Download or read book Rule Makers Rule Breakers written by Michele Gelfand and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A celebrated social psychologist offers a radical new perspective on cultural differences that reveals why some countries, cultures, and individuals take rules more seriously and how following the rules influences the way we think and act. In Rule Makers, Rule Breakers, Michele Gelfand, “an engaging writer with intellectual range” (The New York Times Book Review), takes us on an epic journey through human cultures, offering a startling new view of the world and ourselves. With a mix of brilliantly conceived studies and surprising on-the-ground discoveries, she shows that much of the diversity in the way we think and act derives from a key difference—how tightly or loosely we adhere to social norms. Just as DNA affects everything from eye color to height, our tight-loose social coding influences much of what we do. Why are clocks in Germany so accurate while those in Brazil are frequently wrong? Why do New Zealand’s women have the highest number of sexual partners? Why are red and blue states really so divided? Why was the Daimler-Chrysler merger ill-fated from the start? Why is the driver of a Jaguar more likely to run a red light than the driver of a plumber’s van? Why does one spouse prize running a tight ship while the other refuses to sweat the small stuff? In search of a common answer, Gelfand spent two decades conducting research in more than fifty countries. Across all age groups, family variations, social classes, businesses, states, and nationalities, she has identified a primal pattern that can trigger cooperation or conflict. Her fascinating conclusion: behavior is highly influenced by the perception of threat. “A useful and engaging take on human behavior” (Kirkus Reviews) with an approach that is consistently riveting, Rule Makers, Ruler Breakers thrusts many of the puzzling attitudes and actions we observe into sudden and surprising clarity.

Download or read book Rule Breaker written by Lily Morton and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it really wrong to want to murder your boss?Dylan has worked for Gabe for two years. Two long years of sarcastic comments. Two long years of insults, and having to redo the coffee pot four times in the mornings to meet his exacting standards.Not surprisingly he has devoted a lot of time to increasingly inventive ways to murder Gabe. From stabbing him with a cake fork, to garrotting him with his expensive tie, Dylan has thought of everything.However, a chance encounter opens his eyes to the attraction that has always lain between them, concealed by the layers of antipathy. There are only two problems - Gabe is still a bastard, and he makes wedding planners look like hardened pessimists.But what happens when Dylan starts to see the real Gabe? What happens when he starts to fall in love with the warm, wary man that he sees glimpses of as the days pass? Because Gabe is still the same commitment shy, cold man that he's always been, or is he? Has Dylan had the same effect on Gabe, and has his solid gold rule of no commitment finally been broken? With his heart taken Dylan desperately needs to know, but will he get hurt trying to find the answers?From the author of 'The Summer of Us' comes another scorchingly hot romantic comedy, showing what happens between two men when rules get broken.

Download or read book The Rulebreaker written by Claire Contreras and published by . This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maverick Cruz and I started off as pen pals and became besties when we went to the same sports camp at age twelve. He rooted for me at my soccer games. I cheered for him at his hockey tournaments. Through heartbreaks, new relationships, and failed friendships, we knew we could always count on each other. That's why no one is more surprised--or panicked-- than I am when I start to develop different feelings for him. But Instead of telling him the truth, I agree to help him find a girlfriend. Someone who is not me. Someone who is so opposite of me that I have to make a list for the charade. The problem is, he wants to practice his dating skills with me. The corny pickup lines, the hand-holding, the door opening, the staring. Before this, I thought sharing a house with him was an excellent idea. Who wouldn't want to room with their best friend? Now, the close proximity is killing me. What's worse is that I can't stop looking at him like he's a Greek god, and he can't stop seeing me as his virginal little sister. Still, I push it aside, until one night, when he's lying beside me in bed and I'm the one who forgets the rules and crosses the line between friends and something more. It's a horrible idea. He's a player. I'm a virgin. Yet, I can't seem to stop myself. New item on my list: DO NOT FALL FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND.

Download or read book The Rule Book written by Jennifer Blackwood and published by Entangled: Embrace. This book was released on 2016-05-09 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Starr Media Second-Assistant Survival Guide 1. Don't call your hot boss the antichrist to his face. 2. Don't stare at hot boss's...um, package or his full sleeve of tattoos. (No. Really. Stop!) 3. Don't get on the malicious first assistant's bad side. 4. Don't forget to memorize the 300-page employee manual. 5. If you value your cashmere, steer clear of boss’s dog. 6. Boss’s dimples are lust-inducing. Do. Not. Give. In. 7. “The elevator ate your clothes” is not a valid excuse for showing up to important meetings half-dressed. 8. Don't break seven of the rules within the first week of employment if you’re in dire need of money to support your sick mom. 9. Whatever you do, don’t fall for the boss. 10. Never forget the rules. Each book in the Rule Breakers series is a standalone, full-length story that can be enjoyed out of order. Series Order: Book #1 The Rule Book Book #2 The Rule Maker

Download or read book Rule Breaker written by Lora Leigh and published by Berkley. This book was released on 2014 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lion Breed and enforcer Rule Breaker has just a few rules he doesn't break. But having sex with a woman outside his own Breed, even a human woman at that, is not one of them. Especially when it's Gypsy, the party girl he can't seem to stay away from. Gypsy is determined to lead him on a merry chase, but she won't be able to outrun either the lion or the man in hot pursuit.

Download or read book The Rule Breakers written by Preeti Shenoy and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2022-07-01 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two kinds of people in this world-those who follow the rules and those who do not think twice about breaking them. Studious, smart and sincere, Veda harbours big dreams for the future. But her parents arrange a marriage for her, and the twenty year old discovers that she has no say in the matter. Forced to leave behind an idyllic life in the hill town of Joshimath-filled with conversations and pleasurable times with her siblings, and her best friend, the handsome Suraj-she puts aside her ambitions and moves into a flat in Pune with an indifferent husband and a mother-in-law from hell. Though brought up to be quiet and obedient, Veda chafes at the meaninglessness of her existence and struggles to cope with the unexpected loneliness she is engulfed in. Then, amidst the dark clouds of stagnation and despondency, Veda carves out the unlikeliest of silver linings. How does she do this? By breaking the rules? Or by following them? In this emotional roller-coaster of a novel, Preeti Shenoy treads bold new ground yet again.

Download or read book Eli Michaels Rule Breaker written by Charley Pickle and published by Enslow Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-08-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eli Michaels is the school "goody two-shoes." As the son of a well-known pastor, Eli is expected to do the right thing at all times. But when Eli tries out for the football team, he's expected to go along with team traditions. And one of the traditions means breaking school rules and defacing school property. Will Eli try to break out of his goody two-shoes role to join the team?

Download or read book The Rule Maker written by Jennifer Blackwood and published by Entangled: Embrace. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Things I'd love to say to Ryder Covington... I hate you more than a hole in my favorite pair of leggings. Your smirk makes me want to yell in all shouty caps. You're really gorgeous...until you open your mouth. Stop looking at me like that. You're not ripping my panties off. Saying those things to him would be the whipped cream on top of my rocky road ice cream, but I can't, because he's my client. And I'm up for a promotion. Oh, and the little fact that my boss told me to give Mr. Covington everything he wants. But the only thing he wants is me. And he can't have that. Each book in the Rule Breakers series is STANDALONE: * The Rule Book * The Rule Maker

Download or read book Rules for the Southern Rulebreaker written by Katherine Snow Smith and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2020-07-21 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Southern women are inundated with rules starting early—from always wearing sensible shoes to never talking about death to the dying, and certainly not relying on song lyrics for marriage therapy. Nevertheless, Katherine Snow Smith keeps doing things like falling off her high heels onto President Barack Obama, gaining dubious status as the middle school “lice mom,” and finding confirmation in the lyrics of Miranda Lambert after her twenty-four-year marriage ends. Somehow, despite never meaning to defy Southern expectations for parenting, marriage, work, and friendship, Smith has found herself doing just that for over four decades. Luckily for everyone, the outcome of these “broken rules” is this collection of refreshing stories, filled with vulnerability, humor, and insight, sharing how she received lifelong advice from a sixth-grade correspondence with an Oscar-winning actress, convinced a terminally ill friend to write good-bye letters, and won the mother of all “don’t give up” lectures by finishing a road race last (as the pizza boxes were thrown away). Rules for the Southern Rule Breaker will resonate with every woman, southern or not, who has a tendency to wander down the hazy side roads and realizes the rewards that come from listening to the pull in one’s heart over the voice in one’s head.

Download or read book The Motley Fool s Rule Breakers Rule Makers written by David Gardner and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2000 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using the concept of Rule Breakers and Rule Makers, this book includes an opening chapter by Chief European Fool David Berger explaining exactly how to apply the book's approach to British shares, and how to invest in the USA.

Download or read book The Heartbreaker PAPERBACK written by Claire Contreras and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Ground Rules Book 1 written by Roya Carmen and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-06-16 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Don’t sleep around. 2. Don’t kiss and tell. 3. Be nice. 4. Don’t text or call. 5. Don’t fall in love. The rules were simple...until they weren't. I have everything I ever thought I could want: a nice home, a job I love, two beautiful girls, and my husband, Gabe - my high school sweetheart who still rocks my world. If you ask anyone to describe me they would say, "Oh, Mirella? She's such a nice girl." And that’s true...until a mysterious, peculiar man and his beautiful wife enter our lives. Weston and Bridget Hanson are no ordinary couple—they’re stunning, enigmatic, and sexy as hell. During the course of one unexpected evening, my ordinary world is turned upside down. How could it not be when Weston and Bridget propose the unthinkable? And when the unthinkable is so very tempting, giving in becomes inevitable. It sounds so logical and simple. Just five rules and we can all have what we desire. But the heart doesn't follow rules, and now passion, jealousy, and confusion threaten to tear everything apart. Two beautiful couples. Five simple rules. One hot mess.

Download or read book The Rule Breaker s Guide to Social Media written by Damian Keyes and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 2018-06-12 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: WANT TO BUILD AN ONLINE FOLLOWING FOR YOUR BUSINESS, SERVICE OR PRODUCTS BUT NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN? In The Rule-Breaker's Guide to Social Media Damian Keyes shows you how to get ahead in the 'creative age' of the internet by ripping up the rule-book and starting all over again. Crammed full of expert anecdotes, tips and advice - plus a highly effective 30 Day Challenge - this book will revolutionise the way you view online marketing. It's time to unplug from the old ways of doing things and embrace your unique strengths, skills and passion. It's time to become a rule-breaker! 'Throw out any other guide, because this is all you need to effectively build your brand and business through social media.' John Michael Morgan, author of Brand Against the Machine At the age of 23 Damian Keyes became one of the founders of The British Institute of Modern Music, which is now the largest full-time independent music education provider in the world. Damian also owns several businesses, including DK Music Management and Warble Entertainment. As a bass player he has performed in over 2000 venues around the world, including Wembley Stadium and Hyde Park. In his role as a keynote speaker Damian travels the globe helping brands and businesses grow using social media marketing. For more information please visit: damiankeyes.com

Download or read book The Troublemaker written by Claire Contreras and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times Bestselling author, Claire Contreras, comes a brand new enemies-to-lovers romance . . . The last thing I thought I'd be doing my last semester was following my ex-boyfriend around, but here I am. I was assigned to write an article about college athletes and he's the biggest one in our town. With this assignment comes a new living arrangement that sets me up in an apartment right next to his. As if it's not bad enough that our parents remained friends after our breakup, now there's no escaping him. I wake up, I see Mitch. I work out, I see Mitch. I'm trying to go to bed, I see Mitch. What's worse is that he keeps asking me out and I'm finding it harder to say no. I just hope I can turn in this final assignment without losing my heart. Again. **Standalone, HEA, new adult romance.

Download or read book Rule Breaker written by Shelly Weinig and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-23 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do entrepreneurs from all over the world seek advice from their former professor Dr. Shelly Weinig? For thirty years, "The Father of Electronic Materials" created breakthroughs that others called impossible and built a multimillion-dollar technology business that made the computer revolution a reality. Now, in this lively hybrid memoir and business guide, Dr. Weinig shares his personal secrets of entrepreneurship - how to recognize opportunity, the smart way to take risks, how to negotiate on your own and how to grow your venture. You'll meet unforgettable scientists and entrepreneurs, from the Bell Labs geniuses who invented transistors to "Professor Izzy," the string-saving sage of Yonkers, New York. Along the way you'll learn why the Japanese are brilliant business partners, and how tough it is to open a factory in France...sober. "I wrote this book for the same reason I've been teaching for over two decades." says Dr. Weinig. "I want to inspire the future entrepreneurs and innovators that will define our tomorrow." Learn what it takes to be a RULE BREAKER in the 21st century and change the course of your business career. "With Weinig as a guide, we see the soul of what business can accomplish and how management as if people matter can lead to substantial success. Read the book without risk but with substantial reward." --Dr. Robert A. Scott, President Emeritus, Adelphi University and Ramapo College, New Jersey, and former non-executive chairman of a publicly traded stock company.

Download or read book The Rule Breaker s Book of Business written by Roger Mavity and published by Piatkus Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A simple, refreshing approach to business that defies conventional wisdom and aims to make work in the office more successful and more enjoyable. A business bible for imaginative and aspirational young men and women.

Download or read book Rule Breaker written by Sienna Snow and published by Hachette+ORM. This book was released on 2018-11-13 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For fans of Nisha Sharma, Lisa Renee Jones, and Lexi Blake comes a sexy second chance romance between two business rivals. At just twenty-eight years old, Arya Rey has become queen of the tech world. While she is highly respected as a philanthropist and fearless businesswoman, no one would suspect that beneath her controlled exterior simmers a private passion. A desire never spoken of in Boston's elite social circles. A need for submission, for satisfaction, for the kind of exquisite pleasure that can only be provided by one man . . . her billionaire ex-lover Maxwell Dane. It's been five years since Max and Arya last met. Five years that they've longed for the feel of each other's skin. Max always takes what he wants, and he wants Arya back. But it's more than the memory of her broken heart that makes her resist. During their time apart, Arya has collected secrets of her own. She can give Max her body, but can she give him the truth?