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1) Think Again: A Thought-Provoking Book on Inner Power, Awareness and Choice that Everyone is Reading
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Unique Inner Power is one of your first great gifts from the universe providing you with a fabulous foundation to live your life as intended. Unique IP comes with the gift of life itself and is yours forever.
The gift does not perform for you, but rather, it is there to inform you, guide you, and provide you with a platform of ideas and feelings to allow you to grow into your own greatness.
Your "Inner Power thoughts" (or "IP thoughts") are the thoughts...
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"The bestselling author of Give and Take and Originals examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your beliefs and to know what you don't know, which can position you for success at work and happiness at home. The difficulty of rethinking our assumptions is surprisingly common--maybe even fundamentally human. Our ways of thinking become habits that we don't bother to question, and mental laziness leads us to prefer the ease of old...
4) Think Again!
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Ever since Sir Richard, First Baronet Harfield, took up residence in his newly built mansion at Prinsted, over three hundred years ago, the Harfield family has maintained its pre-eminent position within the parish. But status and treasure are not all that the current Harfield generation inherited from their distinguished, yet reclusive, ancestor. Sir Richard also bequeathed them two mysteries: the source of his considerable wealth; and, the true identity...
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Stanley Fish is the author of numerous books, including How to Write a Sentence, There's No Such Thing as Free Speech, and Is There a Text in This Class? His most recent book is Versions of Academic Freedom. He is the Davidson-Kahn Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at Florida International University and the Visiting Floersheimer Professor of Law at Cardozo Law School. He previously taught at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, Duke, and...
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Why do smart and experienced leaders make flawed, even catastrophic, decisions? Why do people keep believing they have made the right choice, even with the disastrous result staring them in the face? And how can you be sure you're making the right decision--without the benefit of hindsight?
Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead, and Andrew Campbell show how the usually beneficial processes of the human mind can become traps when we face big decisions....
7) Think again!
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[2013]
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Draws on myriad disciplines to counsel readers on how to develop a healthy sense of skepticism about misleading facts posted online, sharing entries debunking a wide range of conspiracy theories, popular trivia, and urban myths.
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This is a practical guide to help mid-life and older adults evaluate their present status and explore life options. By means of a specific, step-by-step easily read style, individuals are guided in evaluating their assets and present status, exploring alternatives, setting goals and implementing specific job search, business, volunteer or other retirement strategies. New thinking is needed to assist men and women at midlife and beyond in dealing with...
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Get the Summary of Adam Grant's Think Again in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn, but in a rapidly changing world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn. In our daily lives, too many of us favor the comfort of conviction over the discomfort of doubt. We listen to opinions...
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A cautionary tale about never looking back, only looking forward. Sometimes going backwards is a good thing. Old house, old job. It works out at times. Sometimes, going in reverse is one of the worst things you could ever do. It works out awesomely for some but for others not so much. You think you know a person just because you have a little history with them. People and situations change all the time. You can appear to be the nicest and sweetest...
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Buy now to get the Key Takeaways from Adam Grant's Think Again.
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1) Intelligence is not the only characteristic that makes you mentally fit. In a turbulent world, there's another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to rethink and unlearn.
2) Humans hesitate at the very idea of rethinking, which requires challenging our beliefs and long-held opinions. It's difficult to grapple with new views, and even harder...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 All of these problems require widespread cooperation to solve, but instead of working together, people tend to argue and fight with each other.
#2 When people give up on understanding each other, they resort to willful misinterpretation and abuse. They will put words in each other's mouths in order to make their rivals look foolish.
#3 We need to exchange reasons...
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Mainstream medical treatments have not caught up with ample NIH research proving that PTSD is triggered by a rapid loss of one specific nutrient, as a result of stress, accidents or illness. The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic has created what this author terms the Global PTSD Pandemic Stress Syndrome. Current mainstream PTSD treatments are woefully ineffective or even dangerous, ignoring the research that proves supplementing with this nutrient reverses...
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This is the story--a grandmother's story--of the experiences and events that have shaped her life, including the sexual abuse of her four-year-old granddaughter in a daycare center. In these pages, the author will share her trials and tribulations and provide insight into overcoming life's adversities, as well as what to do when the unthinkable comes out of nowhere. It is a personal, powerful, and agonizing story including a devastating fire, a flood,...
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Galvanize your gray matter with this compendium of intriguing trivia featuring chapter quizzes on history, science, sports, and more.
Why do elephants have such big ears? What's the difference between fog and mist? Who invented sliced bread? Discover the answers to curious questions like these and many others in this volume that explores life's little mysteries. With these fascinating facts at your fingertips, you can be the smartest slacker in the...
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Michael is currently the leader of the Think Big Revolution, an online social networking community fast approaching 50,000 members. This manifesto is the product of thousands of people who have come together and shared their big thinking as members of this community. It has become far too common that people never reach their full potential, their biggest limiting factor being the belief that they can only achieve small success. The Think Big Manifesto...
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The must-read summary of Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell's book: "Think Again: Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep it from Happening to You".
This complete summary of the ideas from Sydney Finkelstein, Jo Whitehead and Andrew Campbell's book "Think Again" shows that even smart and highly experienced leaders can sometimes make appallingly bad decisions which have catastrophic consequences for their organisations....
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Zerby Derby volume 11
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Lily and Axle are covered in mud and each missing a tire. / Strut makes a tower out of sticks. / Flynn the float plane needs a runway to land on.
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