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The #1 New York Times bestselling author illuminates how we can elevate ourselves and others to unexpected heights. Hidden Potential offers a new framework for reaching aspirations and exceeding expectations. Realizing potential isn't about being a workaholic or a perfectionist. What matters most is not how hard we work, but how well we learn. It's not about being a genius-growth depends more on developing character skills than cognitive skills. The...
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The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others)....
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others)....
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Uncovers the hidden rules that shape the balance between the weak and the mighty, and the powerful and the dispossessed.
"Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should...
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2018.
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"Robert Greene is a master guide for millions of readers, distilling ancient wisdom and philosophy into essential texts for seekers of power, understanding, and mastery. Now he turns to the most important subject of all -- understanding people's drives and motivations, even when they are unconscious of them themselves. We are social animals. Our very lives depend on our relationships with people. Knowing why people do what they do is the most important...
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New Riders
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©2013
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1 online resource (1 volume).
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English
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We all want people to do stuff. Whether you want your customers to buy from you, vendors to give you a good deal, your employees to take more initiative, or your spouse to make dinner—a large amount of everyday is about getting the people around you to do stuff. Instead of using your usual tactics that sometimes work and sometimes don't, what if you could harness the power of psychology and brain science to motivate people to do the stuff you want...
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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2017.
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xi, 210 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A direct and highly prescriptive work for any manager or executive who is eager to find and pinpoint those employees who have the potential to become real "sparks" in their organization, those highly motivated individuals who bring a "can-do" approach to their careers"--
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2014.
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"The first thing Sophia Amoruso sold online wasn't fashion - it was a stolen book. She spent her teens hitchhiking, committing petty theft, and dumpster diving. By age twenty-two, she had resigned herself to employment, but was still broke, directionless, and checking IDs in the lobby of an art school--a job she'd taken for the health insurance. It was in that lobby that Sophia decided to start selling vintage clothes on eBay. Flash forward eight...
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Drawing on years of research and thousands of interviews, a motivational expert explains why some people are more motivated than others and how each individual can unleash his or her inner drive to identify and implement a motivational code to achieve success in every aspect of one's personal and professional life.
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LID Editorial Empresarial
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[2017]
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Primera edición.
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1 online resource (1 volume)
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Español
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A través de 175 ideas el autor nos propone activar nuestro talento paso a paso, pulgada a pulgada, con el fin de alcanzar todas las metas que nos propongamos en la vida. Por si esto fuera poco nos invita a darnos un paseo por ese territorio al que no siempre vamos y sin embargo es el único que importa: nosotros mismos. A lo largo de sus páginas encontrarás las respuestas (o nuevas preguntas que hacerte) a si las creencias nos limitan o nos...
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