What is gig-ing? Will your job be gig-ed out? How do you succeed in the gig world? You think that gig-ing is the future of work? Wrong! The gig era is already here. The gig economy is, arguably, the biggest disrupter of organisational models. Driven by digitisation, remote working, and platform economies, it is transforming the traditional system of employment. More jobs are now being assigned to individual independent contractors. Covid-19 has exponentially accelerated this momentum. Gig is no longer the future; it is now. Whether by choice or perforce, you either are a gig-er or will turn into one very soon. While companies are scrambling to adapt, the impact is most severe at the individual level. Rules of a full-time job do not apply any longer. You will have to reinvent yourself. Thriving in the gig world is not merely about getting your skill set right. It requires mastering four complementary dimensions—Gig Attitude, Gig Lifestyle, Gig Personality, and Gig Functional Skills. Secrets for Thriving in the Gig Zone offers practical hacks to win in this booming world. Based on the author’s first-hand experiences, this book lays out actionable secrets. Peppered with real-life examples, quotes from other gig-ers, and ready-to-use templates for self-evaluation, this book will steer you to success.

Examining the flaws of mainstream society, this collection of conspiracy theory, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects seeks to present solutions to current social, economic, and environmental world issues. This book encourages the exploration and integration of modern science with ancient wisdom, which will lead modern society towards advancement and enlightenment. Topics discussed include religious mythos, government manipulation, technological advances, and utopia.

This text presents a comprehensive and up-to-date reference work on popular music, from the early 20th century to the present day.

Don’t Want to Lose Out on Achieving Super Success in Life Due to Poor Emotional Maturity and Weak Conversational Skills? Then Read On! Are you one of those people who find it difficult to get along with others? Do you feel that your life would considerably change if you could improve your people management skills? Have you always been awed at the sight of someone who feels comfortable in whatever situation life puts them in? Would you like to be one of those people? Do you also worry about your poor emotional maturity being a stumbling block in your personal and professional growth? What if someone told you that there is an excellent way of enhancing your emotional maturity? Look no further than this masterful tome, containing all things concerning emotional maturity and conversation skills! It will give you everything that you need to know about emotional maturity - what it is and what you can do to enhance it. It will explain why some people have advanced emotional maturity and conversational skills and some seemingly none. It will help you to understand and believe that you can develop incredible emotional maturity and the ability to come out on top in crucial conversations. With this book, you will: -Understand what emotional intelligence is. -Understand the impact of emotional intelligence on conversational skills. -Understand what emotional intelligence is and its impact on crucial conversations. -Learn to be great at crucial conversations. Sure there are a million articles and books out there that make similar claims, but those are nothing more than just claims. Understanding emotional intelligence involves the study of the human mind, which anyone will tell you is in the realm of the highest science. This book references the latest scientific advances that are peer validated and accepted as facts by the scientific community. This book is a valuable guide on all matters pertaining to emotional intelligence and everything that it entails. It is based entirely on scientific research and evidence and informs the reader about everything there is to learn about the science behind emotional intelligence and conversational ability. There is nothing out there that can fill you in on emotion in an eminently practical way than this book. This book allows you to deploy scientifically validated methods to help you enhance your emotional maturity to a level that will transform your life. It will show you how enhancing your emotional maturity and conversational ability to the level of super-achievers you have always admired is possible for anyone. You will be able to do this because the book will guide you and make you understand. It will explain the mistakes that most of us make in the way we interact with others and what it is that we need to make that paradigm shift to become the type of person who everybody looks up to and wants to emulate. Reading this book will bring about an epiphany in your mind and transform your life. But only if you act now. Go ahead and get your copy NOW!

Imagined Theatres collects theoretical dramas written by some of the leading scholars and artists of the contemporary stage. These dialogues, prose poems, and microfictions describe imaginary performance events that explore what might be possible and impossible in the theatre. Each scenario is mirrored by a brief accompanying reflection, asking what they might mean for our thinking about the theatre. These many possible worlds circle around questions that include: In what way is writing itself a performance? How do we understand the relationship between real performances that engender imaginary reflections and imaginary conceptions that form the basis for real theatrical productions? Are we not always imagining theatres when we read or even when we sit in the theatre, watching whatever event we imagine we are seeing?

Containing 27,000 entries and over 6,000 new entries, the online edition of the Encyclopedia of Popular Music includes 50% more material than the Third Edition. Featuring a broad musical scope covering popular music of all genres and periods from 1900 to the present day, including jazz, country, folk, rap, reggae, techno, musicals, and world music, the Encyclopedia also offers thousands of additional entries covering popular music genres, trends, styles, record labels, venues, and music festivals. Key dates, biographies, and further reading are provided for artists covered, along with complete discographies that include record labels, release dates, and a 5-star album rating system.