Author : Dean Hawthorne
Publisher :
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,1 MB
Release : 2021-08-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781736481103
Unforgettable story from debut author Dean C. Hawthorne filled with college football history, the fun and the trouble spots in today's game and tantalizing "what ifs" to keep college football fans engrossed and entertained for hours.
Author : Anne Brennan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,42 MB
Release : 1999-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826411815
This book takes seriously our increased life span along with its challenges to live fully, to grow, to develop unexplored parts of ourselves, to find creative ways of being vitally involved in our own inner and outer lives. With an emphasis on anecdotes drawn from famous as well as not-so-famous people, Passion for Life weaves inspiration with motivation for uncovering and freeing ongoing individual growth. Since each decade presents new awakenings, Brennan and Brewi demonstrate how life's greatest accomplishments and achievements can come in the second half of life.
Author : Kay Redfield Jamison
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 23,84 MB
Release : 2005-09-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0375701486
A national bestselling author examines one of the mind's most exalted states—one that is crucially important to learning, risk-taking, social cohesiveness, and survival itself. “[Jamison is] that rare writer who can offer a kind of unified field theory of science and art.” —The Washington Post Book World With the same grace and breadth of learning she brought to her studies of the mind’s pathologies, Kay Redfield Jamison examines one of its most exalted states: exuberance. This “abounding, ebullient, effervescent emotion” manifests itself everywhere from child’s play to scientific breakthrough. Exuberance: The Passion for Life introduces us to such notably irrepressible types as Teddy Roosevelt, John Muir, and Richard Feynman, as well as Peter Pan, dancing porcupines, and Charles Schulz’s Snoopy. It explores whether exuberance can be inherited, parses its neurochemical grammar, and documents the methods people have used to stimulate it. The resulting book is an irresistible fusion of science and soul.
Author : Brad Stulberg
Publisher : Rodale Books
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 15,10 MB
Release : 2019-03-19
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1635653444
The coauthors of the bestselling Peak Performance dive into the fascinating science behind passion, showing how it can lead to a rich and meaningful life while also illuminating the ways in which it is a double-edged sword. Here’s how to cultivate a passion that will take you to great heights—while minimizing the risk of an equally great fall. Common advice is to find and follow your passion. A life of passion is a good life, or so we are told. But it's not that simple. Rarely is passion something that you just stumble upon, and the same drive that fuels breakthroughs—whether they're athletic, scientific, entrepreneurial, or artistic—can be every bit as destructive as it is productive. Yes, passion can be a wonderful gift, but only if you know how to channel it. If you're not careful, passion can become an awful curse, leading to endless seeking, suffering, and burnout. Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness once again team up, this time to demystify passion, showing readers how they can find and cultivate their passion, sustainably harness its power, and avoid its dangers. They ultimately argue that passion and balance--that other virtue touted by our culture--are incompatible, and that to find your passion, you must lose balance. And that's not always a bad thing. They show readers how to develop the right kind of passion, the kind that lets you achieve great things without ruining your life. Swift, compact, and powerful, this thought-provoking book combines captivating stories of extraordinarily passionate individuals with the latest science on the biological and psychological factors that give rise to—and every bit as important, sustain—passion.
Author : Melyssa Moniz
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 87 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 2013-06
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1475990855
Who are you and who do you want to be has never been made so clear. Jeremy Hodal, Operations Chicago ORD, Platinum Cargo Logistics, Inc. Many of us want it; few have it. Deep inside, we may have a strong desire to live a passionate life filled with zest, love, and purpose. But how do we make it happen? In Live Your Passion, seasoned entrepreneur Melyssa Moniz shares thought-provoking, empowering questions designed to pull you out of your comfort zone and motivate a life-changing transformation that attracts success and happiness. Moniz relies on her experiences derived from creating passion-driven services for her clients to help anyone interested in discovering his or her true passion and applying it to life. She encourages you to listen to your inner voice through a variety of questions. She also offers a step-by-step plan that can help you determine your self-identity and passions, define self-esteem and core beliefs, use an internal compass for guidance in life decisions, and turn to the root emotion of love in every experience. Included is a glossary that defines terms and a bonus section intended to further support a journey of renewal. Live Your Passion offers key questions and practical advice that can motivate anyone ready to embrace the kind of reflection that induces change and ultimately creates a fruitful future.
Author : Barrie Davenport
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 19,12 MB
Release : 2012-11-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780982761229
Are You Ready for a Passionate Life? Life passion expert and popular personal growth blogger Barrie Davenport leads you on a creative journey of personal discovery. Inspired by her own passion search and coaching work with clients, The 52-Week Life Passion Project is filled with lessons and actions to help you uncover and live your life passion. It's your weekly personal coaching session, leading you on the path from the life you have to the one you dream of living-a life that is . . . + aligned with the person you want to be + balanced and prioritized according to your values and desires + centered around purpose and meaning + infused with excitement, joy and passion Each lesson leads you toward deeper self-awareness and increased clarity around the person you are, what it is you want for your life, exactly how to acquire it, and then concludes with specific weekly actions for your next steps. It sequentially guides you in creating a realistic plan to uncover and live your life passion each day in a way that works best for your life!
Author : Julian Dibbell
Publisher : Julian Dibbell
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 28,31 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780805036268
This novelistic rendering of a true account tells of a celebrated rape case which took place in an electronic "salon", where Internet junkies have created their own interactive fantasy realm.
Author : Joan Collins
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,74 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Motion picture actors and actresses
ISBN : 9781472102355
Having lived many lives when most of us only live one, the stories of Joan Collins' adventures on film sets around the world, the friendships she made, the triumphs and the near disasters could fill many books. Encounters with Princess Diana, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the romantic story of her courtship and marriage to Percy Gibson are among the new stories Joan shares, in this latest instalment of her witty, wise and revelatory memoirs. Following on from where Second Act left off, the screen icon reveals details of her life with her fifth (and final) husband Percy, her travels around the world, fun with family and friends, and shares more revealing anecdotes about the fascinating people she has met during her life. A Passion for Life is - quite literally - an expression of the joie de vivre which Joan exudes. Filled with fabulous never-before-seen images of her life, from childhood to recent holiday snaps with Percy and her children, this is the ultimate illustrated guide to the life of a British icon.
Author : Erin Cech
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 19,21 MB
Release : 2021-11-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0520972694
Probing the ominous side of career advice to "follow your passion," this data-driven study explains how the passion principle fails us and perpetuates inequality by class, gender, and race; and it suggests how we can reconfigure our relationships to paid work. "Follow your passion" is a popular mantra for career decision-making in the United States. Passion-seeking seems like a promising path for avoiding the potential drudgery of a life of paid work, but this "passion principle"—seductive as it is—does not universally translate. The Trouble with Passion reveals the significant downside of the passion principle: the concept helps culturally legitimize and reproduce an exploited, overworked white-collar labor force and broadly serves to reinforce class, race, and gender segregation and inequality. Grounding her investigation in the paradoxical tensions between capitalism's demand for ideal workers and our cultural expectations for self-expression, sociologist Erin A. Cech draws on interviews that follow students from college into the workforce, surveys of US workers, and experimental data to explain why the passion principle is such an attractive, if deceptive, career decision-making mantra, particularly for the college educated. Passion-seeking presumes middle-class safety nets and springboards and penalizes first-generation and working-class young adults who seek passion without them. The ripple effects of this mantra undermine the promise of college as a tool for social and economic mobility. The passion principle also feeds into a culture of overwork, encouraging white-collar workers to tolerate precarious employment and gladly sacrifice time, money, and leisure for work they are passionate about. And potential employers covet, but won't compensate, passion among job applicants. This book asks, What does it take to center passion in career decisions? Who gets ahead and who gets left behind by passion-seeking? The Trouble with Passion calls for citizens, educators, college administrators, and industry leaders to reconsider how we think about good jobs and, by extension, good lives.
Author : Mark Black
Publisher : Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 14,58 MB
Release : 2020-04-02
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1951530322
Live Life From The Heart is a definitive guide to creating the life you’ve always wanted. Based on twenty-nine years of battling illness and overcoming obstacles, and over a decade working with more than 500 organizations, Live Life From The Heart is chock full of real-world wisdom and powerful life principles that will change the way you look at your life and the challenges you face. In fifty-two easy-to-read chapters, you’ll learn how to: • Release the powerful potential hidden within • Set goals to get what you really want • Alter habits so you can alter your realty • Recognize what is really important The author delivers practical and life-changing insight on how to flourish in challenging times, allowing you to break through self-imposed barriers that limit your development and growth, while transforming adversity into your competitive advantage.
