett estimates that he spends 80 percent of his waking day reading at work (financial statements, journals, reports) and at home (newspapers and books).

Duff chronicled the spectacular rise and fall of his career on Wall Street in the book, «The Buy Side,» and is currently working on his second book, a Wall Street novel.

While much of the credit for counterinsurgency goes to Petraeus (and Gen. James Mattis), who literally wrote the book on the subject, it was Mansoor who edited the work.

That's how star companies like Amazon, Apple, and Lego consistently leap ahead of competitors, say strategy experts Paul Leinwand and Cesare Mainardi in their new book, Strategy That Works.

In his book «High Output Management,» Andy Grove, founder of Intel, advocates that «a manager should use his calendar as a «production» planning tool, taking a firm initiative to schedule work that is not time - critical.»

«Before the internet and globalization, you could drive a business on a few successful market launches,» says Ken Tencer, CEO of Spyder Works, a Toronto - and NYC - based business consulting firm and co-author of two books on innovation — The 90 % Rule and Cause a Disturbance.

As of Friday, homeowners searching for contractors on Google will be shown results that are «HomeAdvisor screened and approved» and come with profiles, price estimates and the ability to «book now» or schedule an appointment to compare estimates for work.