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2) Happier Now: How to Stop Chasing Perfection and Embrace Everyday Moments (Even the Difficult Ones)
Experience more joy and meaning each day—and have greater resilience when times get tough
What if you could be happier, right now, without radically changing your life? As nationally recognized happiness expert Nataly Kogan teaches, happiness is not a nice feeling or a frivolous extra. It's a critical, non-negotiable ingredient for living a fulfilling, meaningful, and healthy life—and it's a skill that
In the four years since its initial publication, The Freshman Survival Guide has helped thousands of first year students make a successful transition to college life. However,...
4) Why Worry?
Are you beset by anxiety? If so, you're not alone. Today, millions of people suffer from this mental affliction. In Why Worry?, author George Lincoln Walton gets to the bottom of this problem, discovering the root causes that often underlie chronic anxiety and offering readers plenty of practical tips to help ensure that you can say goodbye to the anxiety trap for good.
"A cheerful, mischievous rebuke to all that spiritual sincerity and floaty nonattachment and sugary loving kindness" (The Wall Street Journal), this first and only comprehensive examination of the universal, but widely misunderstood, practice of grudge-holding will show you how to use grudges to be your happiest, most optimistic, and most forgiving self....
A former international hostage negotiator for the FBI offers a new, field-tested approach to high-stakes negotiations—whether in the boardroom or at home.
After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a hostage negotiator brought him face-to-face with a range of criminals, including bank robbers and terrorists. Reaching the pinnacle of his profession,
...If you grew up with an emotionally immature, unavailable, or selfish parent, you may have lingering feelings of anger, loneliness, betrayal, or abandonment. You may recall your childhood as a time when your emotional needs were not met, when your feelings were dismissed, or when you took on adult levels of responsibility in an effort to compensate for your parent's behavior. These wounds can be healed, and you can move forward in your life.
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...Are you an unusually persevering and persistent person? Or, like most of us, do you sometimes find it difficult to stick to the job until it is done? Suppose that by a determined effort of the will you force your lagging brain to take up the thread of work. There will invariably come a new supply of energy, a "second wind," enabling you to forge ahead with surprising freshness and vigor. The same process may be repeated again and again. Instead
...The notion of finding peace and fulfillment in a simpler way of living seems to be everywhere you look these days, but believe it or not, it's not a new concept. After the Spiritualism movement that took hold in the nineteenth century, a generation of spiritual thinkers began to urge a "back-to-basics" approach to living that transcended old-fashioned religious belief. In The Untroubled Mind, Herbert J. Hall sets forth a series of practical
...Though we often associate stock exchanges with the hustle and bustle of the present-day financial services industry, the key structures underpinning these exchanges actually date back to ancient times, and the first modern example of a stock exchange was established in 1602. If you're interested in eschewing trendy stock advice and sticking with the basics, Henry Voorce Brandenburg's concise Profitable Stock Exchange Investments is a great
...Drug and alcohol problems are booming in older adults. Dramatic lifestyle changes, along with growing health problems, have led many to turn to alcohol, prescription painkillers, and marijuana to...
For too long, society has considered addicts as an unfortunate group that faces incredible and unique challenges. The reality is that the challenges of the addict are...
Famed Baptist minister Russell Conwell knew a thing or two about personal efficiency. During his career, he worked as a soldier, a church leader, a lawyer, a journalist, a biographer, and a bestselling self-help author. He also managed to find time to found and preside over Temple University. In this tip-filled volume, Conwell provides actionable advice to help you make the most of your allotted 24 hours.
Renowned orator, minister, and founder of Temple University Russell Conwell was one of the most popular public speakers of his day. His message often focused on his belief that each and every one of us already possesses what it takes to succeed. In What You Can Do With Your Will Power, Conwell elucidates on this theme and gives readers practical steps to help them make the most of their inborn talent and potential.
Thousands of years ago, the Greek philosopher Socrates argued that "The unexamined life is not worth living." In Self-Development and the Way to Power, author L.W. Rogers expounds on that contention, arguing that individuals must work constantly to grow, to develop, and to achieve our full potential. This self-help classic is a must-read for every reader who is bound and determined to make the most out of life.
Think of As a Matter of Course as a philosophical manifesto for women who embrace traditional roles and values in the family and in the wider world. In this collection, the popular nineteenth-century magazine columnist Annie Payson Call addresses a broad range of issues and matters spiritual and practical in nature, issuing advice that is both thought-provoking and timeless in its wisdom.
In recent years, the notion that we can change our external reality by holding that which we desire firmly in mind has gained a great deal of popularity. As Genevieve Behrend points out in Attaining Your Desires By Letting Your Subconscious Mind Work for You, this is a concept that can be traced through thousands of years of the wisdom literature from different faith traditions. In this book, Behrend offers practical tips and advice for
...In The Higher Powers of Mind and Spirit, New Thought expert Ralph Waldo Trine speaks of those "moments in the lives of all of us when we catch glimpses of a life -- our life -- that is infinitely beyond the life we are now living." This volume is packed with profound insights and practical tips designed to help readers break past the self-imposed limits holding them back and live a richer, more satisfying life.
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