Download or read book Permission to Screw Up written by Kristen Hadeed and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead–and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them. This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they’re mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It’s the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after CEO who teaches others how to lead. Hadeed unintentionally launched Student Maid while attending college ten years ago. Since then, Student Maid has employed hundreds of students and is widely recognized for its industry-leading retention rate and its culture of trust and accountability. But Kristen and her company were no overnight sensation. In fact, they were almost nothing at all. Along the way, Kristen got it wrong almost as often as she got it right. Giving out hugs instead of feedback, fixing errors instead of enforcing accountability, and hosting parties instead of cultivating meaningful relationships were just a few of her many mistakes. But Kristen’s willingness to admit and learn from those mistakes helped her give her people the chance to learn from their own screwups too. Permission to Screw Up dismisses the idea that leaders and organizations should try to be perfect. It encourages people of all ages to go for it and learn to lead by acting, rather than waiting or thinking. Through a brutally honest and often hilarious account of her own struggles, Kristen encourages us to embrace our failures and proves that we’ll be better leaders when we do.
Download or read book Don t Get Screwed How to Protect Yourself as an Independent Musician written by Erin M Jacobson and published by Indie Artist Resource. This book was released on 2020-11-19 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There's a lot of confusing information in the music business: copyright, different types of royalties, how to get paid, and how to not sign over rights you shouldn't. Now there is a single resource that explains these concepts in an easy-to-understand format. Written by Erin M. Jacobson, one of the music industry's top lawyers, this book is a plain English, straight to the point, primer on the topics you need to understand to make important decisions about your music career. This book explains: what copyright really means and why you should register yours, the different types of royalties and how they actually apply in the real world so you can understand how and when your music earns money, how to collect the money your music earns, the contracts most needed by independent musicians and why they are important, traps to avoid, and real examples of mistakes musicians have made and how you can avoid making them too. This book provides information from an industry insider that is not available in other publications, and is an empowering resource for new, upcoming, and seasoned musicians.
Download or read book 10 Books that Screwed Up the World written by Benjamin Wiker and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-05-06 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You’ve heard of the "Great Books"? These are their evil opposites. From Machiavelli's The Prince to Alfred Kinsey’s Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, from Karl Marx's Communist Manifesto to Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa, these "influential" books have led to war, genocide, totalitarian oppression, the breakdown of the family, and disastrous social experiments. And yet the toxic ideas peddled in these books are more popular and pervasive than ever. In fact, they might influence your own thinking without your realizing it. Fortunately, Professor Benjamin Wiker is ready with an antidote, exposing the beguiling errors in each of these evil books. Witty, learned, and provocative, 10 Books That Screwed Up the World provides a quick education in the worst ideas in human history and explains how we can avoid them in the future.
Download or read book Screw Business As Usual written by Richard Branson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the trailblazing founder and CEO of the Virgin Group, a powerful argument for using business to make a positive impact in the world. Richard Branson, one of the world’s most famous and admired business leaders, argues that it’s time to turn capitalism upside down—to shift our values from an exclusive focus on profit to also caring for people, communities and the planet. As he writes, “My message is a simple one: business as usual isn’t working. In fact, it’s ‘business as usual’ that’s wrecking our planet. Resources are being used up; the air, the sea, the land—are all heavily polluted. The poor are getting poorer. Many are dying of starvation or because they can’t afford a dollar a day for life-saving medicine. . . . Prophesying doom and gloom is simply not my style. . . . I think business can help fix things and create a more prosperous world for everyone. I happen to believe in business because I believe that business can be a force for good. By that I mean doing good is good for business.” Screw Business as Usual shows how easy it is for both businesses and individuals to embark on a whole new way of doing things, solving major problems and turning our work into something we both love and are proud of.
Download or read book You Got Screwed written by James J. Cramer and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2002-11-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You've been screwed. You've been bludgeoned, skewered, crushed, mutilated by the stock market. Every day you read about another corporate scandal: loans to CEOs that didn't have to be repaid, accounting "irregularities," profits that never existed. You think the stock market must have been rigged. And you're right. You were betrayed by the stock promotion machine -- the mutual fund managers, the brokers, analysts, strategists, and stock gurus who brainwashed you into buying and holding and believing that stocks, like parents, always come through and bail you out in the end. So now what do you do? Where do you put your money? You can't just leave it in the bank or stuff it under the mattress. For fourteen years Jim Cramer ran a hedge fund that compounded money at a rate of 24 percent annually after fees, and then he got out at the end of 2000. He knows that there are ways to make money, smart ways that don't require you to own stocks blindly. There are other investments that won't send you to the poorhouse. This book will tell you what went wrong, who the bad guys were, and what you have to do to restore your financial health. You can't just close your eyes. Ignoring Wall Street isn't the answer. Cash alone isn't the answer. This book has the answers.
Download or read book Living Successfully with Screwed Up People written by Elizabeth B. Brown and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfortunately, the world is full of screwed-up people. But the good news, says Elizabeth Brown, is that your world no longer has to revolve around them. With brilliant insights and a keen sense of humor, this trusted author and sought-after speaker shows readers how to: • stop the power of whatever is eating them alive • productively respond when confronted • remain poised and in control when everyone around them loses it • win fairly in unfair battles • let go of what has been, or what they wish would be, and live triumphantly now Dozens of real-life success stories, brief diagnostic tests, and practical tools are included to help readers assess their own situations and gain confidence to change self-defeating behaviors. This popular word-of-mouth bestseller now has an updated look.
Download or read book Working Successfully with Screwed Up People written by Elizabeth B. Brown and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaches people how to get along and work successfully with coworkers, supervisors, customers, and the boss.
Download or read book 100 Ways To Screw Up Your Life written by Dragos Roua and published by Dragos Roua. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 100 Ways To Screw Up Your Life? Yes! Believe it or not, I did any of those 100. In fact, we all did many of them, only not for enough time to really screw things up. That doesn’t mean we can’t do it now. Having a lists of things to avoid in order to live a better life is more than often easier than having a list of things to do. We, as living human beings, seem to be more sensitive to interdiction than to incentives.
Download or read book Don t Screw Up Your Business Insights written by Harro M. Wiersma and published by via tolino media. This book was released on 2022-12-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a business owner or (senior) leader, bringing success in the arena in which we operate can be tough, but failing can place an even greater burden on us all. So, the quest to succeed becomes all-consuming. However, in one sense, we must be able to accurately predict the future of the business that we operate. That is, the executives entrusted with such responsibility must not fall short of having good insights into the business. In other words, the more accurate these findings, the more sustainable and profitable the company or industry they operate in. At a time when computers were not invented or manual analytic models developed yet, business owners, merchants, or executives relied on the predictions of fortune tellers to gain insight into the future of their business and set their industry on a more sustainable path. But that form of insight comes with too many inaccuracies, which could make situations unpredictable. The advancements we have achieved today allow us a more accurate prediction; with it, one would have no reason to screw up on their business insight. In this book, I take you on the journey of how not to use your data—and avoid any pitfalls that might screw up your business insights. All examples come with and from actual life experience, and they will help you ask your analytics experts the right questions.
Download or read book 26 Ways to Screw Up in Business and How Not To written by William F. Fawcett and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-08-11 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 26 Ways To Screw-Up in Business and How Not To is a humorous, yet serious, business book. During a span of 50 years, the author discovered that there are 26 business commandments that you should never violate and if you do, its at your own risk. For example, Commandment # 4: Thou Shall Not Fish For Tunas in a Lake (never put probability before profitability). Commandment #8: Thou Shall Not Sell Texaco-Milk (problem with line-extensions). Commandment #18: Thou Shall Not Look Through a Keyhole With a Glass Eye (test, not guess). For nearly five decades Bill Fawcett has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and small-business owners. He is convinced that 96% of business mistakes are a result of breaking one or more of the 26 commandants set forth in this guide-to-success. This book is not about managing people; its about managing oneself. The number one determinant of your success is you! Youre the quarterback who gets all the glory when you win and all the blame when you lose. What if you could reduce the number of turnovers and interceptions? Wouldnt you want to know what mistakes you must avoid? Of course you would! This guide-to-success not only identifies what you must avoid; it offers prescriptions for doing it right.
Download or read book 10 Ways To Screw Up An Ad Campaign written by Barry H Cohen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 10 Ways to Screw Up an Ad Campaign is a practical, no-nonsense guide to avoiding the most common pitfalls. Written for the small business, professional practitioners, and those who work in the advertising field, this book is chock-full of real life examples, provides readers with a guide to avoiding the most frequently made mistakes in advertising. It covers everything from how to select and work with advertising counselors to evaluating which media to use, and when, to how you can “out advertise” the competition—even if you can’t outspend them. In addition to strategies for your creative and media campaigns, 10 Ways to Screw Up an Ad Campaign addresses the most critical item of all—how to effectively measure the success of your advertising.
Download or read book Permission to Screw Up written by Kristen Hadeed and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiring, unlikely, laugh-out-loud story of how one woman learned to lead–and how she ultimately succeeded, not despite her many mistakes, but because of them. This is the story of how Kristen Hadeed built Student Maid, a cleaning company where people are happy, loyal, productive, and empowered, even while they’re mopping floors and scrubbing toilets. It’s the story of how she went from being an almost comically inept leader to a sought-after CEO who teaches others how to lead. Hadeed unintentionally launched Student Maid while attending college ten years ago. Since then, Student Maid has employed hundreds of students and is widely recognized for its industry-leading retention rate and its culture of trust and accountability. But Kristen and her company were no overnight sensation. In fact, they were almost nothing at all. Along the way, Kristen got it wrong almost as often as she got it right. Giving out hugs instead of feedback, fixing errors instead of enforcing accountability, and hosting parties instead of cultivating meaningful relationships were just a few of her many mistakes. But Kristen’s willingness to admit and learn from those mistakes helped her give her people the chance to learn from their own screwups too. Permission to Screw Up dismisses the idea that leaders and organizations should try to be perfect. It encourages people of all ages to go for it and learn to lead by acting, rather than waiting or thinking. Through a brutally honest and often hilarious account of her own struggles, Kristen encourages us to embrace our failures and proves that we’ll be better leaders when we do.
Download or read book How Not to Screw It Up written by Nita Tucker and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2010-02-17 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Rules" for any committed relationship, How Not to Screw It Up offers 10 essential steps to achieving an extraordinary, healthy, fulfilling partnership that will last a lifetime. How Not to Screw It Up is for all those people who have vowed "I do" and are now wondering exactly how to do it. One of the central problems for couples is that they've been conditioned to think that there is nothing to do after the "I do." Relationship expert Nita Tucker sets us straight, espousing a proactive approach to any relationship and showing us how to do it right. Good, sound, practical advice on keeping a relationship solid and happy is as rare as it is valuable, and that's exactly what How Not to Screw It Up delivers. Following the format of her highly successful first book, How Not to Stay Single, Tucker has created 10 steps for couples to follow in order to keep their partnership (and love) alive. For example, "Learn to Fight Fair," "Watch What You Say," "When It Comes to Sex, Give--Don't Trade," and "Agree to Disagree About Money." How Not to Screw It Up is for people who want their relationships to be the best they can be--passionate, romantic, honest, and fun! From the Trade Paperback edition.
Download or read book How to Screw Up Like a Pro written by Abirami M. Krishnan and published by Hachette India. This book was released on 2014-05-20 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `Most families have their share of rebels, adulterers, addicts, ambitious actors, reformed playboys, lovers of exotic animals, and the occasional mute, right?? Akola Suresh, recently returned from the US, finds that in the three years that she?s been away, `home? has become more unravelled than ever. Surrounded by ever-bickering parents whom she addresses by their first names, aged grandparents struck with all manner of old-age eccentricities, a brother who is narrowly skirting the path to social pariah-hood, and a younger sister aspiring to be the hottest new star in Kollywood, Akola is quite sure of one thing ? `bonded? is a word they could never entirely apply to themselves. But when old, hurtful secrets are revealed and a frightening incident shakes them all to the core, it?s time for the Sureshes to abandon their happily dysfunctional lives and, finally, be family.'
Download or read book 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School written by Kevin D. Haggerty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-08-15 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Don’t think about why you’re applying. Select a topic for entirely strategic reasons. Choose the coolest supervisor. Write only to deadlines. Expect people to hold your hand. Become “that” student. When it comes to a masters or PhD program, most graduate students don’t deliberately set out to fail. Yet, of the nearly 500,000 people who start a graduate program each year, up to half will never complete their degree. Books abound on acing the admissions process, but there is little on what to do once the acceptance letter arrives. Veteran graduate directors Kevin D. Haggerty and Aaron Doyle have set out to demystify the world of advanced education. Taking a wry, frank approach, they explain the common mistakes that can trip up a new graduate student and lay out practical advice about how to avoid the pitfalls. Along the way they relate stories from their decades of mentorship and even share some slip-ups from their own grad experiences. The litany of foul-ups is organized by theme and covers the grad school experience from beginning to end: selecting the university and program, interacting with advisors and fellow students, balancing personal and scholarly lives, navigating a thesis, and creating a life after academia. Although the tone is engagingly tongue-in-cheek, the lessons are crucial to anyone attending or contemplating grad school. 57 Ways to Screw Up in Grad School allows you to learn from others’ mistakes rather than making them yourself.
Download or read book Scamping Tricks and Odd Knowledge Occasionally Practised Upon Public Works written by John Newman and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oops The 9 Ways We Screw Up Our Toddlers written by Michelle Smith MS SLP and published by Michelle Smith. This book was released on 2015-02-17 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Becoming a parent is a scary thing. Even more scary when we see how some of the kids around us act. We are determined that our babies will not grow up and display those same ugly behaviors! But the first time we're fending off a nasty tantrum in the bookstore, we begin to doubt our resolve. Oops! takes you through the top nine reasons that kids act rotten. It all begins with the parents! From spoiling to hovering, not allowing kids to gain independence and learn how to work through problems makes them whiny, dependent, and disrespectful. As young adults, this leads to an inability to navigate school, build healthy relationships, and become responsible wage earners. (Live at home until you're 35 - no big deal!) Oops teaches you what parental behaviors to avoid and how to raise a happy, well-adjusted little person!
