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This is an audiobook about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve.

Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the acts of selfcare or therapy in which we find respite; and the days we finally reclaim a sense of stability. Written with understanding and kindness, it is both a source of companionship in our loneliest moments - whether it's a relationship breakdown, a career setback or anxiety around the everyday - and a practical guide that will help us find reasons for hope.

We spend most of our waking lives at work - in occupations often chosen by our unthinking 16-year-old selves. And yet we rarely ask ourselves how we got there or what it might mean for us. Equally intrigued by work's pleasures and its pains, Alain de Botton heads into the office, the factory, the fishing fleet, and the logistics centre, ears and eyes open to the beauty, interest, and sheer strangeness of the modern workplace. Why do we do it? What makes it pleasurable? And why do we daily exhaust not only ourselves but also the planet?

We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to his universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art, and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well.

Dive into a world where your personality becomes the mirror of legendary characters. Which Fairy Tale Character Are You? is not just a book; it's an intimate adventure at the heart of your being. Imagine wandering through the mystical forests of your mind, discovering whether your essence resonates with the wisdom of an old sage or the vivacity of a fearless hero. This journey is not yours alone. It offers a prism through which to see your friends, your family, revealing how, together, you form a rich and complex tapestry of living archetypes.

'Everything depends on what, if anything, we find interesting: on what we are encouraged and educated to find interesting, and what we find ourselves being interested in despite ourselves. There is our official curiosity and our unofficial curiosity (and psychoanalysis is a story about the relationship between the two)....' Based on three connected talks on the subject of attention, this audiobook from Adam Phillips is a fascinating and memorable introduction to the nature and the uses of our attention....

Was sind die Vorteile und Risiken des Flirtens am Arbeitsplatz? Haben Sie bei der Arbeit Gedanken sexueller Natur? Klopft dein Herz, wenn du weißt, dass du mit jemandem zusammenarbeiten musst, den du sehr begehrenswert findest? Glaubst du, dass dir ein Abenteuer gut tun würde? Und schließlich, ist es möglich, seinen Seelenverwandten bei der Arbeit zu treffen? Wenn ja, seien Sie vorsichtig! Bevor du dich hemmungslos auf das Objekt deiner Flamme stürzt, solltest du dir eine Stunde lang lesen.

Este libro te presenta las habilidades básicas necesarias para convertirte en un maestro manipulador. Aprende a su vez a mentir, a justificar tus fechorías más viles, a manejar tu imagen para manipular mejor a tus víctimas y a adivinarlas para que puedas abusar mejor de ellas. Y a lo largo de tu lectura, las personas que conoces te ofrecerán consejos que confirman los principios presentados. Entre ellos, dice Donald Trump, presidente de los Estados Unidos de América y un consumado maestro en el arte de la manipulación. Pero habrá otros que también descubrirás.

This book introduces you to the basic skills needed to become a master manipulator. Learn in turn how to lie, how to justify your vilest misdeeds, how to manage your image to better manipulate your victims and how to guess them so that you can better abuse them. Your losing days are over. You will now be able to abuse your landlord, your friends, the government, your family members, your colleagues, your employees, your customers, insurance companies, your suppliers, your constituents, the people you meet, and everyone else you envy.

You tell yourself that with age, erections decrease and that it's part of life. You're even ready to give up your sex life... Wow! This way of thinking may have been true at a time when sex was only for procreation and life expectancy was 62 years, but now that sex has become recreational, why would you deprive yourself of it? Regardless of your age.

View your sex life in a different light and learn how it can make you happier. Sex is the most intimately human experience there is. It is can also be the most confusing. Our desire to be together conflicts with our desire to avoid vulnerability and appear ‘normal’, leaving us detached, desensitised or embarrassed. Covering topics including adultery, lust, pornography and impotence, Alain de Botton argues that 21st century sex will always be a balancing act of trust versus risk, and of primal desire versus studied civility.

Algunas personas nunca parecen heridas por la desgracia. Están volviendo, pero se levantan y miran resueltamente hacia el futuro. ¿Quiénes son estas aves raras? Y, sobre todo, ¿cómo hacer como ellos?

Certaines personnes ne semblent jamais meurtries par le malheur. Elles écopent, mais se relèvent et se tournent résolument vers l’avenir. Qui sont ces oiseaux rares? Et surtout, comment faire comme eux? Les scienti ques les ont examinés sous toutes les coutures. Leurs conclusions sont étonnantes : les individus les plus solides ne sont pas spéciaux. Ils ne possèdent pas un gène particulier. Ils ne sont pas plus intelligents que les autres.

Nous voulons tous vivre longtemps et en santé. Chaque jour, des experts, réels ou autoproclamés, nous prescrivent une nouvelle recette pour y parvenir. Mais comment les croire alors que leurs recommandations ne cessent de changer ? Surtout quand ces conseils s'appuient sur des études incompréhensibles pour la plupart d'entre nous, quand elles ne reposent pas sur du vent. Pourtant, la santé est l'affaire de tous et chacun devrait pouvoir faire des choix éclairés en ce domaine. C'est dans ce but que le docteur Vadeboncœur a conçu ce livre audio.

Ce qu’il faut savoir sur le cœur pour mieux le comprendre, bien le soigner et prévenir la maladie!

Prendre rendez-vous avec soi-même c'est prendre du temps pour soi... et sa santé. Parler de santé ne devrait plus se résumer aux termes "médecine", "maladies" et "médicaments". Vos habitudes quotidiennes - en termes d'alimentation, d'activité physique, de gestion du stress ou de qualité de sommeil - participent indéniablement au devenir de votre santé et de votre qualité de vie.

For many, the population is divided into two groups: lucky and unlucky people. The former obtain satisfying jobs, happy relationships, and appear never to be bored. The latter group seems to have little other than plenty of reasons to complain! Not so fast! Of course some people have an enviable circumstance but their luck has nothing to do with fate; they have simply developed behaviors that enable them to seize the opportunities that they are presented with. Alain Samson helps you to acquire the six habits of people that make their own luck.

Ainsi donc, vous pensez que c'est normal. Vous vous dites qu'avec l'âge, les érections diminuent et que ça fait partie de la vie. Vous êtes même prêt à tirer un trait sur votre vie sexuelle... Wow ! Cette façon de penser était peut-être vraie à une époque où le sexe ne servait qu'à procréer et que l'espérance de vie était de 62 ans, mais maintenant que le sexe est devenu récréatif, pourquoi vous en priveriez-vous ? Sans égard à votre âge.

Les pères aimeraient-ils parfois trop leurs filles ? Savent-ils les aimer comme il le faudrait ? Les pères ont une influence décisive sur l'avenir de leur fille, sur la femme qu'elle sera, sur les choix de vie qu'elle fera. Pour les filles, la relation qui les unit à leur père est déterminante, et elle le restera quand, de jeunes filles, elles deviendront mères, amantes, épouses. Pour que pères et filles se rencontrent et se comprennent, il leur faut souvent toute une vie.

Some people never seem to be crushed by their misfortunes. After a major personal failure, or the loss of a job or loved one, they simply pick themselves up and turn resolutely to the future. What makes these people so strong? And, more importantly, how can we be more like them? These people are not special. They are no smarter than anyone else. They have simply decided not to view themselves as victims. Instead they have developed habits that enable them to get the most out of their experiences, good or bad.