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A Hunger Artist is a short story by Franz Kafka first published in Die neue Rundschau in 1922. The story was also included in the collection A Hunger Artist, the last book Kafka prepared for publication, printed after Kafka's death. The protagonist, a hunger artist who experiences the decline in appreciation of his craft, is an archetypical creation of Kafka: an individual marginalized and victimized by society at large.

The best career advice one can obtain is to listen to A Message to Garcia along with Hubbard's insights in his Apologia, his insights and quotations, the introduction relating to the meaning of this legendary work, and the Message itself. Also excellent advice for those hiring: seek out those who will Just Do It as Lt. Rowan did, with no back talk, questions, or delay. If the job candidate can't, don't hire them; if the organization doesn't want this talent, don't work for them.

Hiring Do-ers for Success emphasizes the importance of hiring job candidates who can get the work done, not sing around the campfire in your culture. In describing his own hiring practices, Steve Jobs once said, “We hire do-ers to get things done.” This is the NFL way as well: “You don't know how they'll do until they are on your field.” You and your company will benefit from adopting a similar hiring philosophy. Test and calibrate. Have your star employees interview candidates to see if they qualify.

Arthur Conan Doyle agreed with Sherlock Holmes fans that The Speckled Band was his best Holmes story. The narrative moves along at a rapid pace, with Holmes making many witty and spot-on points based on evidence that only Holmes could deduce.

Crucial conversations usually come at inconvenient times. This makes it even more important to recognize that these conversations are in fact crucial moments, and to be prepared to respond promptly according to your personal objectives and goals. You should also prioritize your needs, so you can start to deal with the content of these conversations. Finally, you need to learn how to best perform and execute the tasks required.

The author emphasizes that the Board of Directors should start every meeting discussing the customers. What are they thinking? How is our franchise doing? What are the metrics of repeat business? Trial and similar questions. Why? Because financials are reasonably straightforward, most Board members are good at understanding them without conversation, and customers are the foundation of every organization.

> Being the Boss starts and ends with doing the work. The role models should be Jack Welch, ex-CEO of GE; Steve Jobs at Apple; and Jeff Bezos at Amazon. They get out in front of the work and lead the charge. Only then do they assess their talent to see who to enlist to help them. This audiobook emphasizes that, even if you get the boss job because you get along with people, have leadership skills, or network well, the key is doing the work - getting the job done.

"The Monster" is considered one of Crane's top four stories, but is left out of many collections. Don't miss it. It's a wonderful telling about the town of Whilomville, in which Henry Johnson lives and other Crane stories are set as well, including "The Knife".

> First Job Lessons emerged from a LinkedIn conversation with over 2,200 comments, one of the most popular ever on the site. People contributed their thoughts about first-job lessons and hiring managers commented on those. Interestingly, hiring managers found that people’s comments were right on point, but they did not find that employees walked that talk. In fact, they thought people required more of themselves than they had to do.

This work employs the lessons learned in our audiobook Conflict Resolution in order to analyze the Middle East Conflict, This new landmark audiobook is well worth listening to in order to acquire perspective on this seemingly immutable conflict, as well as a learning process to help you resolve conflicts in your own work and life.

In only 60 minutes of conversation and instruction, learn how to effectively manage your finances.

Learn what it takes to finance your business in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

Learn the art of negotiating in 60 minutes of conversation and instruction.

The story of an ape who copied men so as to escape from his cage and be shown off in circuses as well as addressing crowds, with the remarkable insights of Kafka.

A Better Life book about how men can have a liberated life.

AI described as necessary to be competitive to survive and prosper and how to implement AI.

The last great 19th-century Russian novelist and poet brings his symbolism together with realism to blend real events with an intriguing fantasy mixed with reality, dark and bright colors, and a dose of romanticism.

This collection of early Agatha Christie short stories includes "The Actress", "While the Light Lasts", "Within the Wall", "The House of Dreams", and "The Lonely God".

A rollicking good tale about 4 men righting wrongs the courts did not do. These 4 act honorably by giving most of their targets a chance to escapee their form of vigilante justices. This case is about an English Cabinet minister set to expel refugees of principle from England to labor camps or execution in their despotic homelands.

Cooperman, like Midas, stays alone in his room, adding zeroes to his bank account as Midas added gold to his pile. Both were unhappy because they never built anything or passed on their financial wisdom, so they were disliked by many and hated by others. In contrast, billionaires Warren Buffett, Charlie Munger, and Sam Walton passed on their wisdom, built things, and helped people prosper in their lives, and were revered by virtually all. There are lessons for all of us in this book.