A Lifetime of Change


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A Lifetime of Change is about a series of changes as they relate to one person's lifetime of development, from birth to the autumn of their life. It begins with the change of surroundings from the womb to the outside world to which one is destined to live and carries on through one man's life to the place he now finds himself. Knowing his life is, hopefully, far from finished, he takes a look back to try to answer the question, "What is the biggest change you have seen in your life?" This is a storyline about which anybody could write and all the stories would be different because everybody's life experiences are different. This work is about a man who was born and grew up in rural central Kentucky and is much different than one who may have lived in a large city in some other state. The changes described here deal with basic necessities, family life, transportation, entertainment, medical advances, and the like. These changes and experiences will show how different life was in the 1950s compared to the twenty-first century. Not only were the changes or advances important to individuals but also to the entire world. As you read through these pages, you will likely be tempted to think about how change has impacted your life and to ponder whether it was good or bad for you. Personal stories from the author's experience are shared in a lighthearted manner, in the hope you will be able to place yourself in the situation and consider your possible reaction to each circumstance. The later chapters deal with what the author considers the biggest change in his lifetime and to try to answer the question, "What really are the good old days?"




This Book Will Change Your Life


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Is the year ahead looking much the same as the last? Another 365-day grind of meetings, dinner dates, and deadlines? If so, try this book--the perfect gift for the adventurous reader. Part instruction manual, part therapy, part religious cult, part sheer anarchy, This Book Will Change Your Life will help you poke a stick in the spokes of your routine. It's not the soft-hearted kind of book that's interested in what you have to say; rather it contains 365 daily orders, each one of which could turn your humdrum existence into a daily free-fall. Whether learning to tell one joke properly, spending an hour talking to a tree, or choosing a motto to live by, This Book Will Change Your Life will lead you to make every day of the next year the first day of your new life.




The Change Your Life Book


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Making dramatic life changes can be difficult. The true secret to life-long transformation, according to certified professional counselor Bill O'Hanlon, is to take baby steps; small, subtle changes will yield profound and lasting results when added together. In this concise book, O'Hanlon shares his simple formula for making the small changes that lead to big shifts: Change the Doing, Change the Viewing, and Change the Setting. Each simple concept is illustrated with examples of everyday challenges with easy-to-implement experiments for affecting transformation, as in this example from "Change the Viewing": Don't expect, be happy: Ken Keyes developed a simple strategy to be happy: Expect everyone and everything to be exactly as it is. When you are upset, he suggests, it is only because your expectations haven't been fulfilled and you are demanding that reality be as you want it to be, rather than how it is. So expect things to be as they are, and you'll be happy. For the next day or so, every time something happens within you or out in the world that could upset you, shift into expecting it to be exactly as it is. Tell yourself it is exactly as it is supposed to be. As a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of more than thirty books, O'Hanlon understands that it often takes only simple adjustments to create a better life. With a therapist's keen understanding of what works, O'Hanlon offers straightforward advice that is reminiscent of chatting with a dear friend for achieving simple yet significant life changes.




The Little Book of Big Life Change


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Simple Guidance to Change your Life and Inspire Better Health, Wellness, and Fulfillment In a world full of people who are searching for big change, The Little Book of Big Life Change explores nine key elements of well-being and offers a wide-spanning, complete approach to regaining balance in our lives. Interweaving science with experience and ancestral wisdom, health and wellness guide Carrie Ciula helps us understand the ways that we can be living in a state of imbalance and shows us how to hone in on a few all-important, but often pushed-aside parts of life: nutrition, breath, movement, rest, cleansing, thought, unity, purpose, and love. This book will help you: Better understand the food you eat Decrease the amount of unwanted substances surrounding you Become aware of your thoughts and how they affect the way you feel Be mindful of what you buy And so much more Anyone who feels as though they aren't fully experiencing the life that they are here to experience, or who is drawn to improving their sense of joy and fulfillment, will be guided toward a deeper knowing that true balance happens as we learn to support the feeling of being content, connected, and complete within one's self—the feeling of being whole.




Change Your Life!


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Allen Klein, master of the right quote at the right moment, has gathered his favorite, most inspiring words of wisdom into this treasury of moving and meaningful sayings from around the world that incite readers to live life to the fullest. Readers can take this book on the go to get a quick shot of inspiration at any time, or they can select one quote every day for in-depth thought and meditation. The book’s small size makes it ideal to carry in a purse or a bag, or to keep by the computer for those moments of need. However readers choose to use these uplifting and inspiring quotes, they all have the potential to be life-changing. Kipling once said that words are "the most powerful drug used by mankind" — the words in this book are the prescription readers need to revise their lives. The book features a foreword by Jack Canfield, cocreator of the best-selling Chicken Soup for the Soul series.




You Can Change Your Life


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Looking to make a positive change in your life? Maybe you’ve read a few self-help books and think you know what you need to do – maybe some positive thinking, making a resolution or simply wishing for happiness? Well, here’s some news: none of this is going to help; you simply don’t get things in life just by wishing for them. In You Can Change Your Life top psychologist Rob Yeung investigates ways of making change stick. He offers the most up-to-date thinking on the skills, beliefs and methods that will help you to change your life. Rooted in evidence-based research and based on proven strategies and treatments, Rob offers a new perspective and new techniques to enable you to transform your life, or simply work out what’s stopping you from achieving your goals. You can lose weight, feel more positive, give up a bad habit, get ahead at work or improve anything about yourself. Whatever you want to achieve, you will feel inspired by the practical advice in this fascination book and be able to tackle change with confidence.




You Must Change Your Life: The Story of Rainer Maria Rilke and Auguste Rodin


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Winner of the 2016 Marfield Prize In 1902, Rainer Maria Rilke—then a struggling poet in Germany—went to Paris to research and write a short book about the sculptor Auguste Rodin. The two were almost polar opposites: Rilke in his twenties, delicate and unknown; Rodin in his sixties, carnal and revered. Yet they fell into an instantaneous friendship. Transporting readers to early twentieth-century Paris, Rachel Corbett’s You Must Change Your Life is a vibrant portrait of Rilke and Rodin and their circle, revealing how deeply Rodin’s ideas about art and creativity influenced Rilke’s classic Letters to a Young Poet.




Life Is in the Transitions


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A New York Times bestseller! A pioneering and timely study of how to navigate life's biggest transitions with meaning, purpose, and skill Bruce Feiler, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Secrets of Happy Families and Council of Dads, has long explored the stories that give our lives meaning. Galvanized by a personal crisis, he spent the last few years crisscrossing the country, collecting hundreds of life stories in all fifty states from Americans who’d been through major life changes—from losing jobs to losing loved ones; from changing careers to changing relationships; from getting sober to getting healthy to simply looking for a fresh start. He then spent a year coding these stories, identifying patterns and takeaways that can help all of us survive and thrive in times of change. What Feiler discovered was a world in which transitions are becoming more plentiful and mastering the skills to manage them is more urgent for all of us. The idea that we’ll have one job, one relationship, one source of happiness is hopelessly outdated. We all feel unnerved by this upheaval. We’re concerned that our lives are not what we expected, that we’ve veered off course, living life out of order. But we’re not alone. Life Is in the Transitions introduces the fresh, illuminating vision of the nonlinear life, in which each of us faces dozens of disruptors. One in ten of those becomes what Feiler calls a lifequake, a massive change that leads to a life transition. The average length of these transitions is five years. The upshot: We all spend half our lives in this unsettled state. You or someone you know is going through one now. The most exciting thing Feiler identified is a powerful new tool kit for navigating these pivotal times. Drawing on his extraordinary trove of insights, he lays out specific strategies each of us can use to reimagine and rebuild our lives, often stronger than before. From a master storyteller with an essential message, Life Is in the Transitions can move readers of any age to think deeply about times of change and how to transform them into periods of creativity and growth.




I'd Change My Life If I Had More Time


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Do you want to change your life, but just can’t find the time to get started? Are you tired of juggling multiple responsibilities, with not much to show for all your hard work? Bestselling author Doreen Virtue gives you proven psychological and spiritual solutions for making time work in your favor! She guides you through that perplexing jungle of mind traps that cause time struggles. You’ll discover how to access more free time, streamline your schedule, and receive loving support from your friends and family. You’ll also learn methods to boost your self-confidence, reduce your fear of failure, increase your intuitive powers, and unleash your natural success consciousness. You deserve to have a rich full of fun, relaxation, prosperity, and love – starting right now!