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How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci: Seven Steps to Genius Every Day
by Michael J. GelbGenius is made, not born. And human beings are gifted with an almost unlimited potential for learning and creativity. Now you can uncover your own hidden abilities, sharpen your senses, and liberate your unique intelligence--by following the example of the greatest genius of all time, Leonardo da Vinci.Acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, who has helped thousands of people expand their minds to accomplish more than they ever thought possible, shows you how. Drawing on Da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, Gelb introduces Seven Da Vincian Principles--the essential elements of genius--from curiosità, the insatiably curious approach to life to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. With Da Vinci as your inspiration, you will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking. And step-by-step, through exercises and provocative lessons, you will harness the power--and awesome wonder--of your own genius, mastering such life-changing abilities as: *Problem solving *Creative thinking *Self-expression *Enjoying the world around you *Goal setting and life balance *Harmonizing body and mindDrawing on Da Vinci's notebooks, inventions, and legendary works of art, acclaimed author Michael J. Gelb, introduces seven Da Vincian principles, the essential elements of genius, from curiosita, the insatiably curious approach to life, to connessione, the appreciation for the interconnectedness of all things. With Da Vinci as their inspiration, readers will discover an exhilarating new way of thinking. Step-by-step, through exercises and provocative lessons, anyone can harness the power and awesome wonder of their own genius, mastering such life-changing skills as problem solving, creative thinking, self-expression, goal setting and life balance, and harmonizing body and mind.From the Trade Paperback edition.
How to Think Like Muhammad Ali: The Paradox of Greatness and the Power of Mental Toughness
by Kevin MitchellA biography of the boxing legend reveals how strategies Ali used for his successful sports career may be applied to business or personal endeavors. Muhammad Ali is the most famous boxer in the history of the sport. Three-time World Champion and the thorn in the side of Vietnam-era America, he became a moral beacon at a time when America was on its knees.But, for all his pronouncements, Ali rarely revealed the psychological training that went into his preparations before the fights. For the first time, Kevin Mitchell, one of the pre-eminent boxing writers of his generation, will get behind the public persona to reveal the psychological advantage that Ali was able to take to the ring. Mitchell demonstrates how the mental preparation Ali put into winning the heavyweight title three times are essential skills that can be applied to any walk of professional life.From the classic tactic of the rope-a-dope that Ali applied to the infamous “Rumble in the Jungle” against the favorite George Foreman, to the visualization techniques Ali applied to every fight—by having the Round number he was going to knock his opponent out in written on his taped hands—Mitchell reveals how Ali can teach something to us all and how his lessons can be applied to business and personal life equally.
How to Thrive, Not Just Survive: A Guide to Developing Independent Life Skills for Blind and Visually Impaired Children and Youths
by Kathleen Mary Huebner Rose-Marie SwallowA practical, hands-on guide for parents, teachers, and everyone involved in helping children develop the skills necessary for socialization, orientation and mobility, and leisure and recreational activities. Among the subjects covered are eating, toileting, dressing, motor development, personal hygiene and grooming, clothing selection, self-esteem, socially appropriate behavior, etiquette, management of household tasks, communication, low vision devices, and using landmarks and clues.
How to Tidy Your Mind: Tips and Techniques to Help You Reduce Mental Clutter and Find Calm
by Anna BarnesA tidy mind is a calm mind. Through a series of easy-to-follow tips, this book will help you clear your mental clutter, improve your clarity and find peace.Do you ever feel frazzled and unable to concentrate? Are you drained by the never-ending to-do list in your head? Would you like to feel more in control? If the answer is “yes”, you are not alone – and it might be time to give your mind a spring clean.Mental clutter is anything in your head that takes up time and energy, and when there’s too much, the mind becomes exhausted. But with a few simple techniques, you can bring order to your inner world and find a sense of peace again.This guide will help you to:Learn what mental clutter is and how it manifestsIdentify the causes of your mental clutter – from to-do lists, to decision-making and information overloadReduce the burden on your mind and improve your mental clarityKeep your mind tidy over the long termHow to Tidy Your Mind will help you say “no” to mental clutter and “yes” to feeling joyful, calm and clear-headed.
How to Train a Happy Mind: A Skeptic's Path to Enlightenment
by Scott SnibbeTRAIN YOUR MIND TOWARD LASTING CONNECTION AND JOYEager to share the life-enhancing benefits he found in Buddhism, skeptic Scott Snibbe presents this 8-step programme that allows anyone to build positive mental habits. Inspired by the ancient Buddhist path to enlightenment yet firmly grounded in modern science, How to Train a Happy Mind is the first mainstream book to show how you can achieve happiness using analytical meditation. Working in much the same way as cognitive behavioural therapy, analytical meditation goes beyond the calm-inducing practice of mindfulness to actively train the brain through easy-to-follow narrative visualizations.Breaking the path down into concise steps and written in a relatable tone with plenty of references to popular culture, this is the ideal book if you recognize your mind as both the source of your problems and the source of your solutions.
How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
by Jan Chozen BaysA growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD--physician and Zen teacher--has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it.
How to Train a Wild Elephant: And Other Adventures in Mindfulness
by Jan Chozen BaysA growing body of research is showing that mindfulness can reduce stress, improve physical health, and improve one's overall quality of life. Jan Chozen Bays, MD--physician and Zen teacher--has developed a series of simple practices to help us cultivate mindfulness as we go about our ordinary, daily lives. Exercises include: taking three deep breaths before answering the phone, noticing and adjusting your posture throughout the day, eating mindfully, and leaving no trace of yourself after using the kitchen or bathroom. Each exercise is presented with tips on how to remind yourself and a short life lesson connected with it.
How to Understand and Deal with Anxiety: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Anxiety
by Rasha BarrageA practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome anxiety, filled with helpful tips and actionable adviceFeeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Anxiety is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.By the end of this book, you will:Understand the science behind anxiety, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggersBe armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate anxiety, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanismsHave a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when anxiety strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathworkKnow about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or supportWith the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.
How to Understand and Deal with Depression: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Depression
by Wendy GreenA practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome depression, filled with helpful tips and actionable adviceFeeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Depression is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind depression and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.By the end of this book, you will:Understand the science behind depression, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggersBe armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms of depression, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanismsHave a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when depression strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathworkKnow about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or supportWith the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage depression so that you can get back to feeling like you again.
How to Understand and Deal with Health Anxiety: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Health Anxiety
by Katy GeorgiouWith practical steps and actionable advice, How to Understand and Deal with Health Anxiety is a friendly, accessible guide to help you identify the source of your anxieties. This book will help you work out the best ways to spend less time worrying about your health, and more time living in the present moment.
How to Understand and Deal with Social Anxiety: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Social Anxiety
by Mita MistryA practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome social anxiety, filled with helpful tips and actionable adviceFeeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Social Anxiety is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind social anxiety and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.By the end of this book, you will:Understand the science behind social anxiety, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggersBe armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms of social anxiety, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanismsHave a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when social anxiety strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathworkKnow about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or supportWith the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage social anxiety so that you can get back to feeling like you again.
How to Understand and Deal with Stress: Everything You Need to Know to Manage Stress
by Katy GeorgiouA practical, supportive and easy-to-read guide to help you understand and overcome stress, filled with helpful tips and actionable adviceFeeling overwhelmed? This little book is here to help. How to Understand and Deal with Stress is a friendly, accessible guide with all the information and advice you need to identify the source of your struggles, and to take practical steps to reduce or manage the burden. By learning the science behind stress and understanding how it affects your mind and body, you’ll start to dismantle its hold on you. And with practical ways to manage the condition – including physical, medical and therapeutic perspectives – this book will help you work out the best ways you can support your mental health and improve your overall well-being.By the end of this book, you will:Understand the science behind stress, how it manifests, what causes it, and how to identify symptoms and triggersBe armed with physical and practical steps you can take to alleviate stress, from breathing exercises and healthy lifestyle choices to problem-solving techniques and coping mechanismsHave a host of holistic remedies up your sleeve for when stress strikes, such as mindfulness, visualization and breathworkKnow about the medical treatments and therapies available, and know how and when to seek professional help or supportWith the right knowledge and guidance, you can learn to understand and manage stress so that you can get back to feeling like you again.
How to Unplug: Get Off Your Gadgets and Start Enjoying Real Life
by Ross DickinsonDo you feel like a slave to your smartphone? If it seems like you’ve become a junkie to modern technology, this sanity-saving collection of ideas will motivate you to get more out of life. Full of suggestions to help you unwind and reconnect with the world around you, How to Unplug is a handbook for refreshing yourself in the digital age.
How to Unplug Your Child: 101 Ways to Help Your Kids Turn Off Their Gadgets and Enjoy Real Life
by Liat Hughes JoshiThis sanity-saving collection of ideas and inspiration will help your children swap the screen for the sunshine and start getting more out of life.
How to Unspoil Your Child Fast
by Richard BromfieldYou don't have to say yes to prove that you love them. Describes helpful, pertinent, and loving ways to correct spoiled behavior before it becomes a serious problem. Nearly 95% of parents feel like they are overindulging their children, but feel powerless to stopping themselves. How to Unspoil Your Child Fast offers a straightforward and practical solution to fixing and preventing the problems of spoiling your children and offers concrete tips, simple strategies, and easy action steps for reversing the effects almost immediately. Feel more confident, competent, and parent more consistently while instilling character and self-reliance in your children today.
How to Use Limited Liability Companies and Limited Partnerships: Getting the Most Out of Your Legal Structure
by Garrett SuttonDesigned for entrepreneurs and individuals interested in starting their own business, this book provides an indepth study of how the special characteristics of limited partnerships and limited liability companies may be used to your advantage and to assist you in protecting assets, managing wealth and strategic estate planning to minimize taxes. It features strategic uses of limited liability companies and limited partnerships to hold real estate and other assets, how to easily manage and operate a limited liability company or limited partnership, how to creatively plan for your future and your family's future, and how to follow the rules to keep your assets protected.
How to Use the Laws of Mind
by Joseph MurphyHow your mind works, how your mind heals you, the secret of success in life, become spiritual-minded, learn to pray, control your fears, the power of suggestion, etc.
How to Wake Up
by Toni BernhardIntimately and without jargon, How to Wake Up: A Buddhist-Inspired Guide to Navigating Joy and Sorrow describes the path to peace amid all of life's ups and downs. Using step by step instructions, the author illustrates how to be fully present in the moment without clinging to joy or resisting sorrow. This opens the door to a kind of wellness that goes beyond circumstances. Actively engaging life as it is in this fashion holds the potential for awakening to a peace and well-being that are not dependent on whether a particular experience is joyful or sorrowful. This is a practical book, containing dozens of exercises and practices, all of which are illustrated with easy-to-relate to personal stories from the author's experience.
How to Walk
by Thich Nhat Hanh Jason DeantonisHow to Walk is the fourth title in Parallax's popular Mindfulness Essentials Series of how-to titles by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh, introducing beginners and reminding seasoned practitioners of the essentials of mindfulness practice. <P> Slow, concentrated walking while focusing on in- and out-breaths allows for a unique opportunity to be in the present. There is no need to arrive somewhere--each step is the arrival to concentration, joy, insight, and the momentary enlightenment of aliveness. When your foot touches the Earth with awareness, you make yourself alive and the Earth real, and you forget for one minute the searching, rushing, and longing that rob our daily lives of awareness and cause us to "sleepwalk" through life.Thich Nhat Hanh shares amusing stories of the impact mindful walking has on both the walker and those who notice him, and shows how mindful walking can be a technique for diminishing depression, recapturing wonder, and expressing gratitude. Pocket-sized, with original two color illustrations by Jason DeAntonis, How to Walk is a unique gift for all ages, sharing a simple practice that can have a profound effect on practitioners.
How to Walk into a Room: The Art of Knowing When to Stay and When to Walk Away
by Emily P. FreemanIf life were a house, then every room holds a story. What do we do when a room we’re in is no longer a room where we belong?What do you do when you start to feel a shift and must decide if it’s time to make a change? When it comes to navigating big decisions about when to stay and go, how can we know for sure when the time is right? Though we enter and exit many rooms over the course of our life—jobs, relationships, communities, life stages—knowing how and when it’s time to leave is a decision that rarely has a clear answer.Podcast host, spiritual director, and bestselling author of The Next Right Thing, Emily P. Freeman offers guidance to help us recognize when it’s time to move on from situations that no longer fit, allowing us to find new spaces where we can flourish and grow.How to Walk Into a Room helps us begin to uncover the silent, nuanced, and hidden arrows for anyone asking questions like: How do I know if it’s time to move on? What if I stay and nothing changes? What if I leave and everything falls apart?Through thought-provoking questions, spiritual practices, and personal stories, How to Walk into a Room will help you to know and name the caution flags in your current spaces, discern the difference between true peace and discomfort avoidance, navigate endings even when there is no closure, find peace for when you feel ready but it isn’t time, and courage for when it’s time but you don’t feel ready. For anyone standing in a threshold, here’s a book to help discern the how, when, and what now of walking out of rooms and into new ones with peace, confidence, and a whole heart.
How to Wash the Dishes
by Peter MillerFind order and beauty in the kitchen with this delightfully elegant primer on washing the dishes that elevates and illuminates a seemingly routine chore.Washing the dishes is an ordinary, everyday task--but with examination and care, it can become much more. In this reverent guide to the household chore, Peter Miller shows us how washing dishes can become a joy, a delight, a meditative exercise, and an act of grace and rhythm.We pay so much attention to recipes but little attention to maintenance and cleanup. Washing the dishes is as much a part of making a meal as prepping the vegetables, making the sauces, or seasoning the meats. At times it is quite routine, sometimes raucous, other times complex. It is never convenient. Despite its din and clatter, and despite its reputation, washing the dishes is the coda to the meal. It is a bustling musical of water and soap, of flow and surface, and done well, the fragile shall sit as proudly as the cast-iron.There are some who do the dishes for the clarity and privacy of it, and there are some who relish the quiet isolation of putting things in order where they belong. There are some who feel the time and movement is a kind of digestive. In the evening in particular, there is a silence when it is all done. How to Wash the Dishes brings elegance, art, and a bit of mindfulness to the sink. It is the perfect gift for those who love to clean and equally as apt for those we wish would clean a bit more.
How to Win: 36 Ancient Strategies for Success
by Eva WongPotent advice on how to think and act strategically in business, politics, and relationships--drawn from classic Chinese military and political expertise.The ancient strategies of war and politics have much to offer us in navigating the complicated challenges we face today--and to help us wisely and effectively meet our business, political, and relational goals. Here, eminent Chinese scholar and Taoist teacher Eva Wong unpacks the wisdom of The Thirty-Six Strategies, a collection of advice encoded in sayings, steeped in Chinese history and culture. She explores strategies attributed to renowned military philosophers such as Sun Tzu and Zhuge Liang (aka "The Sleeping Dragon"), along with other less-known advisors, that were implemented during three of the most chaotic eras of Chinese history--the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and the Three Kingdoms. Covering three categories of strategy--proactive, reactive, and desperate--Wong expertly connects the words of ancient military philosophers with timeless advice, as useful today as it was in the Tang dynasty (618-906) when this collection was originally gathered. In Chinese military philosophy and political theory, the thirty-six strategies are considered "yin" or "shadow" in nature, meaning that they operate best in darkness and concealment. As Wong writes, "Desperate times call for desperate measures, and since the thirty-six strategies rose out of times of war and conflict, it is inevitable that they were used to win wars, triumph over opponents, take advantage of situations, and survive when defeat is imminent."
How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion
by Marcus Tullius Cicero James M. MayAll of us are faced countless times with the challenge of persuading others, whether we're trying to win a trivial argument with a friend or convince our coworkers about an important decision. Instead of relying on untrained instinct--and often floundering or failing as a result--we'd win more arguments if we learned the timeless art of verbal persuasion, rhetoric. How to Win an Argument gathers the rhetorical wisdom of Cicero, ancient Rome's greatest orator, from across his works and combines it with passages from his legal and political speeches to show his powerful techniques in action. The result is an enlightening and entertaining practical introduction to the secrets of persuasive speaking and writing--including strategies that are just as effective in today's offices, schools, courts, and political debates as they were in the Roman forum.How to Win an Argument addresses proof based on rational argumentation, character, and emotion; the parts of a speech; the plain, middle, and grand styles; how to persuade no matter what audience or circumstances you face; and more. Cicero's words are presented in lively translations, with illuminating introductions; the book also features a brief biography of Cicero, a glossary, suggestions for further reading, and an appendix of the original Latin texts.Astonishingly relevant, this unique anthology of Cicero's rhetorical and oratorical wisdom will be enjoyed by anyone who ever needs to win arguments and influence people--in other words, all of us.
How to Win Any Argument
by Robert MayerThis guide to negotiating is “mental judo, where you use the other guy’s energy to win. It’s mind-set. It’s charisma” (New York Times).The art of the argument. It’s mysterious and powerful. It’s the art of having things go your way. But it’s also the art of getting out of your own way. It’s having the Moves. But it’s also about having the Touch. Welcome to the “new normal.” It’s a time and place where conversations are tougher, disagreements more frequent, consensus more difficult to find than ever before. This new world demands three new “right for our times” chapters:“Heavy Metal Moves” and “Taboo Tactics”: When you’re being dissed, dismissed, and dumped on. Or when you need to break through.“Waging Peace: The Mediation, Arbitration, and Collaborative Practice Game”: Because there’s more conflict but less money to hire litigation lawyers.“The World Has Gotten Smaller”: Learn to identify deep-rooted cultural differences, and how to act and react.“This will be one of the most important books you’ve read in a long time.” —Larry King“Two thumbs up! A whole new way of being smart about all the people in your life—coworkers, bosses, family, the people you do business with. Bob Mayer tells you how to finesse the results you want without pleading, prodding, pushing, or pulling.” —Cuba Gooding, Jr., Academy Award–winning actor
How to Win at Anything: Strategies for Building and Maximizing Your Influence
by Jo OwenPeople who are good at influencing and persuading know how to get things done. They turn crises into opportunities and opponents into allies, and they achieve much more by doing less. And the good news is that anyone can learn these skills.In How to Win at Anything, you'll discover: The four unique ways of thinking shared by every effective influencer How to build strong, productive, and lasting alliances Over sixty practical and easily applied principles and techniques The definitive way to win your must-win battles--without fightingIt pays to learn influence and persuasion. Learn these core skills to help propel your life and career.