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"The Danes are famously the happiest people in the world, and hygge is a cornerstone of their way of life. Hygge (pronounce Hoo-ga) loosely translates as a sense of comfort, togetherness, and well-being. You know hygge when you feel it. It is when you are cuddled up on the sofa with a loved one, or sharing comfort food with your closest friends. It is those crisp blue mornings when the light through your window is just right. It is about gratitude...
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"New York Times bestselling author and sales-performance trainer Rory Vaden brings his high-energy approach and can-do spirit to the most nagging problem in our professional lives: stalled productivity. Millions are overworked, organizationally challenged, or have a motivation issue that's holding them back. Vaden presents a simple yet powerful paradigm that will set readers free to do their best work--on time and without stress and anxiety"--
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The Master Key System was a source of inspiration for the book and blockbuster film The Secret. Originally published in 1912 as a correspondence course, it teaches that everything around us was first developed as a thought, the powerful catalyst for turning any idea into a reality.
Beautifully designed, this 324-page complete authoritative edition with an easy to read font for a great reader experience includes a new afterword by Joe Vitale, the...
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"This groundbreaking new book from New York Times bestselling author Daniel J. Siegel, M.D., introduces readers to his pioneering, science-based meditation practice. Aware provides practical instruction for mastering the Wheel of Awareness, a life-changing tool for cultivating more focus, presence, and peace in one's day-to-day life. An in-depth look at the science that underlies meditation's effectiveness, this book teaches readers how to harness...
25) The Zen of Hollywood: Using the Ancient Wisdom in Modern Movies to Create a Life Worthy of the Big S
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Irrespective of our individual life goals, we all just want to be happy. But how can we get there? Fortunately, life contains inherent intelligence designed to guide us to our very dreams. This intelligence has been expressed by the world's wisdom traditions as a series of truths which David calls "universal life principles." He has assembled what he considers to be the most important life principles-in a series of books called A Manual for Life-which...
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The Game of Life and How to Play It is a short work of metaphysics by American artist, illustrator, and New Thought teacher Florence Scovel Shinn. Published in 1925, this book explores the foundations of Shinn's philosophy - that what one puts out into the world is what one receives back.
Shinn began her career as an artist and illustrator, drawing for Harper's magazine and several popular novels. After her marriage to artist Everett Shinn ended...
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"The Science of Being Well" is a 1910 self-help book by American writer Wallace D. Wattles that concentrates on physical well-being, exploring what it means, how it can be achieved, and it's effect on the mind and happiness. Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was an American writer famous for his work based on New Thought and contributions to the self-help movement. His most famous book is "The Science of Getting Rich", which offers guidance on how...
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"From beloved and bestselling author Parker J. Palmer (Let Your Life Speak, The Courage to Teach, Healing the Heart of Democracy), comes a beautiful book of reflections on what we can learn as we move closer to "the brink of everything." Drawing on eight decades of life -- and his career as a writer, teacher, and activist -- Palmer explores the questions age raises and the promises it holds. "Old," he writes, "is just another word for nothing left...
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"Some people bounce back in response to setbacks; others break. Irvine combines key lessons from the ancient Stoics with modern psychological techniques to develop a surprisingly simple strategy for dealing with life's unpleasant surprises. By using the updated Stoic strategy, we can transform life's setbacks into opportunities for becoming calmer, tougher, and more resilient." -- adapted from jacket
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"Traditionally, scientists have emphasized what they call the first and second natures of personality--genes and culture, respectively. But today the field of personality science has moved well beyond the nature vs. nurture debate. In Who Are You, Really? Dr. Brian Little presents a distinctive view of how personality shapes our lives--and why this matters. Little makes the case for a third nature to the human condition--the pursuit of personal projects,...
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Natural Meditation acknowledges that nature has a lot to teach us about going with the flow, letting go, awareness, calm, silence, and pausing. Whether you practice these meditations in actual natural settings or on a cushion at home, this book will inspire you to spend more time in nature.
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"Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google's [X], an elite team of engineers that comprise Google's futuristic "dream factory." Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an algorithm based on an understanding of how the brain takes in and processes joy and sadness. Then he solves for happy"--Amazon.com.
In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success,...
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The Power of Awareness Neville Goddard - Here is a signature volume of one of the most quietly impactful and radical works ever written on the creative potentialities of human thought, The Power of Awareness. In this book, author Neville presents a concise, unforgettable statement of his core philosophy: that the world around you is a picture in your mind's eye, created by your thinking, and susceptible to change by altering your thoughts and feelings.
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Get the Summary of Jordan B. Peterson's 12 Rules for Life in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who criticize too easily, and why you should always pet a cat when you meet one on the street.
What does the nervous system of the lowly lobster have...
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Get the Summary of Gary Zukav's The Seat of the Soul in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: In The Seat of The Soul, Gary Zukav shares a powerful discovery he made after studying historical figures like Albert Einstein, William James, and the psychologist Carl Jung. Zukav believes that these thought-leaders (along with many others) developed their ground-breaking theories and game-changing...
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Here are some thoughts and a little creed of wholesome living. Creed of the open road; To live to our highest; To air in righting the wrongs; To turn toward the light; To love the fields, wild flowers, stars; Do our own thinking; Do our duty; Remain in nature; Get up immediately, when we stumble; To love and hold due reverence; Recognize the good lying in all people; Middle ground; Thoughts are forces.
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Book Preview: #1 Everyone has a role model, someone who pointed the way at a critical moment in their lives. These children were my role models. They obviously knew something I didn't and I was determined to figure it out.
#2 The debate over whether intelligence is fixed or not has been going on for centuries. Today, most experts agree that it's not fixed, and that people can change...
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One of six children, Shirley Yanez was born and raised in poverty on a council estate in Leicester in the 1950s. She received no formal education and would later discover that she was dyslexic. She would go on to use her innate confidence, unbreakable self-belief and indestructible drive to escape her difficult start in life, finally reaching the top of the money and power mountain within the hyper-capitalist world of Wall Street and the City of London...
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Get the Summary Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey's Driven to Distraction in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Original book introduction: Procrastination. Disorganization. Distractibility. Millions of adults have long considered these the hallmarks of a lack of self-discipline. But, for many, these and other problems in school, at work and in social relationships are actually symptoms of an inborn neurological...
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Get the Summary of 50 Cent and Robert Greene's The 50th Law in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: In The 50th Law, hip hop and pop culture icon 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) joins forces with Robert Greene, best-selling author of The 48 Laws of Power, to write a "bible" for success in life and work, based on a single principle: fear nothing.
With intimate stories from 50 Cent's life on...
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