Author : Michael Zitz
Publisher : Permanent Press (NY)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Civic leaders
ISBN : 9781579622091
Warren Buffett's big sister Doris, known as the Sunshine Lady, derives such joy from helping others on a one on one basis that her own hard life, including estrangement from her own children, has never hardened her heart.
Author : Margaret A Leary
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 45,47 MB
Release : 2011-08-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0472034847
The first biography of William W. Cook, the man who made possible the Michigan Law Quadrangle
Author : Matthew Barzun
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 15,26 MB
Release : 2021-06-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0525541047
“This book is a breakthrough. It’s beautifully written, perfectly timed and heralds a new way forward. I’m buying a dozen copies to share with friends and colleagues.” -Seth Godin, Founder of altMBA and author of The Practice If you let go of hierarchy, chaos will reign...or so many leaders believe. But when leaders find the courage to distribute rather than hoard power, creativity multiplies, trust deepens, and inclusivity expands... and a new kind of order emerges. A few rare leaders have learned to embrace a new organizational shape and mindset: Constellations. Organizations designed as constellations are dynamic and flexible networks of distinct yet interwoven individuals. Each member of the team feels like a singular star and is also connected to others to form something greater. That is how Visa reimagined how we pay for things, how Wikipedia beat the richest company in the world and how Barack Obama and his grassroots team revolutionized political campaigning. These leaders did what most leaders dread – they gave away power. Barzun brilliantly layers lessons across history and industries with his own experiences as an internet entrepreneur, political organizer, and US ambassador to the United Kingdom and Sweden. The Power of Giving Away Power shows how the Constellation mindset shines in some of the most impactful organizations and innovations the world has ever known. And it encourages us all to recognize, as Barzun writes, "the power we can create by seeing the power in others" — and making the leap to lead. Together.
Author : Iyanla Vanzant
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,16 MB
Release : 1999-07-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 0684869837
Provides meditations and affirmations designed to help young women develop confidence, self-respect, and independence
Author : Jan L. Waldron
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 21,63 MB
Release : 1997-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780385485999
Giving Away Simone is Jan Waldron's account of her compelling, turbulent, and maddeningly original relationship with the daughter she gave away. Jan's baby, Simone, was the fifth generation of women in her family to be abandoned by their mothers. Determined to fight this "undertow of conditioned exiting, an affliction of easy farewell," Jan reunited with her daughter, now renamed Rebecca, when Rebecca was eleven. They spent the next thirteen years trying to come to terms with each other and figure out what kind of roles they were to play in each others' lives. For birthmothers, there are no simple equations of loss and gain. Each adoption is its own unique universe of complexities and ambiguities. But often the most personal is also the most universal, and there are truths to be found in every story. This beautifully rendered, intensely personal memoir gives essential shading to choices usually reduced to black and white. Waldron does not dispense advice; she probes the emotional fallout, on both sides of adoption, an area in which sedated platitudes have presided for far too long. "
Author : David Green
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 2019-07-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0310452597
"Does my life make a difference?" People of all ages and stages of life want to live a life that has meaning and extends beyond their years on earth. In A Generous Life, Hobby Lobby founder David Green suggests readers start now to adopt a lifestyle of generosity. As the founder and CEO of the largest privately owned arts and crafts retailer in the world, David has amassed material wealth, yet has learned the secret of generous living. As someone who gives away half of his profits to charity, lives with integrity and faith, and enjoys the peace of crafting a legacy now, David has found peace and fulfillment. A Generous Life: guides you through ten simple but life-changing action steps helps you establish a generous mindset, determine where and how much to give, how to create a family legacy plan, and more teaches you how to identify your blessings—friendships, family, work, education, or talents This beautiful hardcover book has a ribbon marker and a section for you to personalize a family legacy plan of your own. A Generous Life is a thoughtful gift for: Christians looking for ways to connect with their purpose and faith housewarming parties, baby showers for new parents, or college graduates fans of Hobby Lobby and founder David With practical helps on everything from deciding what you want your legacy to be to talking about money with your children, A Generous Life helps you start right where you are. You are richer than you know—and when you give it back to our generous God, your true wealth will never end.
Author : David Dunn
Publisher : Andesite Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 31,73 MB
Release : 2017-08-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781376187588
No reader needs to be reminded that the world is full of strife and heartache. Man and women everywhere seek peace of mind and heart, and wish desperately that they as individuals could do something toward lifting the heavy blanket of gloom that oppresses mankind. You and I can help! More than anything else, the world needs the healing influence of a great surge of simple thoughtfulness and kindheartedness. Such a surge is beyond the world's greatest rulers or statesmen. It must start with us, as individuals. I invite you to join me in my hobby.....
Author : Shel Silverstein
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 29,37 MB
Release : 2014-02-18
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0061965103
As The Giving Tree turns fifty, this timeless classic is available for the first time ever in ebook format. This digital edition allows young readers and lifelong fans to continue the legacy and love of a classic that will now reach an even wider audience. "Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy." So begins a story of unforgettable perception, beautifully written and illustrated by the gifted and versatile Shel Silverstein. This moving parable for all ages offers a touching interpretation of the gift of giving and a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. This is a tender story, touched with sadness, aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein's incomparable career as a bestselling children's book author and illustrator began with Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back. He is also the creator of picture books including A Giraffe and a Half, Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?, The Missing Piece, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O, and the perennial favorite The Giving Tree, and of classic poetry collections such as Where the Sidewalk Ends, A Light in the Attic, Falling Up, Every Thing On It, Don't Bump the Glump!, and Runny Babbit. And don't miss the other Shel Silverstein ebooks, Where the Sidewalk Ends and A Light in the Attic!
Author : Cherilynn M. Veland
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 16,20 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781631529580
An empowering guide designed to help women break free from the trappings of the needs, wants, and whims of other people--and the self-imposed limitations that are keeping them from happiness.
Author : Sarah Knight
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 16,59 MB
Release : 2015-12-31
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1784298492
The word-of-mouth bestseller * Published in more than 30 countries * 3 million copies sold worldwide Are you stressed out, overbooked and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? Finding it hard working from home? Then it's time to stop giving a f**k, and care less to get more. This irreverent and practical book explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt - and give your f**ks instead to people and things that make you happy. From family dramas to having a bikini body, the simple 'NotSorry Method' for mental decluttering will help you unleash the power of not giving a f**k and will free you to spend your time, energy and money on the things that really matter. 'The anti-guru' Observer 'Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it.' Mail on Sunday 'Genius' Cosmopolitan 'I love Knight's book even before I start reading . . . Works a charm' Sunday Times Magazine 'Life-affirming . . . The key practice she advocates is devising for yourself a "fuck budget" . . . It's a beautiful way of streamlining your psyche' Lucy Mangan, Guardian ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SARAH KNIGHT: YOU DO YOU: how to be who you are and use what you've got to get what you want AND Get Your Sh*t Together - the New York Times bestseller helping you organise the f**ks you want and need to give
