Download or read book Happy at Any Cost written by Kirsten Grind and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From award-winning Wall Street Journal reporters, “a startling portrait of one of our greatest tech visionaries, Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh” (Robert Kolker, author of Hidden Valley Road), reporting on his short life, untimely death, and what that means for our pursuit of happiness. Tony Hsieh—CEO of Zappos, Las Vegas developer, and beloved entrepreneur—was famous for spreading happiness. He lived and breathed this philosophy, instilling an ethos of joy at his company, outlining his vision for a better workplace in his New York Times bestseller Delivering Happiness. He promoted a workplace where bosses treated employees like family members, where stress was replaced by playfulness, and where hierarchies were replaced with equality and collaboration. His outlook shaped how we work today. Hsieh also aspired to build his own utopian cities, pouring millions of dollars into real estate and small businesses, first in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada—where Zappos is headquartered—and then in Park City, Utah. He gave generously to his employees and close friends, including throwing notorious Zappos parities and organizing gatherings at his home, an Airstream trailer park. When Hsieh died suddenly in late 2022, the news shook the business and tech world. Wall Street Journal reporters Kirsten Grind and Katherine Sayre discovered Hsieh’s obsession with happiness masked his darker struggles with addiction, mental health, and loneliness. In the last year of his life, he spiraled out of control, cycling out of rehab and into the waiting arms of friends who enabled his worst behavior, even as he bankrolled them from his billion-dollar fortune. Happy at Any Cost sheds light on one of our most creative, yet vulnerable, business leaders. It’s about our intense need to find “happiness” at all costs, our misguided worship of entrepreneurs, the stigmas still surrounding mental health, and how the trappings of fame can mask all types of deeper problems. In turn, it reveals how we conceptualize success—and define happiness—in our modern age.

Download or read book Pact of the Seven Stones written by Kevin M. Cooke and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cheyenne finds the fabled Seven Stones. Robirda the raven gets the report from one of her many feathered friends, and tells O'gram, the medicine woman. She had been waiting for the One to lead the Five to come along. All her readings pointed to it Shadow masons pluck the wicked thoughts and deeds of mankind out of the swirling eddies that drop down from the tempestuous skies, as bricks for Maletoc, the dark castle. Queen Ru'ala rules the nightmare kingdom with her insignia affixed to her subjects. Demaxium, her high sorcerer watches her drink of the Stygian Font, and wonders if he dares. O'gram teaches Cheyenne how to use the stones, and he is eager to learn. To master the Seven Stones, is to achieve the Golden Crown But, alas, the queen has other plans for the stones. To fulfill the Legend and bring on the Age of Darkness, she will do her part gladly The past is past, but the paths we traveled brought us to where we are now. Right now, I'm at the studio practicing yoga every day (1 and A1/2 years on the summer solstice 2011) and taking more teacher training. My yoga quest began back on 4/14/1988. I hadn't started my practice, yet, but my commitment to search began, then. To achieve the golden crown, after mastering the seven stones is every person's gift. To open the crown chakra, is to open the heavenly reality of our true experience. Once the perceived world of the physical plane is shattered, and everything merges into one, the spiritual self is realized. There really is magic in the world It is how Pact of the Seven Stones begins, and it is inspired by this truth. My 5 year old has started practicing yoga with me. We live together with 3 cats and 3 dogs, aDon't forget Mr. Happy a he reminds me. Our bird, we were calling Mr. Lonely because his mate died, Johnny renamed more appropriately."

Download or read book Her Heart His Crown written by Bianca and published by Sullivan Group Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pilar Harrison, a free spirit, product of a deadbeat dad, and crackhead mother, moved away from, Mount Olive, MS to Florida, after her college graduation, and the death of her grandmother. Pilar thought that life in Florida would be great, since it is nicknamed, The Sunshine State, but little did she know, dark clouds would surround her, after getting involved with Brandon ‘Blizzy’ Lewis, who had his own set of problems; women and gambling. Barak ‘Duke’ Ramses, a native of Egypt, and next in line to be crowned King. At the age of 16, his father, dropped him and his younger brothers off in the United States, as an effort to make them men, and find their own way. Duke made a way for himself, and his brothers, after opening up a chain of pool halls. After Blizzy, one of his faithful customers, and best friends, started stealing money from the company and the customers, putting the Florida location in jeopardy of being shut down. Duke sends one of his brothers to take care of Blizzy, not knowing that Pilar was only inches away and witnesses the murder. After being caught and begging for her life, Duke spares her, but not before putting a strict detail on Pilar, making sure she doesn’t go to the police. Pilar gets fed up with being followed, and ends up moving into Duke’s house, against the wishes of one of his brothers, who also thought that he was not fit to be King. After getting to know Pilar personally, Duke starts to develop feelings for her, but he can’t act on them, due to the secrets that he has. Will Duke risk it all and act on his feelings for Pilar or will he walk away and leave behind an affair that could lead to something special?

Download or read book Peter Powers and the Sinister Snowman Showdown written by Kent Clark and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you like the Avengers, Justice League, or The Incredibles, then you'll love this family of superheroes! This new chapter book series is perfect for reluctant readers. Join Peter Powers (the boy with not-to-super powers) and his friends for an exciting HOLIDAY-themed story of action, adventure, and... evil snowmen?! Everyone in Peter Powers' family has super awesome superpowers--except Peter. All he can do is make ice cubes and freeze stuff. But it's his favorite time of year, so who cares?! There's nothing like the holidays to put people in a good mood! But after Mr. Powers vanishes without a trace, other things in Boulder City start to disappear too. Now, it's up to Peter and his best friends, Chloe and Sandro, to search out who has a sinister heart of ice. Can the trio face the army of snowmen alone, or will the holidays be ruined for everyone? Peter Powers and the Sinister Snowman Showdown! is the fifth chapter book in a new series of exciting stories about a young boy who has some rather crummy superpowers. Each story is full of humor, action, and fun, but the charm can be found in the heartfelt message about the power of family, friends, and having confidence. (And look for a dastardly cameo by Santa's dark counterpart... Krampus!)

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Download or read book FROSTY written by and published by Noetika Medya Yayıncılık Danışmanlık Bilişim.tur.san.ve Tic.a.ş. . This book was released on 2024-11-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROSTY Story: Tom is an ordinary man in his thirties, tall and thin. About five years ago, while working for Rittali , the elder son of an influential and illicit family, he killed the younger son. He disappeared because the family and the police were after him. He got a fake ID and settled in a hut on a deserted island and lived on the island by trapping and doing various handicrafts with his dog named KURT. Rittali family locates him and sends a hitman to the island by helicopter. At that moment, a blizzard begins. The helicopter is forced to leave this enforcer named Corsa on the island. Corsa , who is in his 50s , falls and faints while trying to walk through the blizzard to reach the cabin. Tom and his dog Kurt find him almost frozen, carry him to the hut and bring him back to life. Tom examines the man's clothes and sees the weapons found on the man and the photos and information about himself, and understands why the man came to the island. Corsa is a hitman who came to the island to kill him. Tom ties Corsa with chains. There are 8-10 days left before the blizzard ends. They have to spend this time alone on the island, in Tom's hut. When the storm is over , Tom prepares to escape from the island. Meanwhile, MIND GAMES begin between Corsa and Tom . While Corsa plays various games to get rid of the chains, Tom is aware of his game and starts playing his own game. When the storm is over, Tom leaves the assassin Corsa chained on the island and leaves. FROSTY SYNOPSIS Every year around that time, a routine blizzard comes to the region and lasts for a week. During the blizzard, life in the region comes to a standstill. That day, the storm hit the island a day earlier than expected. During this unexpected blizzard , Tom was checking his traps in the forest on the island with his dog Kurt. At that moment, he heard the sound of a helicopter landing on the island. As the blizzard turned into a storm, he got on his snowmobile and set off to return to the cabin. There is a dark figure lying on the ground on the road. Tom, whose visibility is poor due to the blizzard , does not see the figure lying on the ground, but his dog Wolf sees the man lying on the ground. The man is freezing to death. He puts the man on the sled and takes him to the cabin. The man they brought back to life is a man in his 50s. Tom saw what was left on the man and understood his intentions. This man was a hitman sent to the island to kill him. He has chained the man, Corsa wakes up in the bathtub, comes to. He doesn't seem surprised to be chained. His intentions are revealed. Afterwards, Tom brings the gun and other items from Corsa onto the table , showing that he knows what the man came for. They have to live together for a week. Tom doesn't want to kill Corsa . When he says , "I'm not a murderer, but since my location is known, I will leave the island when the storm is over, I will report you to the local sheriff, the local sheriff will come and get you." Corsa starts his own mind games. In fact, he claims that the county sheriff tipped off the family to Tom's whereabouts and took a bribe for it. He also says that he is a man of a large executioner company. Corsa's goal is to get inside Tom's mind, somehow get him to cooperate and break free from the chains, while Tom's dog Wolf stands guard and is ready to tear Corsa to pieces if he attacks. Over the course of a week, Corsa tells his own story , his experiences, how he got dragged into this life, his goals. He tells a love story from the past . He says he used to be a literature teacher. He says he became a hitman because he was after a woman for a lot of money. Tom also tells his own story . Meanwhile, Corsa claims that the drawings on some cards in the hut tell a secret story . The former owner of the hut, Old Joe, found gold on this island with a friend. After the hostility between them, old Joe killed his friend and buried the man under a tree on the island. Since he could not read or write, he told his story by drawing. Corsa wants to convince Tom . His goal is to get her to follow this story and try to influence her to go after the gold that Old Joe has hidden together. However, when the storm is over , Tom tells Corsa the truth. The local sheriff is actually a woman. Tom thinks the local sheriff is a man. Tom has been aware of Corsa's lies from the first day . And when the day of departure comes, he leaves the hut. Corsa remains chained behind.

Download or read book Wonder Boy written by Angel Au-Yeung and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2023-04-25 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Financial Times best business book of 2023 In 1998, at the age of 24, Tony Hsieh sold his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. In 2009, at the age of 35, he sold his e-commerce company, Zappos, to Amazon for $1.2 billion. In 2020, at the age of 46, he died. Tony Hsieh revolutionized both the tech world and corporate culture. He was a business visionary. He was also a man in search of happiness. So why did it all go so wrong? Tony Hsieh’s first successful venture was in middle school, selling personalized buttons. At Harvard, he made a profit compiling and selling study guides. From there, he went on to build the billion-dollar online shoe empire of Zappos. The secret to his success? Making his employees happy. At its peak, Zappos’s employee-friendly culture was so famous across the tech industry that it inspired copycats and earned a cult following. Then Hsieh moved the Zappos headquarters to Las Vegas, where he personally funded a nine-figure campaign to revitalize the city’s historic downtown area. But as Hsieh fell deeper into his struggles with mental health and drug addiction, the people making up his inner circle began changing from friends to enablers. Drawing on hundreds of interviews with a wide range of people whose lives Hsieh touched, journalists Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans craft a rich portrait of a man who was plagued by his eternal search for happiness and ultimately succumbed to his own demons.

Download or read book The Missing Magic written by Kallie George and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2016-08-04 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 3 in the marvelous illustrated chapter book series, The Magical Animal Adoption Agency. A new volunteer has joined the Magical Animal Adoption Agency, and Clover's not too happy about it! Oliver Von Hoof is supposed to be an expert on magical animals, but he's barely older than Clover. How can he be an expert on anything? And it doesn't help that Mr. Jams keeps turning to Oliver instead of Clover for help with the animals. When Mr. Jams is called away from the Agency on a secret mission, Clover and Oliver are put in charge of the Agency once again. But when Picnic the invisible puppy starts turning visible, and the Agency's green cat, Dipity, begins to look white, Clover and Oliver realize that all of the amazing creatures are becoming ordinary. Even Oliver's trusty magical wands aren't enough to cure them! Will Oliver and Clover learn to work together in time to restore the animals' magical powers? Alexandra Boiger's delightful illustrations shine in the third book of Kallie George's The Magical Animal Adoption Agency series where an open heart can best the nastiest of spells. Praise for Clover's Luck "[This] gentle tale of magic and self-reliance will entertain confident new independent readers. Clover's sweet story is a good next step for lovers of the Magic Tree House." -- Kirkus Reviews "Readers will be envious of the world of magic that Clover becomes ensconced in and eager to read future installments." -- Publishers Weekly "The first novel in George's new series is a charming story, delicately written, with a winning heroine. Clover's first adventure with the magical animals at the agency comes to a conclusion that will satisfy young readers." -- Booklist Online "Clover is a winning hero worth following." -- Library Media Connection

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Download or read book A Glossary of Berkshire Words and Phrases written by Barzillai Lowsley and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English dialect dictionary written by J. Wright and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 889 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 1 A - C

Download or read book The English Dialect Dictionary Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years A E written by Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The English Dialect Dictionary Being the Complete Vocabulary of All Dialect Words Still in Use Or Known to Have Been in Use During the Last Two Hundred Years A C written by Joseph Wright and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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