Learning Change

From the former secretary of defense and author of the acclaimed #1 best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale.

In Timeless Learning, an award-winning team of leaders, Chief Technology Officer Ira Socol, Superintendent Pam Moran, and Lab Schools Principal Chad Ratliff demonstrate how you can implement innovative practices that have shown remarkable success. The authors use progressive design principles to inform pathways to disrupt traditions of education today and show you how to make real innovations that will have a timeless and meaningful impact on students, keeping alive the natural curiosity and passion for learning with which children enter school.

Storytelling is humanity's oldest way of connecting to others. But for businesses and managers, it can also be a powerful tool to help organizations grow and thrive.

Would you like to have the option to deal with other people's feelings all the more successfully? This audiobook includes two books - Emotional Intelligence 2.0 and Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) - to improve your mind. In this important, must-have book, you will discover how to develop the most important skill anyone can develop, discover how to use it in your business, social life, and relationships, and start taking huge steps toward your goals!

This is a summary, analysis, and review of Tiny Habits, a concise and practical guide to creating long-term change by behavior scientist BJ Fogg, who explains the drivers of human behavior and outlines the steps anyone can take to create and sustain positive change.

This audiobook is proof that we can create something from nothing together with our kids. What you're about to embark on is a journey that no one can take away from you. We're going to create a time capsule you'll be able to cherish until your 89-year-old neighbor finally tells you she's deaf and hasn't heard a word about it. This audiobook is going to help you create a bond with your kids.

Drawing from the latest scientific and psychological research on the quest for happiness, The Law of Happiness reveals that the spiritual truths of the Bible hold the secrets to the happiness we desire. As Dr. Cloud unpacks these universal, eternal principles, he reveals that true happiness is not about circumstances, physical health, financial success, or even about the people in our lives. In other words, it’s not about the factors that are frequently beyond our control.

Get the main key insights from this Summary of Bill Gates’ How to Avoid a Climate Disaster in just a short listen.

Layla Saad in this ground breaking discovery on White Supremacy; which is a story, a provocation, and an invitation. On the one hand, it is a reflection by Saad on her own journey as a Muslim woman of African descent growing up in Western society (in her case, in England). On the other hand, this book challenges listener to examine how their own lives contribute to and reinforce the systems of White Supremacy that underlie Western society.

Few decades capture the imagination like the 1920s. Like so many good stories, it got its start from a time of great turmoil and ended in a dramatic fashion. What happened between 1920 and 1929 has passed beyond history and has become legend.

You know your life could be so much better if only you had more willpower. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to stick to your diet and meet your weight goals. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to avoid alcohol. If you had more willpower, you'd be able to stop procrastinating and get more work done. Want unstoppable willpower on tap? Well, now you can have it. In this book, you'll learn what willpower is, why it's so important, why you don't have enough of it - and how you can strengthen your reserves so they become unstoppable.

This friendly, fun biography series focuses on the traits that made our heroes great - the traits that kids can aspire to in order to live heroically themselves. Each book tells the story of one of America's icons in a lively, conversational way that works well for the youngest nonfiction listeners and that always includes the hero's childhood influences. This volume features Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina Supreme Court Justice.

Relationships break up. That’s a sad fact–I know as I’ve been there myself and I know exactly how you are feeling right now!

Have you ever had this happen? You went to bed the night before committing to going to the gym the next morning. Membership is paid for, nothing left to do but to start your transformation. When the alarm goes off the next morning, you think, “A few more minutes.” After a few times slapping the snooze button, you compromise with your brain by saying “Okay, I’m going straight after work!”

Discover how to use visual goal setting to turn your dreams into reality. Filled with stories of personal and client experiences, this book will convince you that you don't have to be an artist or know how to draw to use these tools. You just have to be willing to honestly explore where you are, dream where you want to be, and choose the three bold steps you will take to make it happen. Using the latest neuroscience findings, test out how to trick your brain into helping you get what you want.

Many people discount the impact that positive thinking can have on your life. Positive thinking works on a subconscious level and the brain is a powerful organ. The brain reacts to nerves and regulates the release of hormones into your body. These hormones can cause positive feelings and reward you for actions that improve your life. Positive thinking can therefore set you on a course for continued success and happiness and can therefore add to your overall quality of life as a result.

This is the audio summary of Switch, a book that explores how transforming your mindset can produce effective change.

In any conflict, the 1st Alternative is my way and the 2nd Alternative is your way. The fight usually boils down to a question of whose way is better. There are many methods of “conflict resolution,” but most involve compromise, a low-level accommodation that stops the fight without breaking through to amazing new results. The 3rd Alternative is about more than just an armistice - it’s about creating a new and improved reality. The 3rd Alternative transcends traditional solutions to conflict by forging a path toward a third option....

Our thoughts and words are the architects of our reality. They have been interwoven into history, shaping not just ourselves but the world around us for centuries. The universe has laws that are unbreakable, such as the law of gestation, polarity, gravity, time, forgiveness, gratitude, and many more. Many of us are unaware and go against them, fighting their principles instead of using them for our advantage.

Meaningful school reform starts with your most powerful partner—your students! When you take time to listen, you’ll find that students’ aspirations can drive your school toward exciting new goals—and when students know they’re being heard, they engage meaningfully in their own academic success. Using examples drawn from student surveys, focus groups, observations, and interviews, this groundbreaking book presents a blueprint for a successful partnership between educators and students.