Self Improvement

This landmark book combines cutting-edge evidence with captivating stories to demonstrate how one of the most successful networkers in the United States of America developed his connections, why the creative genius behind one of the most popular shows in TV history toiled away for years in anonymity, how a basketball executive who was responsible for multiple draft busts transformed his franchise into a winner, and how we could have predicted Enron's demise four years before the company collapsed without ever looking at a single number.

I Don't Know What I'm Doing Here is a collection of essays for every person out there who feels like they're never going to fall in love or they're never going to be happy or they're just not sure that they'll ever get their life together. It answers questions like, "When are you supposed to drop the 'what are we' bomb?" and "What's the difference between being happy and being happier than someone else?" And, perhaps most importantly, "Why do women's menstrual cycles sync up?"

A mythic figure in fighting and a legendary member of the “first family of martial arts,” Rickson Gracie is considered the godfather of what we recognize today as Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Although Rickson’s three decades of total dominance in Jiu Jitsu is astounding, even more astounding is the serenity and spiritual depth of his approach to combat. For Rickson, Jiu Jitsu is a metaphor for life. Some consider Jiu Jitsu a martial art, others consider it a sport, but to Gracie, it is a philosophical system he uses to face and evaluate life’s challenges and maintain happiness and mental balance.

A lack of self-confidence is one of the greatest maladies of today’s world, one that is responsible for the rampant helplessness, lack of self-control, aimlessness, procrastination, and despair that characterize modern society. But as the venerable steel magnate Andrew Carnegie emphasized to Hill, “Confidence is a state of mind, necessary to succeed, and the starting point of developing self-confidence is definiteness of purpose.”

A Wall Street Journal best-selling leadership consultant teams up with an acclaimed international speaker and mountain climber to deliver a landmark program for transforming adversity into a powerful advantage.

In his international bestseller, The Happiness Advantage, Harvard-trained researcher Shawn Achor described why happiness is the precursor to greater success. Before Happiness is about what comes before both. Because before we can be happy or successful, we need to first develop the ability to see that positive change is possible. Only once we learn to see the world through a more positive lens can we summon all our motivation, emotion, and intelligence to achieve our personal and professional goals.

Rachel Hollis has seen it too often: women not living into their full potential. They feel a tugging on their hearts for something more, but they’re afraid of embarrassment, of falling short of perfection, of not being enough. In Girl, Stop Apologizing, number-one New York Times best-selling author and founder of a multimillion-dollar media company, Rachel Hollis sounds a wake-up call. She knows that many women have been taught to define themselves in light of other people - whether as wife, mother, daughter, or employee....

Démystifiez les mécanismes de la colère et trouvez les clés pour mieux comprendre, apprivoiser et transformer ce sentiment sombre. Connaissez-vous tous les visages de la colère, cette émotion qui prend parfois le contrôle et dicte sa loi ? Si certaines colères sont explosives et visent l'être aimé, l'enfant, l'ami, le collègue ou soi-même, d'autres sont plus insidieuses et tout aussi ravageuses : agressivité passive, comportements compulsifs, sexualité à risque, célibat imposé, agressivité au volant, harcèlement psychologique.

What would it be like to live in a well-rested world? Far too many of us have claimed productivity as the cornerstone of success. Brainwashed by capitalism, we subject our bodies and minds to work at an unrealistic, damaging, and machine‑level pace—feeding into the same engine that enslaved millions into brutal labor for its own relentless benefit. In Rest Is Resistance, Tricia Hersey, aka the Nap Bishop, casts an illuminating light on our troubled relationship with rest and how to imagine and dream our way to a future where rest is exalted.

Florence Scovel Shinn profoundly altered the approach to personal growth and spiritual exploration. This collection features all four of her classic works, offering a wealth of affirmations and success stories.

It's weird and frankly bewildering that the most talented women in the world are often the ones struggling to make fabulous money from their talents. In Get Rich, Lucky Bitch!, you'll get the tools and inspiration you need to go to the next level of wealth - whether you're starting from scratch or itching to break through the million-dollar mark.

The follow-up to his best-seller The War of Art, Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice.

A poet like David Whyte turns words into transcendent vehicles for spirit. With What to Remember When Waking, this celebrated writer and teacher reveals how our reality is created through conversation with the universe-and how we can create an identity robust enough to meet life's gifts and demands.

Esteemed business school professors and renowned marketing consultants Alex Rovira and Fernando Trías de Bes have advised such multinational corporations as Bayer, Mercedes-Benz, Microsoft, Pepsi, and Sony. Written to counter the belief in blind chance, this international best seller is a simple yet profound fable that teaches us to stop waiting for good luck but to start cultivating the conditions that make success possible.

Join thousands of high achievers transforming their lives with Areté by Brian Johnson—a daily roadmap to living at your best. With 451 bite-sized insights inspired by ancient Stoic philosophers and backed by modern science, this book provides practical tools you can implement on the go. Track your progress with the free Heroic app & watch your transformation unfold.

Peut-être pensez-vous, que votre cerveau pilote votre vie et que votre corps n’est qu’un serviteur ? S’appuyant sur les dernières études venues d’Outre-Atlantique,cet ouvrage nous révèle les secrets des « neurosciences du corps », il nous apprend comment nos fascias, ces membranes qui entourent nos organes et nos muscles, impriment nos sensations corporelles et déterminent nos émotions et notre santé.

Tired of hearing yourself say things like: "Why is my life such a struggle?" "Why can't I find someone to love?" "Why don't I have enough time (or money)?" Change the questions. Change your life! In this new, updated audio edition of the original award-winning book, you will learn how to transform your life using a simple questioning technique called afformations: empowering questions (not statements) that change what you focus on. And you'll soon find that what you focus on, grows!

How can so many women feel "good and mad" yet still reluctant to speak up in a meeting or difficult conversation? Why do women often feel like they're too much - and, at the same time, not enough? Kasia Urbaniak teaches power to women - and her answers to these questions may surprise you. Based on insights from her experiences as a dominatrix, her training to become a Taoist nun, and the countless women she has taught to expand their influence, this book offers precise, practical instruction in how to stand in your power, find your voice, and use it well.

Et si le bonheur, l'épanouissement professionnel, la sérénité ne tenaient qu'à une chose : trouver votre juste place ? Une juste place pour être en harmonie avec les autres et avec soi-même : au travail, en amour, en famille... et aussi chez soi, financièrement, physiquement et moralement. Je vous propose d'identifier précisément les liens entre ce qui vous freine et vos épreuves, personnelles ou héritées de votre famille.

Too often our inner critic fabricates stories that undervalue our capabilities or make us question where we're going and why. The things we keep telling ourselves eventually start to feel true and even inevitable—as if we're destined to live within the confines of that story for the rest of our lives. Sought-after speaker and executive coach Chad Sanschagrin teaches that "you find what you focus on," and he's shown millions in search of a better life how to write a better story by focusing on who they want to become instead of what they want to achieve.