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Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World
by Bob GoffAs a college student he spent 16 days in the Pacific Ocean with five guys and a crate of canned meat. As a father he took his kids on a world tour to eat ice cream with heads of state. He made friends in Uganda, and they liked him so much he became the Ugandan consul. He pursued his wife for three years before she agreed to date him. His grades weren't good enough to get into law school, so he sat on a bench outside the Dean’s office for seven days until they finally let him enroll. Bob Goff has become something of a legend, and his friends consider him the world's best-kept secret. Those same friends have long insisted he write a book. What follows are paradigm shifts, musings, and stories from one of the world’s most delightfully engaging and winsome people. What fuels his impact? Love. But it's not the kind of love that stops at thoughts and feelings. Bob's love takes action. Bob believes Love Does. When Love Does, life gets interesting. Each day turns into a hilarious, whimsical, meaningful chance that makes faith simple and real. Each chapter is a story that forms a book, a life. And this is one life you don't want to miss. Light and fun, unique and profound, the lessons drawn from Bob's life and attitude just might inspire you to be secretly incredible, too.
My Mother's Rules: A Practical Guide to Becoming an Emotional Genius
by Lynn TolerAutobiography of Judge Lynn Toler describing her sometimes difficult upbringing and the life-lessons she learned from her mother.
The Magician's Way: What It Really Takes to Find Your Treasure
by William WhitecloudFrom a childhood in Swaziland immersed in supernatural world views to experience using esoteric methods to speculate on the financial markets, author Whitecloud brings a range of knowledge to bear in this magical book about how values influence life events.
Leadership is Dead
by Jeremie KubicekAnyone can make an impact. All you need is influence--the most potent professional asset on the planet. The problem is that influence is also the most underused asset on the planet. And the primary reason is that the enemy of influence is a universal human trait: self-preservation. You guard your ideas, your status, and your reputation. Within your self-constructed walls you must cast safer visions, take smaller risks, and accept shallower relationships to ensure the security of all you are protecting. This is the downside of self-preservation: While your walls protect you and yours from demise, they also restrict your influence. You must break down your walls of self-preservation and sacrifice your security for the sake of others. Only then does the escalating paradox of personal generosity come into play: The more you give, the more you receive. This book shows that the key to effective leadership is learning how to influence in a way that engenders greater trust, stronger partnerships, and more impactful endeavors.
Mother’s Homemade Humble Pie: Advice We Should’ve Listened to!
by Peg AndersonOver 75 nuggets of wit and wisdom only a mother cares enough to impart and can get away with giving such as: it's harder to lose weight when you're older because your fat and body have become friends, or, that a good example has twice the value of good advice.
Good Self, Bad Self
by Judy SmithThey found out. It's not working . They won't listen. It's all over. Now what ? Whether the problem is debt, infidelity, indiscretion, or merely an embarrassing email sent to the wrong reader, we have all found ourselves in bad situations of our own making. And whether that puts you in a delicate position or a full-blown crisis, it can sometimes feel as if there is no way out. Enter Judy Smith. America's number one crisis management expert, Judy Smith is on speed dial for some of the highest-profile celebrities, politicians, and corporations in the world. But though her business is helping her clients recover from widely publicized personal and professional setbacks, her expertise is applicable to us all. In Good Self, Bad Self, Smith shares her methods, gleaned from years of professional experience, for smoothing over a bad situation while providing the tools to prevent similar incidents from ever happening again. The way to get through a personal or professional rough spot is by understanding the traits that can lead to our wildest successes and most painful failures. Smith has learned to identify high-risk situations that often lead to marital, financial, professional, or personal imprudence; her ability to anticipate potential personal disasters has allowed her to coach people prior to, as well as in the wake of, crisis. She has identified seven traits that are often found at the root of a crisis. These traits can be positive and extremely useful but can cause problems when they fall out of balance. Drawing on more than twenty years of professional experience, Smith explains how to prevent these characteristics from interfering with your life. They are: · Ego · Denial · Fear · Ambition · Accommodation · Patience · Indulgence Smith uses examples from high-profile cases to illustrate how celebrities, businesses, and individuals have become victims of their own bad behavior when they let one of these traits fall out of balance. Exploring the underlying factors of some very public and often unpleasant scandals, Smith shows how different situations could have been prevented by recalibrating one (or more) of those seven vital characteristics. As she shares her method of repairing the damage that these situations can cause, Smith also explains what we can all be doing in our own lives to prevent a crisis from getting started. Nobody's perfect, and the same character traits that bring us success can lead to our downfall. It is the way each of us deals with personal character flaws that dictates whether we're going to succeed or fail. In Good Self, Bad Self, Judy Smith distills years of experience to share the tools we all need to face our mistakes and ultimately overcome them.
La sabiduría y el legado
by Stephen R. CoveyLas enseñanzas y frases más reveladoras e inspiradoras del autor sobre el manejo del tiempo, el éxito, el liderazgo, los siete hábitos, el amor y la familia.Esta poderosa colección de pensamientos es un tributo a la luminaria que todos extrañaremos. "Le enseño a la gente cómo tratarme a través de los límites que establezco". "Sea una luz, no un juez. Sea un modelo, no un crítico". "No se deje seducir por su autobiografía". "La gente suele transformarse según la forma en la que se le trate o en lo que se piense de ella". "La humildad es la mayor de las virtudes, pues de ella provienen todas las demás". "Para conservar la confianza de los que están presentes, sea leal a quienes están ausentes". "El problema radica en la forma en la que percibimos el problema".
El elemento
by Ken RobinsonEl libro que ha revolucionado el campo de la creatividad, la innovación y el aprendizaje Prólogo de Eduard PunsetLa clave del elemento reside en hacer especialmente bien aquello que nos apasiona. ¿Qué tienen en común Matt Groening, el creador de Los Simpsons, el empresario Richard Branson, y la periodista Arianna Huffington? Más allá de su enorme éxito profesional, todos son personas que muestran una extraordinaria pasión por lo que hacen y que han encontrado lo que Ken Robinson denomina su elemento, es decir, el lugar donde la persona hace aquello que realmente quiere hacer y donde es quien siempre ha querido ser. Ken Robinson consigue en este libro transmitir la importancia de encontrar ese punto, motiva al lector a buscarlo y le recuerda que nunca es tarde para alcanzarlo. El elemento es un libro especialmente necesario en unos momentos en los que el éxito parece medirse exclusivamente mediante parámetros económicos, porque nos demuestra que la clave reside en hacer especialmente bien aquello que nos apasiona.
Freedom from Anxiety
by Marcey Shapiro Barbara L. ShapiroThis book presents hundreds of safe, practical, and effective tools and techniques to alleviate anxiety, an epidemic that affects nearly 20 percent of Americans. Author and seasoned physician Marcey Shapiro, MD, shares how her personal struggle with this widespread syndrome led her to discover that there is not one treatment program that works for everyone and provides a wide range of integrative methods that will help readers find real and transformative relief. Dr. Shapiro grappled with anxiety on her own path to greater health and wholeness and observed, through her personal experience and that of treating numerous patients who suffer from the heartache and despair that anxiety causes, that finding peace involves a spiritual journey of self-awareness and self-acceptance. She has successfully helped herself and her patients bring ease and peace of mind back into their lives using a diverse assortment of complementary techniques, including dietary changes, visualizations, shifting thoughts, breathing techniques, nutritional supplements, herbs, homeopathy, bodywork, aromatherapy, flower essences, and acupuncture, as well as more commonplace Western techniques such as medication and therapy, when appropriate. Offering a variety of nondogmatic, empowering tools for enhancing personal growth, Freedom from Anxiety will help anxiety sufferers find ways, many of them free or very low cost, to achieve immediate relief as well as long term care and treatment. It can be read from cover to cover or perused for specific problems or solutions. Readers are able to take advantage of Dr. Shapiro's vast knowledge and research as well as her engaging personal anecdotes and those from her decades of clinical practice.
Chi and Creativity: Vital Energy and Your Inner Artist
by Elise Dirlam Ching Kaleo ChingMost people tend to idealize artists, writers, and others of the "creative class" as uniquely gifted. But the capacity to create is part of being human-whether that means writing, making art, cooking, gardening, sewing, dancing, acting, singing, or virtually any activity. In "Chi and Creativity, "Kaleo Ching and Elise Dirlam Ching show readers how to use a wide range of strategies to harness the energy of chi to uncover, and cultivate, that often elusive inner artist. Based on their popular workshops, the authors offer an integrative process to generate the joy, wonder, and sense of well-being necessary for artistic self-expression. Specific exercises draw on everything from acupressure and breathing techniques to Chi Kung movement and meditation. Through Chi Awareness, the body, mind, emotions, and spirit come into greater harmony. Through guided imagery, they dialogue. Through journaling, they speak. Through art, they join in creative expression of the inner discoveries along the path to greater balance and integration. "Chi and Creativity "is the authors' way of sharing this magical transformative process and can be used by anyone who wants to add fuel to their creative fires.
Faces of Your Soul: Rituals in Art, Maskmaking, and Guided Imagery with Ancestors, Spirit Guides, and Totem Animals
by Elise Dirlam Ching Kaleo Ching Foreword by Matthew FoxIn Faces of Your Soul, Elise Dirlam Ching and Kaleo Ching combine art and archetypes, meditation and acupressure, guided imagery, journaling, and many different creative processes in a collage of healing knowledge and wisdom. The authors start by stressing the balance of complementary opposites—left brain/right brain, challenge/comfort, practicality/the sacred—as crucial to beginning the journey. Then through guided imagery, they lead readers through subconscious realms to connect with archetypal sources of inner wisdom. This process frees the creative and healing spirit, connecting explorers with the body's instinctive intelligence, which expresses itself through the creation of art. Central to this process is a detailed description of maskmaking—including how to work with a partner to mold each other's gauze mask—balanced with self-explorations of the inner experience of this event. Poetry, personal stories, photographs, and a gallery of Kaleo Ching's evocative totemic masks expand the reader's experience of this richly resonant journey to self.
Wired For Wealth: Change The Money Mindsets That Keep You Trapped and Unleash Your Wealth Potential
by Ted Klontz Rick Kahler Brad KlontzRecession-Proof Your Mind and Rewire Your Brain for Wealth As financial stress mounts and an economic crash looms, Wired for Wealth shows you that the biggest threat to your financial health is not a recession; it's your brain. Markets go up and markets go down, but one fact holds true: Your money scripts--the unconscious core beliefs you hold about money--will determine whether you win or lose in the long run. But there is hope. Drawing on the results of a landmark survey of people's money habits, as well as their decades of work improving their clients' financial lives, renowned financial psychologists Drs. Brad Klontz and Ted Klontz and financial planner Rick Kahler, CFP® show you how you can rewire your brain for wealth. Their unexpected insights show you how you can free yourself from excessive debt, financial stress, money avoidance, and a lack of savings. You'll discover: The top 10 money scripts that mess up people's financial lives--and how to change them How to identify your 'financial comfort zone'--and how to break through it How to curtail family money issues, including financial infidelity, financially dependent children, and conflicts over money. What to do if your money scripts are keeping you poor by overspending, underspending, excessive debt, lack of savings, and lack of retirement planning. What to do if your money scripts keeping you poor in spirit--how to release guilt and fear for good, and be at peace with what you have. Entertaining and enlightening, Wired for Wealth will put you in control of your finances and enable you to break through to new levels of wealth and security.
Living the Good Long Life
by Martha StewartMartha Stewart's engaging handbook for living your healthiest life after 40--with expertise from doctors and specialists on eating, exercise, wellness, home, and organizing, as well as caring for others. Martha Stewart's Living the Good Long Life is a practical guide unlike any other: honest and upbeat, with clear and motivating charts, resources, and tips from doctors and wellness specialists. From the best ways to organize your home to protecting your mental well-being and appearance as you age, this book gives accessible ideas that you can incorporate every day. And when it's time to explore caregiving for others, you'll know how to enrich their quality of life while preventing your own fatigue.Martha's 10 Golden Rules for Successful Aging provide a framework for chapters that cover your changing needs with every decade, including: -Healthy Eating: Stock a healthy pantry for your dietary needs. -Healthy Fitness: Stand strong on your feet by increasing your balance, endurance, and flexibility.-A Healthy Brain: Stimulate new brain activity to prevent memory loss.-A Healthy Outlook: Maintain a sense of daily purpose by strengthening social connections. -Healthy Living Every Day: Medicate wisely while paying attention to aches and pains.-Healthy Looks: Take care of your skin and match your makeup to your age.-Healthy Home: Create a home that is a reflection of how you want to live.-Healthy Living into the Future: Be your own wellness CEO to prevent future illness.-Healthy Caring: Prepare for helping others while caring for yourself, and much more! Healthy living begins with establishing small habits, and with Living the Good Long Life you'll have a dependable source for thriving in your 40s, 50s, 60s, and beyond."In my Foundation's health initiatives--and in my own life--I've seen again and again how even small measures to improve your health can make a big difference. Living the Good Long Life is full of simple ideas that can be incorporated into daily routines to help you feel better and keep on doing what you love."--President Bill Clinton "For thirty years, Martha Stewart has carefully coached us on how to take care of our homes, our menus, our crafts. And now in Living the Good Long Life, she has brought her brilliant skills to the mission of helping us take care of ourselves. With sparkling prose, no-nonsense instruction, and, as always, oceans of wisdom, Martha implores readers not to recoil from their advancing years, but to embrace and celebrate them--with invaluable tips on keeping our diets healthy, our bodies pumping, and our outlook forever sunny. I just loved this book."--Marlo Thomas
Teach Only Love: The Twelve Principles of Attitudinal Healing
by Gerald G. JampolskyIn 1975, Jerry Jampolsky cofounded the Center for Attitudinal Healing in Tiburon, California, where people with life-threatening illnesses practice peace of mind as an instrument of transformation. Based on the healing power of love and forgiveness, the 12 principles developed at the center, and explained in this book, embrace the idea that total giving and total acceptance are crucial to the healing process and that attitudinal healing can lead to harmony, joy, and life without fear.
Victory Over Trials: Encouragement From the Life of Job
by Lottie B. Hobbs[from the back page] If you have ever experienced discouragement, disappointment, pain, grief, doubt, or any other heartache, this book is for you. The author gleans enlightenment, strength, and direction from the most magnificent and soul-stirring drama of all time: the Book of Job. Job - an emotionally torn, suffering, grieving man - grappled with life's heaviest burdens and most perplexing questions. He triumphed! So can we! Victory Over Trials is not a tedious analysis. It is easily understood, up-to-date, and practical. Ideal for individual and class use. One reader concludes: "Each chapter is worth the price of the book." LOTTIE BETH HOBBS is acclaimed in international journals in the U.S. and Europe as a writer, speaker, and editor. Some of her books have had more than twenty printings in English and are still in demand. Some have been published in Spanish, French, Portuguese, and several languages of India. Many of her popular pamphlets, on a wide variety of topics, are distributed internationally.
Reality Isn't What It Used to Be
by Walter Truet AndersonAnderson reveals the reality of postmodernism in politics, popular culture, religion, literary criticism, art, and philosophy -- making sense of everything from deconstructionism to punk.
Winning from Within
by Erica Ariel FoxLife is a series of negotiations, whether or not you think of yourself as a negotiator . From seemingly insignificant daily decisions to major life choices, you negotiate every time you aim to persuade, argue over a decision, or resolve a conflict. But as negotiations and leadership expert Erica Ariel Fox reveals, the most important negotiations--the ones that determine the impact of our actions and the quality of our lives--are those we have with ourselves. Most of us recognize the difference between our knowledge--what we know we should do and say--and our knowhow--what we actually do and say in real life when it counts. Fox calls this the "Performance Gap," and she shows you how to close it, turning breakdowns into breakthroughs, whether struggling with a difficult client, arguing with a combative teenager, or organizing for community action. Winning from Within combines insights from Western psychology and Eastern philosophy with practical applications from real business situations and everyday life. Fox shows that the ability to achieve mastery over how we interact with each other comes from within, from the "center" where desires, thoughts, feelings, and impulses to take action live side-by-side. Winning from Within offers a profound and highly practical seven-step method for making changes that last--at work and at home.
Baneful!: 95 of the World's Worst Herbs
by Deborah J. MartinThis small encyclopaedia by Master Herbalist Deborah Martin takes us on a journey of discovery ... ninety-five herbs that, while they had or have their medicinal and magical uses, can be deadly!
Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, 6e
by Lizzie Post Anna PostEmily Post's Classic, Indispensable, and Comprehensive Guide to Your Wedding Now Completely Updated and Expanded in a New EditionToday's weddings are a beautiful blend of traditions, reflecting what matters most to each couple. They are also more complicated than ever, with new customs replacing the old, new technologies to help plan and communicate, and new relationships to consider as families grow more complex. But while weddings evolve, one thing has remained constant: A wedding is one of the most special days in a person's life. Surrounded by friends and family, it is a day for everyone to celebrate.The Emily Post Institute has been answering etiquette questions for more than ninety years, and Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, 6th Edition, written by Emily Post's great-great-granddaughters, Anna Post and Lizzie Post, will provide you with everything you need to know from past traditions to modern updates so you can approach your wedding with grace and ease. After all, etiquette is about treating people with consideration, respect, and honesty--attitudes that will help you to set the tone for the perfect day.This updated and expanded sixth edition includes every detail a couple needs to navigate the planning process, reduce stress, and maximize fun on their extraordinary day. With illustrations throughout, the sixth edition is packed with inspiration, advice, and etiquette, covering everything from: How to word invitations and address envelopes The time line of events throughout the engagement and wedding day Who to include on your guest list Smart and thoughtful ways to integrate the latest technology How to handle divorced parents and awkward family situations Who should throw the bridal shower The do's and don'ts of gifts and thank yous How to schedule photography on the wedding day Inspiration for blending family traditions and including elements that reflect you as a coupleWith shorter, more accessible chapters, this edition also includes vital information for the groom, mother of the groom, mother and father of the bride, and every member of the wedding party.Unmatched as a trusted resource, Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette, 6th Edition, is the go-to practical guide for the big event. From the "yes" of the proposal to the day of "I do," Emily Post's Wedding Etiquette will help you plan a wedding that is uniquely yours every step of the way.
Examkrackers MCAT: Organic Chemistry
by Jonathan OrsayThis manual contains all the organic chemistry tested on the MCAT and more. It contains more organic chemistry than is tested on the MCAT because a deeper understanding of basic scientific principles is often gained through more advanced study. In addition, the MCAT often presents passages with imposing topics that may intimidate the test-taker. Although the questions don't require knowledge of these topics, some familiarity will increase the confidence of the test-taker.
Super Body, Super Brain
by Michael Gonzalez-WallaceMake the Most of Every Moment Not every movement is created equal. Super Body, Super Brain's targeted exercise circuits make every second of your workout count, harnessing the power of multitasking to sharpen your mind and tone your body in just minutes a day. Crossword puzzles, Sodoku, computer games, and DVDs-there's no end to the products touting their brain-boosting benefits. But in this multimillion-dollar business, one crucial tool has been overlooked: the enormous power of physical movement. Until now. As one of New York City's most popular trainers, Michael Gonzalez-Wallace needed to keep his busy clients happy with engaging, efficient workouts. He quickly noticed that when exercises used several muscles at once, combining coordination and precision with aerobic and strength-training actions, clients were significantly more focused-and achieved better, faster results. Many hours of research and consultations with neuroscientists later, Gonzalez-Wallace had confirmed his instincts: exercises that demand balance and concentration not only tone the body, but actually increase brain activity. In fact, contrary to commonly held beliefs, the brain is constantly rewiring itself and capable of change at any age. This targeted program-the first of its kind-uses a series of carefully designed exercises to do just that. As you move through Super Body, Super Brain's innovative circuits-for little as 10 minutes a day-you will being to: Improve your alertness and lessen fatigue Become more mentally sharp with improved memory capability Improve your mood Lose weight and reduce your body fat Strengthen your core muscles and tone your upper and lower body Strengthen your heart and lungs and improve your endurance Improve your balance and coordination Transform your posture and become more flexible As a powerful complement to these circuits, Gonzalez-Wallace has teamed up with a top nutritionist to create brain-boosting recipes that help maximize his program's powerful results. If you have a few minutes to spare, you have the power to look better, feel better, and tackle every day with more energy and efficiency than ever before!
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
by Stephen R. CoveyIn "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People," author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
Cross-Cultural Servanthood: Serving The World in Christlike Humility
by Duane ElmerDuane Elmer asked people around the world how they felt about Western missionaries. The response? "Missionaries could be more effective if they did not think they were better than us. "The last thing we want to do in cross-cultural ministry is to offend people in other cultures. Unfortunately, all too often and even though we don't mean it, our actions communicate superiority, paternalism, imperialism and arrogance. Our best intentions become unintentional insults. How can we minister in ways that are received as true Christlike service? Cross-cultural specialist Duane Elmer gives Christians practical advice for serving other cultures with sensitivity and humility. With careful biblical exposition and keen cross-cultural awareness, he shows how our actions and attitudes often contradict and offend the local culture. He offers principles and guidance for avoiding misunderstandings and building relationships in ways that honor others. Here is culturally-savvy insight into how we can follow Jesus' steps to become global servants. Whether you're going on your first short-term mission trip or ministering overseas for extended periods, this useful guide is essential reading for anyone who wants to serve effectively in international settings with grace and sensitivity.
How to Be a Great Lover
by Lou PagetOne of America's most popular sexperts offers a fun, refreshingly modern, totally explicit guide to mastering a man's body.No matter what age we are or how much experience we have, we all want to be great lovers. Most of the sex guides for women, however, have been prudish, esoteric, or incomplete. The ultimate sexual instruction book for women, How to Be a Great Lover gives you the down and dirty details that you really want to know on exactly what men like and why, and shares the proven erotic techniques that make for incredible sex you'll both enjoy. Acclaimed sex expert Lou Paget draws on the real-life experience of the hundreds of men and women who have attended her workshops and presents their secrets and tricks in an elegant, no-nonsense style. Lou has found that in the bedroom (or closet, or kitchen), knowledge equals confidence, and confidence will make you feel empowered, heighten the intimacy of your relationship, and enable you and your partner to enjoy yourselves in a variety of intense, new ways. Whether you are starting a new relationship, have run out of creative ideas, or want to light his fire all over again, How to Be a Great Lover has enough spicy tips and surprises to excite both of you and leave him begging for more. From kissing techniques, ways to create the right atmosphere, and a lesson on safe sex--including the "Italian Method" of putting a condom on a man with your mouth--to twenty different manual techniques and the secrets of great oral sex, Lou covers all the basics and more. She offers innovative positions for intercourse, tantalizing moves you can do with a pearl necklace, and a beginner's guide to anal stimulation, as well as a catalogue of sex toys and how to use them. With more than ninety step-by-step illustrations that will show you how to drive him wild, How to Be a Great Lover provides proven, sure-fire techniques that will make you a master of the bedroom.
El monje que vendio su Ferarri
by Robin S. SharmaEl monje que vendió su Ferrari es la sugerente y emotiva historia de Julian Mantle, un super abogado cuya vida estresante, desequilibrada y obsesionada con el dinero acaba provocándole un infarto. Ese desastre provoca en Julian una crisis espiritual que le lleva a enfrentarse a las grandes cuestiones de la vida. Esperando descubrir los secretos de la felicidad y el esclarecimiento, emprende un extraordinario viaje por el Himalaya para conocer una antiquísima cultura de hombres sabios. Y allí descubre un modo de vida más gozoso, así como un método que le permite liberar todo su potencial y vivir con pasión, determinación y paz. Escrito a modo de fábula, este libro contiene una serie de sencillas y eficaces lecciones para mejorar nuestra manera de vivir. Vigorosa fusión de la sabiduría espiritual de Oriente con los principios del éxito occidentales, muestra paso a paso cómo vivir con más coraje, alegría, equilibrio y satisfacción.