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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"In Surrounded by Setbacks, internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson turns his attention to a universal problem: what to do when things go wrong. Too often it seems like our dreams and ambitions-whether it's finally getting that corner office, lacing up your running shoes again, or building a flourishing relationship with your partner-are derailed by one roadblock or another. So how do we learn to take setbacks in stride and still achieve...
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Publisher
Beacon Press
Language
English
Description
Eleven months after he was liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, Viktor E. Frankl held a series of public lectures in Vienna. The psychiatrist, who would soon become world famous, explained his central thoughts on meaning, resilience, and the importance of embracing life even in the face of great adversity. Published here for the very first time in English, Frankl's words resonate as strongly today-as the world faces a coronavirus pandemic,...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"My second-grade teacher noticed. She guided me out of the classroom and into the hall. She gently asked why on earth I was crying over a game of bingo. As only a precocious 8-year-old could, I tried to explain that I hated bingo because it required no skill. It was pure luck. There was no strategy to employ, no natural talent to rely on to win. Either your numbers were called, or they weren't. I couldn't extract value out of a win. There was no meaning...
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Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From the elite performance coach for Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and many others-and the author of the powerful bestseller Relentless-a no-holds-barred formula for winning that is ideal for business people, athletes, and anybody wanting to achieve success. In Relentless, Tim Grover showed that you need to be tough and ruthless-toward others and yourself-to achieve your goals. Now, in Winning he takes that skill repertoire to an even...
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English
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"Jim VandeHei's high school guidance counselor laid it out clearly: VandeHei wasn't cut out for college. In 1990, you could find him proving the counselor's case emphatically, preferring beer to books and delivering pizzas to mapping out career plans. He attended a two-year school before smuggling himself into the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, where after a year he had racked up a 1.4 GPA and was on the verge of getting the boot. Everything changed...
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Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Draws on examples from many disciplines to argue that complex and broadly defined goals are better achieved when approached in an open, indirect manner that focuses on means, instead of a rigidly direct approach that focuses on ends.
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Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Big Dreams, Daily Joys is an empowering guide to establishing healthy habits so that it's easy (and fun!) to accomplish long-term goals. This productivity book is filled with simple-to-follow techniques, rituals, and exercises for accomplishing day-to-day tasks and making progress on bigger goals. For those who feel overwhelmed by endless to do lists and the stresses that come with daily life, Big Dreams, Daily Joys encourages a simple and achievable...
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Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"From concept to reality in just 90 Days-The Big Stretch is a proven program for making your personal and professional dreams come true The Big Stretch delivers a four-tiered self-evaluation and empowerment program for jumpstarting a new business, new career, or new idea-and maintaining high levels of success long-term. One of today's most effective coaches for entrepreneurs, Teneshia Jackson Warner walks you through a "career workout" routine designed...
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Publisher
Hay House, Inc
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever had a new idea or a goal that excites you... but not enough time to execute it? What about a goal you really want to accomplish...but can't because instead of taking action, you procrastinate? Do you feel like the only way things are going to get done is if you do them? But what if it wasn't that way? What if you had a team of people around you that helped you accomplish your goals (while you helped them accomplish theirs)? When we...
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Publisher
Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishing
Pub. Date
©2021.
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author and performance expert Steven Kotler breaks down the processes by which elite performers accomplish seemingly impossible goals and teaches us how we, too, can do what we thought was out of our reach, turning the art of impossible into possibility for all who want to up their game"--
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Publisher
Baker Books, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Generous goals work (if you write them down) and powerful books work (if you read them). Michael Hyatt has created a fun, fast way to find your dreams and then turn them into reality."--Seth Godin, author, Linchpin, "Your Best Year Ever," is full of compelling, real-life stories of average people who have achieved extraordinary results. Please take my advice and only buy this book if you want to be able to look back in twelve months and say, 'Now...
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Publisher
Pearson
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"This text is designed to get you started so you can begin to feel you are getting closer to being the person you want to be and living the life you want to live. We all feel stuck sometimes. This can be a combination of many factors that, at best, are delaying you or, at worst, are blocking you from getting to your desired destination. We'll work together to figure out practical strategies for addressing ruts in your daily routine, stress, a lack...
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Publisher
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Discusses why people are disconnected from their future selves, frequently opting for immediate gratification and making decisions that fail to consider future health and well-being, and offers practical advice for balancing living for today with planning for tomorrow.
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Publisher
Simple Truths
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
What makes some people successful in life? In Just Shut Up and Do It, bestselling author and success expert Brian Tracy shares a simple, practical, proven seven-part method that will help you accomplish more in the next few months and years than most people accomplish in a lifetime. In its simplest terms, your ability to get started and keep going until you complete those things that are most important to you and to your company is the key to winning,...
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Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Starting is a skill. And like any other skill, it can be learned, practiced and mastered. When we do it right, we can go anywhere, start anything. We all need to start more. To imagine things and push the ignition switch to begin them. We need to start things that will take ten minutes and things that will take five years, and things we will never, ever finish. Because acting on our ideas is the best of who we are. Whether we finish them or not....
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