When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.
It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort.
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We don’t stumble accidentally into an amazing life. It takes a conscious commitment to figuring out what we stand for – finding our truth. It begins by looking inside ourselves, because when it rises from within, we have no choice but to express it, to live it. That is when magic happens: fulfillment, happiness, relationships and success.
With meditations on love, healing, entrepreneurship, overcoming failure, vulnerability, fear, the nature of the mind and the rhythm of life, Live Your Truth is a guide to this crucial journey of self-exploration and personal discovery. The follow up to Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends On It, Kamal Ravikant takes you on his journey, in the hope that it will help you find your truth and inspire you to live it. Prepare to be your best self.
Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur. Many of us are happy to have a job, we just want a better job, one that fulfills us, makes us wealthy, and brings us satisfaction. Still, income is now permanently going down versus inflation for the average employee. Industry, knowledge, and management are all being outsourced cheaply to other countries or to technology.
The solution is to become a rich employee with the mindset and techniques described in this book. Written by the author of The Choose Yourself Guide to Wealth and the USA Today bestseller Choose Yourself, which Forbes called one of the “Top Five Books Every Entrepreneur Must Read”, this book gives you the tools to find satisfaction, meaning, and true wealth as a rich employee.
Introvert Revolution: Leading Authentically in A World That Says You Can’t by Andy Johnson
Are you a more introverted leader? If you’re like fifty percent of the population who identifies as introverts, you already know the struggle. In the West, it can be difficult for introverts to rise as leaders within organizations. They are constantly told to be more outgoing, happier, and better on-the-spot thinkers. Basically, they’re encouraged to become extroverts.
Introvert Revolution confronts the cultural myth that extroversion is the only version of leadership, helping you grow more into the authentic leader you were meant to become.
What would it be like to stop feeling blindsided by life? To wake up feeling thrilled to be alive regardless of your circumstances? To feel happy and at peace even when all hell is breaking loose around you?
You’re about to discover the Positive Thinking Secret that will revolutionize your life by showing you how to increase the joy, happiness, and freedom you experience in your life starting today…and your life will never be the same.
Author Aaron Kennard exposes in frank and emotional detail how this secret revitalized his own life overnight, and then later sustained him with the peace, hope, & faith required to navigate torturous unimaginable pain and disease while feeling immense gratitude for it all. The Positive Thinking Secret has already helped many find greater freedom to enjoy life. You’re next.
The Breakthrough by Frederic C. Hartman
Set in the dramatic backdrop of a therapy session as a stage play, The Breakthrough is a complete, entertaining, practical plan for how to overcome emotional distress and embrace a calmer and more fulfilling way to experience life.
As the play unfolds, Dr. Hartman develops two powerful ways to strengthen our consciousness enough to break these spells: one, by recognizing and grappling with the two surprisingly simple thoughts that lie at the heart-and generate the pain-in each of our negative emotions, and two, by learning to stay focused on the present moment-the single moment we spend our entire lives in-whose mysterious, unexpected nature he describes in vivid detail.
Downsized? Laid-off? Can’t find a job? Frustrated and looking for a new career? The Best Thing That Could Ever Happen to You was written to get you moving and into the job you’ve always wanted. Using insider’s tips and proven methods, author Sander Flaum shows readers how to conquer their fears and empower themselves again.
With examples and vignettes, Sander draws from experiences in his personal life and from his work in the high-pressure corporate world, as well as from years of experience mentoring rising stars. He explains in detail how to take control of your job search, including what you need to know about résumés, recruiters, and references; how to develop and sell your personal brand; and how to ensure success by making a noticeable difference in your first one hundred days on the job.
As you dive in to these inspirational indie reads, take a moment to ask yourself what you really want. Then think about what you may be doing to prevent yourself from getting it… Worked for me!
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