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Azure DevOps: A Complete Guide to Efficient CI/CD, Agile Project Management, and DevOps Best Practices offers a comprehensive exploration of Microsoft’s powerful suite for modern software development and operations. This guide is designed for developers, DevOps engineers, and project managers who want to harness the full potential of Azure DevOps to streamline their development processes and enhance their project management practices. With clear explanations, practical examples, and actionable tips, this book is your ultimate resource for mastering Azure DevOps. Whether you're just getting started or looking to refine your existing practices, you'll find valuable insights to enhance your development workflows, optimize your delivery pipelines, and achieve DevOps excellence.Show book
Many of us are striving to reach our full potential at work and beyond—to achieve our goals, rise to challenges, and connect well with others. But how can we actively develop our performance, while also taking care of our well-being and life satisfaction? The Performance Curve is a bold new holistic guide that effectively tackles this challenge, providing practical insights into how you can develop and sustain a productive and fulfilling life. Crucially, this book explores not only how you can improve individual performance, but also how to build relationships and environments that bring out the best in others. By interweaving the individual and the collective, this unique approach produces the most effective and sustainable results across the board. The Performance Curve is a powerful combination of neuroscience, psychological research, and practical guidance. These concepts are then brought to life through the stories of remarkable individuals from different sectors, including business, the arts, academia, and non-for-profits. Laura Watkins and Vanessa Dietzel draw upon their vast experience and research as consultants and leadership coaches to deliver a groundbreaking guide to enhancing your performance in your life and career.Show book
Harness the power of Norwegian cultural wisdom to improve your life and change the world In The Viking Code: The Art and Science of Norwegian Success, economic philosopher, entrepreneur, investor, and former competitive athlete Anders Indset reveals how Norwegian performance athletes and other successful figures use ingrained cultural values to achieve outsized influence on the world stage, as well as how we all can learn from and apply this cultural wisdom to create a better world in the future. Moving far past stories of barbaric conquests and historical comparisons, this book explores concepts like Hvis du tror du er ferdig utlært, er du ikke utlært, men ferdig—a common trap where you assume you've learned everything there is to know and therefore make failure a near certainty. The author builds on classic sustainability concepts to explore the intersection of progress and capitalism, redefining growth to realize a future worth living. You'll learn to make conscious decisions to achieve the kind of realistic future you want to live in and experience a level of personal progress that is the essence of true success. Finally, you'll discover why and how the Viking Code teaches us all valuable lessons about business, politics, and education, and sheds light on why performance is both important and enjoyable.Show book
Riches in Progress offers a raw, unfiltered view inside the world of high-stakes entrepreneurship from self-made millionaire Claudio Sorrentino. This real-time account chronicles Sorrentino’s ongoing journey building his company, Body Details, into an industry titan. With refreshing candor, Sorrentino shares the exhilarating freedom and luxurious indulgences of success, as well as the punishing trials he’s endured—near bankruptcy, fending off predatory investors, managing problematic partnerships, and more. Riches in Progress provides aspiring entrepreneurs with the roadmap they need, imparting battle-tested strategies and insider knowledge to shave decades off their own road to riches. If you want to learn how to take your big dreams from idea to empire directly from someone conquering it right now, this unprecedented book is your guide.Show book
Are you ready to take full control of your life, make powerful decisions, and create the future you deserve? Leading Your Life: Become the CEO of Your World is your ultimate guide to stepping into leadership—not just in your career, but in every aspect of your life. In today’s fast-paced world, success isn’t just about working hard; it’s about thinking strategically, embracing resilience, and leading with confidence. Just like a CEO drives a company to greatness, you have the power to lead your own life with vision, purpose, and unshakable determination. This book will show you how to shift your mindset, master time management, develop emotional intelligence, and build a personal brand that commands respect and influence. Through inspiring stories, practical exercises, and actionable strategies, you’ll discover how to: ✅ Set a powerful vision for your future and execute it with precision ✅ Cultivate a success-driven mindset and eliminate self-doubt ✅ Build habits that align with your goals and break free from distractions ✅ Strengthen your leadership skills to influence and inspire those around you ✅ Overcome challenges with resilience and turn setbacks into opportunities ✅ Design a life of purpose, fulfillment, and financial independence Whether you’re an entrepreneur, a professional striving for growth, or someone seeking clarity and direction, Leading Your Life will empower you to take the reins and create a life that aligns with your highest potential. It’s time to stop waiting for success and start leading your own journey. The CEO of your world is YOU—are you ready to step into the role?Show book
In this fourth volume of The Deals of Warren Buffett, we trace Buffett’s journey as he made Berkshire Hathaway the most respected company in the world.When we left Buffett at the end of Volume 3 towards the end of the 1990s, he was leading the largest corporation in America and his personal fortune had reached $40 billion. In this enthralling next instalment, we follow Buffett’s investment deals over the first few years of the 21st century, as Berkshire grew to become a giant with annual profits north of $4 billion.Buffett, then in his early 70s, was still tap dancing to work, thoroughly enjoying analysing companies, finding bargains and interacting with his growing team of managers.By studying the decision-making that went into his investment deals and the successful and unsuccessful outcomes, we can learn from Buffett and become better investors ourselves.During this period, exploiting the low prices following the dot-com crash, Buffett made investments in the following companies: MidAmerican Energy, CORT, Moody’s, H&R Block, Shaw Industries, Star Furniture, Jordan’s Furniture, Ben Bridge Jeweler, Justin Boot, Acme Brick, Benjamin Moore and CTB.For each of these deals, investing expert and Buffett historian Glen Arnold dives into unprecedented detail to analyse the investment rationale, the stories of the individuals involved and, where possible, the profits Buffett made.Show book
