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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

Productivityist

Which environment creates more value: one where employees have autonomy to pursue a challenging, purpose-driven career, or one where he or she is constrained to a cubicle, micro-managed, and challenged with unnecessary meetings? In practice, this may mean you work from a location other than your cubicle. If you get called out, great!

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The Art of Problem-Solving: 4 Creative Strategies to Tackle Your Biggest Obstacles

Success

But you also like the lifestyle that your salary pays for: weekly dinner and drinks… lease payments on your Audi… the waterfront condo. You decide that: Covering your $1,800 monthly mortgage is non-negotiable; you love your home. The problem : Essentially, should I quit my day job? Can you make the leap with minimal austerity measures?

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25 Self-Help Books You (Probably) Haven’t Read

Success

Sooner or later, every entrepreneur discovers that negotiation is an indispensable skill. They say no to cubicle lunches, four-minute book summaries, “multitasking” (whatever the heck that means) and monochrome, microwave dinners. If your Facebook ads aren’t delivering the ROI you expect, read this book to find out why.

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