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Author
Publisher
Ballantine Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In Flip Thinking, Berthold Gunster, the founder of the Dutch omdenken--or flip thinking--philosophy, presents fifteen strategies to transform your thinking away from limitations and negativities and towards possibilities and opportunities. From disrupting (turn all the rules upside down) to flaunting (play up what you want to hide) and from importing (get the enemy on board) to amplifying (do more of what works), Gunster's strategies and stories...
Author
Publisher
Page Two
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Upgrade your mind to upgrade your life. Deep inside you is a dream for an extraordinary life. To create a life you love, however, you can't just dream it, you must also build it. Mary Morrissey, world-renowned dream-builder and founder of Brave Thinking Institute, has helped millions of people break through the barriers of fear, doubt, and past failure with her proven, repeatable system of transformation called Brave Thinking. In this book, you will...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Grounded in decades of scientific research, a renowned neuroscientist and a clinical psychologist look the ways that the science of sensation can provide the key to overcoming patterns of self-judgment and negative thinking.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Imagine a friend who earnestly tells you that he thinks men and women are equally good leaders. But when he talks about men's leadership skills, he places his palm at eye-level, and when he talks about women's leadership skills, he places his palm a bit lower, at mouth-level. His hands have given him away: even if he truly thinks that his views are egalitarian, he holds an implicit belief that is now there for all the word to see. You swear you heard...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"This creatively wacky and interactive exploration of the abstract concepts of the human experience, such as feelings and thoughts, encourages readers to look past the visible and connect with the things that are not seen."--
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
+Albert Einstein. Steve Jobs. Elon Musk. Maya Lin. These geniuses are all visual thinkers. Are you? Do you like puzzles, coding, and taking things apart? Do you write stories, act in plays, slay at Wordle? The things you are good at are clues to how your brain works. Are you good at math? Working with your hands? Are you a neat freak or a big mess? With her knack for making science easy to understand, Temple Grandin explains different types of thinkers:...
Author
Publisher
FaithWords
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"For most of our lives, we are encouraged to trudge along the well-worn paths of those who have come before us. We learn the rules - in our families, in our schools, in our workplaces, in our churches - and most of the messages we receive tell us that following the rules will allow us to arrive at the lives we desire. But when change becomes not only desirable but also urgently necessary, this way of being no longer serves us. Bishop T.D. Jakes illuminates...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using this Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. - Support critical thought processes - Aid in fine motor skill development - Explore large muscle movements through play - Build hand eye-coordination"
Author
Publisher
Lexham Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
This is the story of Christ's nearness to my own suffering -- my mental breakdown, my journey to the psych ward, my long, slow, painful recovery -- and how Christ will use even our agony and despair to turn us into servants and guests of the mercy offered in his gospel. We cannot answer suffering. And yet suffering demands an answer. If Jesus is the answer to suffering, what kind of answer is Jesus? Everything that could be taken from a person was...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking account of the power of our thoughts to improve our health-by the "mother of mindfulness" and first female tenured professor of psychology at Harvard When it comes to our health, too many of us think that a medical diagnosis describes a static or worsening condition. We then live our lives as though our ailments-our stiff knees or frayed nerves or failing eyesight-can only change in one direction: for the worse. Ellen J. Langer's...
Author
Publisher
Harriman House, Ltd
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"What distinguishes the truly exceptional from the merely great? The highest performers don't use tricks or hacks to achieve greatness. They use mental frameworks that fundamentally change the way they see the world. They've learned how to unlock their hidden genius in order to reach their full potential."--Adapted from inside front flyleaf.
Author
Publisher
Tapioca Stories
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
'There are all kinds of collections in this world...serious, funny, weird. Imagination has no limits! And Rosália's collection might be the weirdest yet, as she collects the heads, histories, and memories of those who have died. Ana Matsusaki's beautifully illustrated book explores the delicate and complex cultural aspects of death with great humor and invites us to reflect on the shared and unique contents inside each of our heads."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A memoir by one of the greatest minds of our age, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist Daniel C. Dennett."--Amazon.
Daniel C. Dennett, preeminent philosopher and cognitive scientist, has spent his career considering the thorniest, most fundamental mysteries of the mind. Do we have free will? What is consciousness and how did it come about? What distinguishes human minds from the minds of animals? Dennett's answers have profoundly shaped...
Series
Publisher
Findaway World, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using this Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. - Support critical thought processes - Aid in fine motor skill development - Explore large muscle movements through play - Build hand eye-coordination"
Series
Publisher
Playaway Products, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Launchpad Pre-K Academy gives preschool-aged children 5 different paths to explore on their way to kindergarten. Using this Academy can help little learners develop the skills needed to enter their first year of school and inspire them to try new things with confidence. - Support critical thought processes - Aid in fine motor skill development - Explore large muscle movements through play - Build hand-eye coordination"
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