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How to Find Flow: 3 Steps
for High Performance
and Deep Resilience
The Almighty Dollar:
500 Years of the World’s
Most Powerful Money
Dr Cameron Norsworthy
Blink
Brendan Greeley
Crown Currency
In today’s hyper-connected world,
it is common for workers’ attention
to become fragmented as they
lurch from one stressor and
distraction to another, writes
Dr Cameron Norsworthy, founder
and CEO of Flow Centre. As a result,
more than 79 per cent of people are
not fully engaged with what they do and feel a sense
of dissatisfaction with work and life. In this book,
Norsworthy examines the optimal state of functioning
known as flow: when complete absorption in a task makes
it feel effortless and deeply rewarding. He outlines practical
ways to understand and access this state to release
untapped potential.
The US dollar is the most widely
used currency, yet its origins
lie beyond America. Financial
journalist Brendan Greeley traces
its history to sixteenth century
Jáchymov, in present-day
Czech Republic. He describes
how the dollar (first known as
the “taler”) was introduced to many countries before
reaching American colonies in the seventeenth century.
Greeley charts its evolution from early coins to paper
currency and analyses the effects of major financial upheavals,
including the Great Depression. This financial history offers
an interesting perspective on a global currency and its
enduring economic influence.
Why Good People
Behave Badly at Work
Billionaire Backlash: The Age
of Corporate Scandal and How
it Could Save Democracy
Dr Catherine Sandler
Leap
Dealing with difficult colleagues
is challenging — becoming one is
equally so. In her latest book,
executive coach Dr Catherine Sandler
explores how workplace stress
can disrupt behaviour. She presents
a profile framework in which
animals — the tiger, dolphin and owl — represent distinct
personality types. Under pressure, these “animals” shift into
fight, flight or freeze responses respectively. Sandler shares
strategies for recognising triggers that can lead to undesirable
behaviour, from unintentionally upsetting colleagues to losing
emotional control. By understanding their animal profile,
she says individuals can better manage stress and collaborate
more effectively.
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Pepper Culpepper and Taeku Lee
Bloomsbury Publishing
“Corporate scandals bring people
together in a powerful way”, argue
the authors of Billionaire Backlash.
Drawing on years of research in
policymaking and public opinion,
they demonstrate how corporate
scandals such as the 2008 financial
crisis and the Enron fraud case captured widespread
attention, exposing hidden power as well as regulatory
failings. With large, billionaire-owned corporations sometimes
appearing immune to government oversight, such events
pull back the curtain and create opportunities for the public
to lobby politicians for change. As counterintuitive as it may
seem, the authors believe that corruption can open the door
to democratic reform.
