Author : Sandra Graves
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 39,44 MB
Release : 2016-12-18
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1365619214
-Tired of living a stressful and fearful life? -Tired of not having time to do what you want? -Do you want to be a leader in your own life? Recover your power and take back the steering wheel of greatness by answering vital questions. "Claim Your Greatness" is a soup filled with dozens of reflections, questions, and advice to help you make the impossible a possibility. A daily motivational manual to help you live the life you deserve.
Author : Kenneth O. Stanley
Publisher : Springer
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3319155245
Why does modern life revolve around objectives? From how science is funded, to improving how children are educated -- and nearly everything in-between -- our society has become obsessed with a seductive illusion: that greatness results from doggedly measuring improvement in the relentless pursuit of an ambitious goal. In Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned, Stanley and Lehman begin with a surprising scientific discovery in artificial intelligence that leads ultimately to the conclusion that the objective obsession has gone too far. They make the case that great achievement can't be bottled up into mechanical metrics; that innovation is not driven by narrowly focused heroic effort; and that we would be wiser (and the outcomes better) if instead we whole-heartedly embraced serendipitous discovery and playful creativity. Controversial at its heart, yet refreshingly provocative, this book challenges readers to consider life without a destination and discovery without a compass.
Author : Dean Keith Simonton
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 38,83 MB
Release : 1994-05-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780898622010
This path-breaking work offers the first comprehensive examination of the important personalities and events that have influenced the course of history. It discusses whether people who go down in history are different from the rest of us and whether specific personality traits predispose certain people to become world leaders, movie stars, scientific geniuses, and athletes. It sheds light on the depth of potential in everyone, yielding important clues as to how we can take advantage of our own individual personality traits. Probing the lives of a range of important figures, the book explores the full range of phenomena associated with greatness, scrutinizing the significance of everything from genetic inheritance, intuition, aesthetic appreciation, and birth order, to formal education, sexual orientation, aging, IQ, and alcohol and drug abuse. This book will be of interest to anyone interested in the people and events that have helped shape the world, including mental health professionals and scholars studying psychological topics in the larger context of science, art, politics, and history. The book also serves as an engaging text for undergraduate psychology courses.
Author : David Von Drehle
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 10,56 MB
Release : 2012-10-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 080507970X
"Von Drehle has chosen a critical year ('the most eventful year in American history' and the year Lincoln rose to greatness), done his homework, and written a spirited account."N"Publishers Weekly."
Author : Brendon Burchard
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 36,34 MB
Release : 2014-10-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1401948073
The Motivation Manifesto is a poetic and powerful call to reclaim your life and find your own personal freedom from Brendon Burchard – the world’s #1 high performance coach and #1 New York Times bestselling author of High Performance Habits. “It’s a triumphant work that transcends the title, lifting the reader from mere motivation into a soaringly purposeful and meaningful life. I love this book." —Paulo Coelho The Motivation Manifesto is a call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice—time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt and fear. The march to Personal Freedom, Brendon says, can be won only by declaring our intent and independence, stepping into our personal power, and battling through self-doubt and the distractions of the day until full victory is won. Recalling the revolutionist voices of the past that chose freedom over tyranny, Brendon motivates us to free ourselves from fear and take back our lives once and for all. In this life-changing personal growth book, Brendon presents his nine declarations for personal power and motivation, drawing on insights from his own personal journey and from the lives of some of history's greatest leaders and thinkers. Each chapter focuses on one of the nine declarations, offering practical strategies and exercises to help you apply these principles to your life. Whether you're seeking to overcome self-doubt, boost your confidence, or achieve your goals, The Motivation Manifesto is an invaluable guide to unlocking your full potential. With its inspiring message and actionable advice, this bestselling book is a must-read for anyone who wants to unleash their inner greatness with the power of determination, resilience, and an empowering mindset.
Author : Anthony Frasier
Publisher : Anthony Frasier
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2016-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0692671870
Anthony Frasier is an entrepreneur and community leader from Newark, NJ. After years in the trenches coaching and hosting conferences for underrepresented groups in tech, Anthony noticed a common theme: Young entrepreneurs of color aren't getting good advice. There was an abundance of resources focused on technical help, but nothing on personal development.Don't Dumb Down Your Greatness is a mental guidebook for young entrepreneurs of color. Frasier shares the essential steps you have to take to mentally develop yourself for hardships with entrepreneurship. He shares stories and anecdotes from his personal life and breaks down the lessons learned from each experience.Filled with actionable advice, Don't Dumb Down Your Greatness gives a framework for tackling subjects such as fostering creativity, creating friendships, goal setting, self-doubt, and attracting success. These lessons are broken down so anyone can apply them to their lives and instantly think in a "greatness" mindstate.
Author : Yuri Elkaim
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 50,77 MB
Release : 2015-12-22
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1623366054
You are often told that eating less and exercising more are the keys to losing weight; but even with multiple plans and temporary successes, you fail to find lasting results with this old method. Yuri Elkaim's The All-Day Fat-Burning Diet provides the solution with his 5-Day Calorie Cycling Formula that sets your metabolism to lose up to 5 pounds a week. This plan eliminates the causes of weight gain and pushes the reset button on your fat-burning capacity. No combination of calorie cutting, exercising, or restrictive dieting will help you look and feel great unless you set your body to burn fat and lose weight all day, all night, when you're not eating or working out--24/7. In The All-Day Fat-Burning Diet, Elkaim reveals rarely discussed "fat triggers" along with an easy and innovative way to double weight loss in just 3 weeks. Based on a powerhouse blend of nutritional know-how, fitness experience, and solid science, Elkaim's four-pronged approach features (1) strategically cycling calories and carbohydrates; (2) eating "clean and lean" foods that reduce "fat triggers" in the body; (3) exercising more intelligently; and (4) improving the body's ability to repair and avoid burnout. This proven program will reset your body to your desired factory settings and supercharge your metabolism to burn fat on autopilot--no matter age, fitness level, or health status.
Author : Lewis Howes
Publisher : Rodale
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 36,81 MB
Release : 2015-10-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1623365961
When a career-ending injury left elite athlete and professional football player Lewis Howes out of work and living on his sister’s couch, he decided he needed to make a change for the better. He started by reaching out to people he admired, searching for mentors, and applying his past coaches’ advice from sports to life off the field. Lewis did more than bounce back: He built a multimillion-dollar online business and is now a sought-after business coach, speaker, and podcast host. In The School of Greatness, Howes shares the essential tips and habits he gathered in interviewing “the greats” on his wildly popular podcast of the same name. In discussion with people like Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson and Pencils of Promise CEO Adam Braun, Howes figured out that greatness is unearthed and cultivated from within. The masters of greatness are not successful because they got lucky or are innately more talented, but because they applied specific habits and tools to embrace and overcome adversity in their lives. A framework for personal development, The School of Greatness gives you the tools, knowledge, and actionable resources you need to reach your potential. Howes anchors each chapter with a specific lesson he culled from his greatness “professors” and his own experiences to teach you how to create a vision, develop hustle, and use dedication, mindfulness, joy, and love to reach goals. His lessons and practical exercises prove that anyone is capable of achieving success and that we can all strive for greatness in our everyday lives.
Author : Roosevelt Montas
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,83 MB
Release : 2023-03-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0691224390
A Dominican-born academic tells the story of how the Great Books transformed his life—and why they have the power to speak to people of all backgrounds What is the value of a liberal education? Traditionally characterized by a rigorous engagement with the classics of Western thought and literature, this approach to education is all but extinct in American universities, replaced by flexible distribution requirements and ever-narrower academic specialization. Many academics attack the very idea of a Western canon as chauvinistic, while the general public increasingly doubts the value of the humanities. In Rescuing Socrates, Dominican-born American academic Roosevelt Montás tells the story of how a liberal education transformed his life, and offers an intimate account of the relevance of the Great Books today, especially to members of historically marginalized communities. Montás emigrated from the Dominican Republic to Queens, New York, when he was twelve and encountered the Western classics as an undergraduate in Columbia University’s renowned Core Curriculum, one of America’s last remaining Great Books programs. The experience changed his life and determined his career—he went on to earn a PhD in English and comparative literature, serve as director of Columbia’s Center for the Core Curriculum, and start a Great Books program for low-income high school students who aspire to be the first in their families to attend college. Weaving together memoir and literary reflection, Rescuing Socrates describes how four authors—Plato, Augustine, Freud, and Gandhi—had a profound impact on Montás’s life. In doing so, the book drives home what it’s like to experience a liberal education—and why it can still remake lives.
Author : Elliott E. Connie
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 18,89 MB
Release : 2024-08-27
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1401970532
A practical and hopeful guide that teaches you how to ask yourself the right questions in order to create a new vision for your future. What outcome do you want from reading this book? What difference would it make if you could attain it? How would you notice the change it made in your life? The questions we ask ourselves are powerful tools that can change the trajectory of our lives. In this practical and hopeful guide, psychotherapist Elliot Connie and Adam Froerer, teach that getting honest and asking yourself the right questions enables you to create a new vision for your future that is hopeful and full of previously unimagined possibility. Your actions and beliefs will then align with your new vision as you employ the tips, strategies, and practices that can be turned to time and time again in a variety of situations. Using case studies, success stories, and the latest research in the field of SFBT, readers are given the tools, knowledge, and confidence to apply SFBT principles that will shift their perspective, retrain their brain, and change their relationship to their future.
