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If you’re reading this, it’s likely that either you didn't get an interview, or you feel "Residency Match Day" was one of the worst days of your life. However, there is, if you get an interview invitation, a one-in-five chance to still earn a residency position this year. That number goes up dramatically if you use some of the techniques in this book that puts you not only ahead of the game, but ahead of the curve.

Believing Is Real is about a struggling family from the South who thought that life was exactly what they were experiencing. This family was led by parents whose faith was phenomenal. When the young adults’ parents died, God began speaking to them as a family and they heard the Voice of God to do his will.

After listening to this audiobook, you will do one of two things - dismiss it as fiction or accept it as a cop’s living testimony about the power of God; a power you can harness by exercising your faith in Jesus Christ! A must-listen for every law enforcement officer!

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has killed hundreds of thousands of people and infected millions while also devastating the world economy. The consequences of the pandemic, however, go much further: they threaten the fabric of national and international politics around the world. What will be the consequences of the pandemic, and what will a post-COVID world order look like? No institution is better suited to address these issues than Johns Hopkins University, which has convened experts from within and outside of the university to discuss world order after COVID-19.

Developing a cybernetic model of subjectivity and personhood that honors disability experiences to reconceptualize the category of the human.

Amid the turbulence of a global pandemic, worldwide social justice movements, and accelerated digital transformation, one thing is clear - work will no longer be the same. The Future of Work: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review will provide you with today's most essential thinking about creating a work-from-anywhere organization, harnessing AI as part of your team, creating an inclusive culture, and building a purpose-driven organization.

An alarming 39 percent of workers in high-tech companies believe they are depressed, as reported by PC Magazine in December 2018. Seventy-two percent of people who have daily stress and anxiety say it interferes with their lives - anxiety and stress alone have reduced productivity by 56 percent. Previous generations used to say, "Work harder," but we've now learned we must "work smarter." Polak has practiced and tested his methods in hundreds of opportunities. He feels that every individual and business should have these tools, and will share them with us here.

Failures are a common phenomena in civilization. Things fail and society responds, often very slowly, sometimes inappropriately. What kinds of things go wrong? Why do they go wrong? How do people and organizations react to failures, and what are the best ways to react? William B. Rouse takes an analytic approach to these questions and addresses 18 well-known cases of high-consequence failures. He employs a multi-level framework to integrate findings across the case studies, and, in turn, uses these to outline a conceptual approach to integrated failure management.

Fading are the days of direct communication by phone or in person, which have immediate responses and clarifications. The immediate feedback loop has been replaced by "broken loops" of communication. Now, due to hundreds of emails and texts, endless waiting, perpetual unreturned messages, and unlimited misunderstanding, we are in a Dyscommunication Crisis. This gives rise to the "Dyscommunication Syndrome" - a cluster of symptoms that comes together and repeats when our message is not returned, including anxiety, worst-case scenarios, catastrophizing, and negative loops of thinking.

The exceptionals are the few individuals who have achieved an unparalleled mastery in their field. They are the 1 percent of the percent. They are the people who have succeeded in being able to draw out the best talents they have within themselves and have maximized the physical, mental, and social potential available to them. The Exceptionals is their story, and it provides you with the blueprint to advance yourself from good to great - and from outstanding to elite.

Dr. Gary W. Lewandowski Jr. is a nationally recognized expert on the psychology of relationships. In his first book, he blends hot-off-the-press science, engaging writing, impactful examples, and fascinating stories to present an impressive range of refreshing and eye-opening set of insights.

The book covers numerous tech entrepreneurial founders and software developers, and the exciting brands or products that they created. It goes deep on a handful of them, narrowly divulging exactly how a few software developers and startup founders created breakthrough tech products like Gmail, Dropbox, Ring, Snapchat, Bitcoin, Groupon, and more. It highlights and unpacks the general hero-worship that the media and our own minds practice about tech founders and tech entrepreneurs.

Mastering communication skills is a lifelong process. In From the Board Room to the Living Room, corporate trainer David A. Hiatt shares a lifetime of experience in helping people communicate better and create win/win situations. Hiatt captures the essence of the powerful communication tactics he trains business leaders to deploy in sales and negotiation settings...and shows how to use these same techniques to improve relationships, deepen conversations, move past drama and games, and achieve more positive outcomes at home and in the workplace.

In late 2008, under the long shadow cast by the most severe economic crisis in generations, a revolutionary new form of currency was quietly being shaped. In Crypto Economy, Aries Wanlin Wang provides the definitive blueprint for understanding how Bitcoin, Blockchain, and other digital technologies are disrupting traditional financial institutions and forever changing the world of commerce.

In Activate Human Capital, author Richard N. Morrison outlines the eight "People-Focused Principles of Management", and he explains them in terms of the values that motivate people to want to do the work given to them. And even more, he shows how these values will actually get employees to initiate their work because they will see how it contributes to the overall purpose of the business. Each principle is linked to a component of human fulfillment, and then through research, personal experience, and shared stories.

10 Letters to a Stranger is a book that hopes to enlighten people's lives. It is a booklet that one may carry around and open up to seek hope and optimism whenever they feel like life is tightening up from all corners. When life seems like it is not going anywhere, this tiny manual aims to remind you and I that there is always light at the end of the tunnel. This book acts as a prompt that there is no such thing as a dead end. To never ever give up, no matter how tough things get.

Do you feel like you are in a cocoon and trapped by the systems, at large, like you want to get out so badly, but you can’t? You really want to be yourself and be set free, so you can live your life as your true conscious self. Well, you are in the right place at the right time. Welcome to the awakening party. You are about to see beyond the veils of deception that the system mentalities of the world have deceived humanity into a subservient and boxed-in reality, away from their true self.

Nick Seratino is a vibrant, handsome young man starting college when he receives a terrible diagnosis. He has end stage renal disease, requiring dialysis and ultimately a new kidney, and is placed on a transplant waiting list. Emilio Seratino is not willing to watch his son waste away. There are “many options” for a new kidney, and Emilio plans to utilize them all. When patients ahead of Nick on the waiting list start mysteriously dying, the authorities are called in to investigate. Meanwhile, Nick’s condition digs up family secrets better left buried.

Enter the world of a business person whose company just lost their largest customer. Having recently succeeded Fred Taylor, his old boss, as the head of the company, it was evident that Fred was the company. What should he do? Could they recover? Something was missing. It was a common purpose, a reason to work at the company....

Based on the Grammy-nominated number one single "Reckless Love". The song "Reckless Love" was named both Song of the Year and Worship Song of the Year at the 2018 GMA Dove Awards. But with its success came controversy. After all, is God’s love reckless.