High Minds

Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only Greek skeptic whose works have survived.

When everything sucks, change everything...and that's exactly what Hannah Friedman set out to do in an ambitious attempt to bust out of a life of obscurity and absurdity and into an alternate world of glamour, wealth, and popularity.

If you want to learn how to read and analyze people, and how to protect yourself from manipulators, then pay attention...Are you sick and tired of assuming that someone is an amazing friend, only to have them betray you? Do you wish there was an easy way to discover who's genuine and who isn't? Do you want to find out the secrets of persuasion, mind control, and body language, which people use to influence others? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this audiobook is for you.

When we set out on a path to self-improvement, it is tempting to be discouraged by the amount of work ahead of us, instead of taking each day one at a time. But every small step towards progress should be celebrated, because it brings us that much closer to our goals. Even when we can’t always see the improvement, it happens little by little through the actions we take. This program has been designed to transform your approach to self-improvement and improve your daily habits.

With this handy guide, you will learn how to strengthen your defense against mental and psychological manipulation. The powerful tips and techniques in this audiobook will be all you need to master the art of identifying and protecting yourself from selfish and manipulative individuals.

When did you last feel stressed and anxious, worrying about a deadline or thinking about your never-ending to-do list? Today’s busy world requires everything to be done quickly, perfectly, and without complaint. This has led to increasing levels of stress and a worldwide burnout epidemic. Mindfulness is an age-old practice that has been gaining a following in recent years, as more and more people look for ways to combat stress.

If you are an athlete, CEO, artist, manager, leader, or a professional in your field and looking for ways to always stay at the top of your game, perhaps, you need strategies to improve your performance, while working at the same time on your mental and physical well-being. Achieving peak performance when most of us are faced with heaps of work and conflicting priorities can be quite challenging. The modern-day life has made it so.

You know what the wealthiest of people of all times have in common? Self-discipline. This blend of two seemingly unimportant terms combined by a hyphen has the power to make or break your life, career, and aspirations. It is that one trait that can help turn tables and bridge the gap between you and your goals. It’s easy to get distracted by the things around us, which leads to deviation from the right path. Even comparatively affluent people leading happy lives are bereft of this magical trait, and this is exactly what is keeping them from rising to the apex.

This life-transforming audiobook will teach you how to reprogram yourself in seven simple steps. The truth is that our daily life is governed by habits, not conscious choices. Fortunately, modern psychological science has discovered step-by-step techniques to change these habits. You analyze them using a specific procedure, tweak a few details, and boom! All of a sudden, you’re excited about going to the gym, and you automatically go to bed earlier, and you’ve given up smoking.

Great Minds and How to Grow Them is a handbook for parents that shows how they can grow the minds of their children and teenagers and guide them to success both at school and in life. The latest neurological and psychological research is proving that most children are capable of reaching high levels of performance that were previously associated only with the gifted and talented.

A Collection of Thoughts is everything to me. It includes nearly all the poetry, prose, and a good chunk of the things that went through my head in high school that I deemed worth writing down. I created it to help people, whether they feel alone, are having trouble moving forward, or need a visual to take their mind elsewhere.

During the mid-seventeenth century, Anglo-American Protestants described Native American ceremonies as savage devilry, Islamic teaching as violent chicanery, and Catholicism as repugnant superstition. By the mid-eighteenth century, they would describe amicable debates between evangelical missionaries and Algonquian religious leaders about the moral appeal of Christianity, recount learned conversations between English merchants and Muslim scholars, and tell of encounters with hospitable and sincere priests in Catholic Canada and Europe. What explains this poignant shift?

The work of self-love doesn’t happen overnight. Think of the closest relationships in your life; chances are, few of them were without their challenges, and it took time for trust and deep love to grow. It’s the same with cultivating deep love for yourself; the mind needs to be reprogrammed through repetition in thoughts, words, and action. This program is designed to boost this process and help you develop more patience with yourself as you embark on this journey.

Have you ever met someone who just glows with confidence? You find yourself wondering, "How did they get there?" And, "Will that ever happen to me?" Confidence doesn’t happen just by waiting for it. Confidence comes from retraining your mind to hold yourself in the highest regard. Have you noticed that people in love have that same glow? What if you loved yourself so much it showed in both your appearance and your actions? This program is designed to stoke the fire of your confidence and bring out that inner glow.

Schapiro shows that familiar theories of inclination fail to provide compelling answers to these questions, as they make being inclined to perform an action either too similar or too dissimilar to the action itself. The moment of decision is your will at a crossroads. Feeling Like It provides a concise and accessible investigation of a new problem at the intersection of ethics, philosophy of action, and philosophy of mind.

Sin City is one of the most notorious cities with a high murder rate. Crime Money Drugs; C.M.D. These streets are known to get down or lay down. High crime and drug rate, it’s just high violence period. In Sin City, we had it all for a small city, we’re known as the Cocaine Kingdom, every part of town was Chaos; there was the South Sonic Crew, The North Kackalakas, and the East Bangalagas. Outsiders were scared to enter these Bandlands because every corner had Beef and every street you caught static.

What can I do? How can I work towards a solution? How can I be a change agent? How can I be an ally? How can I effectively change my mindset to get to a place of total healing and racial reconciliation? These questions are often asked in response to tough discussions or events relating to race, racism, racial injustice, or systemic racism, both historical and current.

What is property, and why does our species have it? In The Property Species, Bart J. Wilson explores how humans acquire, perceive, and know the custom of property and why this might be relevant to understanding how property works in the 21st century. Arguing that neither the sciences nor the humanities synthesizes a full account of property, the book offers a cross-disciplinary compromise that is sure to be controversial: Property is a universal and uniquely human custom.

Playing on High Ground is a book for athletes desiring to grow in their relationship with God and improve their mental game in order to give their all for the one who gave his life for all, Jesus Christ.

Whether it's learning ragtime piano, losing 30 pounds, or starting an organic jellybean company, award-winning musician turned communications expert Peter Himmelman's unique techniques to harness fear and take the steps to make goals a reality will give you the tools and confidence you need to stop listening to the negative thoughts holding you back and achieve professional and personal success.