Future Building

Obesity is a complex condition influenced by various factors, including genetics, behavior, and environment. It significantly increases the risk of chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. Understanding these contributing factors is crucial for effective prevention and management. This book offers a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to preventing obesity and its associated health risks.

Seeking funding for group homes, I encountered Lucas at a fundraiser, where he proposed sponsorship through a fake marriage. I accepted his proposal to help give financial stability to my child and community projects. His compassionate nature, ability to fulfill my needs, and philanthropic endeavors captivated me. Now entangled in a ruse marriage with Lucas, his warmth as a single dad mirrored his daughter's smile. Despite my concealed pregnancy and ensuing upheaval, Lucas's unwavering support made challenges surmountable.

"Smart Ecosystems: Integrating Nature and Technology in Future Cities", the latest installment in the acclaimed Building Digital Twin Metaverse Cities series, delivers a visionary blueprint for urban environments of the future—where cutting-edge technology harmonizes with the beauty of nature. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Samuel Li explores how cities can transition from resource-intensive hubs to regenerative spaces that nurture biodiversity, promote sustainability, and enhance human well-being.

Get your financial life sorted with this essential manual on improving your personal finances! Financial management is a life skill not often introduced to millions of young adults, and this deeply affects their future. In fact, more than half of adults are financially anxious, with most living paycheck to paycheck — not because they have zero money, but because they only have a single source of income, mainly their salaries.

Bob Muglia helps us understand how innovation in data and information technology have led us to AI—and how this technology must shape our future. The long-time Microsoft executive, former CEO of Snowflake, and current tech investor maps the evolution of the modern data stack and how it has helped build today's economy and society. And he explains how humanity must create a new social contract for the artificial general intelligence (AGI)—autonomous machines intelligent as people-that he expects to arrive in less than a decade.

Me 2.0 shows job seekers and established professionals alike how to leverage the power of online media for personal empowerment and career success. There is no job security anymore, which means that the way we manage our careers has forever changed. Now everyone in the world is your competition, and the single greatest differentiator you have is your personal brand. With social media tools, blogs, and mobile applications, there are endless opportunities to become known and connect with other people.

All organizations are embarking on a journey to the cloud. Their users are online and taking advantage of productivity tools like Salesforce. Enterprises are in the midst of transitioning to Office 365 for email and Office tools. This auidiobook maps the journey of 16 leading enterprises around the world including Fannie Mae, Siemens, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon itself. It provides practical guidance for any CXO no matter what stage they are on of their journey.

Information is power. It drives commerce, protects nations, and forms the backbone of systems that range from health care to high finance. Yet despite the avalanche of data available in today's information age, neither institutions nor individuals get the information they truly need to make well-informed decisions. Faulty information and sub-optimal decision-making create an imbalance of power that is exaggerated as governments and corporations amass enormous databases on each of us.

At some point, every early-stage start-up needs to stop being a secret and start telling people. As your engineering and development work begins to take shape, building fast attention and strong demand become essential—and just buying ads won't be enough. Matthews provides frameworks, examples, and interviews that reinforce the book’s central thesis: Marketing is a discipline, not just an activity. The book offers practical, jargon-free ideas that seamlessly blend marketing fundamentals with the functional realities of fast-paced, growth-focused start-ups.

Two books in one powerful guide! Financial Freedom and Career Clarity gives teens and young adults the tools to master money, discover strengths, and plan a future they’ll love. Learn to budget, save, build credit, explore careers, and gain real-world experience—plus get two FREE printable workbooks to help you take action now.

Do you want to give your child the financial security they need to thrive in the future? "Prosperous Parenting" is your comprehensive guide to making it happen! This book is more than just a guide to teach kids about money; it's a strategic roadmap for parents to create a solid financial foundation for their children through long-term investments. With this book, you'll gain the knowledge to make informed investment choices that can grow significantly over time, empowering your child with the tools to become financially literate and secure.

In Building Tomorrow, Paddy Le Flufy brings together six organizational technologies being developed and implemented by pioneering experts. Each of them fundamentally redesigns a key element of our economic system. Together, they form a holistic vision of a new system–one that can help us avoid the catastrophe looming on the horizon.

One of the world’s leading authorities on customer-centric business transformation, Lior Arussy—founder and CEO of the global consulting firm Strativity Group—offers “a revolutionary, yet pragmatic guide to not only managing change, but driving and thriving in a world of cataclysmic...

Anxiety is something that can affect us all. It can strike when we least expect it to and when it does it can have a devastating effect, especially on our closest bonds. Dealing with anxiety isn’t easy, because it is a complex set of emotions that can be triggered by quite small events. But the good news is that there is help available if you know where to look for it.

Being Black in America is not an easy task. Black people in America are faced with the task of surviving in a system predicated on the notion that Black people were less than human, policed and enforced by a system that is rooted in slavery and racism. All while trying to succeed in a capitalist society where we are discriminated against.

The age of the distributed team is upon us. Teams can now operate and collaborate from locations other than a central office, and events surrounding the 2020 COVID pandemic have thrown its practicality into sharp relief. Managing a team whose members are distributed across several locations requires a different mindset and will remain a must-have for all areas of business from this point forward. Building and Managing High-Performance Distributed Teams explains what the distributed teams concept means to the future of your company.

Explore the transformative impact of blockchain and cryptocurrency in "The Future of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain." This concise guide delves into how digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are reshaping finance and other industries, driving the new digital economy. Learn how blockchain technology powers decentralized finance (DeFi), enabling secure, peer-to-peer transactions without traditional banks. The book also covers Ethereum's recent shift to energy-efficient Proof of Stake (PoS), a significant development in the field.

"Adult Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers" offers a powerful insight into the challenging and often painful experiences of growing up under the shadow of a narcissistic mother. This audiobook serves as a comprehensive guide for understanding the complexities of narcissism, its developmental roots, and the profound impact it has on daughters subjected to this environment. Through meticulous exploration, it shines a light on the characteristics and behaviors of narcissistic mothers, the emotional and psychological toll on their daughters, and the long-term effects that can pervade into adulthood.

One of the greatest adventures in the future of humanity will be to construct, work, and live in space-based structures. In this audiobook, we look at the history of ideas for living in space, proposed space colony designs, and technology. The details of current life-support technology on the International Space Station are reviewed, as well as what technologies will be required for the development of large-scale space colonies and other things in terms of financing and materials.

This book argues that we are entering an age where humanity must build truly complex things to continue our progress. This means learning to build as nature builds, and as it turns out, forces us to redefine knowledge and skill, and more broadly our scientific and engineering paradigm.