Friday, August 7, 2026

Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing: Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm

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Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing:

Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm


Why are the most qualified candidates often the first ones rejected?

In Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing, tech veteran D.T. Crawford pulls back the curtain on the "invisible machinery" of modern hiring. Through the eyes of Dorian Caldwell and a collection of raw, real-world stories, this book exposes a system that values optics over outcomes and "culture fit" over actual capability.

From the high-speed filter of Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) to the disconnect between recruiters seeking keywords and managers seeking "vibes," Crawford reveals why meritocracy is often a myth. But this isn't just an exposé—it’s a roadmap for reform.

Discover the ARC Theory (Adaptability, Rigor, and Contribution), a revolutionary human-centered approach to hiring that replaces checkboxes with conversations and mirrors with windows. Whether you are a jobseeker tired of being "algorithmically ignored" or a leader ready to build a team based on true potential, this book is a call to reclaim dignity in the workplace.

It’s time to stop auditing for compliance and start hiring for character.



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Thursday, August 6, 2026

Why All Of Your What Ifs Are Holding You Back

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A simple framework to break free from the 'What If Loop.' Practical exercises to calm your anxious mind and stop overthinking. Reflection prompts to uncover the patterns behind your fears. Values-based tools for making confident, intentional decisions. Nervous system techniques to quiet anxious thoughts. Small daily actions that build lasting self-trust. A repeatable Six-Step What If Loop Exit Plan. A FREE 30-Day What If Reset to turn insight into lasting change. Guided worksheets and decision templates for everyday life.




 
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Wednesday, August 5, 2026

Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror

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Infernal Tramps: Tales of Weird Terror


A boy discovers his father's oracular grotesque in a secret dungeon below their family funeral home. An antique spiked collar transforms Philadelphia into a city that worships a dead dog. A video game dominates the market for years and then disappears, except for one man's memories of its horrors. A mother with a trunkful of hungry, inhuman babies tracks down the family that abandoned them. The warden of a penal colony offers to pardon a murderer, but only if the inmate can find the antidote to the poison wine the warden gave him. A wealthy young woman receives a surgical implant that delivers more than just a shapely body. Step into a world of fleshly titillation and fresh terror, a dimension of blood and consequence. But buyer beware! Crack the spine and these dark tales are not so easily forgotten. Turn back now, if you can, or else become one of the... Infernal Tramps!








Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Esmerelda's Triumph

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        Esmerelda, a lonely elf maid seeks to rule her own destiny in spite of a king, a wily gnome wizard, some gnolls, a dragon and worst of all, her own devilish sister or forfeit life's game. She hides in a dreary waste called the Black Moor partly due to her own shyness and partly because of the king who hunts all practitioners of magic. He has blamed the use of magic for a drought that plagues his kingdom. Esmerelda has been taught some magic by her adopted mother making her a novice and a target of the king.
Amid all this, she naturally longs for love and dreams of a childhood crush who will come and defeat the king and whisk her away to his castle. In spite of her shyness, she finally, makes the decision to take matters into her own hands and seek out her own destiny.
An obstacle, a ghost from her past long thought to be dead, has arisen from its grave to haunt her and crush what remains of her self-confidence. A clan of vicious gnolls complicates her task and have brought a dwarf-sized bundle of trouble who knows the ghost.
A pushy gnome and a scaly lizard arrive to offer her hope, but at a high price. To mitigate the cost, she commits to a brazen but risky endeavor that could prove to be fatal.

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Monday, August 3, 2026

ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS:

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ELEVEN ELEMENTS BOOK ONE HEALING WATERS:

Science Fiction Thriller Suspense Novel:


What If Humanity’s Peaceful Future Already Exists—But Is About to Be Erased?
At a time when war, division, and environmental crises dominate headlines, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters imagines a radically different future—one where humanity has overcome conflict and built a peaceful global society.

Set in the 26th century, the novel follows Commander Maxilon Renner and a team of time travelers sent back 500 years to protect a manuscript believed to have shaped humanity’s future. But when the mission fails, operatives are lost, Renner suffers partial amnesia, the author disappears and the manuscript vanishes—threatening to erase their utopian world from existence.

The lost document, The Manifesto of Eleven Elements, contains ideas that ultimately guide humanity toward environmental stewardship, global cooperation, and lasting peace.
Early reviews have praised the novel’s ambitious vision and philosophical depth.

⭐Readers’ Favorite calls it “a brilliant start to an epic sci-fi saga.” (Five - 5-star Reviews)
📚 BlueInk Review describes it as “both exciting and intellectually stimulating.”
📰 Kirkus Reviews calls it “plans for a better Earth packaged as a time-travel SF thriller.”

Beyond its time-travel premise, Eleven Elements explores broader questions about humanity’s trajectory. Can civilization consciously choose cooperation over conflict? Are lasting peace and environmental balance truly impossible—or have people simply stopped imagining them?

The book is the first installment in Joshi’s planned seven-volume Eleven Elements saga, a speculative series examining how human decisions shape the long-term destiny of civilization.
For readers drawn to science fiction that combines philosophical inquiry with high-concept storytelling, Eleven Elements: Book One – Healing Waters is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that dares to imagine lasting peace.

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Sunday, August 2, 2026

Echoes of the Unseen: A Memoir of Life, Love, and the Presence of the Dead

 

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Viola Chancellor was born into a world that told her who she had to be. But the spirit world showed her who she truly was. Born in 1942 in Gadsden, Alabama, during the height of segregation, Viola was raised by a powerful matriarch whose faith, discipline, and strength shaped her foundation. From an early age, she learned to survive through racism, hardship, love, motherhood, and the constant demands of a world that rarely made space for Black Women to rest. But survival was only part of her story. Hidden beneath her everyday life was a terrifying, undeniable truth: She could see and sense the dead. What her mother called "haints" became a lifelong burden, one that followed her through love, marriage, military life, motherhood, and a decades-long career in the U.S. Postal Service. For years, she wrestled with fear, silence, and isolation... until her gift forced her into a deeper spiritual awakening. Her journey led her through: The structure of the Catholic Church The social and spiritual reckoning of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising The rediscovery of African spiritual systems and Kemetic wisdom A powerful reclamation of ancestral knowledge, identity, and divine self Through the sacred teachings of Auset, Ausar, and Heru, she uncovers a truth long hidden beneath history-that transformation, resurrection, and divine power have always lived within her. "Echoes of the Unseen" is more than a memoir. It is a testimony of spiritual awakening, generational healing, and the courage to embrace a gift the world doesn't understand. This book is for readers who are drawn to: Spiritual memoirs and true life stories African spirituality and ancestral healing Psychic and intuitive experiences Black history and generational resilience Stories of faith, transformation, and self-discovery Some gifts are given. Others are inherited. But the most powerful ones are the ones we finally accept. Echoes of the Unseen: A Memoir of Life, Love, and the Presence of the Dead offers a radical vision of self-love, demonstrating that true spiritual awakening requires confronting personal history, challenging institutionalized belief, and ultimately, accepting the divine spirit that resides within.




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Being Great At Your Job Means Nothing: Why Do Recruiters Seek Technical Skills and Hiring Managers Concentrate on Personality and Charm

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