"A bold new approach to improving your performance and deepening your purpose." —DANIEL H. PINK, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, When, and To Sell Is Human**A Three-Step Process to Access and Activate Your Full PotentialImagine switching on the television to see a highlight reel of the best moments from your life.** Like a professional athlete, with every clip you'd learn how to repeat past successes, pinpoint posit...

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work.Disengagement isn't a motivational problem, it's a biological one. Humans aren't built for routine and repetition. We...

**A Three-Step Process to Access and Activate Your Full PotentialImagine switching on the television to see a highlight reel of the best moments from your life.** Like a professional athlete, with every clip you'd learn how to repeat past successes, pinpoint positive blind spots, and build confidence in your skills.In Exceptional, London Business School professor and expert social scientist Daniel M. Cable reveals how building your own personal highlight re...

Poll after poll has confirmed that an astonishing number of workers are disengaged from their work. Why is this happening? And how can we fix the problem?In this bold, enlightening book, social psychologist and professor Daniel M. Cable takes leaders into the minds of workers and reveals the surprising secret to restoring their zest for work. Disengagement isn't a motivational problem, it's a biological one. Humans aren't built for routine and repetition. We're designed to crave ex...

Nonlinear models of elastic and visco-elastic onedimensional continuous structures (beams and cables) are formulated by the authors of this title. Several models of increasing complexity are presented: straight/curved, planar/non-planar, extensible/inextensible, shearable/unshearable, warpingunsensitive/ sensitive, prestressed/unprestressed beams, both in statics and dynamics. Typical engineering problems are solved via perturbation and/or numerical approaches, such as bifurcation and stab...

The southeastern United States has one of the richest records of early human settlement of any area of North America. This book provides the first state-by-state summary of Paleoindian and Early Archaic research from the region, together with an appraisal of models developed to interpret the data. It summarizes what we know of the peoples who lived in the Southeast more than 8,000 years ago—when giant ice sheets covered the northern part of the continent, and such mammals as elephants, sab...

In "Of Natural and Supernatural Things," Basilius Valentinus intricately weaves a tapestry of alchemical wisdom that reflects the Renaissance's thirst for knowledge transcending the natural world. The text is laden with a rich blend of allegorical writing and practical instruction, demonstrating a meticulous examination of both natural phenomena and the metaphysical, thereby revealing the interconnectedness of the material and spiritual realms. Valentinus employs a didactic tone, infused w...

In "Of Natural and Supernatural Things," Basilius Valentinus delves into the intricate interplay between the natural world and the mystical dimensions that intertwine with it. This seminal text, composed in the context of 16th-century alchemical philosophy, embraces a richly descriptive literary style, replete with allegorical references and hermetic symbolism. Valentinus meticulously examines the processes of transformation, both physical and metaphysical, revealing a profound understandi...