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Books reviews on workplace, corporate, and business driven books.
The Glamorous Illusion: How Fake Are the Lives of Celebrities?
The lives of celebrities, as portrayed on social media and in tabloids, are often a carefully curated spectacle of glamour, success, and perfection. But how real is this facade? Behind the glitz and glamor lies a web of paid trends, orchestrated appearances, and artificial hype, all designed to maintain a star's relevance and boost their projects. This article delves deep into the mechanisms that construct this illusion and explores the blurred line between authenticity and performance in celebrity culture.
By Sajjad Rana Hussainabout a year ago in Journal
Pip Quirkwright and the Symphony of the Windstorm
In the heart of Oddsville, a village where peculiarities were as common as dandelions in spring, lived a curious inventor named Pip Quirkwright. Pip, with wild, unkempt hair that often seemed to have a life of its own, and a wardrobe filled with mismatched fabrics and forgotten trinkets, was a walking contradiction. Though everyone in Oddsville had some quirk, whether it was the baker who could make pastries sing or the librarian who could rearrange books by simply thinking about it, Pip's oddity was the most eccentric of all—creating gadgets from ordinary objects, transforming them into strange, sometimes nonsensical contraptions.
By QuirkTalesabout a year ago in Journal
How Does CHS Enhance Durability in Saudi Arabian Construction?
Circular hollow sections are an important component in the construction and manufacturing sectors. These sections play a key role in the support of modern development needs. A circular hollow section is a form of cylindrical steel tube used in diverse construction, engineering, and fabrication activities. This shape of cylindrical steel tube provides an excellent heavy-load-carrying capacity. Their combined characteristics, high strength, and versatility have given rise to use in bridges, buildings, machinery, and lots more.
By Matco Industryabout a year ago in Journal
How Newspapers and Magazines Find Great Content
In contrast, online content is often more easily accessible but is typically less thoroughly researched. Many websites recycle information, with content writers relying heavily on information from other online sources. This can lead to repetitive or superficial content. However, newspapers and magazines are able to consistently produce highly unique and original content every month, making their publications stand out. But how do they manage to do this?
By Hossam Gamalabout a year ago in Journal
Why Urgency Culture Steals Your Time: Recognize the Signs
Urgency culture makes it difficult to distinguish between what is and is not important in a world that is becoming more fast-paced and hyperconnected and rewards immediacy. Dealing with many last-minute requests, unreasonable workloads or deadlines, and the need to be reachable even after hours are all examples of this at work. Overextending in relationships, constantly checking social media for updates out of a fear of missing out, and answering calls and texts right away—even when it's inconvenient—are examples of urgency culture in the personal sphere. We can better understand why so many people report having anxiety and worry issues if we consider the idea that we live in a culture of urgency.
By Hridya Sharmaabout a year ago in Journal
My fresh new Goal for 2025
The beginning of another year is continuously overflowing with guarantee—an opportunity to begin once more, think beyond practical boundaries, and put forth aggressive objectives. For 2025, my goal revolves around an imaginative task that has waited for me for a really long time but never completely emerged. This is still up in the air to compose and distribute a far-reaching book on manageable development works on, mixing my mastery as a structural designer with my enthusiasm for composing.
By Mirza Afzal Baigabout a year ago in Journal
What if God is All?. AI-Generated.
Imagine a scenario in which God is All. Envision a Divine being not as a solitary, human being but as the actual texture of presence — a vast, nebulous embodiment that infests all things. Imagine a scenario where God is the energy flowing through the underlying foundations of old trees, the liquid effortlessness of seas, the complex dance of bugs, the heaviness of earth underneath our feet, the imperceptible murmur of air, and the immense span of the skies above. God should have been visible not as isolated from creation but rather as creation itself: a widespread cognizance, that the entirety of all that exists, has existed or will exist.
By Bongani Mahlanguabout a year ago in Journal
The Guardian's Treasure
The Hidden Treasure of the Knight The village of Eldermere sat in the shadow of the Mistwood Forest, where the trees whispered secrets of old. Among its people, a legend endured—the tale of Sir Alaric, a valiant knight who had once served the kingdom with unyielding loyalty. While his courage on the battlefield was unparalleled, it was the mystery of his hidden treasure that made his name eternal.
By Say the truth about a year ago in Journal









