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Sinek believes fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. Achieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactly WHY we do what we do. With Mead and Docker, he provides detailed exercises and action steps for the path to long-term success and fulfillment, for both you and your colleagues.
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English
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Quirky and profound, individual and universal, Find the Good offers up short chapters that help us unlearn the habit--and it is a habit--of seeing only the negatives. Lende reminds us that we can choose to see any event--starting a new job or being laid off from an old one, getting married or getting divorced--as an opportunity to find the good. As she says, "We are all writing our own obituary every day by how we live. The best news is that there{u2019}s...
4) Getting back to happy: change your thoughts, change your reality, and turn your trials into triumphs
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English
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Getting Back to Happy reveals their strategies for changing thought patterns and daily habits to bounce back from tough times. Sharing never-before-published stories and advice, the book shows us how to harness the power of daily rituals, mindfulness, self-care, and more to overcome whatever life throws our way--in order to become our best selves.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A simple shift in thinking can change everything you believe about your own happiness. By the time we become adults, most of us have joined the religion of suffering, which preaches that unless circumstances are controlled, life will be a mess. We compare ourselves to others and speculate about an impossible-to-know future, holding out hope for an improved life through getting ahead, fulfilling passion, or finding true love. But the idea that happiness...
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Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata, whose Convenience Store Woman has now sold more than a million copies worldwide, returns with a brilliant and wonderfully unsettling collection, her most recent fiction to be published in Japan. In these twelve stories, Murata mixes an unusual cocktail of humor and horror and turns the norms and traditions of society on their head to better question them. In "A First-Rate Material," Nana and Naoki...
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Publisher
Hatherleigh Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Time-tested principles for succeeding in life through the understanding and development of character, virtues represent the moral excellence of a person. From discipline to prudence, fortitude to faith, the warrior virtues presented in the book are guaranteed to transform your life to one of meaning and purpose. The authors use the battle-tested principles of the United States Marine Corps to help everyone live their best life in easy and practical...
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Publisher
Penguin Life
Pub. Date
[2023]
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English
Description
"Bighearted and hopeful. Unflinchingly honest and healing. A profound compendium of intimate, inspiring essays and thoughtful prompts that will keep you afloat in difficult times and sustain you in the everyday. Microjoys are a practice of discerning hope and joy in each and every moment of our lives. They are accessible to all of us, at all times, if we can hone the ability to look for them. They are the hidden wisdom, subtle treasures, and ordinary...
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Chicken Soup For The Soul LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
A collection of 101 inspiring stories by people who have changed their lives for the better by actively practicing gratitude, by saying thanks, and by stopping and thinking about their blessings, even on a bad day. Print run 50,000.
12) Believe it to achieve it: overcome your doubts, let go of the past, and unlock your full potential
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Publisher
TarcherPerigee
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Letting go of negative thoughts is one of the most important steps to living a successful, fulfilling life, but it's also often the most difficult. In this practical, research-based guide, bestselling author Brian Tracy and psychotherapist Christina Stein present their Psychology of Achievement program to help you identify and overcome harmful patterns and ideas preventing you from achieving your goals or feeling happy and satisfied in your life."...
14) Abuelita and me
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Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"In this poignant, empowering picture book debut, a girl and her beloved abuelita lean on each other as they contend with racism while running errands in the city. Spending time at home with Abuelita means pancakes, puddle-jumping, and nail-painting. But venturing out into the city is not always as fun. On the bus and at the grocery store, people are impatient and suspicious--sometimes they even yell. Sad, angry, and scared, the story's young narrator...
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Publisher
Hachette Go
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Looking for greater peace and satisfaction? Look no further than the Japanese concept of ukeireru, or acceptance. Psychologist Scott Haas offers an elegant, practical look at ways we can reduce anxiety and stress and increase overall well-being. By learning and practicing ukeireru, you can:Profoundly improve your relationships, with a greater focus on listening, finding commonalities, and intuitingFind calm in ritualizing things such as making coffee,...
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Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
This empowering collection of positive affirmations shows kids how to silence the unkind voice in their minds and find the uplifting voice instead that will tell them words that are positive, supportive and true.
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Publisher
V & R Editoras
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Todas las personas alguna vez han sentido la frustración de querer decir algo y no poder. Por timidez, por temor o por baja autoestima, se quedan callados o de frustran. Más tarde, los reproches perturban la mente. En este libros se ofrecen herramientas sencillas que ayudan a replantear el modo en que se producen las relaciones en diversos ámbitos: la familia, el trabajo, las reuniones sociales... --
We have all experienced frustration when we...
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Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In a similar vein to The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews or Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory, The Baggage Handler is a contemporary story that explores one question: What baggage are you carrying?"--
"When three people take the wrong suitcase from baggage claim, their lives change forever. A hothead businessman coming to the city for a showdown meeting to save his job. A mother of three hoping to survive the days at her sister's house...
20) Ode to a bad day
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Told in rhyming text, a little girl is having a day where absolutely nothing goes right, a day filled with frustration and annoyances, but even bad days end eventually.
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