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In Focus, Psychologist and journalist Daniel Goleman, author of the #1 international bestseller Emotional Intelligence, offers a groundbreaking look at today's scarcest resource and the secret to high performance and fulfillment: attention.
Combining cutting-edge research with practical findings, Focus delves into the science of attention in all its varieties, presenting a long overdue discussion of this little-noticed and under-rated mental asset....
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Why do our headaches persist after we take a one-cent aspirin but disappear when we take a fifty-cent aspirin? Why do we splurge on a lavish meal but cut coupons to save twenty-five cents on a can of soup?
When it comes to making decisions in our lives, we think we're making smart, rational choices. But are we?
In this newly revised and expanded edition of the groundbreaking New York Times bestseller, Dan Ariely refutes the common assumption that...
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After reading this book, my desire is that someone finds a viable reason to live. I hope that my thoughts can prompt another person to abandon thoughts of suicide. Furthermore, the principles I have inspired to share with the world are not just a prescription for preventing suicide. I strongly hope that those who read it will be inspired enough to then find ways in which to bring meaning into the lives of other people around...
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The Christian family should be the very foundation for our faith. It is the starting place to begin to apply the Word of God to our lives. Psalm 46 states that God is our refuge and strength, and a very, present help in trouble. Did you know that God set the home in place to be a refuge, to renew our strength when we are weary? It should be, a place we can go, when we are in trouble, to find help for our problems. Does your home represent a haven...
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During a "show and tell" presentation by one of their classmates, two children hear about a trip to a space camp. They learn about budgets and how to manage with what they have. There is a teaching on the merits of forgiveness and how to accept forgiveness and learn humility when they make a mistake. They learn that if they want to buy something, they need to earn the money. Working with their extended families, they gain insights about rocket building...
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Three Strikes, I'm In. I believe anyone has the opportunity to make their passion or desires a reality. The choice is yours, and the decision is totally up to you. If you want something bad enough, your passion can become a burning desire, and you should make an attempt to go after it. If you never try, then you may sit there wondering what it would have been like if you would have taken that opportunity. I am blessed to say that I am a disabled vet...
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The author's purpose in writing this book is to give physicians, ,physical therapists, parents, and caregivers of young infants who are showing characteristics of Cerebral Palsy a protocol that can prevent Cerebral Palsy, in many cases, as the infant gets older. This protocol has been used effectively for over twenty years in the author's Pediatric Physical Therapy practice. The protocol is called Normalization Through Neuroplastic Manipulation...
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Living an ungovernable, unbearable life is the worst mistake of a human being. By not knowing how to live in this life, it is pure failure. There are unadventurous beings who love everything negative; it's the only thing they know how to do. It is all that flows from their lips, making others feel bad, and there is no other way but to defeat it.They don't know how to behave.Be a good husband.Be a good Christian.Be a good father.They don't know why...
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Make Learning Fun! Activities to Develop Creativity is a compilation of problems used in the Odyssey of the Mind creative problem-solving competitions. It includes 11 long-term problems and 48 spontaneous problems. It also includes an introductory chapter by problem writer and program founder Dr. Sam Micklus on the problem-development process, and a brief history on how the program began back in 1978. This book is also a great classroom resource and...
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The role of the school principal has become more complexed and demanding in recent years. Where once, the site administrator was viewed as no more than a building manager, the numerous tasks of the principal can now range from monitoring daily attendance of the students and staff, to mediating and advocating for at-risk students and their families. Few would disagree, for example, that at least part of the reason administrative vacancies are growing...
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THINK! You do this every day!
Watching FOX news, they inform the public what is going on in America. By telling the truth,
they investigated this story.
The outrageous price of college tuition versus knowledge. The students have learned when it
comes to reciting history knowledge. Plus what they know. The end result is, they are LACKING
KNOWLEDGE. The military now has to educate the new recruits because this knowledge should have
been taught in high...
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In my job as substitute teacher and teacher of after-school, I help the children with their homework's. One of the most difficult homeworks for first, second, and third graders is to write short stories using high-frequency words.
The teachers give them the words, and they must write the stories using that words. This book is a collection of some of these short stories. It will also a pleasure to read of benefit for the young students and teachers....
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The election of the Biden/Harris ticket brought out appropriately 75% of all registered voters. It was historic that African American voters came out in numbers that surpassed the election where President Barack Obama won. The one item that was absent from most election information was the education policy of the Democrats, unlike the 2016 election between Clinton v. Trump. During that election front and center was the Hillary Clinton education agenda...
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Si quiere mejorar sus habilidades de pensamiento crítico y resolución de problemas y convertirse en un maestro de la toma de decisiones, siga leyendo
Las habilidades de pensamiento crítico son esenciales en la nueva economía del conocimiento. Los empleos requieren cada vez más de habilidades intelectuales flexibles y la capacidad de analizar información y combinar diversas fuentes de conocimiento para resolver problemas.
Pero la verdad es...
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Cómo ganar amigos e influir en las personas, El poder del ahora, Inteligencia emocional, Tus zonas erróneas, Gente tóxica, El arte de no amargarse la vida... un tsunami de manuales nos inunda. Ya no estamos solos, un libro puede salvarnos. Hecho añicos el sujeto social, se imponen las terapias de autoayuda, funcionales a la ideología consumista imperante. ¿Cómo combatirlas?
La motivación, la creatividad, la capacidad comunicativa, el éxito...
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SEYMORE
THE ROCK 'N' ROLL PENGUIN
Who Saves His Family By Overcoming Fear
A story about a small, shy stubby-legged Adelie penguin who has to save his family from extinction.
Kiddy Lick a small island in the southeast corner of a vast amusement park known as Water World. Water World offered all kinds of exciting rides to humans from 8 to 80 years of age.
Follow Seymore, the shy little penguin quest with Jumbo Lou, the two hundred pound whale with...
18) Photographic Memory Mastery: Learn Powerful Techniques to Boost your Memory Instantly & Remember
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If you want to discover powerful Photographic Memory strategies today to help you develop Photographic Memory skills to help you read more and remember important details for academic or career success, keep reading...
Have you ever asked -
- what is photographic memory?
- can photographic memory be learned?
- can photographic memory be acquired?
… but finding it difficult to get the information you seek in order to understand photographic memory...
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Problem-based learning (PBL) represents a widely recommended best practice that facilitates both student engagement with challenging content and students' ability to utilize that content in a more flexible manner to support problem-solving. This edited volume includes research that focuses on examples of successful models and strategies for facilitating preservice and practicing teachers in implementing PBL practices in their current and future classrooms...
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My name is Zhanna Telmanovna Oganesyan, and I was born with passion! That is my motivation! Lots of bumpy rides and flights took me to the right direction. This allowed me to fully bloom and reach my highest potential. Enormous love toward children appeared in me from very young ages and inspired me to get out of my way and go to a different direction.
As a child, I brought home many stray dogs and cats, but I was always heartbroken because I was...
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