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This book offers support and guidance to sexuality professionals who are looking at different strategies to progress their careers, accounting…
for all the diverse jobs they can take on or create.Bringing together contributions from the field of sexology, business, and marriage and family therapy, James C. Wadley combines elements of sexuality, business development, and entrepreneurship to help therapists consider their professional options. Chapters address topics such how to navigate consultative opportunities in sex education, clinical work, counseling, coaching, supervision, research, non-profit and for-profit entities, volunteer experiences, and in academic settings. Professional contributions offer practical advice as well as personal reflections, with insights ranging from obtaining consultative positions, to starting one’s own business, and using social media effectively.Sexuality educators, counselors, therapists, healers, advocates, activists, researchers, policy makers, workers, and other consultants will find this book invaluable when navigating new ideas and professional paths they can take within the field.Teach Yourself Investing in 24 Easy Lessons is a practical, approachable investing guide that tackles complicated investment topics in a…
simple, easy-to-understand format. Author Ken Little starts readers out with the basics of investing and clearly explains how each of the most common investments works, and then moves on to help readers better understand each investment type and the strategies for increasing their potential for success. The author helps the reader understand how to choose and invest in stocks, how to identify and select the best mutual funds, and how to leverage today's modern tools to find investing success — with or without a broker. Authored with the perfect balance of clear guidance and occasional wit, Teach Yourself Investing in 24 Easy Lessons is the perfect introduction for anyone who feels overwhelmed by just the thought of tackling investing on their own.The Complete Idiot's Guide to Stock Investing: Become Market-Savvy and Watch Your Portfolio Soar
Par Sarah Fisher, Susan Shelly. 2011
The keys to financial success and security are just one book away Investing in the equity or stock market has…
never been riskier-or more profitable. In The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Stock Investing, veteran Certified Financial Planner Sarah Young Fisher and business writer Susan Shelly lead the novice investor through the often confusing process of investing in the stock market, helping him or her think like a veteran trader. • Written with the recent market in mind, this book will give strategies that apply to today's investors.Get healthy with fiber, without sacrificing taste. Research shows that a high-fiber diet may help prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes,…
digestive disorders, and other serious ailments. In this guide, readers will discover types of fiber and what foods are highest in them; recipes for delicious high-fiber breakfasts, lunches, dinners, snacks, and desserts; tips on how to put fiber into foods that aren&’t high in fiber; and more. • The New England Journal of Medicine reports that diabetic patients who included 50 grams of fiber in their daily diet lowered their glucose levels by 10 percent. • Research has proven that increasing the amount of fiber can help people lose weight. • A higher-fiber diet reduces cholesterol levels.Beginning Investing: Explore the Risks and Rewards for Various Investment Options (Idiot's Guides)
Par Danielle L. Schultz. 2016
Idiot's Guides: Beginning Investing helps the new investor understand all of the most common investment options, how to choose the…
right ones for your needs and goals, and how to increase your chances for success.This book covers: • Self-assessment tools that help readers understand their own personal risk tolerance and choose the investment strategies that fit their needs. • Basics on the each investment type, including stocks, bonds, mutual funds, real estate, and more, with primers on each investment type, the basics on how to invest with each option, and how to improve chances for success. • The dos and don'ts of real estate investing, including what to pursue, and what to avoid when it comes to real estate. . • Simple strategies for investing in the bond market. • Tips and tricks for investing in stocks, including which types of stocks to avoid and which types to buy. • How to protect assets and invest using time-tested and sensible techniques. • Setting goals and investing for college, retirement, luxury purchases, and other common financial goals. • Managing investments and personal portfolios for both short term and long term gains.It makes the world go round, but money can truly be an enigma. DK&’s visual approach breaks new ground. In graphics,…
charts, and diagrams, How Money Works demystifies processes and answers the hundreds of financial questions we all have.Money facilitates the billions of transactions that take place every day across the globe. Using &‘need to know&’ boxes, step-by-step diagrams, and other eye-catching visuals, How Money Works shows you how this is possible. It explains economic theories, how governments raise and control money, what goes on in the stock exchange, how analysts predict where shares are heading, and many other issues. It busts jargon, explaining terms such as quantitative easing, cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market.This must-have guide to money further features:Key financial concepts in a uniquely visual way, using bold infographics combined with simple, jargon-free language. Genuinely comprehensive, covering every aspect of money – personal, business, and governmental. Defines hundreds of money-related terms, such as cash flow, bonds, superannuation, and the open market. Offers essential basic know-how on everything from managing debt to online fraud. Fully up-to-date, covering topics such as cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, Litecoin, and others) and quantitative easing. Includes localizable appendix of territory specific reference information.Our forefathers may have used simple bartering to exchange goods and services, but today we depend on complicated financial instruments for pensions, life assurance, mortgages, and more. How Money Works explains how these work, as well as how to avoid on-line fraud and where to invest. With information on the latest forms of funding and currencies such as Bitcoin, this comprehensive book will fast track you to financial literacy and getting the most from your hard-won cash.DK Essential Managers: Strategic Thinking (DK Essential Managers)
Par Andy Bruce, Ken Langdon. 2000
Learn how to plan, develop, and implement dynamic business and team strategies. This concise and informative guide shows you how…
to identify the route to success by gathering and analyzing key information, setting short- and long-term objectives, developing your team-leadership skills, predicting future trends, and maintaining a flexible approach. It covers the essential tools of strategic management, from SWOT analysis and feasibility studies, to budgeting forecasts and contingency plans, to help give you a competitive edge in today's fast-moving business world. The Essential Managers guides have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Perfect Job Interview, 3rd Edition
Par Marc Dorio. 2009
How to ace an interview in today&’s competitive job market. Career human resources expert Marc Dorio knows how the system…
works and how it has changed with the advent of Internet interviews, video conferences, and electronic resumés. In this new edition, he teaches job seekers how to respond to obscure, difficult questions; research salary ranges and negotiate; pull together a resumé package; present their skill set and experience to best effect; follow up after the usual &“thank you&” note; and dozens of other inside tips. • From a human resources expert. • Strong sales record for past editions. • Most current information available. • Specific details about each step in the process.DK Essential Managers: Influencing People (DK Essential Managers)
Par John Eaton, Roy Johnson. 2002
The ability to form mutually respectful relationships with others and to succeed in getting your ideas heard is a vital…
element of being a good manager. Having influence enables you to gain support and commitment for your proposals, and therefore increase your potential for success. Influencing People will help you build your communication skills, improve your ability to engage the interest and cooperation of others, and develop an authoritative and reliable reputation. Practical advice, including 101 concise tips, shows you how to develop influential attitudes and becomes someone to whom colleagues will look for advice and leadership. Finally, a self-assessment test at the end of the content enables you to evaluate your skills as an influencer. DK's bestselling Essential Managers books are ideal for managers at every level. These concise references demonstrate the techniques and skills that are useful in any work environment, making this series the most accessible single-subject business guides on the market.DK Essential Managers: Thinking Creatively (DK Essential Managers)
Par George P. Boulden. 2002
Thinking creatively is a key skill for any manager— whether you are finding solutions to seemingly intractable problems, generating new…
ideas, or thinking outside the box to bring your whole operation to a new level. Every type of business, no matter its outer appearance, can benefit from a creative approach, and barriers that people often take for granted can disappear with the right insight. This practical guide will not only show you how to think creatively, but also give you the skill set you need to inspire creativity in others, opening up new possibilities for your whole team. With key questions, exercises, and decision flow charts, Thinking Creatively will help you break your routines and unleash your creative potential. DK's bestselling Essential Managers books are ideal for managers at every level. These concise references demonstrate the techniques and skills that are useful in any work environment, making this series the most accessible single-subject business guides on the market.100 Weight Loss Bowls: Build your own calorie-controlled diet plan
Par Heather Whinney. 2017
You can lose weight—one bowl at a time. Putting all the food for a meal into one bowl might…
sound like an odd way to lose weight. But this method creates portion control while also contributing to a balanced diet. Every recipe in this book has a label to denote whether it&’s under 300, 400, or 600 calories. Many recipes also have flags to signify whether they&’re dairy free, gluten free, or vegan, helping you ensure you&’re not going to eat anything that might cause concern. 100 Weight Loss Bowls includes these features: • 100 delicious recipes for breakfast, brunch, portable meals, quick meals, and comfort food • Different kinds of bowls, including pho, grain, smoothie, rice, poke, acai, and Buddha • Expert advice on how to build meal plans to help you meet your weight loss goals Because 100 Weight Loss Bowls contains a variety of recipes—such as fruit and oatmeal, fish and rice, and noodles and vegetables as well as recipes inspired by international cuisine—you might never need to eat from a plate again!Healthy Gut Cookbook: 150 Stage-By-Stage Healing Recipes to improve your digestive health
Par Gavin Pritchard, Maya Gangadharan. 2016
A soothing and flavorful collection of 120 recipes for broths, fermented foods, greens, salads, meats, and more, proving that healing…
your digestive system doesn't have to be bland and boring.If you're seeking to alleviate Leaky Gut Syndrome—or if you follow a GAPS, Specific Carbohydrate Diet, Paleo, or gluten-free diet—you will find delicious relief within the pages of Healthy Gut Cookbook. With 120 recipes—and up to 30 variations—for bone broths, fermented foods, soups, yogurt, meat and fish dishes, appetizers, and desserts, you can heal yourself without compromising on flavor.Go beyond the recipes themselves and learn more about Leaky Gut Syndrome and its stages of healing, as well as the Leaky Gut Diet program, how to prepare for it, and what to expect.Healthy Gut Cookbook includes tips on preparing your kitchen and pantry for the diet, how to save time and money in preparing recommended foods, and advice on choosing the right supplements to go along with the diet. Plans to target your specific health issue allow you to get the most out of the Healthy Gut Diet, and expert tips guide you in maintaining gut health beyond the intensive stages of the plan.Authors Gavin Pritchard, RD, CSSD, CD-N, CDE and Maya Gangadharan, NTP, are your well-practiced experts in the world of nutrition, healing, and cooking. With their help, you will soon be well on your way to healing, without having to leave your love of food behind.DK Essential Managers: Marketing Effectively (DK Essential Managers)
Par Moi Ali. 2001
Learn all you need to know to improve your marketing skills, from researching and analyzing customers' buying habits to creating…
and managing a strong brand. Marketing Effectively not only shows you how to maximize market share by keeping up with trends, improving your competitiveness, exploiting new opportunities, and developing a winning marketing strategy, it also provides practical information on enhancing the image of your organization. Power tips help you to improve dramatically your chances of attaining instantly recognizable products. The Essential Managers have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.DK Essential Managers: Improving Your Memory (DK Essential Managers)
Par David Thomas. 2010
Learn how to train your memory, enhance your mental abilities, and keep your mind agile and alert. This book&’s expert…
tips, clear text, and informative illustrations will show you how to improve your concentration, organize your thoughts, and retain and recall information quickly and accurately to make your memory work for you both in personal and professional situations.The Essential Manager guides have sold more than two million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, methods, and problems are presented with hundreds of photos, charts, and diagrams. It is the most exciting and accessible approach to business and self-improvement available.The Complete Idiot's Mini Guide to What You Must Know About Bariatric Su
Par Margaret Furtado. 2011
The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Investing in Stocks: Indispensable Information to Help You Profit from the Stock Market
Par Carl Baldassarre, Randy Burgess. 2006
Take stock in your future. You&’re no idiot, of course. You know your money would be better off in the…
stock market than in low-interest savings accounts. But with so many stocks to choose from and so much information to digest, you can&’t seem to fine the time to get in the equities market. The Pocket Idiot&’s Guide® to Investing in Stocks cuts to the chase and gives you all the essentials you need to get started in investing in stocks. In it, you get: • The basics of setting up an account and the different kinds of orders you can place for stocks. • How to spot an interesting stock and then dig into it further, picking up insights into the company and its industry. • Valuable resources for evaluating and tracking the market—and your instruments.The Complete Idiot's Guide to Real Estate Investing Basics
Par David J. Decker, George G. Sheldon. 2006
What, where, and how to buy! The Complete Idiot&’s Guide® to Real Estate Investing Basics presents the practical advice and knowledge…
readers need to get started in the residential real estate market. Based on the knowledge of an established expert, this guide teaches readers how to find properties that have the greatest investment potential, make offers and negotiate deals, locate great tenants, and re- sell properties for maximum profit. • According to the US Census Bureau, there were an estimated 123.3 million housing units in the US in the first quarter 2005. • Residential real estate is always on the move. • Baby boomers are growing older, and many look at real estate investing as a safe way to assure their current standard of living.The Complete Idiot's Guide to Boosting Employee Performance
Par Marc Dorio, Susan Shelly. 2011
Keep workers working—and happy. The Complete Idiot's Guide® to Boosting Employee Performance is the most current and comprehensive guide for…
managers seeking to get the most out of their employees and build lasting relationships that will help them grow their business. Includes the newest and most powerful tools to keep employees doing their best, including ideas on keeping morale high when business is tough, avoiding stagnant work habits and routines, energizing employees about their job, how to retain the best employees, and much more. • Practical tips on maintaining clear communication between managers and staff, offering the right incentives, and inspiring teamwork • Includes insightful anecdotes from real lifeWhether titans of industry, influential business leaders, or creators of history's most recognizable brands, these entrepreneurs had the vision, innovation,…
and ruthless determination to make their marks on our society in indelible ways. Boldly illustrated and comprehensive in its scope and depth, Entrepreneurs Who Changed History profiles more than 90 industry leaders across the world and throughout the ages - from the enterprising bankers of the medieval world and the merchants of an empire to the titans of industry and the geniuses of Silicon Valley. Combining accessible text with specially-commissioned illustrated portraits in a range of bold artwork styles, photographs, and infographics, entries showcase each individual in a fresh, visual way. The towering personalities behind some of history's most recognizable brands and companies - their ruthlessness, tenacity, creativity, and sheer grit - are all brought to vivid life.Profiling the kings and queens of commerce and trade, Entrepreneurs Who Changed History features the familiar faces of Vanderbilt and Rockefeller, Ford and Ferrari, Gates and Zuckerberg, alongside lesser-known figures such as the enterprising women of colonial America, the emancipated enslaved people who became millionaires against all odds, and the individuals powering today's emerging economies.7-Minute Body Plan: Quick workouts & simple recipes for real results in 7 days
Par Lucy Wyndham-Read. 2019
Whatever your body shape, fitness level, or age, feel amazing after just 1 week of 7-minute workouts, recipes, and Lucy's…
positive mindset to help you believe in yourself and love your body.Find just 7 minutes a day over a week and follow one of Lucy Wyndham-Read's workouts daily to shape up and feel your best self. Try her supporting recipes for even greater impact. No equipment is needed, the exercises are easy and effective whatever your body shape and fitness level, and "yes", you really do only need 7 minutes a day. Lucy wants us to all to love our bodies and feel our best quickly and easily. The seven workouts - all exclusive to the book - speak to real women: Melt Off Belly Fat, Little Black Dress Workout, Love My Legs, Super Health Fix. They are demonstrated with illustrations of women of all ages, shapes and sizes - no unattainable skinny models. Try one for a week and you will want to do more. Followers (Lucy has over 1 million across YouTube and Instagram) say of her routines, "Actually, I can do these for the rest of my life". The quick, healthy recipes (7 breakfasts, 7 lunches, 7 smoothies, 7 dinners) - which Lucy shares for the first time - are optional, but follow these too and your results will be even more impressive. Start now, believe in yourself, see the change, and love your body!