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Written with author and TV writer Ivor Baddiel, in this fun and fact-packed book, Gary Lineker shares 50 of his favourite football stories that highlight the many awe-inspiring, heart-warming and eye-opening moments that have changed the game—and sometimes the world—forever. From pioneering players, trailblazing managers and incredible tales from both on and off the pitch, this book contains everything you ever wanted to know about the beautiful game.

Chasing your dream can be exciting and exhausting. Rejection can leave you feeling worthless. Failure will tempt you to give up. And loneliness may seem like your only companion as you carve out your unique path in life. For decades, author Brenda A. Haire believed lies that reduced her worth. Left struggling with depression and low self-esteem, she searched for purpose. She found it in the most unusual place—the ordinary. In Save the Butter Tubs!, Brenda provides a plan for living that will lead you to a place of peace and purpose.

Violent stories surround us. Brutal beginnings, horror-filled middles, despair-inducing endings. We need better stories: stories forged in the furnace of conflict, narratives that kindle compassion, and ignite hope. In I Am Not Your Enemy, writer Michael T. McRay visits divided regions of the world and interviews activists, peace builders, former combatants, and clergy members about their personal stories of conflict, justice, and reconciliation.

When we can live our lives first guided by what we believe and by who in our essence we are, it is much easier to know how to live and what to do. Riveted explores the importance of understanding your unique core values, and through 44 stories about real-life individuals who have embodied timeless values in exceptional ways, it helps you deepen your understanding of these essential values. In this way, you can solidify your own core values and lead a riveted life - one that is held together by purpose, passion, and principle.

Don’t Mess with the Princess reveals the truth about femininity and the power of being a woman in business and in life. It will inspire you to discover your ideal career, attract your dream mate, and manifest your dreams to live a life you love. Read live by Lisa Jiminez, this provocative audiobook will help you reclaim your power and stop settling for less than you are. It’s about breaking through harmful beliefs, shifting your mind-set, and creating the clarity you need to prosper in your professional and personal life.

Happiness does not come from revealing all your skin, going clubbing every weekend where you get so drunk you don't remember who you kissed, or maxing your credit cards just so you can buy the latest designer jeans. Happiness comes from living a life of character.

Innovation isn’t something you do after you get your work done. It’s how you do your work. Organizations all over the world are shedding jobs in record numbers. Yet today they are desperately in need of people with the abilities and skills to think ahead of the curve, delight customers, motivate colleagues, slash costs, and achieve unconventional results.In this practical road map to becoming irreplaceable, global innovation guru and best-selling author Robert B. Tucker reveals why honing your I-Skills (Innovation Skills) may be the smartest career move you’ll make.

Choose spotlights a simple truth: Our best selves do not come from being given the answers; they live in the questions we ask ourselves, of others, and of life itself. This book presents a simple system for making better decisions so that you can thrive in this risky modern world.

Some of us feel like donkeys in a world that celebrates racehorses―the shiny and flashy success stories that make us question our own worth and abilities. But life isn't about competing for gold medals. It’s about understanding your unique strengths and using them to mine all the gold that’s already within you. A delightful blend of short reflections, Rachel Anne Ridge’s The Donkey Principle has a central, timely message: Embracing your inner donkey is the key to overcoming obstacles, creating lasting change, and achieving meaningful success.

Conoce los principios y las filosofías que guían a Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey y muchos otros personajes famosos a través de conversaciones reveladoras sobre sus vidas y sus trayectorias profesionales. Aprende de los directores ejecutivos, presidentes, fundadores y líderes excelentes del mundo de las finanzas, la tecnología, el ocio, el deporte y la política. Descubre cómo se ha forjado cada uno de ellos y cómo han convertido pequeñas ideas en ideas que han definido a toda una generación.

What if, instead of trying to predict the future, we could just pick the one we want - and then invent it? Well, we can. Think of the wealth of technological resources already available to us. The computing power in that smartphone in your pocket could have guided 120 million Apollo-era spacecraft to the Moon and back. A gigabyte of memory cost $300,000 in the 1980s - today, it costs a fraction of a penny. Now, try to imagine 2050, when your computing devices will be a million times more powerful or available at one-millionth of today's prices.

In searching for certainty about choosing the right path, there is a stark truth. The truth is that choice carries burden. The burden of past and future choices. Without a crystal ball to see the future, and without the right skills, relief from the burden of choice comes down to one shocking reality. It means giving up the ability to choose. Giving up choice, or more importantly, not taking responsibility for the outcomes, frees you of the burden of choice. However, that freedom comes at a huge cost.

These two volumes enumerate 328 lessons extracted from The Learning Project. I added topics of my own—such as the benefits of bad teachers—and others recognized as important, such as the decision biases enumerated by the economists Tversky and Kahneman. Various authors present guidance for thinking. Most have a prejudice that espouses logic, reason, intuition, emotion, reward, or practicality. My goal is more general. It is to examine the interaction between the environment and our minds that affects how we learn.

Whether their fight is suicide, or whether it’s depression, or whether it’s the anxiety that’s overthrown their day-to-day psyche, Elite Mind gives step-by-step strategies for mental mastery. Through its compendium of action-packed strategies for success, distinctly exhilarating first-person narratives, and uproariously funny accounts of exemplary tales of mischief and adventure, Elite Mind will keep you on the edge of your seat while imparting the wisdom you need for change.

All you need to do is crack the 99 fundamental - and fun - life skills outlined in this audiobook and win all the 24 merit badges and four shields inside. The best part: you compete only with yourself! By the time you're through, you will own skills as diverse as growing your own veggies in a square foot garden to petitioning for change in your community, making a cup of chai to setting up a sickroom, launching your own business to telling time by the position of the moon!

This book contains exercises and reflections to help you exfoliate the years of self-neglect that makes joyous living impossible. By the end of the book, you will understand that the defense mechanisms we unintentionally deploy to protect ourselves are what keeps us disconnected from the world and ultimately from ourselves. You will be able to use radical self-acceptance to let go of unhealthy coping mechanisms. An intended side effect of listening to this book is an increased capacity for vulnerability, self-esteem, confidence, joy, optimism, and a will to take meaningful action.

Are you a teenager stepping into the maze of adulthood, feeling overwhelmed and uncertain? Embark on a transformative journey with seasoned counselor Claire Leeson as she unveils the secrets to conquering the modern world! Discover the confidence to tackle college, career, and life head-on. This guide empowers you with essential life skills, revealing the hidden strengths you already possess. Say goodbye to insecurity and embrace your independence.

What if you could experience more joy in your life and work through your challenges, so you wouldn’t have to keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again? In The Adversity Hack, CEO and leadership coach Meg Poag shares a powerful and effective personal development tool to help you shed the old beliefs that are holding you back and learn how to work to create real and positive change in your life. The system she introduces, the Adversity Cycle, shows you how to begin to look at your circumstances with a fresh perspective and find a new way of moving through the world.

Have you ever tried to change? Why didn’t you? Do you see that a change is necessary, but you don’t know where to start? On the other hand, do you feel an aversion to the changes being forced upon you from the outside world? You are not alone, but may be left behind if nothing changes. Throughout history, no monument has ever been built for onlookers or spectators, especially those that won’t let go of status quo.

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.