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Atheist Manifesto: The Case Against Christianity, Judaism and Islam
by ONFRAY, MICHELNot since Nietzsche has a work so groundbreaking and explosive appeared, to question the role of the world's three major monotheistic religions. If Nietzsche proclaimed the death of God, French philosopher Michel Onfray starts from the premise that not only is God still very much alive but increasingly controlled by fundamentalists who pose a danger to the human race. Documenting the ravages from religious intolerance over the centuries, Onfray makes a strong case against the three religions for their obsession with purity and their contempt for reason and intelligence, individual freedom, desire and the human body, sexuality and pleasure, and for women in general. In their place, all three demand faith and belief, obedience and submission, extol the "next life" to the detriment of the here and now. Tightly argued, this is a work that is sure to stir debate on the role of religion in Australian society-and politics.
Athlete, Not Food Addict
by Ph.D. Daniel Kirschenbaum8 Steps to Weight Control Power shatters widespread beliefs about the addictive nature of food and offers an empowering method for effective weight loss. Wellspring president Kirschenbaum shows that weight problems are caused primarily by resistant biological forces within us, our culture and a lack of knowledge about how to manage and overcome these challenges. To lose weight permanently, weight control seekers must become "weight controller athletes" and learn to mold their bodies in a healthier direction, just as athletes do.Kirschenbaum provides key steps necessary to maximize one's inner power to control weight. He enables readers to understand the body's resistance to weight loss and helps them learn how to effectively manage food to decrease the body's biological resistance. He asserts the importance of increasing movement, while providing strategies to develop an athlete's power of concentration through focus and self-monitoring logs. Readers will become proficient weight controller athletes and gain the necessary tools for a lifetime of successful weight control.
Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
by Brené Brown#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Atlas of the Heart, Brené Brown writes, &“If we want to find the way back to ourselves and one another, we need language and the grounded confidence to both tell our stories and be stewards of the stories that we hear. This is the framework for meaningful connection.&”Don&’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!In Atlas of the Heart, Brown takes us on a journey through eighty-seven of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human. As she maps the necessary skills and an actionable framework for meaningful connection, she gives us the language and tools to access a universe of new choices and second chances—a universe where we can share and steward the stories of our bravest and most heartbreaking moments with one another in a way that builds connection. Over the past two decades, Brown&’s extensive research into the experiences that make us who we are has shaped the cultural conversation and helped define what it means to be courageous with our lives. Atlas of the Heart draws on this research, as well as on Brown&’s singular skills as a storyteller, to show us how accurately naming an experience doesn&’t give the experience more power—it gives us the power of understanding, meaning, and choice. Brown shares, &“I want this book to be an atlas for all of us, because I believe that, with an adventurous heart and the right maps, we can travel anywhere and never fear losing ourselves.&”
Atmabodh: आत्मबोध
by Dada Bhagwanप्रस्तुत संकलन में प्रकट प्रत्यक्ष ज्ञानी के स्वमुख से प्रवाहित आत्मतत्व, और अन्य तत्वों सम्बन्धी वास्तविक दर्शन खुला होता है| आत्मा के अस्तित्व की आशंका से लेकर, आत्मा क्या होगा, कैसा होगा, क्या करता होगा, जन्म मरण क्या है, किसके जन्म मरण, कर्म क्या है, चार गतियाँ क्या है, उसकी प्राप्ति के रहस्य, मोक्ष क्या है, सिद्धगति क्या है, जैसे अनेकों प्रश्नों के समाधान यहाँ पर हैं| जीव क्या है? शिव क्या है? द्वैत, अद्वैत, ब्रह्म, परब्रह्म, आत्मा की सर्वव्यापकता, कण कण में भगवान्, वेद और विज्ञानं वगैरह अनेक वेदान्त के रहस्य यहाँ पर अनावृत हुए हैं| तमाम शास्त्रों का, साधकों का, साधनाओ का सार एक ही है कि खुद के आत्मा का भान करना, ज्ञान प्राप्त कर लेना है| ‘मूल आत्मा’, तो शुद्ध ही है मात्र ‘खुद’ को रोंग बिलीफ बैठ गई है, प्रकट ‘ज्ञानीपुरुष’ के पास यह मान्यता छूट जाती है| जो कोटि जन्मों तक नहीं हो पाता, वह ‘ज्ञानी’ के पास से प्राप्त हो सकता है| विश्व में कभी कभार आत्मज्ञानी पुरूष अवतरित होते हैं, तभी यह आध्यात्मिक रहस्य खुल्ला हो पाता है| संसार में जो भी ज्ञान है, वह भौतिक ज्ञान है| उससे आत्म साक्षात्कार कभी नहीं हो सकता| ज्ञानीपुरुष को आत्मा का अनुभव होने से आत्म साक्षात्कार की प्राप्ति हो सकती है| प्रस्तुत संकलन में संपूज्य श्री दादाश्री ने खुद के ज्ञान में ‘जैसा है वैसा’ आत्मा का स्वरुप और जगत का स्वरुप देखा है, जाना है, अनुभव किया है, उस सम्बन्ध में उनके ही श्रीमुख से निकली हुई वाणी का यहाँ पर संकलन किया गया है, जो अध्यात्म मार्ग में पदापर्ण करनेवालों को आत्मसमुख होने में अत्यंत उपयोगी सिद्ध होगी|
Atmasakshatkar: आत्मसाक्षात्कार
by Dada Bhagwanजीवमात्र क्या ढूंढता है? आनंद ढूंढता है, लेकिन घड़ीभर भी आनंद नहीं मिल पाता | विवाह समारोह में जाएँ या नाटक में जाएँ, लेकिन वापिस फिर दुःख आ जाता है | जिस सुख के बाद दुःख आए, उसे सुख ही कैसे कहेंगे? वह तो मूर्छा का आनंद कहलाता है | सुख तो परमानेन्ट होता है | यह तो टेम्परेरी सुख हैं और बल्कि कल्पित हैं, माना हुआ है | हर एक आत्मा क्या ढूंढता है? हमेशा के लिए सुख, शाश्वत सुख ढूंढता है | वह ‘इसमें से मिलेगा, इसमें से मिलेगा | यह ले लूँ, ऐसा करूँ, बंगला बनाऊ तो सुख आएगा, गाड़ी ले लूँ तो सुख मिलेगा’, ऐसे करता रहता है | लेकिन कुछ भी नहीं मिलता | बल्कि और अधिक जंजालों में फँस जाता है | सुख खुद के अंदर ही है, आत्मा में ही है | अत: जब आत्मा प्राप्त करता है, तब ही सनातन (सुख) ही प्राप्त होगा |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
by James ClearThe #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 20 million copies sold!Translated into 60+ languages!Tiny Changes, Remarkable ResultsNo matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving--every day. James Clear, one of the world's leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.If you're having trouble changing your habits, the problem isn't you. The problem is your system. Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because you don't want to change, but because you have the wrong system for change. You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems. Here, you'll get a proven system that can take you to new heights.Clear is known for his ability to distill complex topics into simple behaviors that can be easily applied to daily life and work. Here, he draws on the most proven ideas from biology, psychology, and neuroscience to create an easy-to-understand guide for making good habits inevitable and bad habits impossible. Along the way, readers will be inspired and entertained with true stories from Olympic gold medalists, award-winning artists, business leaders, life-saving physicians, and star comedians who have used the science of small habits to master their craft and vault to the top of their field.Learn how to:make time for new habits (even when life gets crazy);overcome a lack of motivation and willpower;design your environment to make success easier;get back on track when you fall off course;...and much more.Atomic Habits will reshape the way you think about progress and success, and give you the tools and strategies you need to transform your habits--whether you are a team looking to win a championship, an organization hoping to redefine an industry, or simply an individual who wishes to quit smoking, lose weight, reduce stress, or achieve any other goal.
Atreverse
by Asma Elferkouss"Atreverse" es el libro que tienes que leer si estas buscando cambios positivos en tu vida, pero no sabes por donde comenzar. La experiencia de la autora, que tiene la virtud de valerse de un lenguaje coloquial y cristalino para tocar temas tan profundos, indudablemente te servirá de inspiración. Todo es cuestión de "atreverse".
Atrévete a alcanzar el éxito
by Hada Maria MoralesEl mercado laboral de hoy en día es más complicado y competitivo que nunca, especialmente para el que busca empleo por primera vez, el profesional hispano que recién ha llegado a los Estados Unidos, o la madre que reingresa a la fuerza laboral remunerada después de años de estar con niños. Atrévete a alcanzar el éxito quita el misterio a las complejidades de encontrar y mantener el trabajo correcto para usted. La primera sección se enfoca en el buscador de trabajo: su actitud, nivel de confianza, carácter y motivación. La segunda sección aborda el proceso detallado para obtener empleo profesional, incluyendo la preparación de un currículo preciso y convincente, tener entrevistas con éxito y negociar salario y beneficios. Morales tiene el tino de animar a una amplia gama de personas, desde la madre más tímida hasta el profesional que anteriormente fue exitoso pero que ahora se encuentra desempleado, para que alcancen el éxito en su trayectoria profesional.
Atrévete a tenerlo todo
by Melania GarbúAtrévete a tenerlo todo, porque todo es posible. ¿Estás dispuesto a romper las cadenas heredadas e impuestas y a luchar por tu felicidad? <P><P>Con una narrativa íntima que engancha al lector desde la primera línea, Melania Garbú te anima a recorrer de su mano, el desafiante camino de las pasiones internas. Con una delicadeza implacable, te sumerge en tu propio interior y te obliga a enfrentarte a tus propios miedos y a tus propias verdades. <P><P>Una vez reconocidas y aceptadas (lo que no siempre es fácil, ni sencillo), comienza el camino de regreso: la catarsis y el renacer del ave fénix que todos llevamos dentro. <P><P>Atrévete a tenerlo todo no es un libro de autoayuda. Es una invitación a la reflexión personal, para plantarle cara a ese juez interno que consciente o inconscientemente toma el control de nuestra mente y del destino de nuestras vidas. Crear la vida extraordinaria que imaginas para ti no es un sueño inalcanzable. <P><P>Este libro lo demuestra con magistral sencillez. Atrévete a tenerlo todo, porque todo es posible.
Atrévete, acércate, sedúcela
by Richard La RuinaLos secretos de la seducción perfecta. Una guía que todo hombre debe de tener para saber cómo comenzar una plática, obtener su teléfono y llegar a algo más. Atraer mujeres es una habilidad que se aprende y que, con la suficiente práctica, se hace sin esfuerzo. No hay necesidad de trucos o mentiras. En Atrévete, acércate, sedúcela, Richard La Ruina comparte su experiencia, a través de métodos probados y herramientas fáciles de usar para conquistar a las mujeres que deseas. Estos métodos te hacen más seguro y por lo tanto más atractivo para las mujeres. Utilizando las herramientas de Atrévete, acércate, sedúcela, por fin podrás sentirte cómodo contigo y tendrás la capacidad de atraer a las mujeres siendo tu mismo. Del lenguaje corporal a los iniciadores de conversación, del contacto visual al primer acercamiento, este libro es un plan paso a paso para ser el hombre que las mujeres no pueden resistir.
Attached to God: A Practical Guide to Deeper Spiritual Experience
by Krispin MayfieldWhy does God feel so far away? The reason--and the solution--is in your attachment style.We all experience moments when God's love and presence are tangible. But we also experience feeling utterly abandoned by God. Why?The answer is found when you take a deep look at the other important relationships in your life and understand your attachment style. Through his years working in trauma recovery programs, extensive research into attachment science, and personal experiences with spiritual striving and abuse, licensed therapist Krispin Mayfield has learned to answer the question: Why do I feel so far from God?When you understand your attachment style you gain a whole new paradigm for a secure and loving relationship with God. You'll gain insights about:How you relate to others--both your strengths and weaknessesThe practical exercises you can use to grow a secure spiritual attachment to GodHow to move forward on the spirituality spectrum and experience the Divine connection we all were created forYou'll learn to identify and remove mixed messages about closeness with God that you may have heard in church or from well-meaning Christians. With freedom from the past, you can then chart a new path toward intimate connection with the God of the universe.
Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep-- Love
by Rachel Heller Amir Levine&“Over a decade after its publication, one book on dating has people firmly in its grip.&”—The New York TimesWe already rely on science to tell us what to eat, when to exercise, and how long to sleep. Why not use science to help us improve our relationships? In this revolutionary book, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Amir Levine and Rachel Heller scientifically explain why some people seem to navigate relationships effortlessly, while others struggle.Discover how an understanding of adult attachment—the most advanced relationship science in existence today—can help us find and sustain love. Pioneered by psychologist John Bowlby in the 1950s, the field of attachment posits that each of us behaves in relationships in one of three distinct ways: • Anxious people are often preoccupied with their relationships and tend to worry about their partner's ability to love them back. • Avoidant people equate intimacy with a loss of independence and constantly try to minimize closeness. • Secure people feel comfortable with intimacy and are usually warm and loving.Attached guides readers in determining what attachment style they and their mate (or potential mate) follow, offering a road map for building stronger, more fulfilling connections with the people they love.
Attachment Theory and Setting Boundaries: Understanding your own Attachment Style and How to Set Clear, Firm, and Healthy Boundaries with Yourself and Others to Move Toward a Secure Attachment
by Alejandra NogalesUnlock Your Freedom: Understand Attachment Theory & Master Boundary Setting! Imagine this: You're standing at a crossroads, yearning for deeper connections and a sense of inner peace, yet feeling trapped by the tangled web of attachment struggles and boundary battles. It's a journey many can relate to, but few dare to take the leap to freedom. Are you ready to break free? As someone who's traversed the treacherous terrain of attachment theory and boundary setting, I've felt the suffocating weight of insecurity and the fierce desire for autonomy. But through my own journey of suffering and growth, I've unearthed invaluable insights that have reshaped my relationships and my life.
Attachment-Based Yoga & Meditation for Trauma Recovery: Simple, Safe, and Effective Practices for Therapy
by Christopher Germer Deirdre FayA practical but far-reaching look at a variety of mind-body techniques for working with trauma clients. This book offers an unprecedented, attachment-informed translation of yogic philosophy to body-based trauma treatment. The result is both erudite and accessible, emphasizing ready-to-implement skills and approaches that are as groundbreaking as they are effective. Organized around key trauma issues and symptoms, this book offers clinicians a practical but far-reaching look at mind-body skills and techniques for helping trauma clients access their individual wisdom, develop secure internal attachment, and find the path home to the Self.
Attachment-Informed Grief Therapy: The Clinician’s Guide to Foundations and Applications (Series in Death, Dying, and Bereavement)
by Phyllis S. Kosminsky John R. JordanAttachment-Informed Grief Therapy bridges the fields of attachment studies, thanatology, and interpersonal neuroscience, uniting theory, research, and practice to enrich our understanding of how we can help the bereaved. The new edition includes updated research and discussion of emotion regulation, relational trauma, epistemic trust, and much more. In these pages, clinicians and students will gain a new understanding of the etiology of problematic grief and its treatment, and will become better equipped to formulate accurate and specific case conceptualization and treatment plans. The authors also illustrate the ways in which the therapeutic relationship is crucially important – though largely unrecognized – element in grief therapy and offer guidelines for an attachment-informed view of the therapeutic relationship that can serve as the foundation of all grief therapy. Written by two highly experienced grief counselors, this volume is filled with instructive case vignettes and useful techniques that offer a universal and practical frame of reference for understanding grief therapy for clinicians of every theoretical persuasion.
Attachments: Why You Love, Feel and Act the Way You Do
by Tim Clinton Gary SibcyUnlock the secret to loving and lasting relationships! This book is for anyone who desires closeness, especially in the most intimate relationships: marriage, parenting, close friends, and ultimately with God.The answer to why people feel and act the way they do lies in the profound effect of a child's bonding process with his or her parents. How successfully we form and maintain relationships throughout life is related to those early issues of "attachment."Author Dr. Tim Clinton is recognized as a world leader in mental health and relationship issues—and he knows intimately what it is like to feel unloved. The child of a mentally ill mother who locked him in a closet and a father who was frequently gone, Clinton struggled with attachments for many years before discovering the secret to loving and being loved.Citing four primary bonding styles, you will learn:Why we love, feel, and act the way we doHow to conquer depression, anxiety, anger, and griefHow to be a sensitive, secure parent to your childrenHow God&’s love is enough to penetrate the brokenness and remove negative emotions from your lifeIf you have come out of a painful, damaging, or traumatic past, reading this book will teach you how to experience the love and closeness you long to feel.
Attacking Anxiety: From Panicked and Depressed to Alive and Free
by Shawn JohnsonShawn Johnson, lead pastor of Red Rocks Church, gives a searingly honest portrait of anxiety and depression and shows readers how to fight back and live free. Shawn Johnson was the lead pastor of a thriving, fast-growing church. He was supposed to have it all together. But he was also struggling in silence with anxiety and depression, suffering from debilitating panic attacks that told him the lie that this would never end, that he'd spend the rest of his life in excruciating pain. Until one day he ended up sobbing and screaming on the side of the road. He had to be brought home by his wife and two friends, who removed any potential weapons from his house while he sat with his head in his hands, begging God for a miracle.In Attacking Anxiety, Shawn vulnerably shares about this dark time and offers those familiar with that same struggle everything he's learned in his battles with anxiety, depression, and hopelessness. As readers join Shawn on this journey, he willexpose the lies that lead toward isolation and replace them with the truths that are essential to survival;reveal the things that most people don't realize are adding more anxiety and depression to their lives and replace them with the wisdom and support that lead to true freedom;explain what to do when you, or someone you love, is in the middle of a panic attack, andguide you through what you need to know, what you need to start doing, what you need to stop doing, and what you need to remember in order to start attacking anxiety and depression. This is not a one-and-done process that will completely free you from all brokenness, but it will help you recognize that, even in the middle of so much brokenness and overwhelming pain, God has a plan and a purpose for your life, and he is ready to heal you in ways you never thought possible.
Attention All Passengers: The Airlines' Dangerous Descent—and How to Reclaim Our Skies
by William J. McGeeA Fast Food Nation for the airline industry, Attention All Passengers is a shocking and important exposé revealing the real state of the “friendly skies” in which we fly. Award-winning Consumer Reports travel journalist William McGee, a former editor of the Consumer Reports Travel Letter, spent nearly seven years in airline flight operations management, and what he learned was less than uplifting. From TSA power grabs and an endemic lack of oversight to legislative battles and lobbying boondoggles to antiquated flight patterns and outsourced maintenance workers, the airlines and the Government are in cahoots, conspiring to turn a profit any way they can, no matter who has to pay the price. A provocative and hard-hitting call to action, Attention All Passengers will explode all our previous misconceptions about the airline industry.
Attention Management: How to Create Success and Gain Productivity Every Day (Ignite Reads #0)
by Maura ThomasDiscover the revolutionary antidote to overload and exhaustion Have you tried everything to become more productive—but you're still too busy and stressed? That's because the old approaches to productivity just don't work in today's fast-paced, tech-driven workplaces. What does work? Time management is outdated. Attention management is the solution you need.Attention management is the most essential skill you need to live a life of choice rather than a life of reaction and distraction. It's a collection of behaviors, including focus, mindfulness, control, presence, flow, and other skills, that will support your success. Productivity speaker, trainer, and author Maura Nevel Thomas shows you how to master attention management with practical strategies that make an immediate impact.
Attention Span: A Groundbreaking Way to Restore Balance, Happiness and Productivity
by Gloria Mark*A "Next Big Idea Club" Must-Read Book for January**AS HEARD ON ARMCHAIR EXPERT WITH DAX SHEPARD*Rediscover your ability to pay attention with this groundbreaking new approach from "the definitive expert on distraction and multitasking" (Cal Newport).We spend an average of just 47 seconds on any screen before shifting our attention. It takes 25 minutes to bring our attention back to a task after an interruption. And we interrupt ourselves more than we're interrupted by others.In Attention Span, psychologist Gloria Mark reveals these and more surprising results from her decades of research into how technology affects our attention. She shows how much of what we think we know is wrong, including insights such as: Why multitasking hurts rather than helps productivity How social media and modern entertainment amplify our short attention spans What drains our mental resources and how to refuel them The four types of attention that we experience every day and how to recognize themWhile the concept of &“flow&” has previously been considered the ideal state of focus, Dr. Mark offers a new framework to help explain how our brains function in the digital world: kinetic attention. This book reveals how we can take control, not only to find more success in our careers, but also to find health and wellness in our everyday lives.
Attirare con successo la fortuna
by Marik LawrenceUna guida avanzata che racconta tutti i segreti e le azioni per spargere il seme della fortuna e farlo germogliare intorno a te. Crea un ambiente e delle circostanze che aumenteranno le tue possibilità e attireranno nuove opportunità. Scopri il giusto atteggiamento e le azioni che cambieranno la tua vita, trasforma la tua esistenza. Cosa differenzia le persone fortunate da quelle sfortunate? Cosa deve cambiare nella loro vita, cosa devono fare per essere più fortunate degli altri? Un quadrifoglio non ci porterà fortuna. Possiamo riassumere questo concetto in una frase che disse il filosofo Francis Bacon: "L'uomo ha nelle sue mani lo stampo della sua fortuna".
Attitude 101: What Every Leader Needs To Know (Collection Motivation Et Epanouissement Personnel)
by John MaxwellAttitude can make or break you and the people you lead.Good attitudes on a team do not guarantee its success, but bad attitudes guarantee its ruin. So says New York Times best-selling author and leadership expert John C. Maxwell in this highly practical primer, Attitude 101. Anyone who has tried to lead people with bad attitudes knows the frustration it can bring. With this concise and reader-friendly guidebook, you can master attitude issues. Learn to: Recognize how individuals' attitudes impact their performance / Pinpoint problem feelings, behaviors, and thinking in yourself and others / Identify six common attitude problems that undermine teamwork / Discover the secret to changing a bad attitude / Create new definitions of failure and success that will improve performance / Adopt the attitude that helps a leader keep going to the next level. Attitude is contagious! You want to make sure your team is catching the right one!
Attitude is Everything Rev Ed
by Keith HarrellIn the world of professional speakers, Keith Harrell is making a difference. The Wall Street Journal recognized it, dubbing him "A Star with Attitude." Such clients as IBM, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Motorola, GM, Marriott International, and Boeing know it--that's why Keith is one of the most in-demand speakers on the circuit. And, as you read this book, you will know it, too. Keith's star power is indisputable. Now, in this fully revised and updated edition of Attitude Is Everything, he shares the secrets that got him where he is today--and provides you with a program for developing a healthier, happier, more productive attitude. In Attitude Is Everything, Keith offers an enlightening, inspiring, and practical guide for gaining control of your career and your life by ridding yourself of negative attitudinal baggage, building positive attitudes, and then turning them into actions to help you achieve your dreams. Keith's 10 steps for turning attitude into action: Understand the power of "attitude" Take control of your life Practice self-awareness Reframe your bad attitude Find your purpose and passion Be pre-active Discover how to motivate yourself Build supportive relationships See changes as an opportunity Leave a lasting legacy Keith developed his methods for putting attitudes into action in the real world of corporate America, and later, as a self-employed professional. He knows what works, and he knows how to help others create positive, empowering attitudes that will help you enjoy a more fulfilling and rewarding life!
Attitude is Everything for Success: Say It, Believe It, Receive It
by Keith HarrellEveryone desires success and is capable of achieving it. Having what you truly desire begins with adopting a winning attitude. By positively channeling your attitude and thoughts, using empowering language, and taking action, you'll be sufficiently equipped to successfully accomplish any goal. Attitude Is Everything for Success contains morsels of wisdom and easy-to-learn tools to help you along your journey. The key to your success is your attitude for it determines the quality of your life. For 40 consecutive days, start and end each day with one of the 40 key words for successful living and be amazed at the results. Or when you find yourself feeling rushed and needing to focus your thoughts, flip to a word and gain inspiration and encouragement as you repeat the affirmations, meditate on the quotes, reflect on the anecdotes, and act on the directives that accompany each word. Attitude Is Everything for Success is designed to reprogram your attitude, lift your spirits, and keep you on course.
Attitude: Develop a Winning Mindset on and off the Court
by Charles Barkley Mark Dagostino Michael Sheridan Jay WrightIn this behind-the-scenes look at the making of a champion, the coach of the Villanova University men’s basketball team shares his competitive and cooperative philosophy, along with lessons from his coaching career and the story of his personal road to success. When Kris Jenkins sank a three-pointer at the buzzer to win the 2016 NCAA Tournament, it was a victory not just for a team and its coach but for an entire program. In his twentieth season with the Villanova program, including a five-year stint as an assistant to Coach Rollie Massimino, Coach Jay Wright had achieved his lifelong dream—and witnessed the culmination of a decades-long effort to build a culture of winning around a set of core values. In Attitude, Coach Wright shares some of the leadership secrets that have enabled Villanova, a private university with an undergraduate enrollment of less than 6,500, to thrive in the hypercompetitive world of college athletics. As he recounts the story of the 2015–16 Wildcats, Coach Wright offers anecdotes from his own journey up the ladder of success, with lessons learned on the Little League playing fields of his youth and wisdom passed down from his coaches and mentors. Each step of Villanova’s journey to a national championship incorporates a signature term torn from Coach Wright’s own motivational playbook. Here are key principles that aspiring leaders can apply, not only on the basketball court but in the boardroom, the classroom, and the living room. From learning to accept your role to remembering to honor those who came before us, Jay Wright’s core values provide a positive blueprint for transformational team building based on the idea that anyone—from the head coach to the last player on the bench—can be a leader when the moment demands it. The product of a lifetime’s worth of championship-level preparation, Attitude is perfect for anyone looking to build a team, achieve a goal, or nurture their own winning culture.Advance praise for Attitude“Jay Wright’s Attitude is filled with wonderful anecdotes, life lessons, and that which we all seek: wisdom.”—Phil Knight, co-founder and chairman emeritus, Nike “In 2015–16, Villanova displayed the best attributes of a champion by playing hard, smart, and together. Jay Wright instilled those traits in his team, and in Attitude he shares the universal leadership lessons that helped it succeed.”—Mike Krzyzewski, head coach, Duke University basketball “In my four years at Villanova, Coach Wright taught me what it means to be a respected leader and how infectious a positive daily approach can be. Reading Attitude made me feel like I was right back with my teammates in a circle at center court after practice, listening to Coach’s insight into how I could become a better player and a better leader.”—Ryan Arcidiacono, co-captain, 2015–2016 Villanova Wildcats