Learn how to manage your priorities and deadlines in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. Thanks to the rise of technology, the line between our professional lives and personal lives is increasingly blurred, leading to elevated stress levels and even the risk of burnout. Fortunately, there are many simple steps you can take to manage your workload,...
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Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1975 to 1990. She was known in particular for being the longest serving British Prime Minister of the 20th century, not to mention for being the first woman to have ever held the office. It did not take long for...
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Marie Curie was a pioneering chemist and physicist at a time when few women had the opportunity to pursue a career in science and research. She is particularly well-known for her groundbreaking work on radioactivity and her discovery of radium, which revolutionized cancer treatment and challenged scientific theories that had endured since antiquity. Along with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri...
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Marie-Antoinette was the Queen of France from 1774 to 1791 and the wife of the ruler of the country during the French Revolution. As a queen who did everything she could to stay out of politics, preferring instead to entertain friends at Versailles, she was not a particularly popular ruler, and her image took a hit with the Affair of the Diamond...
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Martin Luther King was an American pastor who played a major role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Known in particular for his role in raising awareness of the racial problems in the United States and in the emancipation of African-Americans, King was a supporter of non-violence and made considerable progress towards a more equal America....
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Understand the essentials of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs (also known as Maslow's pyramid of needs) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. As its name suggests, Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a representation of physiological and spiritual needs. It is a psychological model which was originally created by the American psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers in...
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Learn how to maximise your intellectual abilities in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. Developing your mental capacity can be a major advantage at work, as it will allow you to increase your efficiency, creativity and problem-solving skills. It can therefore help you work without making mistakes and find innovative solutions to a range of issues, which...
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Understand the essentials of the McKinsey 7S Framework (also known as 7S and the 7-S Framework) in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. The 7-S Framework is an organizational diagnosis tool which represents the components of a company visually, in the form of an atom. It is used in particular in the management of medium and large enterprises,...
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Learn how to meditate at work in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. Meditation allows you to switch off from the constant pressure you are under in your job, really pay attention to your thoughts and live in the moment. Making the time to meditate or practice mindfulness at work gives you the opportunity to boost your productivity, maximize...
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Understand the essentials of Michael Porter’s Value Chain in just 50 minutes with this practical and concise book. Michael Porter’s Value Chain is a series of well-based actions designed to establish and enhance a certain product or service in the market. It is therefore an analytical tool which can be used to give any company which is involved in value creation...
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With his awe-inspiring talent across a range of artistic disciplines and insatiable curiosity, Michelangelo was one of the most important figures of the Italian Renaissance. The vast scale of his works, as well as his skilful use of proportion and exceptional understanding of anatomy, give his paintings and sculptures a dynamism and sense of emotion that has rarely been matched. In...
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Miguel de Cervantes was a key figure of the Spanish Golden Age, a time of exceptional productivity and creativity in the fields of art and literature, and is arguably the greatest Spanish-language writer who ever lived. His literary output comprises novels, novellas, plays and poetry, and he is often described as the father of the modern novel. In just 50...
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