Life Motivation

"I know what I should do. I just don't know why I don't do it." This phrase captures a universal human experience - we can't always get ourselves to do what we know is best for us. In Well Designed Life, you will learn that the solution to this stumbling block resides in coupling two disciplines: brain science and design thinking. Brain and behavior sciences have exploded in recent years. This catalyzes new insights into why we do what we do - and how we can change. We are living in the age of design - and designers are the new rock stars.

I called this book “Get Your Head In the Game” because I felt that the mind game is an aspect of business and life that is too often ignored. I used to coach football and I found myself constantly admonishing my players to get their heads in the game! In football as in life, it’s not just enough to go through the motions. You need to understand the game and then use that understanding to think three steps ahead. That is what I want to encourage you to do.

Are you feeling lonely, isolated, or withdrawn at work? Putting in too much effort, and all you have is a bunch of data? Do you feel disengaged, distant, or drained? Would you like to meet more nice people? Want to have enjoyable, comfortable conversations with less "heavy lifting" and awkwardness? Stop being a "collector" and become a connector!

The phenomenal international best seller Fish! told the story of a fictional company that transformed itself by applying lessons learned from Seattle's Pike Place Fish market. Now, with Fish! Tales, listeners can learn how people in real-life businesses boosted morale and improved results by implementing these same principles. Here are specific and tested techniques that can be put to use right away in any kind of business or organization, even at home.

This FastReads summary bundle, The Better You, includes five summaries of best-selling books on overcoming obstacles, cultivating emotional strength, and being the best you you can be. Get started creating the kick-ass life you've always wanted! This FastReads summary bundle includes: Summary of Rising Strong by Brene Brown; Summary of Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes; Summary of 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do by Amy Morin; Summary of The Universe Has Your Back by Gabrielle Bernstein; and Summary of 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life by Andrea Owen.

Experiencing conflict in relationships is an unavoidable fact of life. When our relationships are messed up, our lives feel messed up. Likewise, our hearts and minds hurt—the two are intricately linked. Drawing on over 25 years of clinical experience with individuals, couples, and families, psychotherapist Anita Astley will walk you through practical steps to unf*ck yourself from the inside out in order to establish healthy relationships.

Do you ever feel like you’re meant for more, but aren’t sure what your passion is, or where to start with creating your dream life? In this book, learn how to design your brightest life, move through any fears and doubts holding you back, and bring your dreams to life.

Shut Up, Stop Whining, and Get a Life is a Wall Street Journal number-one best seller that isn't afraid to tell you it's time to change. From motivational speaker Larry Winget, also known as "The Pit-bull of Personal Development" and "The World's Only Irritational Speaker", comes a not-so-typical self-help book. Winget's hilarious and in-your-face observations about the sometimes ugly truth of life will kick you in the butt and encourage you to change your life for the better.

Friendship expert Shasta Nelson unpacks the distinct ways we can make work relationships the healthiest they can be, both for the sake of the employee and the mission of the company. She inspires listeners to see why friendship is crucial to our health and our careers, and teaches us exactly how to develop the supportive and meaningful connections we need.

Boston Rob Mariano gained notoriety from his exploits on the hit CBS reality show Survivor. The four-time player also gained a great deal of respect for his physical capabilities, social awareness, and his strategic, outside-the-box way of thinking. Now, Mariano has compiled a list of personal life lessons in his first book, The Boston Rob Rulebook: Strategies for Life.

Everyone is born with the potential to live fulfilled lives, but many of us find it difficult to realize that potential. Best-selling authors Martha and William Pieper will help you understand how you unknowingly became an addict to unhappiness. Using real-life examples drawn from their clinical experience, the authors provide insights and effective strategies that will help you choose and maintain the happiness you deserve.

The world often falls short of how we'd like it to be, and our ability to make even just a little difference can seem limited. Sometimes it feels like you need to be a super-hero to achieve anything meaningful. But what if by re-conceiving what you do, you could change the world for the better? In The Regenerative Life, Carol Sanford shows you how to fundamentally change the roles you play in society, enabling you to do more than you ever believed possible.

Do you crave relief from the constant depression or anxiety that’s exhausted your will to live and made suicide seem the only sensible solution to your unhappiness? Now, you can fight back and win by unleashing the Seven Life Hacks: a “wildly original” and surprisingly simple system to crush your inner demons and make your life worth living again.

If we must work, we might as well get the most out of it. Welcome to the before Intrinsic Work and after Intrinsic Work experience. This is not a magical process or some 5 a.m. early bird madness. It is several proven methods, stitched together, that will help you form your own unstoppable productivity wheel. Adopt it at whatever speed and scale is right for you. Use it for upward trajectory and/or work life balance. The system is designed for anyone who works. Those who have more freedom with their time and what they work on each day, will capture more value from it.

There is a lie you've told yourself since you were old enough to tell yourself lies. The lie is I'll be happy if I can just get what I want. The truth is far more complex and beautiful and powerful than that. The reality is that when we get what we want, our inner reward system turns off unless its tied to another future goal afterwards. On top of this, modern society bombards us with false narratives that confuse us about what we actually want and what we actually need. This leaves countless people lost and without direction.

In our world of incessant change, we are all threatened by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity-at the individual and organizational levels. Undisruptable will give you a new lens through which to consider change as an opportunity rather than an obstacle. You'll be inspired to consider the big questions of today.

'Coming Out' for many people is or can be a fearful task. For some it's not a problem. Whichever side you find yourself on you don't want to live in the closet; you have a right to be who you are and you definitely don't need anyone's permission to be you. And as for those who say "It's a choice" when did they make a choice to be "straight". This and the following downloads explores and identifies who you are as a person.

For more than a century, James Allen’s beloved meditation on the power of thought, As a Man Thinketh, has reshaped countless lives. The book’s message seems to reach people at just the right moment, transforming failure and indirection into power and purpose. Now, PEN Award-winning historian and New Thought writer Mitch Horowitz reintroduces this invaluable work in a carefully abridged version, allowing you to absorb its lessons of self-empowerment and mastery in a single session.

Stop crying over the past! Learn how to walk into the light of victory. In this book, you will discover many important truths that will push you over the top of the pain from your past and launch you into a victorious future. It includes real-life testimonies and stories that will inspire you to keep running toward the finish line of your total freedom and victory in life. I share parts of my own journey of receiving God's love and helping others walk in the fulfillment of what God has for them. There is great potential in you like hidden treasure waiting to be discovered.

From Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, two of the 21st century's most vital and creative minds, comes a brand-new inspirational and game-changing life system that promises to instantly provide wellness, happiness, and total, absolute fulfillment.