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The Mindful and Effective Employee
An Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Training Manual for Improving Well-Being and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
The importance of improving and maintaining employees’ psychological health is now widely recognized by occupational health researchers and practitioners, business leaders, human resource professionals, and policy makers alike. Indeed, a growing body of research has established that psychological...
Understanding the Dynamics of Typical People
An Introduction to Jungian Type Theory
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Understanding the Dynamics of Typical People is a humorous, and at the same time clear, systematic, and well-founded introduction to C. G. Jung’s Type Theory. Written in an easy-to-understand conversational style, with examples, stories, vignettes, caricatures, and cartoons, the book will help you...
by Bob M. Fennis, Wolfgang Stroebe
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
Advertising is a ubiquitous and powerful force, seducing us into buying wanted and sometimes unwanted products and services, donating to charitable causes, voting for political candidates, and changing our health-related lifestyles for better or worse. The impact of advertising is often subtle and...
by Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Adrian Furnham
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2010
This engaging and thought-provoking text introduces the main techniques, theories, research and debates in personnel selection, helping students and practitioners to identify the major predictors of job performance as well as the most suitable methods for assessing them. Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic and...
How to Help Yourself With Self-Help
A Short Guide on How to Use Self-Help Books to Achieve Your Goals
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2019
Are Self-Help Books Good for Anything?
Have you ever bought a self-help book, read it cover to cover, only to find that nothing changed for you? How many hours have you wasted this way, expecting to improve your life by simply being inspired by something you read?
The hard truth is that...
by DJ Chung
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2011
In Build Like an Ant: How My Mom Helped Me Become Valedictorian, DJ Chung gives you his mother's stories and lessons that helped him become valedictorian of a large, competitive public high school and gain entry into Duke University. These lessons will provide you with a roadmap on how to gain the essential...
The Promise of Energy Psychology
Revolutionary Tools for Dramatic Personal Change
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2005
This groundbreaking book explains how to tap into your body's energy not only to change your health, but to change your behaviors and thought patterns as well.
Your body is comprised of energy pathways and energy centers that are in constant motion, a dynamic interplay with other energies and...
Resilience
Why Things Bounce Back
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
Discover a powerful new lens for viewing the world with fascinating implications for our companies, economies, societies, and planet as a whole.
What causes one system to break down and another to rebound? Are we merely subject to the whim of forces beyond our control? Or, in the face of constant...
by John Hayes
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
In this age of e-business, there is an increasing over-reliance on electronic communication and insufficient attention paid to the management of face-to-face relationships. In this fascinating text, John Hayes addresses this significant workplace issue by examining the nature of interpersonal skill:...
365 Days With Self-Discipline
365 Life-Altering Thoughts on Self-Control, Mental Resilience, and Success
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2017
How to Build Self-Discipline and Become More Successful (365 Powerful Thoughts From the World’s Brightest Minds)
Its lack makes you unable to achieve your goals. Without it, you’ll struggle to lose weight, become fit, wake up early, work productively and save money. Not embracing it in...
Create Your Vision Board
The 2-Hour Guide to Attracting the Life You Want
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
No, it’s not magic. Vision boards are proven tools for getting clear about the lifestyle you want and then focusing your energy on opportunities to get closer to that goal.
In less than two hours, using the step-by-step instructions included in these pages, you can create a vision board representing...
From Failure to Success
Everyday Habits and Exercises to Build Mental Resilience and Turn Failures Into Successes
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
Discover Everyday Habits and Exercises to Overcome Failure and Achieve Success
How many times did you fail and gave up out of frustration or discouragement? How often does failure ruin your resolve and send you back to square one, only to fail over and over again, with little hope anything...
by Instaread Summaries
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2019
Summary, Analysis & Review of Dan Ariely's Payoff by Instaread
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Payoff by Dan Ariely is a companion to the author’s well-known TED talks, which focus on research that illuminates the role of reward and effort in motivation. Ariely examined his own motivations...
The Wisest One in the Room
How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Renowned psychologists describe the five most useful insights from social psychology that will help make you “wise”: wise about why we behave the way we do, and wise about how to use that knowledge to understand others and change ourselves for the better.
When faced with a challenge, we...