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Big Potential
Author: Shawn Achor
Publisher : Random House Audio

Best-selling author Shawn Achor shows how to unlock hidden sources of potential in ourselves and
others. In a world that thrives on competition and individual achievement, we are measuring and
pursuing potential all wrong. By pursuing success in isolation - pushing others away as we push
ourselves too hard - we are not just limiting our potential, we are becoming more stressed and dis-
connected than ever. In his highly anticipated follow-up to The Happiness Advantage, Achor reveals
a better approach. Drawing on his work in 50 countries, he shows that success and happiness are
not competitive sports. Rather, they depend almost entirely on how well we connect with, relate to, and learn from each
other. Just as happiness is contagious, every dimension of human potential - performance, intelligence, creativity, leader-
ship ability and health - is influenced by those around us. So when we help others become better, we reach new levels of
potential, as well. Rather than fighting over scraps of the pie, we can expand the pie instead. Small Potential is the limited
success we can attain alone. BIG Potential is what we can achieve together. Here, Achor offers five strategies - the SEEDS
of Big Potential - for lifting the ceiling on what we can achieve while returning happiness and meaning to our lives.

The INSURTECH Book

Author: Susanne Chishti & Janos Barberis
Publisher : Wıley

From slow beginnings in 2014, InsurTech has captured US$7billion in investment since
2010 — a 10% annual compound growth rate is predicted until at least 2020. Three in
four insurance companies believe some part of their business is at risk of disruption and un-
derstanding the trends, drivers and emerging technologies behind Insurance’s Digital Revo-
lution is a business-critical priority for all growth-minded firms.

The InsurTech Book offers essential updates, critical thinking and actionable insight — globally — from start-ups, incum-
bents, investors, tech companies, advisors and other partners in this evolving ecosystem, in one volume. For some, Insur-
ance is either facing an existential threat; for others, it is a sector on the brink of transforming itself. Either way, business
models, value chains, customer understanding and engagement, organisational structures and even what Insurance is for, is
never going to be the same. Be informed, be part of it. Learn from diverse experiences, mindsets and applications of tech-
nologies Discover new ways of defining and grasping growth opportunities Get the inside track from innovators, disruptors
and incumbents Be updated on the evolution of InsurTech, why it is happening and how it will evolve Explore visions of the
future of Insurance to help shape yours

The Age of Cryptocurrency
Author: Paul Vigna & Michael J. Casey
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press

Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in
headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to
cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone
care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael
J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution,
one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world’s billions of
“unbanked” individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial
system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type
crash. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit
business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all,
monumental and wide-reaching change?for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril.Vigna
and Casey demystify cryptocurrency?its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The
digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you
how to be ready.