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This Harvard Business Review (HBR) article focuses on Ted Levitt’s classic question, "What Business Are You In?" and what are you doing about it? He provides the classic example of why the Canadian railroads succeeded in the mid-20th century while the American ones faltered. The Canadians identified their business as transportation unlike the Americans who narrowly focused on being railroads.

What drove Harry Houdini - magician, escapologist, and one of the most famous men in the world? Whether it was escaping from handcuffs, a straitjacket or from a box filled with water, Houdini wowed audiences with his seemingly death-defying performance... This BBC Radio collection shares the...

It seems easy to understand. Just don’t eat anything made by animals. That’s easy to do, right? Shirley feels she needs to do this to attract the best-looking ram on the field. We are all sheep anyway, moving around in herds, whether physically or in thought patterns. Could a change in widely accepted diets be undertaken by the herd?

Originally published in the Netherlands in 1993, De Loo's first novel to be translated into English explores the enmity that existed between Germans and the rest of Europe after World War II. This moving tale addresses notions of guilt and responsibility in a sensitive, thought-provoking manner, without exonerating or condemning.

After decades of building a tech career, author Debbie Levitt is one of many people with questions, anxieties, and doubts. As a mentor and coach, the employed and unemployed often ask her, “What happened to tech jobs?” and “What will I do next?” Life After Tech is your personal and proactive journey. Eighteen introspective exercises—plus templates and examples—make Life After Tech a guide and a workbook. Use the "Phoenix Flight Plan" to get grounded, plan, rise, and soar.

Rafe Carmichael has a good life. As assistant manager of a ski lodge in the mountains of Utah, he's living the dream - until the dream turns sour. When one of his employees dies of an accidental drug overdose, he's naturally saddened, but not surprised. But when he finds a kilo of heroin stashed in the dead man's ski locker, and learns some troubling information from the man's ex-girlfriend, he begins to wonder if it really was an accident after all.

Con Piensa como un freak, Steven D. Levitt y Stephen J. Dubner han escrito su libro más revolucionario hasta la fecha. Con el sello inconfundible de narración cautivadora y análisis no convencional, nos llevan al interior de su proceso reflexivo y nos enseñan a pensar de manera un poco más productiva, más creativa, más racional, es decir, a pensar como un freak.

Exploring the why behind what keeps runners running long, strong, and motivated. Running is a sport that has the power to unite us all and we are here to share conversations about how running has shaped the lives of people within our community, as well as how running has created community in itself. From pro runners and Olympians to ultramarathoners running their first big race to business owners who use running to improve their entrepreneurial journey, we believe in creating community and expanding the running world for all. Hosted by running enthusiast, Jonathan Levitt.

Investors today are being fed lies and distortions, are being exploited and neglected. In the wake of the last decade’s rush to invest by millions of households and Wall Street’s obsession with short-term performance, a culture of gamesmanship has grown among corporate management, financial...

When Rael Levitt stepped onto the podium at Quoin Rock Wine Estate in December 2011, he was CEO of the industry-pioneering Auction Alliance and at the pinnacle of a glittering 20-year career. But then disaster struck. After being accused by a powerful billionaire of using a ghost bidder to inflate the bid price, Levitt’s reputation was obliterated. In an echo of the Boxing Day tsunami that he survived in 2004, the self-made entrepreneur was overwhelmed by a media-driven scandal. Once the face of South African auctions, he seemingly sank without a trace. But he was not beaten.

The four original stories on this highly praised recording were inspired by an October moon in New England.

Set in 1988, the story begins when Sam Goren, a sociopath New York diamond dealer successfully fakes his own violent death so he can disappear to the chateau of his friend Baron Edmond DeViamont, near Amsterdam. DeViamont deals in blood diamonds, but Interpol has never been able to prove it or stop him. Sam's daughter Danielle does not mourn the loss of her father since their relationship had been terrible. She had to become a gun expert to defend herself from Sam's violent rages. She also doesn't think Sam is actually dead, but no one believes her.

Supporting wherever you are headed on life's and work's paths. Episodes tend to focus on an area of work advice or personal improvement. These are curated from our "Take Action Tuesday" livestreams and other webinars, conversations, and events. Join our free Discord community [dcx.to/discord] or free Patreon [patreon.com/deltacxhive]. Catch our live streams on Twitch [twitch.tv/deltacxhive].Check https://dcx.to/events for upcoming shows and webinars, which are typically streamed to Twitch, YouTube, and LinkedIn. They're then archived on LinkedIn and pushed to podcast platforms.

These days, when most people think about “medicine”, they think of doctors, surgeons, hospitals, pharmacies, and prescriptions. This might surprise you, but as a naturopathic doctor…I actually agree. Drugs and surgery ARE medicine for sure. But, medicine CAN and SHOULD be much much more than that. Food is medicine. Herbs are medicine. Movement is medicine. Prayer is medicine. Art, music, storytelling… there really is medicine everywhere…if you open yourself up to finding it. On this show, I’ll be talking to experts in every one of those areas: the physicians, the surgeons, the ...

A weekly podcast for the curious and introspective. NY comedian Gary Levitt dives deep to discuss the things that matter most to each of his guests. We hear from psychologists, comedians, philosophers, musicians, writers, entrepreneurs, anyone who has something thoughtful and interesting to share. Email the show: thegaryhour@gmail.com || http://garygarylevitt.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Explore sales strategy, value selling techniques and mindset and sales enablement best practices with expert insights from leading sales experts. Hosted by industry veteran Lee Levitt, this podcast features raw, unfiltered insights from the sales leaders and innovators shaping the future of the modern sales profession. Join us to learn not just what to sell, but how to become the kind of leader who wins consistently.

Based on extensive research with organizations and companies that are boldly breaking out of business as usual, Beloved Economies offer listeners an imagination-expanding vision of what work could be. Authors Rimington and Cea explore possibilities for how we work, learning with more than sixty people from a wide array of enterprises. What these groups have in common is that they are generating forms of success that audaciously prioritize well-being, meaning, connection and resilience—alongside conventional metrics like quality and financial success.

WELCOME TO THE SLEV SHOW What’s up Peeps! My name is Steve, AKA SLEV and THIS…is my Podcast! A place where we talk about what ever topics that are on my mind…BTW…there is always something on my mind! I am a Live Twitch Streamer sharing my thoughts with all of you. Week after week, you will hear, Thoughts, Stories and Conversations of myself and who I like to call… “The Guest of the Show”. The guest will be a selected viewer from my live Streams who I would love to hear about their journey. And we will have a few questions I ask every single guest….let the friendly banter begin!...

Is it your digestive system, is it your respiratory system - or is it your lymph? Welcome to It’s Your Lymph! podcast, an infectiously charming and enthusiastic exploration of self-love and well-being through a lymph lens. Lymph expert Lisa Levitt Gainsley shines a light on the incredible power of this remarkable, yet wildly unknown system responsible for keeping you gorgeous and healthy. Engage your lymph and get glowing skin, better sleep, optimal brain function, faster recovery from illness, and enhanced athletic performance while reducing inflammation, stress, and anxiety. Each episode ...

David Levitt teaches the Scriptures to encourage and build up pillars in this crumbling world.