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Many factors shape the success or failure of a new business, whether it's a stand-alone start-up or a venture inside a larger corporation. But the most important and least understood of these factors is the personality of the entrepreneur - the particular combination of beliefs and preferences that drives his or her motivation, decision making, and leadership style. And your builder personality is the one resource you can directly control in growing a business that wins. Simply put, who you are shapes how you build for growth.

Ever had those moments where you've been pondering a problem for ages, trying to make a decision or come up with a new idea, and then the second you get up to make a cup of tea, call a friend to talk it through, or simply decide 'sleep on it', you suddenly find the answers you're looking for, the solutions are obvious, and the new ideas just won't stop coming? Using this knowledge of how the mind works, Brainhack reveals the ways you can use this brain power to change-up your thinking.

Like many of us, journalist David K. Randall never gave sleep much thought. That is, until he began sleepwalking. One midnight crash into a hallway wall sent him on an investigation into the strange science of sleep. In Dreamland, Randall explores the research that is investigating those dark hours that make up nearly a third of our lives.

It's not unusual for Jess McCann to receive a frantic late-night call from one of her clients, asking for advice while out on a date. And every single girl knows the frustration of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time and wishing she could take it back and say something better. Well, now you can get it right the first time around with McCann's indispensable dating survival guide.

Como cofundador do Waze, o principal aplicativo de transporte e navegação do mundo, com mais de 700 milhões de usuários e adquirido pelo Google em 2013 por 1,15 bilhão de dólares, Levine está empenhado em disseminar o pensamento empreendedor para que outros fundadores, gestores e colaboradores do setor tecnológico possam construir suas próprias empresas altamente valorizadas.

Apesar de ser uma condição natural, e fundamental na história da construção humana, a ansiedade há muito tempo deixou de ser parte de um sistema fisiológico instintivo de ação para ocupar o corpo, a mente e a alma de grande parte da humanidade. Mas o que será que mudou desde então para que um número crescente de pessoas deixasse de viver com plenitude a própria vida, tornando-se cada vez mais refém do medo, da ansiedade e da depressão?

E por que não temos a mesma preocupação e cuidado com nossa alma e como nutri-la adequadamente? Este audiolivro utiliza a imagem lúdica do Universo como uma Cozinha Cósmica, apenas esperando para receber e atender seus pedidos por meio de afirmações e visualizações. Os oito princípios para fazer pedidos eficazes nesta cozinha são aplicados a diversas áreas da vida, como carreira, prosperidade, saúde e relacionamentos.

"Good vibes only! Mach das Beste draus! Sieh's doch mal positiv!" Auf Instagram und Co. wird Optimismus bis zum Umfallen gepredigt. Aber lassen sich negative Gefühle wirklich einfach wegmeditieren? Können wir uns allen Ärger und Frust beim Yoga von der Seele atmen? Und ist tatsächlich etwas dran an dem viel zitierten "Law of Attraction", das unser Schicksal ganz allein in unsere Hände legt, frei nach dem Motto "Wer positiv denkt, dem widerfährt Gutes"? Anna Maas ist sich sicher: Nein! Denn durch die allgegenwärtige Glückssuche entsteht Druck: Jede*r muss immer positiv denken, für negative Emotionen ist kein Platz.

Why do we do the things we do? The classical view of economics is that we are rational individuals, making decisions with the intention of maximizing our preferences. Behaviorists, on the other hand, see us as relying on mental shortcuts and conforming to preexisting biases. Richard Robb argues that neither explanation accounts for those things that we do for their own sake, and without understanding these sorts of actions, our picture of decision‑making is at best incomplete.

Basado en la experiencia clínica de veinticinco años tratando casos de víctimas que sufren estas relaciones, el doctor Piñuel explica en este libro de una manera clara y práctica cómo detectar este tipo de parejas tóxicas y, lo que es más importante, cómo librarse de ellas evitando volver a recaer. Amor Zero te ayudará a salir de este tipo de relaciones destructivas, identificar precozmente a un psicópata integrado y cerrar las vías para que ninguno entre nunca más en tu vida.

Dopo aver indagato la paternità nell’epoca contemporanea con "Il complesso di Telemaco" e altri libri di grande successo, Massimo Recalcati volge lo sguardo alla madre, andando oltre i luoghi comuni, anche di matrice psicoanalitica, che ne hanno caratterizzato le rappresentazioni più canoniche.

As Roseann Sdoia waited to watch her friend cross the finish line of the Boston Marathon in 2013, she had no idea her life was about to change - that in a matter of minutes she would look up from the sidewalk, burned and deaf, staring at her detached foot, screaming for help amid the smoke and blood. In the chaos of the minutes that followed, three people would enter Roseann's life and change it forever.

Em Ansiedade 2: Autocontrole, o psiquiatra e psicoterapeuta Augusto Cury revela os segredos para gerenciar o estresse e desenvolver o autocontrole, pontos essenciais para alcançar uma vida emocional plena e saudável.

Um dos mais respeitados psiquiatras brasileiros e autor de inúmeros best-sellers, Augusto Cury vem se dedicando ao estudo da educação há anos. Desta vez, nos apresenta um audiolivro que servirá de guia para pais e professores. Segundo suas próprias palavras: "Não mudamos ninguém, mas podemos usar ferramentas de ouro para que se reciclem, reescrevam sua história e dirijam seu próprio roteiro".

Por que é tão difícil mudar, mesmo quando sabemos que determinados hábitos ou atitudes nos prejudicam? Que mecanismos estão por trás da nossa resistência à mudança e como entendê-los para, então, desmantelá-los? Obstinado observador da alma humana, Flávio Gikovate discute neste audiolivro os obstáculos que enfrentamos quando nos propomos a mudar, e aponta caminhos para vencer tais entraves.

Are your kids unable to step away from the screens? Here is a practical, step-by-step guide that gives parents the tools to teach children, from toddlers to teens, how to gain control of their technology use.

E. Fuller Torrey's audiobook provides an inside perspective on the birth of the federal mental health program. On staff at the National Institute of Mental Health when the program was being developed and implemented, Torrey draws on his own first-hand account of the creation and launch of the program, extensive research, one-on-one interviews with people involved, and recently unearthed audiotapes of interviews with major figures involved in the legislation. As such, this book provides historical material previously unavailable to the public.

In Obsessed: The Compulsions and Creations of Dr. Jeffrey Schwartz, author Steve Volk ventures deep into the mind of Jeffrey Schwartz, a controversial, often combative psychiatrist and expert on obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). Considered a pariah among his academic peers, Schwartz’s unconventional treatment methods draw on his fascination with the Holocaust, his experience with Buddhist meditation and his pioneering work documenting the neural circuitry of OCD.

Since John Lennon composed "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" in early 1967, fans and music critics alike have argued over the meaning of the song. Is it about drugs? Is it just a lyrical response to a drawing given Lennon by his 4-year-old son Julian? Is there some deeper meaning? Professor Tim Kasser goes beyond speculative explanations by applying innovative psychological methods to the song's lyrics and music. He deeply analyzes the song's linguistic structure, its basic theme, and the way its words and music had been used by Lennon in earlier songs.

Jeni Decker is five-foot nothing and one hundred and [redacted] pounds - a self-described roly-poly, forty-something, Reubenesque bon-bon of a gal, often called cute but never sexy. She has two sons with autism on opposite ends of the spectrum (Jake and Jaxson), a husband who prefers hunting to household chores, an Australian Shepherd named Sugar, and an albino frog named Humbert Humbert. This is her story - a brash, personal, and sometimes shocking memoir.