By speaking and acting mindfully, you can live a much healthier life. Umar Siddiqui, a talented author and poet, observes how the world is evolving—and how you can, too—in Float Your Boat. In straightforward language, he answers questions such as: • How can you cultivate your passions and achieve your dreams? • What steps will help you take control of your livelihood? • Are there benefits to putting your feelings and emotions on paper and being vulnerable? The author argues that there is m...

Fashion is universal and inborn. It is part of our daily lives and manifests itself in many ways; as such, we must be more aware of it, even making it more aware of its roles. Candid about Couture is essentially me thinking out loud and navigating life by using fashion and its subtleties. As an extension of our bodies but not the definition, it has far-reaching consequences and implications that are influenced by time, space, heritages, and cultures. In this book, I talk about how fashion ...

Few people devote time to think about, or to improve, their thinking processes, preferring, instead, to focus on outcomes—decisions, plans, conclusions, and judgments—that so preoccupy the North American psyche. This fixation on the latter stages of thinking is backwards and responsible, in large part, for results that are not always optimal. Think Well & Prosper provides insights into the structure of thinking. It breaks down—analyses—the thinking process into understandable steps and seq...

The INFP personality is often viewed for having a generous persona while keeping a low-key profile in the public room. Although this is true, their inside is often the contrary. Their vivid and imaginary perception can just as well take wild routes if it’s for the right cause, whether it be for some of their passions or something they wholeheartedly believe in. They start early with seeking meaning in what they do by orienting themselves and questioning anything that catches their curiosit...

In the latest installment of the acclaimed School of Life series, learn how to make peace with your down time—and even benefit from it.Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing, but in the modern world the pendulum has swung far in the other direction. We live in a hyperactive, over-stimulated age. Uninterrupted activity can seem exciting, but it can also leave us emotionally disorientated and mentally depleted. How can we recover a sense of balance a...

If you want to learn how to develop your Critical Thinking skills and stop yourself from making terrible decisions or letting emotions getting the better of you then keep reading...Do you want to finally know the proven way to sharpen your thinking skills?Do you want to learn how to make the best decision every time?Do you want to learn how to stop your emotions and biases clouding your thinking and judgments?We've all been there. Someone asks us even a simp...

This book is not about communication as it is generally understood, or as you may understand it. It is about how communication ought to be understood according to how it actually occurs. The popular understanding of communication is simply not consistent with the facts. If your concept of communication is faulty, you will frequently be perplexed, frustrated, and even angered. Our communication problems are not engendered by the world outside of us. They are engendered mainly because our co...

"Combines enneagram personality types with recovery movement techniques of releasing undesirable traits and affirming desirable ones." — Library JournalTo heal, one must truly know, and face, one's self. But finding that inner, honest analysis of our own personalities is difficult to say the least. Without the right tools, it can be impossible. Since its development, the enneagram—a model of nine interconnected personality types that allows users to identif...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLERA programmer, musician, and father of virtual reality technology, Jaron Lanier was a pioneer in digital media, and among the first to predict the revolutionary changes it would bring to our commerce and culture. Now, with the Web influencing virtually every aspect of our lives, he offers this provocative critique of how digital design is shaping society, for better and for worse.Informed by Lanier’s experience and expertise as a compute...

"Invaluable . . . both a practical guide to self-understanding and a sophisticated analysis of a complex psychological system of personality types." —James A. Donahue, AmericaIt would be impossible for most of us to spend a day without coming into direct or indirect contact with dozens of people family, friends, people in the street, at the office, on television, in our fantasies and fears. Our relationships with others are the most changeable, infuriating,...

What if working like crazy to beat the competition did exactly the opposite, making you mediocre and more like the competition?In today’s world of overabundant consumer choices and superfluous apps, upgrades, add-ons, and features, brands have become nearly identical, as their efforts to outdo one another have pushed them into a dizzying herd of indistinct options.Youngme Moon identifies the outliers, the mavericks, the iconoclasts—the players who have thou...

The bestselling beginner's guide to identifying and understanding the nine personality profiles and applying them to your daily life.The leading experts in the field, Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson have set the standard for determining personality type using the enneagram. Their studies of this ancient symbol and their progress in determining type with increasing accuracy are known, taught, and emulated worldwide.Discovering Your Personality Type...