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Discorso inverso in teoria e pratica
by Joshua Schmude Sanda AdamićDiscorso inverso in teoria e pratica” è stato scritto in un periodo di 4 anni e spiega come un individuo può usare la propria mente dell'inconscio per prevedere l’esito di una gara di cavalli, o qualsiasi cosa d’altro che desidera. Scritto da Joshua Schmude, uno studente di David Jones Oates ed un analista certificato del discorso inverso, il libro guida il lettore verso una ricerca spirituale, scoprendo i poteri nascosti che risiedono all’interno della loro anima. Tradotto da: Sanda Adamić
Transforme seu hábito Transforme sua vida
by John S. Lawson Maíra Soccol PereiraPilote seu próprio navio, retome o controle e elimine a procrastinação que o impediu de alcançar seus objetivos - um hábito de cada vez. A sua vida é um ciclo constante de decisões ruins que você não consegue mudar? Seja com exercícios, consumo de comida, limpeza ou objetivos gerais? Você tem problemas com procrastinação e em executar as tarefas exigidas de você todos os dias? E se eu te dissesse que há uma maneira simples de substituir seus hábitos ruins por hábitos saudáveis que irá te levar 10 passos mais próximo dos seus objetivos em questão de minutos? Há uma maneira de executar tarefas sem muito esforço? Uma maneira simples de superar a procrastinação e transformar isso em um momento positivo? Em "Transforme Seus Hábitos, Transforme Sua Vida", isso é exatamente o que você vai aprender. Você nunca mais terá sentimentos de remorso, procrastinação e culpa com esses passos que o levarão aonde você quiser! Neste guia comprovado, você aprenderá: estratégias sobre como criar hábitos novos, positivos e poderosos em sua vida, como fortalecer sua força de vontade para superar as tentações, como quebrar um hábito ruim de forma eficaz e decisiva, saberá mais sobre hábitos ruins e como lidar com eles, como conseguir um parceiro responsável para ajudar a mantê-lo sob controle. Irá aprender e entender o mecanismo por trás do que causa um hábito, o que fazer e o que não fazer na hora de quebrar um hábito ruim e aprender os problemas relacionados com as resoluções de ano novo que dificultam a quebra de um hábito e por que elas não funcionam. Dê o passo final em direção ao seu sucesso clicando no botão "Compre Agora" no topo da página hoje mesmo!
La Mamá Feliz
by Monica Sarro Doreen Wong¿Eres miedosa o estás frustrada como mamá? ¿Has perdido la alegría de la maternidad? Si estás luchando, La Mamá Feliz contiene principios y consejos para ayudarte a superar tus retos y permitir a tus hijos prosperar. Si eres una mamá casi perfecta, te empoderará para ir de fortaleza a fortaleza. Doreen Wong usa sus 37 años de experiencia como mamá para inspirarte a acoger la maternidad como vocación. La Mamá Feliz te guiará, paso a paso, para convertirte en la mejor mamá que puedes ser. También te retará a ver cómo serás capaz de influir en las generaciones por venir. La Mamá Feliz es para mamás que no solo quieren ser una mamá mediocre o “suficientemente buena”. Es para mamás que quieren ser una gran mamá, que cría a sus hijos para llevar vidas significativas y con propósito. Sin importar la edad que tengan tus hijos, Doreen te reta a pensar, actuar y ser diferente de la mamá promedio. Al hacerlo, te convertirás en una más feliz—y mejor—mamá.
Basic Motivation and Human Behaviour: Control, Affiliation and Self-expression
by Velibor Bobo KovacThis book explores how and why humans are motivated to act in the ways that they do. The chapters examine the origins of a given action rather than their superficial appearance, which can often be misleading. Kovac integrates the existing knowledge of the field of motivation into a greater theoretical framework by adopting both analytical and holistic perspectives. This theoretical framework suggests that all human behaviour evolves from the three fundamental underlying tendencies connected to the concepts of control, affiliation and self-expression that are further modified by the mechanism of balanced dual tension. These tendencies are conceptualised as systems of interrelated psychological needs that guide and govern a variety of human actions. As such, this book should be useful to upper-level students and researchers of cognitive and social psychology and all scholars interested in human motivation.
Coping and the Challenge of Resilience
by Erica FrydenbergThis book addresses how best to meet everyday challenges. The author focuses on how to think and act differently about what we do as we face challenges, and how to assess each situation as one of challenge rather than threat or harm because we have the strategies to cope. Spanning eleven chapters, the book examines the best ways to provide the core skills for life, to children, adolescents and adults, and how that is best achieved through the contemporary theories of coping. Coping has traditionally been defined in terms of reaction; that is, how people respond after or during a stressful event. More recently, coping is being defined more broadly to include anticipatory, preventive and proactive coping. This book provides case studies of resilient adults in a range of settings, highlighting how coping resources have helped them to overcome adversity. Researchers, students of psychology and social work, practitioners and those interested in the self-help field will find this book invaluable.
Creativity and Education (Creativity, Education and the Arts)
by Anne HarrisThis book advances an environmental approach to enhancing creativity in schools, by interweaving educational creativity theory with creative industries environmental approaches. Using Anna Craft's last book Creativity and Education Futures as a starting point, the book sets out an up-to-date argument for why education policy should be supporting a birth-to-workplace approach to developing creative skills and capacities that extends across the education lifespan. The book also draws on the voices of school teachers, students and leaders who suggest directions for the next generation of creative teachers and learners in a rapidly evolving global education landscape. Overall, the book argues that secondary schools must find a way to make more room for creative risk, innovation and imagination in order to adequately prepare students for creative workplaces and publics.
Creativity, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship Across Cultures: Theory and Practices (Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management)
by Elias G. Carayannis Igor N. DubinaThe aim of this volume is to further develop the relationship between culture and manifold phenomena of creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in order to promote further and better understanding how, why, and when these phenomena are manifested themselves across different cultures. Currently, cross-cultural research is one of the most dynamically and rapidly growing areas. At the same time, creativity, inventiveness, innovation, and entrepreneurship are championed in the literature as the critical element that is vital not just for companies, but also for the development of societies. A sizable body of research demonstrates that cultural differences may foster or inhibit creative, inventive, innovative and entrepreneurial activities; and each culture has its own strengths and weaknesses in these regards. Better understanding of cultural diversity in these phenomena can help to build on strengths and overcome weaknesses. Cross-cultural studies in this field represent a comparatively new class of interdisciplinary research. This is a field where cultural, sociological, psychological, historical, economic, management, technology and business studies closely intersect. In this book, a global team of researchers representing Europe, Asia, and the Americas review, analyze, structure, systematize and discuss various concepts, assumptions, speculations, theories, and empirical research which focus on the effect of national cultures on creativity, invention, innovation, and entrepreneurship. They argue that national culture is not only an extremely important determinant of innovation and business development, but also demonstrate that some aspects relating to these phenomena may be universal among all cultures, thereby identifying those factors that may easily be transferred across cultures from those that are unique to their specific context.
Responsible Drinking: A Moderation Management Approach For Problem Drinkers
by Frederick Rotgers Marc F. Kern Rudy HoeltzelBased on extensive scientific literature supporting moderation as a resolution for drinking problems, Responsible Drinking is the only book with research-based techniques that will help non-alcoholic readers overcome their drinking problems. This revolutionary workbook by the leading voices of the Moderation Management treatment approach starts by providing readers with definitive tools to help them discover whether they are problem drinkers or alcoholics. Readers whose problems are less severe than alcohol dependence are then helped to make an informed decision about whether to pursue moderation or to turn to abstinence. <p><p> For readers who identify themselves as problem drinkers, the workbook goes on to help them then learn to moderate their drinking and develop a healthier lifestyle. By adopting goals specific to their needs, readers make a commitment, examine the negative effects of alcohol use, identify their own triggers, and learn to take control of their behavior. Inspirational words of more than fifty individuals who have faced and overcome the same problems offer guidance and support. Resources are also provided to help any reader who chooses to pursue abstinence as an objective at any stage of the program.
Aprendiz de sabio: Una guía insuperable para mejorar tu vida
by Bernabé TiernoTodos queremos vivir mejor. Todos queremos ser más felices. Si aprendemos a ser un poco más sabios no hay ninguna duda de que lo podemos conseguir Todos poseemos los recursos necesarios para encontrar un camino más satisfactorio, saludable, enriquecedor, estimulante, armonioso y que nos proporcione más felicidad. <P><P>Sin embargo, a menudo actuamos en contra de nuestro propio bienestar y nos negamos a aceptar el daño que nos estamos haciendo. Bernabé Tierno nos explica en este libro que adoptar una actitud de aprendiz de sabio significa abrir la mente y aceptar que obedeciendo a nuestra experiencia y a nuestro sentido común lograremos vivir mejor. <P><P>A través de sencillos consejos que son aplicables en todas las edades y etapas de nuestra vida, nos ayuda tomar un camino dirigido a alegrarnos la vida en lugar de amargárnosla.
Cómo estudiar con éxito: Una guía para potenciar el éxito del estudiante
by Bernabé TiernoLas claves para que estudiantes de todos los niveles aprovechen al máximo y superen con éxito el reto de su formación. El psicólogo y pedagogo Bernabé Tierno nos brinda los métodos más eficaces para desarrollar nuestras aptitudes y adquirir los hábitos de estudio más eficientes. Con esta finalidad, expone las técnicas para obtener el mayor rendimiento de la memoria, la importancia del entorno y de la organización para lograr un nivel óptimo de concentración, o el valor de fortalecer la autoestima y la motivación del estudiante. <P><P>También ofrece las claves para perfeccionar la capacidad de síntesis, la utilidad de saber confeccionar esquemas y diagramas o los aspectos a tener en cuenta a la hora de enfrentarse a los exámenes. Una obra de consulta imprescindible para estudiantes, pero también una extraordinaria herramienta para padres y profesores que deseen allanar el camino de los que están atravesando esa etapa crucial de nuestra vida que es el aprendizaje. Una obra fundamental para quienes atraviesan con dificultad esa etapa crucial de nuestra vida que es el aprendizaje.
Rewire: Change Your Brain to Break Bad Habits, Overcome Addictions, Conquer Self-Destructive Behavior
by Richard O'ConnorWe humans tend to get in our own way time and time again--whether it comes to not speaking up for ourselves, going back to bad romantic partners, dieting for the umpteenth try, or acting on any of a range of bad habits we just can't seem to shake. In Rewire, renowned psychotherapist Richard O'Connor, PhD, reveals exactly why our bad habits die so hard. We have two brains--one a thoughtful, conscious, deliberative self, and the other an automatic self that makes most of our decisions without our attention. Using new research and knowledge about how the brain works, the book clears a path to lasting, effective change for behaviors that include: Procrastination Overeating Chronic disorganization Staying in bad situations Excessive worrying Risk taking Passive aggression Self-medication Bringing together many different fields in psychology and brain science, Dr. O'Connor gives you a road map to overcoming whatever self-destructive habits are plaguing you, with exercises throughout the book. We can rewire our brains to develop healthier circuitry, training the automatic self to make wiser decisions without having to think about it; ignore distractions; withstand temptations; see ourselves and the world more clearly; and interrupt our reflexive responses before they get us in trouble. Meanwhile, our conscious minds will be freed to view ourselves with compassion at the same time as we practice self-discipline. By learning valuable skills and habits--including mindfulness, self-control, confronting fear, and freeing yourself from mindless guilt--we can open ourselves to vastly more successful, productive, and happy lives. The book even demystifies how to overcome what Dr. O'Connor calls the "undertow" (the mysterious force that sabotages our best efforts when we're just on the edge of victory) for long-lasting change. Offering a valuable science-based new paradigm for rewiring our brains, Rewire is a refreshing guide to becoming a healthier, happier self.
The Little Book of Talent: 52 Tips for Improving Your Skills
by Daniel CoyleThe Little Book of Talent is a manual for building a faster brain and a better you. It is an easy-to-use handbook of scientifically proven, field-tested methods to improve skills--your skills, your kids' skills, your organization's skills--in sports, music, art, math, and business. The product of five years of reporting from the world's greatest talent hotbeds and interviews with successful master coaches, it distills the daunting complexity of skill development into 52 clear, concise directives. Whether you're age 10 or 100, whether you're on the sports field or the stage, in the classroom or the corner office, this is an essential guide for anyone who ever asked, "How do I get better?""The Little Book of Talent should be given to every graduate at commencement, every new parent in a delivery room, every executive on the first day of work. It is a guidebook--beautiful in its simplicity and backed by hard science--for nurturing excellence."--Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of The Power of Habit "It's so juvenile to throw around hyperbolic terms such as 'life-changing,' but there's no other way to describe The Little Book of Talent. I was avidly trying new things within the first half hour of reading it and haven't stopped since. Brilliant. And yes: life-changing."--Tom Peters, co-author of In Search of ExcellenceFrom the Hardcover edition.
Your One Word: The Powerful Secret to Creating a Business and Life That Matter
by Evan Carmichael"Evan's content is always inspirational. It'll make you want to go out and run through a brick wall to achieve your goals." --Lewis Howes, New York Times bestselling author of The School of GreatnessIn this bold and empowering guide, entrepreneur and social media sensation Evan Carmichael shares the secret to turbo-charging your path to success on your own terms. With thought-provoking questions and inspiring, instructive examples, Your One Word will help you nail down your personal mottos - the word that captures your purpose and passion. With this operating philosophy in hand, you will then learn how to leverage this powerful tool to create the business and future of your dreams.Aimed at entrepreneurs as well as intrapreneurs, managers, and anyone else who wants to achieve success in a powerfully meaningful way, Your One Word more than just a useful tool. It's also an inspiring and enlightening read.From the Hardcover edition.
A Fool's Guide To Actual Happiness
by Mark Van BurenIf this guy can find actual happiness, so can you—and you’ll have fun along the way. A refreshing new voice—without pretense, and with a real gift for clear expression.Let's face it: we all have a motivating drive to become "better." what we have and who we are never seem to be good enough. This feeling that something is wrong or needs to be fixed causes us to continuously run around, chasing after what we feel will finally fulfill us. But what if these very conditions that we are constantly trying to escape from could be used as a way to awaken ourselves—to connect with the peace already within us? A Fool’s Guide to Actual Happiness offers a realistic roadmap for working toward inner peace without needing to be someone you’re not. With humor and refreshing simplicity, Van Buren shows how everything life throws at you, good and bad, can be used as a means to cultivate compassion, wisdom, and loving-kindness. This book allows you to explore who you are—warts and all—and gives you tools to love and accept what you find.
Aging Well with Diabetes: 146 Eye-Opening (and Scientifically Proven) Secrets That Prevent and Control Diabetes (Bottom Line #0)
by Bottom Line Inc.Diabetes is epidemic in the United States, especially if you're over the age of 50. Even if you're already being diligent about your health, a diagnosis can feel like an overwhelming extra burden. The editors of Bottom Line Inc. present Aging Well with Diabetes, the first book for mature men and women looking to prevent and control diabetes with insight from over 500 of the world's top health experts! It provides easy access to the trusted collection of information that Bottom Line is known for, and offers breakthroughs on a vast array of topics, including: Foods that fight diabetes Weight loss and exercise essentials Heart health and blood pressure secrets Natural treatments and the right tests Whether you're hoping to get better control of your diabetes, or facing the first shock of a diagnosis, Bottom Line is here to help you confidentially tackle diabetes.
Más allá de la materia: Un salto cuántico en tu crecimiento espiritual
by Félix ToránMás allá de la materia es un riguroso trabajo sobre la relación entre ciencia y espiritualidad, una obra que te invita a reflexionar abriendo las puertas de esa otra realidad. <P><P>«Más allá de la materia te ayudará a descubrir que en ti hay algo más que lo meramente material. En tu interior reside una dimensión eterna e infinita que te está llamando, y este libro te ayudará a escucharla. Gracias a un modelo abstracto al que llamaremos "plano superior", podrás integrar esa dimensión espiritual y transformar positivamente la forma en la que experimentas todos los aspectos de tu vida. Se trata de un libro que te invitará a reflexionar y llegar a tus propias reveladoras conclusiones en lo que al despertar de la consciencia se refiere. Tras su lectura y reflexión, experimentarás un auténtico salto cuántico en tu interior.»Félix Torán
Sobre las nubes: El sol está siempre brillando: cómo experimentar la vida desde un lugar de amor-
by IshaLife can be filled with wonderful acts or with risk and pain, and it is up to us to which road we take. Learn how to wake up to magical days, bursting with happiness, confidence, and opportunities.
The Little Book of Trading: Trend Following Strategy for Big Winnings (Little Books. Big Profits Ser.)
by Michael W. Covel James E. Mcclellan Harold DornThe last decade has left people terrified of even the safest investment opportunities. This fear is not helping would-be investors who could be making money if they had a solid plan. The Little Book of Trading teaches the average person rules and philosophies that winners use to beat the market, regardless of the financial climate. The market has always fluctuated, but savvy traders know how to make money in good times and bad. Drawing on author Michael Covel's own trading experience, as well as insights from legendary traders, the book offers sound, practical advice in an easy to understand, readily digestible way. The Little Book of Trading: Identifies tools, concepts, psychologies, and philosophies that keep people protected and making money when the next market bubble or surprise crisis occurs Features top traders in each chapter that have beaten the market for decades, providing readers with their moneymaking knowledge Shows how traders who beat mutual fund performance make money at different times, not just from stocks alone Most importantly, The Little Book of Trading explains why mutual funds should not be the investment vehicle of choice for people looking to secure retirement, a radical realization highlighting the changed face of investing today.
Real Magic: Ancient Wisdom, Modern Science, and a Guide to the Secret Power of the Universe
by Dean RadinThe chief scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) turns a critical eye toward such practices as telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition and psychokinesis. Are such powers really possible? Science says yes.According to noted scientist and bestselling author of The Conscious Universe, Dean Radin, magic is a natural aspect of reality, and each of us can tap into this power with diligent practice.But wait, aren't things like ESP and telepathy just wishful thinking and flights of the imagination? Not according to the author, who worked on the US government's top secret psychic espionage program known as Stargate. Radin has spent the last forty years conducting controlled experiments that demonstrate that thoughts are things, that we can sense others' emotions and intentions from a distance, that intuition is more powerful than we thought, and that we can tap into the power of intention (think The Secret, only on a more realistic and scientific level). These dormant powers can help us to lead more interesting and fulfilling lives. Beginning with a brief history of magic over the centuries (what was called magic two thousand years ago is turning out to be scientific fact today), a review of the scientific evidence for magic, a series of simple but effective magical techniques (the key is mental focus, something elite athletes know a lot about), Radin then offers a vision of a scientifically-informed magic and explains why magic will play a key role in frontiers of science.
BPM - Driving Innovation in a Digital World (Management for Professionals)
by Jan Vom Brocke Theresa SchmiedelThis book shows how business process management (BPM), as a management discipline at the intersection of IT and Business, can help organizations to master digital innovations and transformations. At the same time, it discusses how BPM needs to be further developed to successfully act as a driver for innovation in a digital world. In recent decades, BPM has proven extremely successful in managing both continuous and radical improvements in many sectors and business areas. While the digital age brings tremendous new opportunities, it also brings the specific challenge of correctly positioning and scoping BPM in organizations. This book shows how to leverage BPM to drive business innovation in the digital age. It brings together the views of the world's leading experts on BPM and also presents a number of practical cases. It addresses mangers as well as academics who share an interest in digital innovation and business process management. The book covers topics such as BPM and big data, BPM and the Internet of Things, and BPM and social media. While these technological and methodological aspects are key to BPM, process experts are also aware that further nontechnical organizational capabilities are required for successful innovation. The ideas presented in this book have helped us a lot while implementing process innovations in our global Logistics Service Center. Joachim Gantner, Director IT Services, Swarovski AG Managing Processes - everyone talks about it, very few really know how to make it work in today's agile and competitive world. It is good to see so many leading experts taking on the challenge in this book. Cornelius Clauser, Chief Process Officer, SAP SE This book provides worthwhile readings on new developments in advanced process analytics and process modelling including practical applications - food for thought how to succeed in the digital age. Ralf Diekmann, Head of Business Excellence, Hilti AG This book is as an important step towards process innovation systems. I very much like to congratulate the editors and authors for presenting such an impressive scope of ideas for how to address the challenging, but very rewarding marriage of BPM and innovation. Professor Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology
Parting: A Handbook for Spiritual Care Near the End of Life
by Jennifer Sutton Holder Jann Aldredge-ClantonAt times we may be called to be companions on a journey we would rather not take--the journey of a loved one toward the end of life. For those who choose to serve as close companions of terminally ill relatives or friends, Parting offers the collective wisdom of people from many cultures and faith traditions as a "travel guide" for meaningful companionship--helping someone toward a peaceful transition from this life. Sections of the book discuss how to cross the bridge from ordinary conversation to spiritual reflection; how to provide comforts for the body, mind, and soul; and how to care for yourself while concentrating on the needs of another. Transcending any specific religion or culture, this handbook addresses universal spiritual needs.Designed for easy reading by weary travelers, this practical, pocket-sized guide prepares the spiritual companion for an enriching experience, even on the journey toward life's end. It is an indispensable tool for family members and friends, hospice workers, religious leaders, counselors, and medical providers.
Mente radiante: Aprende a usar tu mente
by Peter FennerAprende a usar tu mente y descúbrete. Mente radiante es un conjunto de argumentos nítidos y razones comprensibles sobre la forma en que funciona nuestra mente y la libertad del espíritu. <P><P>Nuestro estilo de vida occidental hace que en muchas ocasiones nos cueste comprender y practicar la filosofía y las enseñanzas orientales. Este libro surge de la intención de hacer accesibles estas enseñanzas, de liberarlas de toda religiosidad y de mostrar a los lectores los principios y las potencialidades que podemos encontrar en ellas en nuestra vida diaria. Según el autor se puede aprender a vivir como un individuo único al mismo tiempo que liberado y capaz de identificarse con toda la existencia, en un estado que él llama de «mente radiante». <P><P>Peter Fenner cristaliza la sabiduría contemplativa de Oriente en una guía esclarecedora y accesible para vivir libres de la torpeza y de la ignorancia que nos impiden simplemente «ser» sin apellidos. Este libro te enseñará entre otras cosas:- A vivir aquí y ahora sin ser controlado por tus deseos inmediatos. - A profundizar en tu identidad única y con la naturaleza. - A usar la comunicación como un camino de apertura para ti y para otros. - A emplear herramientas para identificar tus fuentes conscientes e inconscientes de sufrimiento y aprender a trascenderlas.
Content and Consciousness Revisited: With Replies by Daniel Dennett (Studies in Brain and Mind #7)
by Carlos Muñoz-Suárez Felipe De BrigardWhat are the grounds for the distinction between the mental and the physical? What is it the relation between ascribing mental states to an organism and understanding its behavior? Are animals and complex systems vehicles of inner evolutionary environments? Is there a difference between personal and sub-personal level processes in the brain? Answers to these and other questions were developed in Daniel Dennett's first book, Content and Consciousness (1969), where he sketched a unified theoretical framework for views that are now considered foundational in cognitive science and philosophy of mind. Content and Consciousness Revisited is devoted to reconsider the ideas and ideals introduced in Dennett's seminal book, by covering its fundamental concepts, hypotheses and approaches and taking into account the findings and progress which have taken place during more than four decades. This book includes original and critical contributions about the relations between science and philosophy, the personal/sub-personal level distinction, intelligence, learning, intentionality, rationality, propositional attitudes, among other issues of scientific and philosophical interest. Each chapter embraces an updated approach to several disciplines, like cognitive science, cognitive psychology, philosophy of mind and cognitive psychiatry.
How to Have a Good Day: Harness the Power of Behavioral Science to Transform Your Working Life
by Caroline WebbIn How to Have a Good Day, economist and former McKinsey partner Caroline Webb shows readers how to use recent findings from behavioral economics, psychology, and neuroscience to transform our approach to everyday working life. Advances in these behavioral sciences are giving us ever better understanding of how our brains work, why we make the choices we do, and what it takes for us to be at our best. But it has not always been easy to see how to apply these insights in the real world - until now. In How to Have a Good Day, Webb explains exactly how to apply this science to our daily tasks and routines. She translates three big scientific ideas into step-by-step guidance that shows us how to set better priorities, make our time go further, ace every interaction, be our smartest selves, strengthen our personal impact, be resilient to setbacks, and boost our energy and enjoyment. Through it all, Webb teaches us how to navigate the typical challenges of modern workplaces--from conflict with colleagues to dull meetings and overflowing inboxes--with skill and ease. Filled with stories of people who have used Webb's insights to boost their job satisfaction and performance at work, How to Have a Good Day is the book so many people wanted when they finished Nudge, Blink and Thinking Fast and Slow and were looking for practical ways to apply this fascinating science to their own lives and careers. A remarkable and much-needed book, How to Have a Good Day gives us the tools we need to have a lifetime of good days.From the Hardcover edition.
Good Christian Sex: Why Chastity Isn't the Only Option-And Other Things the Bible Says About Sex
by Bromleigh MccleneghanMoving beyond the deep-seated cultural feelings of shame that have long fueled the conflict between Christianity and sex--and the belief that there is only one right and valid way to practice one's sexuality--this renowned University of Chicago pastor uses enlightening personal stories and examples from theology to show how sex is powerful and holy.For years, Christians have been told to adhere to one singular path when it comes to sex: abstinence and purity. Yet this limited focus ignores the reality that people's sexual and romantic lives differ widely, even among those who consider themselves devout believers. Church leaders have often refused to address the topic--or have preached in ways that are harmful to the emotional and spiritual growth of the faithful in the pews.Pastor McCleneghan is determined to reshape the issue--and fundamentally transcend this disconnect between sexuality and spirituality that has left many Christians feeling guilty and sinful. Written in her measured, non-judgmental voice, Good Christian Sex combines humorous personal anecdotes with theological research to transform how Christians think and talk about this basic human need, offering a new understanding that reconciles human love and religious faith.Breaking with outdated conventions, McCleneghan explains how the Bible and Christian tradition inform our beliefs about desire, pleasure, nudity, fidelity, premarital sex, and the variety of sexual practices, and encourages Christians to talk about their bodies, their sensuality, and their longings in a frank, positive, and realistic way. Warm, insightful, and honest, Good Christian Sex is a message of hope, that at last lifts the veil of shame felt by many religious people.