What S The Question

Author : Mikael Krogerus,Roman Tschäppeler
Publisher : Profile Books
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2024-02-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781800818910

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The Question Book by Mikael Krogerus,Roman Tschäppeler Pdf

What would be your ideal job if money didn't matter? How far would you go for a promotion? When did you last stand up for what you believe in? What are you afraid of? In this unique handbook to life and work, there are no right or wrong answers: only honest ones. Because before you can build a career or find happiness, you must first know yourself. From the professional to the personal, the everyday to the existential, the wide-ranging questions in this book will help to illuminate your life, your motivations, your ambitions and your values, and will help you find your own fulfilling path. You can use the book alone, like a journal, or with a colleague, partner or friend. Either way, through these pertinent and enjoyable questions you will find answers to everything that really matters.

Author : Warren Berger
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 273 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781620401460

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A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger Pdf

To get the best answer-in business, in life-you have to ask the best possible question. Innovation expert Warren Berger shows that ability is both an art and a science. It may be the most underappreciated tool at our disposal, one we learn to use well in infancy-and then abandon as we grow older. Critical to learning, innovation, success, even to happiness-yet often discouraged in our schools and workplaces-it can unlock new business opportunities and reinvent industries, spark creative insights at many levels, and provide a transformative new outlook on life. It is the ability to question-and to do so deeply, imaginatively, and “beautifully.” In this fascinating exploration of the surprising power of questioning, innovation expert Warren Berger reveals that powerhouse businesses like Google, Nike, and Netflix, as well as hot Silicon Valley startups like Pandora and Airbnb, are fueled by the ability to ask fundamental, game-changing questions. But Berger also shares human stories of people using questioning to solve everyday problems-from “How can I adapt my career in a time of constant change?” to “How can I step back from the daily rush and figure out what really makes me happy?” By showing how to approach questioning with an open, curious mind and a willingness to work through a series of “Why,” “What if,” and “How” queries, Berger offers an inspiring framework of how we can all arrive at better solutions, fresh possibilities, and greater success in business and life.

Author : Joel Schwartzberg
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523094127

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Get to the Point! by Joel Schwartzberg Pdf

Whether you want to improve your impact in speeches, staff meetings, pitches, emails, PowerPoint presentations, or any other communication setting, this book provides a novel approach that teaches you how to go from simply sharing a thought to making a difference. --

Author : Gregory Stock
Publisher : Workman Publishing Company
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-10
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780761178682

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The Book of Questions by Gregory Stock Pdf

The phenomenon returns! Originally published in 1987, The Book of Questions, a New York Times bestseller, has been completely revised and updated to incorporate the myriad cultural shifts and hot-button issues of the past twenty-five years, making it current and even more appealing. This is a book for personal growth, a tool for deepening relationships, a lively conversation starter for the family dinner table, a fun way to pass the time in the car. It poses over 300 questions that invite people to explore the most fascinating of subjects: themselves and how they really feel about the world. The revised edition includes more than 100 all-new questions that delve into such topics as the disappearing border between man and machine—How would you react if you learned that a sad and beautiful poem that touched you deeply had been written by a computer? The challenges of being a parent—Would you completely rewrite your child’s college-application essays if it would help him get into a better school? The never-endingly interesting topic of sex—Would you be willing to give up sex for a year if you knew it would give you a much deeper sense of peace than you now have? And of course the meaning of it all—If you were handed an envelope with the date of your death inside, and you knew you could do nothing to alter your fate, would you look? The Book of Questions may be the only publication that challenges—and even changes—the way you view the world, without offering a single opinion of its own.

Author : B. Bingham
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003-11
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780595282685

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The Answer Is No! What Is the Question? by B. Bingham Pdf

The answer is NO! Abuse, neglect, abandonment, rejection, adoption, foster homes, orphanages, is this really life at its best? What is the question? It may be easy to give money at church, or to your favorite charity, but what does the older child left behind really need? Read what happens when a 4 year old orphan is adopted when he thought that this would never be. Open up your heart and get ready to laugh and cry as this story unfolds and lets you know that yes, you too can make a difference.

Author : Erik de Kort,Durk Bosma
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1985254476

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What's the Question? by Erik de Kort,Durk Bosma Pdf

"What's the Question?" offers a practical approach and powerful tools that will help you design a good market research study. When we say "good," we mean a study that produces results that can actually be used as a basis for making marketing decisions. We will show you how a thorough problem analysis beforehand can make the difference between usable and useless research. We describe the search for the true market research problem: the right research questions. The search helps clients better understand what information they really need. We explain step-by-step how to arrive at the right research questions. Then we explain how to choose the methods and techniques that will best serve your purposes to answer these research questions. The book provides a refreshing look at what can and cannot be researched, and which methods are the most appropriate. Misunderstandings are corrected, and myths are debunked. You'll end up with a realistic idea of what you can and cannot achieve with market research. "A problem well stated is a problem half-solved." (Charles Kettering, 1876 - 1958, inventor of such things as the electric starter which is still in use today.) In this book we present a practical approach to setting up market research, using models and tools that can be used in many types of situations. Do not expect a cookbook that will almost always lead to the optimal result if the right amounts of the right ingredients are combined in the right way. Setting up a market research study also requires a dose of creativity and analytic ability. Furthermore, there is more than one way to get the job done. Our approach will help you discover these ways and make a considered choice. "Don't just buy it, but study it thoroughly and then apply it to your own professional practice!" (Prof. Dr. Edward Groenland, Professor of Business Research Methodology, Nyenrode Business University) "This book is about the essence of market research and about how to tackle market research problems." (Wiebe de Ridder, Managing Consultant, USP Marketing Consultancy) For whom is this book? In writing this book, our thinking focused largely on those who are asked to set up and carry out a market research project or have it carried out by others. The book is written from the perspective of the agency researcher who has to make a research proposal. It is, however, not really relevant whether it is written from the perspective of the client or of the research agency because the line of thinking is the same. We assume that a research proposal must be composed. For clients who need to draw up a briefing and for those who help them, this book will provide concrete leads for ways in which the research problem can be structured and for what information is needed. Students who in doing an internship assignment or a graduation project must set up their own research study, often run into difficulties creating the design. Their coursework has dealt with operational elements such as making a questionnaire and selecting the sample, but the analysis of the problem was not dealt with in depth. After some consideration, they come up with a long list of research questions that may be relevant to answer. But choosing the most relevant research questions and then choosing the best methodology to answer them is quite a challenge. Particularly for those students who are dealing with this for the first time, the structured approach we provide in this book will help create clarity about what they actually need to research before they start work on their project.

Author : Douglas Adams
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780330513142

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Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams Pdf

In Life, the Universe and Everything, the third title in Douglas Adams' blockbusting sci-fi comedy series, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. This edition includes exclusive bonus material from the Douglas Adams archives, and an introduction by Simon Brett, producer of the original radio broadcast. Following a number of stunning catastrophes, which have involved him being alternately blown up and insulted in ever stranger regions of the Galaxy, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. An eddy in the space-time continuum lands him, Ford Prefect, and their flying sofa in the middle of the cricket ground at Lord's, just two days before the world is due to be destroyed by the Vogons. Escaping the end of the world for a second time, Arthur, Ford, and their old friend Slartibartfast embark (reluctantly) on a mission to save the whole galaxy from fanatical robots. Not bad for a man in his dressing gown . . . Follow Arthur Dent's galactic (mis)adventures in the rest of the trilogy with five parts: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish, and Mostly Harmless.

Author : Stuart Dalton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781666775860

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Three Answers to the Question "What Is Philosophy?" by Stuart Dalton Pdf

Philosophy is like a party that started over 2,500 years ago and is still going strong. When you take a philosophy class, you’re invited to join this party; but walking into a party 2,500 years late can feel a little awkward. This book is meant to solve that problem. The best way to feel welcome is to focus on how funny philosophy is, simply because its ideals are so high that humans almost never manage to reach them. This book gives three answers to the question “What is philosophy?” (1) Philosophy is a conversation that has been going on for over 2,500 years which has been full of comedy from the beginning and will continue to be funny forever if we do it right. (2) Philosophy is a very awkward business that has always been on the verge of going out of business. (3) Philosophy is something that makes almost everyone write very badly. In addition to this three-act comedy the book also contains two practical guides to being happy and successful in philosophy classes.

Author : John Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1866
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023476086

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“What is the Truth?” or, Pilate's question answered in a scriptural exposition of the “Gospel of the Kingdom.” by John Thomas Pdf

Author : Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0020107578

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What is Religion? The question answered by Henry COLMAN (Unitarian Minister and Writer on Agriculture.) Pdf

Author : Nader Elhefnawy
Publisher : Nader Elhefnawy
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798836966966

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What is Neoliberalism? Revisiting the Question by Nader Elhefnawy Pdf

The term neoliberal has been in wide academic use for decades but only fairly recently entered the conversation—and quickly become controversial as a result. Back in 2019 Nader Elhefnawy took up this controversy in his book What is Neoliberalism? In this follow-up he revisits the question, offering a new consideration of the word's different meanings, especially how neoliberalism has restructured the world economy and the model of growth policymakers follow in regard to it; the economic record that has followed from it, from what it has meant for international development to what it has meant for the middle class; and how neoliberalism has shaped our thinking about the world, extending even to the idea of the future itself.

Author : Henry Colman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1846
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:590249688

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What is religion? The question answered by Henry Colman Pdf

Author : Carl H. Reidel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Foresters
ISBN : MINN:31951D002795696

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If Forestry is the Answer, What's the Question? by Carl H. Reidel Pdf

Author : David Mint
Publisher : The Mint
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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What is Money? A Quest to Answer the Question of the Ages by David Mint Pdf

What is money? Much of one's adult life is spent gathering and protecting what they believe to be money. Given the inordinate amount of time spent by humans trying to obtain money, is it sufficient to simply define it by the name of a national currency? The premise of this book is that it is not, and the ability to correctly answer the question is what will determine the very fate of mankind.

Author : Walter Hoffmann
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2011-02-25
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781456875138

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If Evolution Is The Answer Then What's The Question by Walter Hoffmann Pdf

There have been many books written about the Theory of Evolution. Probably, your first thought here is that this is just one more book on the subject. And you are right! However, this one has a different twist to it. This one asks questions about the subject matter where answers have not been forthcoming. Taking a layman’s approach to addressing the subject matter, the author writes as though the reader is bringing nothing to this reading experience except a curiosity. This book was not written for those of the scientific community, per se. There are quite a few questions that the author feels stand in the way of acceptance of the Theory, and remain unanswered. These are brought to the forefront, amid informative background knowledge of life and it’s beginning, and of necessity, an opposing view. That, of course, would be “Intelligent Design”. Intriguing topics addressed by others are presented, such as the Big Bang beginning of the Universe, or the discovery of a particle found to exist that’s smaller, even, than the parts of an atom i.e., smaller than the proton, the neutron, even the electron. Dark Energy, and it’s possible catastrophic results on the Universe are briefly discussed, as well as the information stored in DNA in all living cells, which is the design criteria for life. So you see the discussions are made purposely broad to offer the reader the necessary background for his better understanding of the subject matter.