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Living in the Light, 25th Anniversary Edition
by Shakti Gawain Laurel KingPersonal growth pioneer Shakti Gawain has been mentoring readers toward optimal living for three decades. Her books are ever-vital classics that not only broke ground for peers such as Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Deepak Chopra, Wayne Dyer, and Don Miguel Ruiz but continue to empower succeeding generations of seekers and teachers. Here, with her trademark insight and accessibility, Gawain highlights the transformative power of bringing the light of awareness to every aspect of the self -- intuitive wisdom and rationality, power and vulnerability, peacemaker and warrior. Exercises on subjects including creativity, the world as mirror, relationships, parenting, money, health, and transforming the world help readers put Gawain's teachings to personal, practical use. Together they compose a comprehensive map to growth, ful?llment, and heightened consciousness. Today, as people grapple with personal, national, and global challenges on many fronts, Living in the Light is timelier than ever -- for both longtime fans and ?rst-time readers.
Living Inside-Out: The Go-To Guide for the Overwhelmed, Overworked, & Overcommitted
by Eddie MillerCreate lasting positive change in every area of life, from fitness to finance to family. In this empowering book, Eddie Miller shares his own personal process for creating and sustaining a happy, healthy, and purposeful life—and masterfully interweaves inspiring, hard-won wisdom from such national experts as: Brian Biro * Barbara De Angelis, PhD * Felice Dunas, PhD * Jane Greer, PhD * Jim Karas * Byron Katie * David Katz, MD * Lisa Nichols * Bob Proctor * Paul Scheele * Marci Shimoff Living Inside-Out explores various life disciplines, and helps all readers get to the heart of their true desires in order to create an effective action plan for the various challenges we face: intimacy, nutrition, weight management, disease prevention and management, aging, and more. At its core, ultimate living is a decision, more than a journey or a destination. Living Inside-Out offers a unique opportunity to embrace that decision, and, in doing so, learn to live a life of ultimate health, well-being, and prosperity.
Living On The Seabed: A memoir of love, life and survival
by Lindsay Nicholson'The morning after John's death, I remember feeling absolutely enraged that the world had kept turning and the sun had come up as if nothing had happened.'Lindsay Nicholson and her husband, the Observer journalist John Merritt, were regarded as a golden couple. But their world was turned upside down when John contracted leukaemia. His death at the age of 35 left Nicholson bereft with grief, now the single parent of two beautiful daughters. Then, in a tragic twist of fate, her elder daughter Ellie also contracted the same disease, dying shortly after. Nicholson found that nothing could prepare her for the emotions she was feeling. In this courageous and heart-rending memoir, Lindsay Nicholson reflects on her grieving process and the battle she faced to survive it. Her resilience and spirited determination are an inspiration to us all.
Living the Law of Attraction: Real Stories of People Manifesting Health, Wealth, and Happiness
by Robin Hoch Rich German Bob DoyleThe Law of Attraction's concept is simple: good thoughts attract good things into your life; bad thoughts invite negative energy. Living the Law of Attraction is a collection of over sixty incredible stories from people who are truly living the Law of Attraction. Those who have applied this law to their everyday lives are experiencing what used to be considered miracles. What once were miraculous are now commonplace everyday miracles.This book discusses how to apply this law to your life and will show you that anyone, in any situation (regardless of sex, age, economic background, or previous mindset), can practice it and experience greater levels of happiness, health, and success, while attaining their dreams. Through the power of these inspirational stories, you will learn how to use the Law of Attraction to improve your health, succeed in business, transform your body, live the life you've always dreamed of, and anything else your heart desires! Make feeling good your number one priority in life and start initiating your new reality today!
Living the Life of Your Dreams
by Marilyn TamFrom noted humanitarian, business leader, speaker, and author, Marilyn Tam, comes the how to book "Living the Life of Your Dreams: The Secrets to Turning Your Dreams into Reality". As a native from Hong Kong who arrived in America barely speaking English, Marilyn's own journey provides a fascinating backdrop to this unique how to book. Designed primarily for readers trying to balance professional and personal lives of meaning and purpose, "Living the Life of Your Dreams" focuses on how readers can have powerful professional fulfillment, happy home lives, loving interpersonal relationships, excellent physical and mental health, and spiritual growth all at the same time. Marilyn has achieved this dynamically balanced state in her own life and learned from her own mistakes along the way. She is now dedicated to helping others achieve the balance she has in her life and will be doing so, not just in this book, but in keynote speeches, workshops, DVDs and CDs, all focused on sharing the Secrets presented in "Living the Life of Your Dreams".
Living with Miracles
by Miller D. PatrickThe first comprehensive guide to studying A Course in Miracles, for readers at all levels of experience. The channeled writings of A Course in Miracles have touched millions of lives. And yet ACIM can be surprisingly difficult to navigate. From its often complex concepts about the nature of the ego, reality, and love; to the many intense, surprising, personal changes it can bring into readers' lives, ACIM presents a challenge for even the most motivated students. Now D. Patrick Miller-the leading historical chronicler of ACIM and a highly respected authority on its teachings-provides the definitive how-to manual for engaging with ACIM. His guide distills years of hard-won insights and helps students navigate the sometimes intense experience. Living with Miracles is designed to make even the novice comfortable when approaching ACIM. Miller leads the reader through the most common emotions, reactions, and questions that arise when studying ACIM; provides insights and tips about pacing yourself, as well as when and how to take breaks from study; and gives advice on working through early misconceptions and difficult later stages. He also provides useful, absorbing historical material, stories from practitioners around the world who reflect honestly on their experiences, and a resources section with ideas for those looking to continue their study of this remarkable spiritual teaching. .
Llamado a liderar: 26 lecciones de liderazgo de la vida del Apóstol Pablo
by John Macarthur¿Es el liderazgo un título?, ¿Autoridad?, ¿Carisma?, ¿Lo que obtiene los mejores resultados?John MacArthur, autor de best sellers, pastor y maestro, señala las 26 características poderosas del liderazgo en la vida del apóstol Pablo. Más que nunca, los cristianos necesitan un modelo de liderazgo que se basa en la Palabra de Dios, que le dé gloria a Él pero que al mismo tiempo alcance el éxito, crecimiento, servicio a los demás, desarrollo personal y profesional, y mucho más. En Llamado a liderar, John MacArthur explica las características de un líder usando como perfil a uno de los líderes más reconocidos de la Biblia, el apóstol Pablo. Centrándose en las epístolas de Pablo, Llamado a liderar provee una explicación bíblica racional de las veintiséis cualidades fundamentales de un líder para que pueda lograr resultados sin perder la fe y la obediencia.
Losing a Parent: Coming Through a Special Loss
by Fiona MarshallThe death of a parent brings a special kind of grief. When a parent dies, we lose a unique connection with our roots, our past, our identity and our childhood - and we are forced to confront our own mortality. Often the practicalities of bereavement take over, leaving us unable to focus on the complex realities of this loss, or platitudes and easy answers are proferred, distracting us from the grieving process. The work of grief, in fact, can take years and may change our view of life profoundly.Losing a Parent looks at how we may find meaning in what has happened. It covers both terminal illness and sudden death, helps you to navigate feelings of abandonment, and to understand the new family dynamics after loss. It will show you how, where and when to seek further support and offer you the reassurance you need to actually get on with your life after this difficult and painful time.
Losses and Gains: Reflections on a Life with a Foreword by Paolo Coelho
by Lya Fett LuftIn her bestselling book Losses and Gains, Lya Luft draws on her own experiences of loss and gain in marriage and family to address the universal themes of childhood, love and maturity. She portrays love as the common thread through all phases of life. As children, the unconditional love we receive from our parents determines our expectations for all the other forms of love we experience later. And as adults, she argues, the complex task of loving another depends, initially, on self-love and self-esteem. Luft's ardent reflections on existence and the human spirit are a powerful reminder to us all: we have lost everything only when we believe we deserve less than everything still to be gained.
Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood
by Christian SmithLife for emerging adults is vastly different today than it was for their counterparts even a generation ago. Young people are waiting longer to marry, to have children, and to choose a career direction. As a result, they enjoy more freedom, opportunities, and personal growth than ever before. But the transition to adulthood is also more complex, disjointed, and confusing. In this book, Christian Smith and his collaborators draw on 230 in-depth interviews with a broad cross-section of emerging adults (ages 18-23) to investigate the difficulties young people face today, the underlying causes of those difficulties, and the consequences both for individuals and for American society as a whole. Rampant consumer capitalism, ongoing failures in education, hyper-individualism, postmodernist moral relativism, and other aspects of American culture are all contributing to the chaotic terrain that emerging adults must cross. Smith identifies five major problems facing very many young people today: confused moral reasoning, routine intoxication, materialistic life goals, regrettable sexual experiences, and disengagement from civic and political life. The trouble does not lie only with the emerging adults or their poor individual decisions but has much deeper roots in mainstream American culture―a culture which emerging adults have largely inherited rather than created. Older adults, Smith argues, must recognize that much of the responsibility for the pain and confusion young people face lies with them. Rejecting both sky-is-falling alarmism on the one hand and complacent disregard on the other, Smith suggests the need for what he calls "realistic concern"―and a reconsideration of our cultural priorities and practices―that will help emerging adults more skillfully engage unique challenges they face. Even-handed, engagingly written, and based on comprehensive research, the book brings much needed attention to the darker side of the transition to adulthood.
Love, God, and the Art of French Cooking
by James F. TwymanImagine meeting a French chef who is much more than what he seems. In this true story, James Twyman enters the mystical world of Roger Dufau, the owner of a bed-and-breakfast outside Toronto, who dishes out lessons on love and God just as easily as he does the most delicious cuisine. Follow James as he undergoes a profound transformation, exploring his past relationships and dissolving negative patterns. In this remarkably personal account, James learns to release his fears and fully open his heart-perhaps for the first time. "Food is one of the closest things we have to real spirituality," Roger explains, then goes on to teach the true meaning of abundance, and how our passion can be used to create new worlds and serve humanity. This is a book that will stir your heart as well as offer hints on how you too can become a master chef-not only of French cuisine, but of your own life. It is a recipe for living, and speaks with an intimacy that everyone can appreciate and understand.
Love Is Letting Go of Fear, Third Edition
by Gerald G. JampolskyAfter more than thirty years, Love Is Letting of Fear continues to be among the most widely read and best-loved classics on personal transformation. Both helpful and hopeful, this little gem of a guide offers twelve lessons to help us let go of the past and stay focused on the present as we step confidently toward the future. Renowned all over the world as the founder of Attitudinal Healing, Dr. Gerald Jampolsky reminds us that the impediments to the life we long for are nothing more than the limitations imposed on us by our own minds. Revealing our true selves, the essence of which is love, is ultimately a matter of releasing those limited--and limiting--thoughts and setting our minds free. Love Is Letting of Fear has guided millions of readers along the path of self-healing with its deeply powerful yet profoundly humble message. Embrace it with an open mind and a willing heart and let it guide you to a life in which negativity, doubt, and fear are replaced with optimism, joy, and love.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Love Is Letting Go of Fear, Third Edition
by Gerald G. JampolskyAfter more than thirty years, Love Is Letting of Fear continues to be among the most widely read and best-loved classics on personal transformation. Both helpful and hopeful, this little gem of a guide offers twelve lessons to help us let go of the past and stay focused on the present as we step confidently toward the future. Renowned all over the world as the founder of Attitudinal Healing, Dr. Gerald Jampolsky reminds us that the impediments to the life we long for are nothing more than the limitations imposed on us by our own minds. Revealing our true selves, the essence of which is love, is ultimately a matter of releasing those limited--and limiting--thoughts and setting our minds free. Love Is Letting of Fear has guided millions of readers along the path of self-healing with its deeply powerful yet profoundly humble message. Embrace it with an open mind and a willing heart and let it guide you to a life in which negativity, doubt, and fear are replaced with optimism, joy, and love.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Love Them Anyway: Finding Hope in a Divided World Gone Crazy
by Choco De JesúsLove breaks through defenses and destroys walls that divide us. Love demands more of you and me than we often want to give. It&’s easy to love a lovely person, but what about...them? What about that stereotype, that race, that person or group of people in a political, cultural, or socioeconomic class who don&’t behave like you, don&’t believe like you, and if you are honest...make you uncomfortable? What is love in this context? We read that Jesus broke boundaries to love the people that many detested. His love was transformative because His love saw past disagreement, indifference, and offense. Loving them? Like this? That&’s hard. If you consider yourself a Christian, then love should be your primary characteristic. But it seems that division defines us in our society where rage and anger abound. Today, many people see Christians as angry followers of God who are more interested in winning political arguments than loving people. If we say we follow Jesus but are not loving like Him, then what&’s the point? There is a better way. Using the incredible story of how Pastor Choco chose to &“love them anyway&” to transform the crime-ridden community of Humboldt Park in Chicago, Love Them Anyway will inspire you to love in a way you never have. This book will pave a compelling path for you to both express and experience a truly transformative love on a deep level. It will tap into your deepest desires, expose your hesitations, connect you deeper with God&’s love, and help you take bold steps to love the people around you—and your love will change lives. When you learn to Love Them Anyway, your passion will be redirected, your purpose will be refined, and you will see God use you in ways you could never have imagined. Love is hard. It&’s not convenient, and it&’s not always safe. But love is beautiful. Love is contagious. It breaks through defenses and destroys walls that divide us. Love is the answer. So, love them anyway.Redirect your passion, refine your purpose, and see God use you in ways you never imagined.
A Loving Approach to Dementia Care: Making Meaningful Connections while Caregiving (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)
by Laura WaymanAn encouraging and compassionate guide for dementia caregivers.Caring for someone with dementia means devotedly and patiently doing a hundred little things each day. But few care providers are trained to meet the challenges of dementia—despite the fact that millions of people will struggle with it as they grow older. In A Loving Approach to Dementia Care, Laura Wayman, who is known professionally as the Dementia Whisperer, offers practical, compassionate advice on overcoming caregiving obstacles and maintaining meaningful relationships with loved ones who have dementia and memory loss. In this thoroughly revised third edition, Wayman includes • answers to common caregiver questions, such as "What is dementia?"• a detailed explanation of how to cope with and care for a spouse with dementia symptoms, including advice about communication • a new chapter on caring for someone who has dementia along with other health problems• recommendations about how to handle challenging situations and behaviors• dementia-aware activities that work for both family caregivers and professional care staff• fresh caregiving insights that emphasize the importance of taking time to care for oneselfEach chapter contains two sections—"Lessons Learned" and "Perceptions and Approaches"—which provide details about how readers can apply lessons from the stories Wayman tells to their own caregiving practice. Providing support for the numerous difficulties and disruptions that all caregivers face along the way, A Loving Approach to Dementia Care is an empathetic guide filled with respect, calm, and creativity. It will leave readers feeling empowered and inspired.
Loving Sex: The Book of Joy and Passion
by Laura BermanThis approachable guide offers a friendly, frank exploration of what sex means as part of a loving relationship, and how you and your partner can experience it to its full potential. Joyful, intimate, ecstatic and beautiful, Sex in a loving relationship can be the deepest and most meaningful experience a couple can share. Even still, many couples find themselves too time starved and intimacy shy to enjoy all that loving sex has to offer. Renowned sexual health counselor and New York Times bestselling author Dr. Laura Berman helps lovers overcome these barriers. Loving Sex explores a different aspect of sexuality, from the anatomy and physicality of arousal and orgasm, to the psychology of lust, love, and partnership. Free from unrealistic media representations of perfect bodies and pornstar practices, Loving Sex shows you the positions that work, helps resolve common problems without blame or embarrassment, and explains just how important sex can be to long-term loving happiness.
Lunes con mi viejo pastor
by José Navajo«¿Qué nombre dio el doctor a esto que a mí me ocurre... síndrome burnout?»Un joven pastor, profundamente abatido, piensa en abandonar el ministerio; un anciano de ochenta y tres años sirvió a Dios toda su vida; los dos están entrelazados durante sucesivos lunes que marcarán la vida del joven para siempre. Lunes con mi viejo pastor surge de una experiencia real del autor: «Este libro nació a lo largo de un proceso. En ocasiones logré empapar la pluma en el corazón de Dios, pero en otras, la tinta fue sangre que brotó de mis heridas». Te hará reír y tal vez llorar, pero avivará antorchas extinguidas e inflamará aquellas que nunca se encendieron. El desenlace sorprendente que no dejará indiferente a nadie.
Made for You and Me: Going West, Going Broke, Finding Home
by Caitlin ShetterlyNewlywed Caitlin Shetterly and her husband, Dan Davis, two hardworking freelancers, began their lives together in 2008 by pursuing a lifelong, shared dream of leaving Maine and going West. At first, California was the land of plenty. Quickly, though, the recession landed, and a surprise pregnancy that was also surprisingly rough made Caitlin too sick to work. By December, every job Dan had lined up had been canceled, and though he pounded the pavement, from shop to shop and from bar to bar, he could not find any work at all. By March 2009, every cent of the couple's savings had been spent.So, a year after they'd set out with big plans, Caitlin and Dan packed up again, this time with a baby on board, to make their way home to move in with Caitlin's mother. As they drove, Caitlin blogged about their situation and created audio diaries for NPR's Weekend Edition--and received an astounding response. From all across the country, listeners offered help, opening their hearts and their homes. And when the young family arrived back in rural Maine and squeezed into Caitlin's mother's small saltbox house, Caitlin learned that the bonds of family run deeper than any tug to roam, and that, with love, she and Dan could hold their dreams in sight, wherever they were. Made for You and Me captures the irrepressible spirit and quiet perseverance of one small family--and offers to share that strength with any reader willing to make the journey.lin's mother's small saltbox house, Caitlin learned that the bonds of family run deeper than any tug to roam, and that, with love, she and Dan could hold their dreams in sight, wherever they were. Made for You and Me captures the irrepressible spirit and quiet perseverance of one small family--and offers to share that strength with any reader willing to make the journey. "There's a story of this country that doesn't get told a lot. Or told well. Of what it's like to not make it. Of having to say to yourself, and to your spouse and your child 'Listen, this isn't it. We need to try something else. We need to start over...from the very beginning.' Caitlin Shetterly's Made for You and Me is that story. Resonant and richly detailed, it takes you deep into the personal heart of the beginning of the financial crisis and the recession that followed. Then, somehow, via Venice, California, backwoods Maine and 3000 miles in between brings you out the other end."--Kai Ryssdal, host of NPR's Marketplace
Made to Crave Participant's Guide: Satisfying Your Deepest Desire with God, Not Food
by Lysa TerkeurstAccording to bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst, craving isn't a bad thing, but we must realize God created us to crave so we'd ultimately desire more of Him in our lives. Many of us have misplaced that craving, overindulging in physical pleasures instead of lasting spiritual satisfaction. For a woman struggling with unhealthy eating habits, Made to Crave will equip her to:* Break the 'I'll start again Monday cycle' and start feeling good about herself today* Stop beating herself up over the numbers on the scale and make peace with the body you've been given* Discover how weight loss struggles aren't a curse but, rather, a blessing in the making* Replace justifications that lead to diet failure with empowering go-to scripts that lead to victory* Eat healthy without feeling deprived* Reach a healthy weight goal while growing closer to God through the processMade to Crave session titles include:Session 1: From Deprivation to EmpowermentSession 2: From Desperation to DeterminationSession 3: From Guilt to PeaceSession 4: From Triggers to Truth Session 5: From Permissible to BeneficialSession 6: From Consumed to CourageousBonus Session: Moving the MountainThe Made to Crave Participant's Guide is designed for use with the Made to Crave DVD.
La magia de ser tú mismo: El despertar de tu propia conciencia (Authentic Living Series #Volumen)
by OshoLas enseñanzas de Osho para seguir en nuestro camino de despertar y encontrarnos a nosotros mismos. Nadie puede decirnos quiénes somos realmente, pero todos buscamos una definición de nosotros mismos que venga de fuera. La magia de ser tú mismo es la respuesta que hallamos cuando empezamos a buscarnos y no encontramos objetividad, sino subjetividad# y este descubrimiento es como una bendición, como un éxtasis, que permite que dejemos de buscar el camino hacia el paraíso «allí fuera». Parte de nuestra experiencia cotidiana está moldeada por la religión y los condicionantes sociales y ni siquiera somos conscientes de ello. Osho nos explica que constantemente estamos siendo pulidos de la única naturaleza con la que cada uno de nosotros ha nacido. Esta única y original naturaleza es reemplazada por nuestro falso yo, el «ego», que toma las riendas y el control de nuestra creatividad, lo que significa para nosotros tener éxito, nuestras relaciones personales y la experiencia personal de quien somos. Al mismo tiempo la colección de «egos» conocida como sociedad da forma a nuestras instituciones políticas, educativas y religiosas, que siguen transmitiendo los mismos patrones a las nuevas generaciones de seres humanos inocentes. La vigilancia, la conciencia y la alerta nos ayudaran en este extraordinario y valiente viaje hacia nosotros mismos.
The Magic In Your Hands: How to See Auras and Use Them for Diagnosis and Healing
by Brian SnellgroveIn this book Brian Snellgrove will provide you with a method for seeing and tuning into other peoples' auras - their problems, their needs and understanding them, without a requirement for words.The author, who had an international practice in South Africa, Australia, Finland, Ireland and the UK, shares his experience of benign and non-invasive method of analysis.Of use to counsellors, therapists, healers, sensitives - in fact anyone having to do with human nature in all its aspects - this technique is a well-tested and accurate way of determining how clients can be most effectively helped to understand and face their circumstances.
Make Your Own Rules: A Renegade Guide to Unconventional Success
by Wayne RogersALA Booklists Top Ten Business Books" 2011 Its hardly a secret that the corporate ladder is no longer the path to success it once was. Wayne Rogers star of the classic TV series M*A*S*H* has had even more success as a businessman and entrepreneur than as an actor. Applying his own unique viewpoint to a wide range of businesses (a restaurant, a vineyard, a chain of convenience stores, the world of banking, real estate, a film distribution company, and even a famous bridal boutique), the iconoclastic star has steadfastly refused to accept limitations, and boldly forged a path for himself beyond the stifling constraints of the corporate system. Filled with insights and engaging stories, Make Your Own Rules paints a fascinating portrait of how Rogers excelled precisely because he didnt have prior experience in each of these businesses or any preconceived notions of how they should be run. Rogers reveals the keys to his success over the past four decades lessons that are even more important today. After all, in the current economic climate, learning to be creative, challenge convention, and seize unexpected opportunities is not only liberating it can make all the difference to success. Anyone who yearns to succeed without the burdens of corporate culture can thrive outside the establishment. Whether you are an entrepreneur, a small business owner, changing careers, or just entering the workforce, Make Your Own Rules delivers the inspiration and guidance you need to climb the ladder of your choice.
Making It Legal: A Guide to Same-Sex Marriage, Domestic Partnerships and Civil Unions
by Emily Doskow Frederick HertzMore than 15,000 same-sex couples married in California after the California Supreme Court legalized marriage in May of 2008, and many more have married in Massachusetts, New York and six other states in recent years. Further, nearly one-half of the U. S. population lives in a state with some form of legal recognition for same sex couples - with more than 40% of these states' couples having registered their relationships. Authored by Frederick Hertz, a nationally recognized expert in same-sex relationship law, the updated 2nd edition of Making it Legal is a comprehensive, easy to understand guide to the past, present and future of same-sex law in America. Making It Legal offers lesbians and gay men a comprehensive review of all of the issues that influence the decision to marry or state-register and helps the reader navigate the complexity of same-sex laws and understand the newest legal options while providing practical guidance on how to make one of the most important decisions in one's lifetime. Making It Legal provides a brief history of the same-sex marriage movement, a survey of the current legal landscape and a view towards emerging trends and targets, and moves on to a discussion of the factors involved in the personal decision to marry along with the issues that every married couple may face: . Is a pre-nup agreement advisable and what does it involve? . How to evaluate the effect of taxes on shared lives? . When is a will or trust needed? . What are the special needs of couples with kids? . When to turn to professionals for help during disagreements? . How best to work with stepparents, past partners, and the blended family . and much more!
Making Room for Life: Trading Chaotic Lifestyles for Connected Relationships
by Randy FrazeeWhat if you could get all your work done by 6:00 p.m.? Eat dinner with your family every night? Form deep, satisfying relationships? Naturally blend the world of church with your everyday life? Spend hours a week on your hobbies?You can! Making Room for Life reveals how to make all of these things a reality. Not by working faster or having more gadgets, but by simply choosing a lifestyle of conversation, and community over accumulation.Randy Frazee's practical, motivating insights call you back to the kind of relationships and life rhythms you were created to enjoy. In Making Room for Life, Frazee shows you how and why it's so important to balance work and play, establish healthy boundaries, deal with children's activities and homework, bring Jesus to your neighbors, and build authentic bonds with a circle of close friends. Share these insights with those around you and help usher in an amazing transformation: your life and the lives of others blooming, in the midst of the chaos and fragmentation of today's culture, into communities of purpose and peace.
Making Your Leadership Come Alive: 7 Actions to Increase Your Influence
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.