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Procrastination: Why You Do It, What To Do About It

Jane B. Burka, Lenora M. Yuen

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Wordy 4 out of 5 stars.
15 of 18 people found this review helpful.

I agree with the review by DeLonzor - I couldn't bear reading this book because I found the text very "bogged down" myself. Not that it isn't an excellent workbook for the procrastinator. I decided that it's so wordy because one of the goals of the authors must be to lull (i.e., hypnotize) their readers into being more proactive, and to do that you have to use lots of words and examples of situations, to penetrate all the types of mental/emotional blocks readers will put up as they read this book. Obviously this style works because it certainly put me to sleep! Being a fan of REBT (Albert Ellis) myself, I prefer something a lot more to the point, like "Living Without Procrastination" by Susan Roberts, which briefly lays out the research about who does it and why and simply and succinctly describes what each person can do to nudge themselves toward action. So, I'm not knocking the book here, just want readers to know there are other options. No matter which style one prefers, reading a book on procrastination, especially in these overstimulating times, is good for anyone's soul, and for simply increasing one's enjoyment of the world.

Editorial Review:

The classic guide to understanding and controlling one of the most common and frustrating behavioral problems.

Based on years of counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at the problem that troubles everyone. Revealing the reasons we put off tasks-fears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachment-the authors outline a practical, tested program to overcome procrastination. Candid and understanding, Procrastination is a must-have today for anyone who puts everything off until tomorrow.

The Dolphin: Story of a Dreamer

Sergio S. Bambaren

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Revised Edition!

“The Dolphin is a wonderful book that awakens the dreamer within us. Like The Little Prince, it is written in simple language, yet it contains a strong and inspiring message that will enchant people of all ages.”

— Louise L. Hay, the best-selling author of You Can Heal Your Life

In the journey through life, it is the will of the heart that decides our destiny, for to achieve our goals, we must not only act, but also dream . . . not only plan, but also believe.

The Dolphin is a story of courage, of struggle against our own fears, our own limits. It reminds us that there is more to life than meets the eye . . . things we can only discover if we follow our own rules. It is a story of hope that unveils the magic of this world, the magic we too often seem to forget.

So follow your dreams, listen to the voice within you, and let Daniel Dolphin take you on the most magical journey of all—the quest to fulfill your own destiny.

A magical story for young and old alike!

Mastering the Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success: An Owner's Manual to the New York Times Bestseller, The Traveler's Gift

Andy Andrews

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Not just another self-help book. 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 20 people found this review helpful.

I've always been an avid reader with varied interests. Each year, I've always tried to read at least a half dozen or so self improvement books, so over the last 30 years or so, I've taken in quite a bit of information from a variety of sources. About six months ago, however, I found (on the bargain shelf of a local store) something that looked quite interesting called The Traveler's Gift. It appeared to be some sort of self-improvement book told in fictional story form. A unique concept that intrigued me. I'm going to make a very conservative estimate that in the course of my life I've read well over 100 self-improvement books. Not one of them has affected my life the way The Traveler's Gift has.

I'm not going to say Andy Andrews is a much better writer than Napoleon Hill was, or any of the other contemporary writers in this genre, although he does write very well. Perhaps it was just the right message at the right time in my life, but whatever the reason, the book truly resonated with me and touched me in ways other books failed to do. It has led to a complete transformation of where my life is going.

After reading the book, I typed out the seven decisions and taped them on my bathroom mirror, where I have reflected upon them each morning since and they have served as a catalyst to set the day in motion. Reading this book, MASTERING THE SEVEN DECISIONS, was a no-brainer. I ordered a copy as soon as I found out it was available.

All I can say about this is, it is an extraordinary companion to doing exactly what the title suggests, mastering the seven decisions. Here, Andrews takes the reader to the next level and what we have is somewhat of an amalgamation. It is mostly Traveler's Gift, with a few parts The Lost Choice, a healthy dose of Andrew's DVD, "The Seven Decisions", even a few letters from Andrews' early Storms of Perfection books, and a mixture of new material that will enhance even further, the understanding and application of the 7 decisions.

Self-improvement books are just that; they help us to become better businessmen and women, better husbands and wives, better leaders, better people. Few of them go beyond that and actually have what it takes to be life altering. This book does. Though it is not completely necessary, I highly recommend you read The Traveler's Gift first. It will greatly enhance what this book will do for you.

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Mastering the Seven Decisions guides readers to a profound understanding of how to fully integrate seven life-changing Decisions into their daily lives.

• The Responsible Decision: The buck stops here. I accept responsibility for my past. I am responsible for my success. I will not let my history control my destiny.
• The Guided Decision: I will seek wisdom.
• The Active Decision: I am a person of action.
• The Certain Decision: I have a decided heart. Criticism, condemnation, and complaint have no power over me.
• The Joyful Decision: Today I will choose to be happy.
• The Compassionate Decision: I will greet this day with a forgiving spirit.
• The Persistent Decision: I will persist without exception.

The Compassionate Samurai: Being Extraordinary in an Ordinary World

Brian Klemmer

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Become an extraordinary results-producing champion for humanity and yourself!

 

        In life there are two types of people. The first are those who are nice, good-hearted, and compassionate but can’t make much happen. The other kind can make everything happen—they’re the creators, the go-getters, and the aggressive producers in society—however, they’re often self-centered, greedy, and unethical.

        Wouldn’t it be great if you could make things happen in a really big way but not lose your integrity? The Compassionate Samurai will show you the way to produce extraordinary results in a dog-eat-dog world and still maintain the highest levels of ethics.

You’ll learn:

·       How to always be satisfied and motivated regardless of your circumstances

·       Why all people have freedom but very few have liberty

·       What competing commitments are and how they prevent you from having what you want in life

·       The secret to operating optimally in an untrustworthy environment

·       How to make the shift from scarcity to abundance even if you’re knee deep in debt . . .

and much, much more!

Un dia de aquellos: Una leccion para levantarle el animo

Bradley Trevor Greive

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Fabulous photos 5 out of 5 stars.
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If you've got photographer friends, this book will be an inspiration for them. But the black and white photos also provide a great pick-me-up for anyone you know who's down in the dumps.

The volume describes myriad ways in which we all may feel under the weather sometimes--all of them illustrated with fetching postures and facial expressions of a large group from the animal kingdom--polar bears, pigs, lambs, monkeys, mice, dogs, kittens, lions, hippos, camels, sea lions, penguins, pelicans, even an anteater--and so on.

But the bottom line is that life goes on--and that people are "only young once...and never old twice." In other words, pick yourself up and enjoy life to its fullest, despite your blues, while you can.

Fabulous.

--Alyssa A. Lappen

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This moving and humorous keepsake promises to become a cherished substitute for those triple-chocolate-mud-cake binges or shameful repeated playings of Billy Joel ballads on the iPod. By perfectly pairing inspiring and witty narrative with amusing animal photos, BTG takes the reader through the entire evolution of a blue day-examining what it feels like, what causes it, and how to get over it.

Rules of the Red Rubber Ball: Find and Sustain Your Life's Work

Kevin Carroll

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With simple but delightful storytelling, Kevin Carroll channels his childhood passion for sport and play into a universally appealing blueprint for life. Drawing wisdom from the playgrounds of his youth, where he spent hour upon hour sharpening his body and his mind, Carroll shares with readers his Rules of the Red Rubber Ball - how to achieve maximum human potential through the power of passion and creativity. Finding your own -red rubber ball+ and chasing it to your heart+s content, he argues, is the surest route to peace, prosperity, and happiness. Over the years as an athletic trainer and public speaker, Carroll has transformed his philosophy into seven simple rules that any successful leader will endorse: 1) Commit to it2) Seek out encouragers 3) Work out your creative muscle4) Prepare to shine5) Speak up6) Expect the unexpected7) Maximize the day With an award-winning design and color photos throughout, Rules of the Red Rubber Ball will inspire the child in everyone for generations to come.

O's Guide to Life: The Best of O, the Oprah Magazine

Editors of The Oprah Magazine

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For anyone on a journey of self-discovery, here is the ultimate handbook for living well. O's Guide to Life, the new second volume of The Best of O, The Oprah Magazine book series, gathers the most empowering, energizing, and entertaining articles of the magazine's last two years. Filled with advice from experts such as Dr. Phil, Suze Orman, Martha Beck, and Oprah, the book addresses three major aspects of life. "Your Personal Best" focuses on emotional and physical well-being: maintaining health, building confidence, finding a sense of purpose and balance. "Relationships" provides the tools and insights everyone needs to forge better connections with our partners, families, friends, and co-workers. And, "Living in the World" urges the reader to make life more meaningful by helping and reaching out to others. This is a resource that readers will keep returning to for answers and inspiration.

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More than 100 of the best articles from O, The Oprah Magazine

Discover "Your Personal Best" with the latest information on weight loss, health, and beauty, plus must-reads about seeking happiness, getting through dark times, exploring spirituality, going solo, aging beautifully, and making your dreams a reality

Improve your relationships with advice from columnists such as Dr. Phil and Lisa Kogan on everything from dating, marriage, and sex to communication with family, friends, and co-workers

Get motivated by "Living in the World" with Oprah's intimate interviews with fascinating people who know how to give back, such as Christiane Amanpour and Desmond Tutu, stories about everyday heroes, and celebrities' eye-opening "Aha" moments

With more than 300 photos, 336 full-color pages, vibrant design, lush images, and an abundance of good writing, the energy of O, The Oprah Magazine radiates from every page

Understanding Motivation and Emotion

Johnmarshall Reeve

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Emotions Play A Big Part in Relationships of All Kinds. 4 out of 5 stars.
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Historians explore the early experiences of Lincoln, Churchill, Einstein, Hitler, and Napoleon to find the beginnings of the motivation which shaped their careers. Attempting to learn why people do what they do in particular places and times help to understand their motivations and the consequences. Basic reality is that each and every person is living in and reacting to his environment in different ways at different times. Cyclical changes take place according to the immediate environments and the participants in this drama called life.

This scholar used a 'mnemonic visual scheme' to aid the readers in selecting the approaches needed in any given situation. Some of us continue to make the mistake of reacting "in kind" a destructive devise which causes misery for all -- and total confusion for the male species, as he's never wrong.

When unusual behavior of an individual arouses speculation, his changed patterns are questioned in a psychological manner. Like having a dual personality to explain the unexpected reactions to a puzzling situation, referring to desires, wishes, or impulses. I admit that on occasion I have been pushed to resort to impulsive behavior when challenged in an abusive manner.

No matter what Freud proclaimed, no one can go back in time to relive his life in a different sequence and pattern. There is currently a new movie out with this silly aspect. What we are now is a product of past experiences, and this can't be changed. What can is a person's attitude (thanks WM); many attitudes taught to children as 'black and white,' 'right and wrong,' or 'good and bad' become "gray" when they become adults. It's called a double standard.

Attitude is the person's probable response pattern. When he reacts in a manner not usual for him, it is declared boldly that he has a "bad attitude." Good attitude means suppressing the way a person really feels (feelings are judgments of momentary experiences, not a bad thing all-in-all). To hold an attitude about something, he must have experienced or learned about that something at an earlier point in time. These earlier responses are the "core" of his present attitudinal experience. Who's to say he is wrong? It's been proven that initial learning and early learning establish attitudes very firmly. Attitude can be altered as a result of the persuasion of some respected person of greater age or experience!

Reacting emotionally involves impulsive, overly energetic attacks on some features of the immediate situation; these emotional episodes are usually disruptive while they are occurring. What scholars forget is that there was a "cause" to make one respond with so much emotion. Nothing happens without a cause. Are we to be motivated to become liars, fakes, and hypocrites in today's society, not high (rich folks') society. All of that is falseness of the worst sort.

Cognitive factors appear to be indispensable elements in any formulation of emotion; distinguishing between reactive facial responses in emotional situation, and facial expressions in social communication -- who can see your expression in e-mail? Phone conversations reflect the hurt you've endured and are much better at working things out to suit each participant in the explosive situation. Leaving things left unsaid is the worst possible solution.

Editorial Review:

This book walks psychologists through the study of motivation, exploring all conditions that exist within the person and within the environment and culture that explain why we want what we want and why we do what we do. The fifth edition expands on theoretical ideas further into practical applications, especially in the areas of education, work, therapy, sports, and the home. Each chapter features a chapter box that addresses a specific concern. At the end of each chapter is a list of recommended readings for further study. Psychologists will discover a number of new ideas, including achievement goals, personal strivings, types of extrinsic motivation, implementation intentions, and more.

Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor's Soul: Stories to Inspire, Support and Heal (Chicken Soup for the Soul)

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Mary Olsen Kelly

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Your support group in a book, filled with boundless strength and profound hope - until the fight is won.

Along with the shock, fear and loss many women face upon a breast cancer diagnosis comes unexpected strength, wisdom, and strong networks of sharing, support and healing. In Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivor's Soul, survivors and their family members talk openly about how difficult their fight with breast cancer has been and how they made it through the dark times with a belief in a higher power and the support of those closest to them.

Find strength in the encouraging stories of how family members confront their fears and show genuine affection for one another through gestures such as a granddaughter cutting the hair off of all her dolls so that they will look more like her grandma, who is bald from chemotherapy, and the gentle touch of a three-year-old son on his mother's back giving comfort to his sick mommy, and a husband who shows his wife the depth of his love during a weekend getaway after she heals from a total mastectomy.
Chicken Soup for the Breast Cancer Survivors Soul will show you the beautiful side of the human spirit and spark the optimism sometimes lost in the mist of an illness. It is for everyone with breast cancer and everyone who loves someone touched by the disease.

How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life

Mark Victor Hansen, Art Linkletter

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Baby Boomer Alert
Get ready for the next prime of your life!

Today we're living so much longer and more productively that age sixty
has truly become the new age forty-the prime of life when our careers are in full swing, our minds are at their most creative, and our passions burn their hottest. -Mark Victor Hansen and Art Linkletter

So how do we ensure that our bodies remain fit, our minds alert and creative, our finances stable-even growing-throughout our senior years? TV icon Art Linkletter (incredibly active in several enterprises at the age of 94) and Chicken Soup for the Soul® cocreator Mark Victor Hansen team up to show us how.

Much more than a pep talk about maintaining a youthful attitude in our Second Prime, How to Make the Rest of Your Life the Best of Your Life provides tools we can use: strategies, self-tests, worksheets and resources, plus dozens of inspiring stories and humorous anecdotes. Woven together by the authors' own invincible spirits, these empowering principles come alive as Hansen and Linkletter motivate us to find greater purpose and passion in what we do, making the rest of our lives the best ever.