1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910453185203321

Autore

Tracy Brian

Titolo

Time management / / Brian Tracy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : American Management Association, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-8144-3344-8

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Collana

The Brian Tracy success library

Disciplina

650.1/1

Soggetti

Time management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1 The Psychology of Time Management; 2 Determine Your Values; 3 Think About Your Vision and Mission; 4 Project Forward, Look Backward; 5 Make Written Plans; 6 Chart Your Projects; 7 Create Your Daily ""To-Do"" List; 8 Set Clear Priorities; 9 Stay on Track; 10 Determine Your Key Result Areas; 11 Delegate to Others; 12 Concentrate Single-Mindedly; 13 Overcome Procrastination; 14 Create Blocks of Time; 15 Control Interruptions; 16 Batch Your Tasks; 17 Manage the Telephone; 18 Conduct Effective Meetings; 19 Read Faster, Remember More

20 Invest in Personal Development21 Organize Your Work Space; Conclusion; Index; About the Author; Free Sample Chapter from Success Under Stress

Sommario/riassunto

This pocket-sized guide reveals 21 proven time management techniques you can use immediately to gain two or more productive hours every day. Featuring the strategies that business expert Brian Tracy has identified as the most effective and that he himself employs.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781836003321

Autore

Karam John Tofik

Titolo

Another Arabesque [[electronic resource] ] : Syrian-Lebanese Ethnicity in Neoliberal Brazil

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : Temple University Press, 2008

ISBN

1-281-24306-X

9786611243067

1-59213-541-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (230 p.)

Disciplina

305.800981

305.892/75692081

Soggetti

Brazil - Civilization - Arabic influences

Economic aspects

Ethnic identity

Ethnicity

Ethnicity - Economic aspects - Brazil

Ethnicity - Social aspects - Brazil

Lebanese - Ethnic identity - Brazil

Lebanese

Social aspects

Syrians

Syrians - Ethnic identity - Brazil

Regions & Countries - Americas

History & Archaeology

Latin America

Brazil Civilization Arab influences

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

C O N T E N T S; Acknowledgments; INTRODUCTION  The Politics of Privilege; PART ONE: Imagining Political Economy; ONE  Pariahs to Partners in the Export Nation; TWO  Eth(n)ics and Transparent State Reform; PART TWO: Remodeling the Nationalist Order; THREE  Turcos in



the Market Model of Racial Democracy; FOUR  Mixing Christians, Cloning Muslims; PART THREE: Marketing Ethnic Culture; FIVE  Ethnic Reappropriation in the Country Club Circuit; SIX  Air Turbulence in Homeland Tourism; CONCLUSION  In Secure Futures: Arabness, Neoliberalism, and Brazil; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offering a novel approach to the study of ethnicity in the neoliberal market, Another Arabesque is the first full-length book in English to focus on the estimated seven million Arabs in Brazil. With insights gained from interviews and fieldwork, John Tofik Karam examines how Brazilians of Syrian-Lebanese descent have gained greater visibility and prominence as the country has embraced its globalizing economy, particularly its relations with Arab Gulf nations. At the same time, he recounts how Syrian-Lebanese descendents have increasingly self-identified as ""Arabs.""  Karam demonst