By coaching yourself, you will learn to pay attention to your thoughts, emotions and physical reactions. You will gain a better frame of reference of the world surrounding you, and you end up becoming your own best motivator. Helping you understand how the brain functions and ho…
Describes the modern world's struggles with depression and burnout in the face of mounting economic pressures, with advice on how to experience authentic happiness by accepting moderate resource levels.
"The Risk of Reading is a defense of the idea that deep and close readings of literature can help us to understand ourselves and the world around us. It explores some of the meaning and implications of modern life through the deep reading of significant books. Waxler argues that…
Part of the TED series: Why We Work Why do we work? The question seems so simple. But Professor Barry Schwartz proves that the answer is surprising, complex and urgent. We've long been taught that the reason we work is primarily for a paycheck. In fact, we've shaped much of the …
In How to be Human, Ruby Wax tries to come up with some answers to that niggling question about how we can learn to like and love ourselves. With the input of a Buddhist monk (an expert on our inner lives) and a neuroscientist (an expert on the brain), Ruby explores how to find …
Managing oneself
by Drucker, Peter F., (Peter Ferdinand)
fromHarvard business review classics
With ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But companies today aren't managing your career-- you must be your own chief executive officer. It's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know w…
Managing oneself
by Drucker, Peter F., (Peter Ferdinand)
fromHarvard business review classics
With ambition, drive, and talent, you can rise to the top of your chosen profession regardless of where you started out. But companies today aren't managing your career-- you must be your own chief executive officer. It's up to you to carve out your place in the world and know w…
"THESE HABITS WILL MAKE YOU EXTRAORDINARY. Twenty years ago, author Brendon Burchard became obsessed with answering three questions: 1.Why do some individuals and teams succeedmore quicklythan others andsustainthat success over the long term? 2.Of those who pull it off, why are …
"Three things are striking about inner child work. The speed with which people change when they do this work; the depth og that change; and the power and creativity that result when the wounds from the past are healed." Here, using a wealth of practical techniques, informative c…