Modern Intelligence

Want to get smarter? Develop your EQ. Emotional energy is in many ways our most precious resource. Emotions are the fuel for absolutely everything we say, do and create, and emotions are directly responsible for the degree of personal and professional success that we enjoy in life. Successful people, no matter their profession or field of interest all have one key characteristic in common: they are masters of managing their emotional energy. Simply put, they control their emotions, and don’t let their emotions control them.

Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.

A lively history seen through the fifty inventions that shaped it most profoundly, by the bestselling author of The Undercover Economist and Messy. Who thought up paper money? What was the secret element that made the Gutenberg printing press possible? And what is the connection between...

Ethical intelligence may not get as much attention as other forms of "smarts", but as Bruce Weinstein reveals, it is the most practical, valuable, and even courageous form, determining success on the job, fulfillment in relationships, and sense of self-worth. After reviewing the basic ethical principles agreed upon by cultures and religious traditions around the world and throughout time, Weinstein tells listeners how to develop their ethics IQ by applying these principles in daily life.

Effectively understand yourself and others, to achieve a happier, healthier life. Improve your personal and professional relationships by learning a range of mental skills that can help you to successfully manage both yourself and the demands of working with others. Teaching you to stay in control, interpret body language and cope with negativity, this Practical Guide will help you to become aware of your own feelings and those of others, understand them and manage their impact.

Everything starts in the mind. This mega-bundle contains 20 best sellers that will help you master your mindset, improve your relationships and communication skills! This is the ONLY audiobook on mindset you will ever need!

An invaluable guide to understanding and dismantling sexism for parents trying to raise confident and powerful girls in a culture that often demeans them. “Seasoned and sensible guidance on the toughest topics in raising girls: misogyny, objectification, body image, confidence, harassment...

Eyes in the Sky is the authoritative account of how the Pentagon secretly developed a godlike surveillance system for monitoring America's enemies overseas, and how it is now being used to watch us in our own backyards. Whereas a regular aerial camera can only capture a small patch of ground at any given time, this system - and its most powerful iteration, Gorgon Stare - allow operators to track thousands of moving targets at once, both forwards and backwards in time, across whole city-sized areas.

Are you utilizing AI in your marketing but unsure if you’re maximizing its potential? Wondering how to scale AI (artificial intelligence) marketing across your enterprise? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, this book is for you. Ideal for B2B marketers, enterprise sales professionals, marketing ops specialists, revenue ops managers, growth marketers, email marketers, content creators, and anyone involved in sales and marketing, this book provides essential knowledge about AI.

A fascinating examination of the world of private investigators by a 21st-century private eye. Today's world is complicated: companies are becoming more powerful than nations, the lines between public and corporate institutions grow murkier, and the internet is shredding our privacy. To combat...

Vous êtes sur le point de faire le grand saut vers un poste de dirigeant et vous voulez vous assurer que tout se déroule parfaitement comme prévu dès la première seconde ? Ou vous occupez déjà un poste de dirigeant et souhaitez perfectionner votre style de management ? Vous cherchez un moyen de garder une vue d'ensemble dans la jungle des stratégies de leadership et de trouver ce qui correspond le mieux à votre personnalité ? Alors, saisissez ce guide et mettez tout simplement la boussole de votre carrière sur succès.

Meet Roger. Skilled with words, languages come easily to him. He instinctively understands how the world works through the power of story. Meet Dodger, his twin. Numbers are her world, her obsession, her everything. All she understands, she does so through the power of math. Roger and Dodger aren’t exactly human, though they don’t realize it. They aren’t exactly gods, either. Not entirely. Not yet. Meet Reed, skilled in the alchemical arts like his progenitor before him. Reed created Dodger and her brother. He’s not their father. Not quite. But he has a plan.

Learn how to achieve more by doing less! Live in that zone you’ve glimpsed but can’t seem to hold on to—the sweet spot where you have the greatest strength, but also the greatest ease. Not long ago, Christine Carter, a happiness expert at UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center and a...

Karl Albrecht defines social intelligence (SI) as the ability to get along well with others while winning their cooperation. SI is a combination of sensitivity to the needs and interests of others, sometimes called your "social radar", an attitude of generosity and consideration, and a set of practical skills for interacting successfully with people in any setting. Social Intelligence provides a highly accessible and comprehensive model for describing, assessing, and developing social intelligence at a personal level.

Kill It with Fire examines aging computer systems, the evolution of technology over time, and how organizations can modernize, maintain, and future-proof their current systems. “Kill it with fire,” the typical first reaction to a legacy system falling into obsolescence, is a knee-jerk...

Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life of secrets, and a war in the shadows. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation" by Politico, Michael Morell was a top CIA officer who played a critical role in the most...

This book examines the transformation of human intimacy as it evolves alongside shifts in culture, the human body, and technology. It follows the path of desire from the age of silence and repression to the modern world of artificial intelligence and virtual relationships—a journey that moves from secrecy to openness, from shame to understanding, from wild, consuming passion to calm, conscious connection.

Mattson's work is an outstanding introduction to this growing field. The writing is clear and easy to understand. Eleven leading contributors to Sound Healing/Vibrational Energy are interviewed by Mattson, including: Jonathan Goldman, David Hulse, Fabien Maman and Tom Kenyon. Heirs of Tomatis and Monroe are also interviewed, along with the foremost Indian Swamiji - Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda. Mattson also presents some of her own unique work, including compositions containing the vibrational equivalents to the Flower Essences.

In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous amount of poorly designed systems. We are so eager to do everything digitally - hiring, driving, paying bills, even choosing romantic partners - that we have stopped demanding that our technology actually work. Broussard, a software developer and journalist, reminds us that there are fundamental limits to what we can (and should) do with technology.

Emotional energy is, in many ways, our most precious resource. Emotions are the fuel for absolutely everything we say, do, and create, and emotions are directly responsible for the degree of personal and professional success that we enjoy in life. Imagine what you would be able to accomplish by freeing up our most powerful resource - our emotions - and using them to our advantage!