Essential Work

Have you noticed that on some days, everything seems to go so smoothly? Those times when everybody shares the same deadline and all of a sudden everything gets done. What’s going on here? What’s different in these scenarios? At the core of each situation is a replicable occurrence, a behavior pattern, or a trend you can understand and utilize. In fact, with just a little bit of heightened awareness and increased focus on your situation, you can pinpoint these exact patterns and recreate them at will.

This program is read by the author and includes a bonus meditation. Explore the power of the seven chakras in your own life. Chakras: An Introduction to Using the Chakras for Emotional, Physical, and Spiritual Wellbeing is a simple, modern guide to chakras, offering insight into how they...

An eye-opening account of how Congress today really works - and doesn’t - that follows the dramatic journey of the sweeping financial reform bill enacted in response to the Great Crash of 2008. The founding fathers expected Congress to be the most important branch of government and gave it the most power. When Congress is broken - as its justifiably dismal approval ratings suggest - so is our democracy.

As management ages and prepares to work longer than previous generations, and Millennials join companies at steady rate, companies are suffering through tension and dissonance between Millennials and Boomers, and realizing that they can't just wait for management to age out to fix it. Finding productive ways to work across the generation gap is essential, and the organizations that do this well will have significant strategic advantages over those that don't.

Are you constantly torn between the demands of work and the desire to be present for your children? Do you seek practical guidance to manage those challenging tantrums without feeling overwhelmed or embarrassed? If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you're not alone. Many parents face these daily struggles, but the good news is that you can achieve a harmonious family life with the right strategies. This empowering guide offers a fresh perspective on parenting, helping you foster emotional intelligence and confidence in your children while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

"Do you believe in God?" is usually a straightforward question to answer. "What do you believe about God?" is harder! The Bible uses narratives, laws, songs, prophecies, proverbs, and letters to tell us about God, and this book highlights mainstream evangelical systematic theology derived from its teachings. Take an opportunity to learn what doctrines the Spirit-led body of Christ has emphasized over the centuries—and become better equipped in your understanding of God and Scripture.

Cathie Black is the wise, funny mentor that every woman dreams of having. She was a pioneer in advertising sales at a time when women didn’t sell; served as president and publisher of the fledgling USA Today; and, in her current position as the president of Hearst Magazines, persuaded Oprah to...

Everything for starting or succeeding at work fills countless internet screens. Physical libraries bulge with similar advice. If you’re seeking success, the first challenge is not the amount of advice but the quality. The second is locating what you need quickly and easily.

This audiobook is a complete home workout guide that will transform your body while saving you time and money. The workouts provided are diverse and can be used with or without equipment. This audiobook will guide you to items in your house that make perfect weights or the perfect barbell for practicing. There are more than 22 different moves that can be used in many different ways. There are complete workout sets to keep things interesting for you. Follow the suggestions in this audiobook and in just a few weeks you will have gained muscle and trimmed fat from your body.

Perhaps love itself will always be a mystery. Why a relationship works or doesn't work, however, is not a total mystery. It is only a challenge that you can easily meet if you have the tools, starting with awareness as the key.

For years, the language industry has been known for its daunting demands. Language professionals work so hard to boost their financial value. Nonetheless, most of us find ourselves struggling to build successful careers and attain timely success. For most of us, the clock is always ticking, so much so that we race to secure enough investment portfolios before we retire, and we forget about work-life balance.

Being creative is a state of mind. Techniques may help, though some, like brainstorming, can, surprisingly, do more harm than good. And the climate at work and play matters too. But essentially, creativity is an attitude. We either meet life's challenges with a spirit of adventure, or we keep trying to make it fit old habits that don't work any more.

Post-Workout Recovery: 10 Essential Tips for Muscle Repair is your science-backed, practical roadmap to what happens after the sweat dries. Whether you’re chasing performance gains, muscle growth, injury prevention, or simply feeling better after training, this essential guide breaks down the most overlooked phase of fitness: recovery.

This is a sensitive topic and definitely warrants much attention. The hard truth is that people do not become physically unstable or unbalanced as they age. Of course, there is no denying that a certain degree of strength and mobility is lost. However, the main reason people become frail and weak is due to a lack of exercise. This may seem unpalatable because it highlights one’s neglect and failings. The truth is bitter.

An intersectional examination of the ways in which nonmonogamy can break down traditional power structures to be particularly empowering to marginalized people.

Do you feel like you are struggling with the new Work from Home (WFH) lifestyle? If you're wondering how to transition from working in an office to working from home, then you need a practical guide to help you out. Working from home isn't something everyone is familiar with. In fact, for a lot of people, the work from home lifestyle seems so strange and unproductive! After all, we are used to unwinding and relaxing at home after a long, hard day's work.

Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, and Oprah Winfrey didn't become titans of their industries by accident. They mastered the art of time management, a skill that propelled them to extraordinary success. You can harness that same power. All you need are the right techniques to guide you. When you find yourself drowning in a sea of tasks and deadlines, it's easy to feel overwhelmed and lost. The struggle to integrate professional demands with personal life can seem impossible, leaving you wondering if you'll ever find harmony.

This practical guide helps therapists from virtually any specialty or theoretical orientation choose and adapt mindfulness practices most likely to be effective with particular patients, while avoiding those that are contraindicated. The authors provide a wide range of meditations that build the core skills of focused attention, mindfulness, and compassionate acceptance. Vivid clinical examples show how to weave the practices into therapy, tailor them to each patient's needs, and overcome obstacles.

It's amazing the misinformation found in most résumé books! Scott Bennett has hired hundreds of people in a variety of industries, and he knows firsthand what kind of résumé sparks an employer's interest - and which ones fail. In The Elements of Résumé Style, he warns against popular "tricks" that tend to backfire - and instead informs listeners how to craft clear, compelling, targeted résumés and cover letters that actually work.

Why do we vividly recall a traumatic childhood event but forget where we left our keys five minutes ago? How can a scent take us back fifty years while a colleague's name eludes us? In this compact introduction, two leading psychological researchers describe memory—how it works and why it sometimes doesn't; how it can be tricked, trained, or improved; and what changes with time. In a manner as engaging as it is informative, Fergus Craik and Larry Jacoby explain the strengths and weaknesses of memory.