1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910455669303321

Autore

Gautam Madhur <1960->

Titolo

Debt relief for the poorest [[electronic resource] ] : an OED review of the HIPC initiative / / Madhur Gautam

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2003

ISBN

1-280-08605-X

9786610086054

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Disciplina

336.3/435/091724

Soggetti

Debts, External - Developing countries

Debt relief - Developing countries

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107).



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910145425003321

Autore

Kiev Ari

Titolo

Mastering trading stress [[electronic resource] ] : strategies for maximizing performance / / Ari Kiev

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley, c2008

ISBN

1-119-19856-9

1-281-22172-4

9786611221720

0-470-22265-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Collana

Wiley trading

Disciplina

332.601/9

332.6019

Soggetti

Investments - Psychological aspects

Speculation - Psychological aspects

Hedge funds

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Mastering Trading Stress; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Nature of Stress; THE FIGHT-OR-FLIGHT ALARM; DIFFERENCES IN STRESS RESPONSES; PERSONALITY FACTORS; THE STAGES OF STRESS; TAKING IT STEP-BY-STEP; Chapter 2: The Emotions of Stress; FEAR AND GREED; GUILT; WORRY; ANGER; EUPHORIA; Chapter 3: The Dangers of Trading under Stress; TRADING DESPITE STRESS; AVOIDING THE STRESS; CREATING A SOCIAL PERSONA; COMPETING TO WIN; BEING INDECISIVE; Chapter 4: How Fear Inhibits Mastery; RESPONDING TO FEAR; DISCIPLINING FOR SUCCESS; RELINQUISHING THE NEED TO BE PERFECT

MAINTAINING PSYCHOLOGICAL ENERGYSTARTING WITH A CLEAN SLATE; Chapter 5: The Consequences of Negative Emotions; GREED AND RISK MANAGEMENT ERRORS; THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CONFIDENCE AND ARROGANCE; MISTAKES OF INSECURITY; WHY NOT TO AVOID NEGATIVE FEELINGS; HOW NEGATIVE EMOTIONS LEAD TO IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; Chapter 6: Personalities and Stress; LIST MAKERS



(ANALYTICAL THINKERS); INTUITIVE THINKERS; OPTIMIST/PESSIMIST/REALIST; ARE YOU CONFIDENT OR INSECURE?; MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR PERSONALITY; A WINNING PERSONALITY; Chapter 7: Ego and Obstinacy; A STUBBORN NATURE; REFUSAL TO ACCEPT COMMANDS

DIFFICULTY WITH MANAGEMENTChapter 8: Fear and Failure; AFRAID TO WIN; FAILING TO COMMIT; MOVING FORWARD; Chapter 9: Perfectionism and Paralysis; THE PROBLEM; FINDING A SOLUTION; WHAT ABOUT YOU?; Chapter 10: Failing to Manage Risk; RISK MANAGEMENT FOR A VISION; THE PSYCHOLOGY OF RISK; THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-ANALYSIS; ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS; ASSESSING YOUR ATTITUDE TOWARD RISK; LOOKING FOR THE POSITIVE; RELAXATION AND RISK; TAKING RESPONSIBILITY; Chapter 11: Failure to Dig Deeper; DISCERNING THE IMPORTANCE OF DATA ANALYSIS; TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH?; GATHERING THE INFORMATION; REDUCING STRESS

Chapter 12: Failures in ShortingRELUCTANCE TO SHORT STOCKS; STRESS AND THE SHORT SQUEEZE; STEPS OF A GOOD SHORT SELLER; Chapter 13: Learning to Live with Stress; LEARNING TO OBSERVE; CREATING NEW LIFE PRINCIPLES; REFRAMING NEGATIVE THOUGHTS; CHOOSING AN OBJECTIVE; DEFINING NEW PRIORITIES; Chapter 14: Exercises and Practical Applications; THE MOST BASIC STRESS BUSTERS; WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A BREAKDOWN; IMPORTANCE OF COMMITMENT; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In Mastering Trading Stress, author Ari Kiev-a psychiatrist who specializes in stress management and works extensively with traders-offers examples, transcripts of conversations, and personality profiles of real-life traders to illustrate how stress affects their ability to perform at their best. Drawing on his vast experience, Kiev describes a variety of practical techniques that can be used to handle destructive emotions and out-of-control feelings, including his "Most Basic" stress busters, and tells what to do if a breakdown should occur.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784339403321

Autore

Bramble Cate

Titolo

Architect's guide to feng shui [[electronic resource] ] : exploding the myth / / by Cate Bramble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; London, : Architectural Press, 2003

ISBN

1-136-42951-4

1-281-01403-6

9786611014032

0-08-049390-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (217 p.)

Disciplina

133.3337

720

Soggetti

Feng shui

Architecture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Architect's Guide to Feng Shui; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Chapter 1 Introduction: global perspective; Chapter 2 Expert rules; Chapter 3 Protoscientific and pseudoscientific conventions; Chapter 4 Calculations; Chapter 5 Planning; Chapter 6 Environmental assessment; Chapter 7 Human factors; Chapter 8 Crime and its relation to the environment; Chapter 9 Structures; Chapter 10 An overview of the theory of time and space; Chapter 11 Form and shape theory in time and space theory; Chapter 12 Services

Chapter 13 Overlooked and overblown issues of drainage, water supply and storage, ventilation, electrical supply and installation, lighting, and soundChapter 14 Building elements; Chapter 15. Resources; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Cate Bramble has devoted her career to highlighting the differences between 'feng shui-lite' as a fashionable pursuit in contrast to the original intentions of the Chinese masters. Here she presents the authentic principles in a technical, no-nonsense pocket book specifically for architects. As clients become more demanding and the



competition for projects heats up, the architect is well advised to have many strings to their bow. This practical guide includes line illustrations that present the principles of feng shui, the Chinese art or practice in which a struct