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As a child born in the Philippines to a life of poverty, Maria faced many trails, from typhoons to malaria to physical and mental abuse, Maria has overcome some of the hardest trails in life. Most of us would most likely not find the strength let alone survive her journey. If you are honest with yourself, there has been at least 1 time in your life where you have thought God made a mistake or have questioned if He knew what He was doing. Maria has...
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Choose the parent you'll be-and you choose the child you'll raise.When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else's on the planet. And that's why Les and Leslie Parrott-in a parenting book like no other-give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have.Discover …• the most important question you'll ever ask as a parent•...
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What do you do? The way you communicate who you are and what you do will ultimately help you overcome the greatest single obstacle in the marketplace: having prospects understand what you do to help them. While you are faced with many obstacles, the inability to communicate effectively will result in a ripple effect of chaos and confusion you may never get a handle on. In addition to your prospecting, it would be a great advantage for others to refer...
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Choose the parent you'll be-and you choose the child you'll raise. When it comes to parenting, who you are is more important than what you do. After all, your child internalizes your traits more than anyone else's on the planet. And that's why Les and Leslie Parrott-in a parenting book like no other-give you a proven plan for cultivating the traits you most want your child to have. Discover … • the most important question you'll ever ask as a...
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Who said that going to work daily would get ahead in life? They told us to believe that we can grind away toward financial freedom. However, that's not the case. To become free, we must work hard for income-producing assets. With inflation on the rise and a recession on the horizon, it's more important than ever to value our money and resources. To get ahead financially, we live below our means, find more work, and create passive income streams. Doing...
27) Government gone wild: how D.C. politicians are taking you for a ride--and what you can do about it
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Passionate and politically involved 24 year-old Kristin Tate worries that her fellow millennials, and even 40-something elders, have become politically ambivalent and brainwashed into accepting big government ideology--instead of thinking for themselves. But , she posits, it's not too late to take on the status quo.
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Graduate schools churn out tens of thousands of PhDs and MAs every year. Yet more than half of all college courses are taught by adjunct faculty, which means that the chances of an academic landing a tenure-track job seem only to shrink as student loan and credit card debts grow. What's a frustrated would-be scholar to do? Can she really leave academia? Can a job outside the academy really be rewarding? And could anyone want to hire a grad-school...
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Whether he is interviewing God ("I must be the first since Moses to be allowed into your presence"), preaching on "marriage as music," or reflecting on a visit to his parents' grave, Friedman always has the power to surprise us and invite us to change. This new collection of Edwin Friedman's writings, most of them unpublished, reveal a different side of this rabbi, teacher, and leadership coach who caused a revolution in viewing human relationships...
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This is not a weight loss program. Rather, it outlines a cognitive shift you can pursue before committing to a diet or exercise routine. Have you ever struggled with unwanted weight gain or sticking to a diet and exercise routine? Ph.D. economist J.B. Whitaker has experienced alternating life periods of extreme fitness and extreme weight gain. He started cataloging experiences from his daily life that reminded him he might be on the road to unwanted...
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Do Your Giving While You Are Living is an illuminating little book with a very big--and very timely--message. It inspires readers to embrace giving and to understand that the highest purpose in life is quite simple: doing for others. Featuring contributions from some of the most influential and philanthropic people and organizations in the world today, this book shows readers how the act of giving can change the world and also change their own lives...
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Make the Right Choices Today and Take Control of Your Future When times are good it is easy to go along for the ride. When the going gets tough-the economy tank, jobs disappear, families are disrupted-it's more vital than ever to reassess the real meaning of success, and how you can achieve it on your own terms, in your own time. Real and lasting success doesn't happen merely by chance. It is not subject to the whims of the economy or the dictates...
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In the publishing tradition of Driven to Distraction or The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing, this prescriptive book by a developmental psychologist and sufferer of Sensory Defensive Disorder (SD) sheds light on a little known but common affliction in which sufferers react to harmless stimuli as irritating, distracting or dangerous. We all know what it feels like to be irritated by loud music, accosted by lights that are too bright, or overwhelmed by...
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Frustrated and fed up at trying to live your life by the list? You know, it is that "corporate world" model of priority-keeping which is so ingrained in our culture (something first, then something second, and then something else third, and so on). God at Center provides the challenge to embrace a biblical paradigm for priority-keeping, which does not follow the world, but the word. Is there really an alternative to putting "God first" in our lives?...
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In this groundbreaking book, the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Green Book Thomas M. Kostigen reveals the vital missing link in today's environmental crisis: how we as individuals are connected to the most tenuous geography on the planet. Despite the recent prominence of "green" issues in the news, the direct relationship between our actions and the earth is too often ignored. But the seemingly insignificant things we do every day have...
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Have you ever heard the words "You'll never do anything more" or found yourself dreaming while you are serving tables at a restaurant of that corner office? If so, then this book is written for you. It doesn't matter what you are doing now, what jobs you have held in the past, or what education level you have today--what matters is what you are going to make of tomorrow and the journey that you decide to go on. All through my life, I have had my share...
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've heard how important it is to set goals. You've probably also heard a million different life hacks to help you reach them: get more sleep, meditate, journal. That's all helpful advice, but when push comes to shove, it won't help you lead a more fulfilling, peaceful life.
That's because the key to success is how you pick the best goals…for you. The goals you set must be consistent with your inner...
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For the last 20+ years, I have read plenty of books on leadership, supervision and management. There are some real good ones out there! With that being said, often, when reading a book, it was filled with theory and inspirational stories and I would ask myself, "How do I apply this fluff to the real world?" This book has been intended to be easy reading and organized with short bursts of information which are straightforward and very simple things...
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Nearly everyone wants God to bless them. That is why Christian hymns such as "There Shall Be Showers of Blessing" are so well-known. This same promise of God is also based on a specific Bible verse, Ezekiel 34:26. The purpose of this book, There Will Be Showers of Blessing, is to explore God's promise of showers of blessing in its biblical setting and to apply God's promises to his people in the twenty-first century. By doing so, the reader will learn...
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This is a story of a little girl who has a very playful cat. It makes noises and scares the little girl who runs to her mom and dad. She is brought back to bed and tucked in. Mom and Dad figure out the reason for her fears and try to work out a solution, but the little girl resists. In the end the little girls figures out how to overcome fears of the dark. All through the book, on every page, the kitty, or hint of her is found.
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