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Flying Lessons: On the Wings of Parkinson's Disease
by Joan Grady-FitchettLike William Styron's Darkness Visible, Flying Lessons: On the Wings of Parkinson's Disease is a chronicle of the human spirit, an inspiring tale of life lived to the fullest.When Joan Grady-Fitchett was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, her doctor explained that this degenerative brain disorder would slowly steal her ability to walk, to speak clearly, and to care for herself, ultimately imprisoning her in a body she could no longer control.Rejecting this prognosis, Grady-Fitchett determined to live as she always had--full speed ahead. She'd been a professional model, then one of Florida's most successful commercial real estate brokers, and soon after her diagnosis she bought and renovated an isolated farm in North Carolina.Joan Grady-Fitchett participated in experimental drug programs that searched for medications that would alleviate Parkinson's symptoms with few side effects. She enrolled in a high-tech, experimental surgical program. And, somewhat to her own amazement, she fell in love with and married the man who is now her fourth husband.In tragedy and triumph, Joan Grady-Fitchett has been sustained by a strong spiritual outlook and a deep appreciation of the natural world. In Flying Lessons, Grady-Fitchett shares with the reader the strength of her soul and the power of her courage. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Flying in the Face of Fear: A Fighter Pilot's Lessons on Leading with Courage
by Kim CampbellProven principles of leadership from a veteran fighter pilot and military leader In Flying in the Face of Fear: Lessons on Leading with Courage, former fighter pilot and retired Air Force Colonel Kim Campbell delivers an inspiring and practical discussion of leadership and decision-making. In the book, you’ll follow the author’s journey through the principles that got her through her 24-year career in the high-stakes and high-risk world of aerial combat. You’ll discover lessons and stories that will serve as a resource for you as you lead your students, employees, and others through the challenges of life and work, learning to create a positive impact and make a big difference in the lives of the people who follow you. You’ll also find: Specific strategies and techniques for leading in situations of extreme stress and risk Methods for female leaders to overcome the challenges of working in male-dominated environments Ways to act in critical moments by recognizing that being brave and afraid at the same time is both normal and necessaryAn essential leadership blueprint for business and military professionals seeking to improve their ability to inspire others to greater achievements, Flying in the Face of Fear will also earn a place in the libraries of young and mid-career professionals looking for mentorship and sound, proven advice.
Flying with Confidence: The proven programme to fix your flying fears
by Steve Allright Patricia Furness-SmithDoes the thought of flying fill you with dread? Do panic attacks leave you feeling scared and vulnerable?If so, this book could change your life. Written by top flying experts from British Airways’ Flying with Confidence course, this reassuring guide explains everything you need to know about air travel alongside techniques for feeling confident and in control from take off to landing. In easy-to-follow sections, you'll learn how to recognise cabin noises, manage turbulence and fly in bad weather conditions. As your knowledge grows, so will your confidence, with the fear of the unknown removed.· Takes the terror out of common flight fears· Includes techniques for controlling anxiety, claustrophobia and panic· Will help you feel safe, calm and secure when you next take to the skies.
Flying, No Fear!: Conquer Your Fear of Flying
by George Georgiou Adrian Akers-DouglasWritten by an airline pilot and a clinical psychologist, this combination of practical explanation and self-help techniques is the definitive guide to help anyone overcome their fear of flying. This new edition incorporates recent advances in technology within the aviation industry, as well as increased security checks as a result of 9/11.
Flying, No Fear!: Conquer Your Fear of Flying
by George Georgiou Adrian Akers-DouglasWritten by an airline pilot and a clinical psychologist, this combination of practical explanation and self-help techniques is the definitive guide to help anyone overcome their fear of flying. This new edition incorporates recent advances in technology within the aviation industry, as well as increased security checks as a result of 9/11.
Focal Point: A Proven System to Simplify Your Life, Double Your Productivity, and Achieve All Your Goals
by Brian TracyThe true secret of high achievers is that they know how to find their "focal point" - the one thing they should do, at any given moment, to get the best possible results in each area of their lives.Bestselling author and motivational speaker Brian Tracy brings together the very best ideas on personal management into a simple, easy-to-use plan. Focal Point helps readers analyze their lives in seven key areas and shows them how to develop focused goals and plans in each.This best-selling guide provides timeless truths that have been discovered by the most effective people throughout the ages, answering questions like:In Focal Point, Tracy provides timeless truths that answers questions such as:How can I get control of my time and my life?How can I achieve maximum career success and still balance my personal life?How can I accelerate the achievement of all my goals?Focal Point shows you how to develop absolute clarity about what they want, and how they can achieve supreme satisfaction, both personally and professionally.
Focus
by Heidi Grant Halvorson E. Tory Higgins"A must-read for anyone who wants to understand why they behave as they do." --Art Markman, Ph.D., author of Smart Thinking Do you play to win? Or do you play not to lose? As Tory Higgins and Heidi Grant Halvorson have discovered in their work at Columbia University's Motivation Science Center, everything we do is motivated either by a desire to be better off or to simply hang on to what we've got. And understanding the simple but crucial difference between the two can empower you to motivate yourself and influence everyone around you. Examining how promotion/prevention focus applies across a wide range of situations--from selling products to managing employees to raising children to getting a second date--Halvorson and Higgins show us how to identify, change, and use focus to get the results we want.
Focus
by Heidi Grant Halvorson E. Tory HigginsWe all want to experience pleasure and avoid pain. But there are really two kinds of pleasure and pain that motivate everything we do. If you are promotion-focused, you want to advance and avoid missed opportunities. If you are prevention-focused, you want to minimize losses and keep things working. And as Tory Higgins has found in his groundbreaking research, if you understand how people focus, you have the power to motivate yourself and everyone around you.Showing how promotion/prevention focus applies across a wide range of situations from selling products to managing employees to raising children to getting a second date, Halvorson and Higgins show us how to identify focus, how to change focus, and how to use focus exactly the right way to get results. Short, punchy, and prescriptive, Focus will help you see not just what's going on around you-- but what's underneath.Visit the author's website at www.heidigranthalvorson.com for a special pre-order giveaway.
Focus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Stories
by Roslyn BanishFocus on Abortion: Americans Share Their Storiesintroduces the often-missing and most important voices in the abortion conversation: the voices of those who have experienced abortion. This projectprovides a platform for these voices to be heard.Sixty-two individuals are featured. They have had an abortion or are close to the abortion experience, including partners, friends, relatives, counselors, and professionals who provide abortion care. Each person is represented by a photographic portrait and a first-person narrative.The storytellers come from diverse socio-economic backgrounds and generations. They live in urban, suburban and rural areas throughout America. Together they will provide a broad, complex and poignant picture of abortion in our country.These nuanced stories have the potential to mitigate the profound stigma that surrounds abortion. Few people talk about their abortions so many will be surprised to learn that one out of four women in the US will have an abortion during their reproductive years.These narratives touch on the complex circumstances leading up to the decision to end a pregnancy, the person's ability to access healthcare, and life after having had an abortion.Most importantly, these stories have the potential to widen public understanding of abortion. We learned from the Civil Rights and Gay Rights movements that deep-seated beliefs can evolve once people give voice to their personal stories.
Focus on Community College Success
by Constance StaleyThis book is different. It won't coerce, coddle, caution, or coax you. Instead, it will give you the tools you need to coach yourself. Ultimately, this book is about you, your college career, and your career beyond college. It's about the future you will create for yourself.
Focus on Impact: The 10-Step Map to Reach Millions, Make Millions and Love Your Life Along the Way
by Wendy Lipton-DibnerNever in the history of capitalism has there been a greater need for a shift in business focus. Consumers are cynical, skeptical and cautious, opening a new opportunity for difference-makers. We need to move away from the traditional money-driven business focus and focus all product design, marketing and delivery on making an immediate and lasting impact on people&’s lives. This how-to manual provides proven strategies to build and grow any retail or service business that&’s focused on impact with step-by-step, proven formulas to make it happen.
Focus on the Good Stuff: The Power of Appreciation
by Mike RobbinsThe author and professional coach teaches readers to find greater happiness through gratitude in this book of personal stories and practical advice. Before he became a successful author and professional coach, Mike Robbins was a professional baseball player. But at twenty-three years old, he suffered an injury that ended his promising career as a pitcher. Instead of quitting, Mike took stock of the good things in his life and began a new path. In Focus on the Good Stuff, Mike offers a step-by-step program with exercises for overcoming negative influence and obstacles, creating a truly grateful approach to life, and establishing an environment that can support success and peace of mind. Filled with passion, authenticity, and humor, this guide will teach you to move beyond the cycle of negativity and discover the happiness you deserve.
Focus: Bringing Time, Energy, and Money into Flow
by Pedram ShojaiA sustainable plan for living your life to its fullest energy potentialIn our unpredictable and continually changing world, we are constantly in a state of figuring out how to sow our seeds for a happy life, which necessitates tending to the needs of our health, career, family and friends, passions, and desires. Unfortunately, time never seems to be on our side, and if anything, often it seems out of our control.But what if it wasn't? What if you had the ability to take control of how you trade your energy for time and to increase your body's "energy budget" to live your fullest life?Pedram Shojai, O.M.D., New York Times best-selling author of The Urban Monk, shares his time-tested system for managing your Life Garden through 100-day gongs. Originating from ancient traditions and with a framework refined throughout Shojai's 15-plus years of coaching, this 100-day system provides a foundation for: • Managing your expectations for your time now versus your time to come • Allocating the time you have in order to get more • Finding the balance between doing versus being • Tapping into your vitality's highest potential • Making sure your life aligns with your prioritiesWith detailed guidance and meaningful exercises broken down into doable tasks, you will be able to develop a personalized plan for tending to your Life Garden, understanding its mechanisms so that you can stick to it, and allowing your life's profound meaning and essential nature to flourish with abundance.
Focused and Fearless
by Shaila CatherineWith this accesssible guide, meditators (and non-meditators) can understand how to attain extraordinary states with relative ease. Blended with contemporary examples and pragmatic "how to" instructions that anyone can try, Focused and Fearless provides a wealth of tools to cultivate non-distracted attention in daily life and on retreat. Shaila Catherine has a friendly, wise approach to the meditative states (jhanas) that lead to liberating insight. Focused and Fearless is about much more than merely meditation or concentration. It offers a complete path towards bliss, fearlessness, and true awakening.
Focused: The Prepared to Win Mindset
by JJ MosesThe creator of the #1 professional and personal development program in professional sports reveals his winning playbook for unleashing your God-given potential.At 5'6" and from a small town in Iowa, JJ Moses recognized that his childhood dream of playing in the NFL was a long shot. To overcome the overwhelming odds, he knew he needed to be prepared for any opportunity God sent his way. Still, it took a disappointing start to his college football career for a switch to finally flip. What followed was the creation of an integrative method so trailblazing and effective that it propelled him to seemingly impossible heights of success. In fact, Moses not only became a seasoned pro on the gridiron&’s grandest stage, but he also realized that the same process he used to get a competitive edge could help others embrace their own winning mindset. When his playing days were over, Moses brought the &“Prepare to Win&” program to his former NFL team&’s front office, where it quickly evolved into the league&’s gold standard curriculum for motivating players to exceed their potential and become effective leaders. Thoughtfully weaving professional insight with emotional and spiritual guidance, Moses has now tailored his step-by-step strategy for a wide audience, unlocking the previously untold secrets to consistent high performance. As much for aspiring leaders as experienced executives, Focused is the blueprint for taking yourself, your team, and your community to the next level.
Focusing
by Eugene T. GendlinThe classic guide to a powerful technique for personal transformation. Based on groundbreaking research conducted at the University of Chicago, the focusing technique has gained widespread popularity and scholarly acclaim.
Fold It Calm: Simple origami to quieten your mind
by Li Kim GohFind mindfulness and calm through origami.Li Kim Goh, known online as @kimigami, has created relaxing paper folding projects for all abilities, each illustrated with step-by-step instructions.Fold It Calm includes all the origami techniques you need to know, plus 25 beautiful models to create. From classics such as the paper crane to the author's own creations, including a mini cactus, these are easy projects for mindful moments.
Follow God's Will: Biblical Guidelines for Everyday Life
by Brittany AnnEsther Press Presents Follow God&’s Will by Brittany Ann Where is God leading you next? In a conversation or your next decision? Don&’t simply guess and hope you&’re right. Let Follow God&’s Will teach you how to confidently hear God&’s voice, understand His Word, and determine His will for yourself. With just the right mix of practical advice, in-depth Bible study, and real-life examples, Follow God&’s Will provides the biblical framework needed to answer questions, including: How can I figure out God&’s will for my life personally?How should I understand the Bible&’s words for today?How can I live out my faith on a day-to-day basis?How do I share the gospel without being weird or pushy?How should I navigate relationships with non-Christians in love?
Follow My Lead: What Training My Dogs Taught Me about Life, Love, and Happiness
by Carol QuinnFollow My Lead is the story of how two rambunctious dogs and a tough Eastern European dog trainer named Irina taught Carol Quinn everything she needed to know about life, love, and happiness. It all begins when the author-unhappy with her failing love affair, her career, and even herself-decides to enroll her two Rhodesian ridgebacks into dog agility training. She's hoping to both find a hobby and straighten out her unruly pets, but she soon discovers that dog agility demands more from her than she ever expected. What follows is a life-changing experience: one that teaches her not only about her dogs but also about herself. With Irina's guidance and wisdom, Quinn and her dogs develop a deep bond of trust as they learn to navigate the course obstacles, and Quinn begins to accept her own flaws, allowing her to find the inner strength to become the "alpha dog" of her own life.
Follow This Path: How The World's Greatest Organizations Drive Growth By Unleashing Human Potential
by Curt Coffman Gabriel Gonzalez-MolinaWhat do the world's greatest organizations have in common? They know that their most valuable resource is human-their employees and customers. And the best companies understand two important facts: people are emotional first and rational second, and because of that, employees and customers must be emotionally engaged in order for the organization to reach its full potential. Gallup research not only bears that out, but has uncovered the secrets of creating and managing an "emotional economy" that will provide boom possibilities for your company. FOLLOW THIS PATH shows you how the traditional ways to engage people no longer apply in today's world. Instead, it offers a system it calls The Gallup Path, based on the proven, revolutionary strategies of the most successful businesses. You'll learn the prerequisites of an effective workplace, forge unbreakable bonds between employees and customers with the book's 34 Routes to Superior Performance, know the three crucial links that drive productivity and growth, discover the best employee and customer motivators, and much more. Ignore the emotional economy-and miss out on financial performance. Helping you build relationships one customer and one employee at a time, this important book offers a unique new path for your organization to follow. All you have to do is value and develop human relationships all around you to transform your business-starting today.
Follow Your Dreams: (Except for That One Where You Go to Work Naked and Dance the Polka)
by Cheryl CaldwellWait a minute . . . I need to put on my "Gosh-I-Really-Care" face."* A witty combination of clear-cut down-to-earth words of wisdom and comical humor, Follow Your Dreams reminds us with refreshing simplicity not to take ourselves and all of life's little absurdities too seriously.Cheryl Caldwell pairs lively humorous illustrations and satirical humor with to-the-point observations on life to ensure readers maintain a laughing perspective:"I may not know karate, but I know crazy.""What if the hokey pokey really is what it's all about?" "It has been lovely but I have to scream now."* Follow Your Dreams is sure to have everyone smiling, laughing, and appreciating this quest called life.
Follow Your Dreams: Wisdom and Inspiration for Graduates
by Thomas NelsonFour-plus years of classes, tests, research papers, pop quizzes, bottomless cups of coffee, and tons of late night studying have culminated in a gathering of family and friends to celebrate the graduate's solemn-and joyous-march across the platform to receive the coveted "parchment." But today's graduate, faced with fabulous opportunities and a world of uncertainty, wonders, "What does the future really hold for me?"Follow Your Dreams weaves together true-life stories, practical advice and principles, quotes, Bible verses, and a healthy dose of humor to encourage graduates to face their bright new future with a renewed sense of faith and optimism.The theme of Follow Your Dreams is developed around these topical sections of keen interest to graduates: Expressing Gratitude for Where You've Come From; Celebrating Who You Are as a Person; Cultivating Your Gifts; Feeding Your Soul; Overcoming Adversity; and Living with Faith.
Follow Your Heart: Simple daily rituals for honing your intuition
by Helen JacobsIn a world where we are bombarded with choice, others' opinions and myriad demands on our time, it can be hard to know our own minds, let alone our true hearts.Follow Your Heart serves up daily, weekly and monthly practices to get you out of your head and into your heart - the home of your inner knowing. Each practice centres on a simple four-step process to ask for, receive, interpret and act on your heart's wisdom.Making the link between inner knowing and manifesting, Follow Your Heart reminds you of what you really want and shows you how to work with the Universe to get it.
Follow Your Heart: Simple daily rituals for honing your intuition
by Helen JacobsIn a world where we are bombarded with choice, others' opinions and myriad demands on our time, it can be hard to know our own minds, let alone our true hearts.Follow Your Heart serves up daily, weekly and monthly practices to get you out of your head and into your heart - the home of your inner knowing. Each practice centres on a simple four-step process to ask for, receive, interpret and act on your heart's wisdom.Making the link between inner knowing and manifesting, Follow Your Heart reminds you of what you really want and shows you how to work with the Universe to get it.