Learning Change

In I Wish for Change, teacher and author Kyle Schwartz equips both teachers and parents to help children stand up for what they believe is right and make value-driven decisions. She shows how children's adaptability, vulnerability, and empathy make them excellent agents for change, as well as how to teach children about the mechanics and structures of power so they can effectively change them.

There is an upheaval happening in brain science. In the not-so-distant past, it was imagined that the brain you were brought into the world with was the brain you would bite the dust with, and that the brain cells you had during childbirth were the maximum number you could ever have. The brain was believed to be designed to work in foreordained manners. Incidentally, this is false. The brain isn't designed; it's "delicate wired" by experience.

It is quickly becoming common knowledge just how powerful your thoughts are, and how they co-create your reality at every moment. For this reason, how you think is just as important as anything else you do - if not more so. Every action starts with a thought, and thoughts are centered around your core beliefs. Changing your beliefs will change your thinking, enhancing the actions you take and the kind of situations you attract.

Storytelling is humanity's oldest way of connecting to others. But for businesses and managers, it can also be a powerful tool to help organizations grow and thrive.

Muchas personas luchan con el aprendizaje. Toman demasiado tiempo o no retienen la información que han aprendido. Aquí, aprenderá más sobre cómo mejorar todo eso. El autor lo guiará a través de un estudio de estilos de aprendizaje, enseñándose a sí mismo en lugar de tener que enseñarlo, y las mejores formas de estudiar más duro, más rápido y de manera más efectiva. El libro toca las técnicas de memorización y plantea la pregunta de si esas técnicas son buenas o malas para el aprendizaje.

Muitas pessoas lutam com o aprendizado. Eles demoram demais ou não retêm as informações que aprenderam. Aqui, você aprenderá mais sobre como melhorar tudo isso. O autor o guiará através de um estudo de estilos de aprendizagem, ensinando a si mesmo em vez de ter que ser ensinado e as melhores maneiras de estudar mais, mais rápido e mais efetivamente. O livro aborda técnicas de memorização e coloca a questão de saber se essas técnicas são boas ou ruins para o aprendizado.

The purpose of creating this audiobook is to help the listener to understand as much about influencing human behavior as possible. Like most things in life, it is possible for anyone, regardless of background, to learn and put this information into practice and become a truly influential individual. Learning and applying the skills herein will help the listener to win more friends and gain more influence over people even without having a form of authority over them.

In the first few weeks of the new year, you count your calories religiously or go to the gym every day, without fail. But by February, you are cheating on your diet or skipping more workouts than you are doing. You try to get back on track, but you can’t seem to. By March, you’ve given up on your resolution completely. You feel guilty and like a failure. What seemed like an attainable goal was completely beyond your ability to achieve it. You blame yourself, your genetics, or some other factors.

Do you want to make the world a fairer and more equal place? But are there times when all those big complex problems feel totally overwhelming or difficult to understand? You're not alone, and yet sometimes it's just the little things you can do, every single day, that all add up and make the biggest difference. In this handbook, founders of Everyday Racism Natalie and Naomi Evans introduce young listeners to anti-racism work - explaining what racism is, where it comes from, and the everyday small actions young people can take to combat it.

This is a summary, analysis, and review of Tiny Habits, a concise and practical guide to creating long-term change by behavior scientist BJ Fogg, who explains the drivers of human behavior and outlines the steps anyone can take to create and sustain positive change.

Many of us think we're done learning when we finish our formal education, but that couldn't be farther from the truth! Continuing to learn as we go through life gives so many benefits - not the least of which is the opportunity to extend our lives. By exercising our brains, we help them to grow. When our brains grow, we flourish!

Improve your German by learning about climate change! Expand your vocabulary, reading, and speaking skills with this book for intermediate German learners. Learn about a topic that matters—global warming and climate change.

Improve your Spanish by learning about climate change! Expand your vocabulary, reading, and speaking skills with this book for intermediate Spanish learners. Learn about a topic that matters—global warming and climate change. Pick up this book if you want to: • Learn new words, expressions, and phrases related to the environment. • Improve your reading skills with the most important topic of our day. • See how people talk in real life in Spanish. • Have some fun while learning. • Learn with a friend (try out the discussion questions). • Get a higher TOEFL, TOEIC, or IELTS score.

Did they make you believe that vegan food is expensive and difficult to find and cook? Nothing more false. But I got myself duped too.You will understand why they did it if you keep reading .... The FAO estimates that livestock accounts for about 40 percent of the global value of agricultural revenues and helps the survival and food security of about 1.3 billion people. If we reduce our consumption of meat even slightly, greedy corporations will lose thousands of dollars in a flash. It's just stupid business!

En ¡Arriésgate! descubrirás un método para hacerte preguntas que irán dirigidas a cuatro áreas de especialización que tiene tu cerebro: mente racional, mente creativa, mente emocional y cerebro reptiliano. En cada capítulo cuestionarás de manera integral tu forma de ser para cambiar tus creencias limitantes y los miedos a tus nuevos desafíos. Mario Borghino te invita a transformar tu mente para alcanzar el enorme poder que hay en ti. Con sus reflexiones encontrarás el coraje para lanzarte al abismo de las oportunidades que has postergado y convertirte en quien siempre has querido.

Teaching is more than a profession—it’s a calling to nurture and inspire. In Seeds of Change: Planting Hope and Growth in the Lives of Students, Mark Mansour takes listeners on a heartfelt journey through the transformative power of education. Drawing from his 20 years of experience as an educator, Mark shares practical insights and moving stories that highlight the immense impact teachers can have in shaping students’ lives.

Statues and Storms offers a gripping insider’s account of Max Price’s tenure as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town during a transformative period in South African higher education. In the wake of the Rhodes Must Fall protests, universities across the country were engulfed in sustained and often violent demonstrations, challenging institutional cultures and sparking a global movement. This book provides a unique perspective on the protests, delving into the reasons behind the decolonizing movement’s emergence at liberal universities two decades after the democratic transition.

100 Ways to Be Kind is a road map of practical, simple, and immediately actionable ways to be kind including how to be kinder to yourself, to others, and to nature. Theresa debunks the damaging myth that being kind is a weakness and shows that it is not anger or aggression that brings out our true inner grit, but kindness. Science has proven that there are powerful, potentially lifesaving, reasons to be kind. The kinder you are, the more likely you are to experience happiness. Kindness is the simple and scientifically proven remedy that everyone needs to administer right now.

Meaningful school reform starts with your most powerful partner—your students! When you take time to listen, you’ll find that students’ aspirations can drive your school toward exciting new goals—and when students know they’re being heard, they engage meaningfully in their own academic success. Using examples drawn from student surveys, focus groups, observations, and interviews, this groundbreaking book presents a blueprint for a successful partnership between educators and students.

You can own a beautiful home. You can own a vintage sports car. And a yacht. But none of these external things will ever change how you feel about life and yourself. The truth is we get frustrated and disappointed with life because we don’t focus on owning the right thing. Without knowing how to own and manage our inner world, there will always be something missing. You’ll still feel empty and unfulfilled.