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Join author and Japanologist Beth Kempton on a sacred journey to uncover the secrets of fearless writing which have lain buried in Eastern philosophy for two thousand years. In a radical departure from standard advice and widely held assumptions about the effort and suffering required for creative success, The Way of the Fearless Writer will show you there is another way to thrive—a path of trust, ease, freedom and joy.

When I asked a group of girls who had been at Hatherop Castle in the 1960s whether the school had had a lab in those days they gave me a blank look. 'A laboratory?' I expanded, hoping to jog their memories. 'Oh that kind of lab!' one of them said. 'I thought you meant a Labrador.' As we discover from Ysenda Maxtone Graham's quietly hilarious history of life in British girls' boarding schools between 1939 and 1979, this was a not untypical reaction.

Only once did David Foster Wallace give a public talk on his views on life, during a commencement address given in 2005 at Kenyon College. The speech is presented for the first time in audiobook form in This Is Water. How does one keep from going through their comfortable, prosperous adult life unconsciously? How do we get ourselves out of the foreground of our thoughts and achieve compassion? The speech captures Wallace's electric intellect as well as his grace in attention to others.

In the Little Book of Dog Care, life-long dog lover and deathcare veterinary practice owner Ace Tilton Ratcliff delivers a must-have primer for every dog parent. What should you do when your dog is scared during a thunderstorm? How can you make clipping their nails less miserable? When do they like to eat? What can’t you feed them? Endless questions, expert-certified answers.

In this riveting session, professional speaker and author Jeff Davidson discusses harnessing the power of opportune moments throughout the year and your career to practice simplification. Jeff begins by offering global observations. For example, on the path to simplifying their lives, everybody continues to be bombarded by more stuff competing for their attention. As such, he discusses how to take everything in stride. He then explains key tactics such as paring down, subscribing to less, recycling, and reclaiming your places and spaces.

Todos tenemos áreas de nuestra cotidianidad que nos hacen sentir desorganizados, no preparados o estresados. Desde crear una rutina matutina más tranquila hasta conseguir una buena noche de sueño, y todo lo demás, hay maneras más fáciles y probadas para hacer mejor las cosas.

By the time you retire you'll have spent a third of your life working. That's far too long to be stuck in a job you hate or even just tolerate. You want one you find rewarding - in head and heart, as well as wallet - but where to start? Today's job landscape allows you more freedom to carve your own path than ever before. Along with this, however, comes the responsibility of shaping your mind and actions to make your career work for you. This audiobook shows you how.

The Little Black Book of Birthday Wisdom is the complete handbook of birthday wisdom, past and present. This leisurely story contains a huge collection of amusing quotes from Jerry Seinfeld, Abraham Lincoln, Oprah Winfrey, Sylvestor Stallone, Mark Twain, George Burns, Betty White, and many more. It is intended for anyone celebrating their annual trip around the sun.

Stress relief and burnout prevention. Don't let stress control your life. Beat anxiety and worries. Live, laugh, and love. Chronic stress not only impairs our brain functions while we are stressed, but more importantly, it does lasting damage to our brain, as it kills brain cells in our hippocampus. This means that, even when we’re not stressed anymore, the damage will still be there.