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Everyone knows that timing is everything. But we don't know much about timing itself. Our lives are a never-ending stream of "when" decisions: when to start a business, schedule a class, get serious about a person. Yet we make those decisions based on intuition and guesswork. Drawing on a rich trove of research from psychology, biology, and economics, Daniel Pink reveals how best to live, work, and succeed. How can we use the hidden patterns of the...
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2022.
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"How does time shape consciousness, and consciousness, time? Do we live in time, or does time live in us? And how does music, with its patterns of rhythm and harmony, inform our experience of time? Uncommon Measure: Reflections on Music, Performance, and the Science of Time explores these questions from the perspective of a young Korean American who dedicated herself to perfecting her art until, crippled by performance anxiety, she was forced to give...
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Shambhala
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Do we stay in what we know? Or is it the right time to leave and make a change? In more than 50 years as a psychotherapist David Richo has been asked versions of this question more than any other, coaching countless people of all ages through agonizing decisions related to their partnerships, their career, their home, their faith. In Ready, he shares the deep wisdom we need to make these decisions-and feel confident in following through. The book...
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Graywolf Press
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[2015]
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English
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"In her third book that continues to define the contours of the contemporary essay, Sarah Manguso confronts a meticulous diary that she has kept for twenty-five years. "I wanted to end each day with a record of everything that had ever happened," she explains. But this simple statement belies a terror that she might forget something, that she might miss something important. Maintaining that diary, now 800,000 words, had become, until recently, a kind...
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Random House Trade Paperbacks
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2011.
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English
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In this erudite, elegantly written book, critic Judith Shulevitz weaves together histories of the Jewish and Christian sabbaths, speculations on the nature of time, and a rueful account of her personal struggle with the day. Whatever our faith or lack thereof, this rich and resonant meditation on the day of rest will remind us of the danger of letting time drive us heedlessly forward without ever stopping to reflect.
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Sasquatch Books
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2017.
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English
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"A practical manual for parents transitioning from being a married couple with children to being solely co-parents together. This guide helps them navigate difficult emotional terrain, create boundaries, and establish guidelines so that together they can be the parents their children deserve. The Co-Parenting Handbookhelps parents confidently take on the challenges of raising children when they live in separate homes. Addressing parents' questions...
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Editorial Océano de México
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2018.
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Español
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"Una guía para sobrellevar los desafíos emocionales y prácticos de criar a los hijos en dos hogares. Te estás separando. Toda tu vida está a punto de cambiar, y estás pensando en el futuro. O ya libraste la tormenta: oficialmente te separaste, y ahora todo es distinto. Antes sabías qué significaba ser buen padre o buena madre cuando vivían todos juntos. Pero ¿cómo hacer ahora que todo ha cambiado? Este libro te ayudará a responder las...
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