Self Improvement

Charlie Munger, Berkshire Hathaway's visionary vice chairman and Warren Buffett's indispensable financial partner, has outperformed market indexes again and again, and he believes any investor can do the same. His notion of "elementary, worldly wisdom" - a set of interdisciplinary mental models involving economics, business, psychology, ethics, and management - allows him to keep his emotions out of his investments and avoid the common pitfalls of bad judgment.

The Web site Tiny Buddha began as a quote-a-day Twitter account, @tinybuddha, in 2008. Lori Deschene's daily wisdom posts about mindfulness, nonattachment, and happiness became so popular that she now has more than 200,000 Twitter followers who share quotes and stories about inspiration in their daily lives.

Still in his early 30s, Chris is on the verge of completing a tour of every country on earth – he’s already visited more than 175 nations - and yet he’s never held a “real job” or earned a regular paycheck. Rather, he has a special genius for turning ideas into income, and he uses what he earns both to support his life of adventure and to give back. In The $100 Startup, he tells you how to lead of life of adventure, meaning and purpose - and earn a good living.

After film critic Gene Siskel asked her, "What do you know for sure?" Oprah Winfrey began writing the "What I Know for Sure" column in O, The Oprah Magazine. Saying that the question offered her a way to take "stock of her life", Oprah has penned one column a month over the last 14 years.

Que ce soit les mises en scène sur Instagram, le partage de notre vie privée - ; y compris les moments les plus intimes - ; sur Facebook, ou les émissions de télé-réalités où la caméra n'a d'yeux que pour les candidats les plus scandaleux, notre époque est marquée par la glorification de notre égo. Dans notre vie professionnelle et privée, il est parfois nécessaire de mettre notre égo de côté pour se concentrer sur l'essentiel et d'arrêter de pointer d'un doigt accusateur les éléments extérieurs qui - d'après nous - nous empêchent d'avancer.

Life doesn't always go according to plan. In fact, it's been said that life is what happens while you're making other plans. We all want to be winners. In this inspirational and practical guide filled with savvy and sensible advice, Smith tells you how. Follow these principles, and transform your life.

Chop Wood Carry Water is the story of one boy's journey to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming a samurai warrior. Guided by "Akira-sensei", John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror.

Many of us live and operate from a mind-set of lack, scarcity, and limitation. We focus on what we don’t have - financial security, confidence, an intimate relationship - which keeps us feeling insecure and inadequate. We think “if only I could have those things, I could be happy”. But measuring wealth by money or material possessions leaves us feeling drained and spiritually empty. Constantly striving for more often means our ego is driving our thoughts, actions, and reactions, which prevents us from reaching something greater.

You are not alone. In Betrayed by Work, authors Julia Erickson, MBA, and Suzanne Vosburg, PhD, bear witness to the stories of women just like you - and just like them. This book shows how women lost their jobs, describes what happened to them immediately and in the aftermath, validates women's feelings about being fired, and offers a source of hope and companionship to those of us coping with either our own job loss or the sudden job loss of someone we know or love.

In Contagious Culture, Anese Cavanaugh proved that it's possible to create an energized and engaged organizational culture that spreads from person to person. Now, in Contagious You, she hones in on the individual, showing us how each of us is contagious in our own way and stressing the importance of leading with intention to achieve positive results.

Nous ne sommes pas condamnés par nos gènes à vivre une certaine forme d’existence. Une nouvelle science permet à tous les êtres humains de créer la réalité qu’ils souhaitent. Dans Rompre avec soi-même, le docteur Joe Dispenza, auteur, conférencier et chercheur reconnu, unit les domaines de la physique quantique, des neurosciences, de la chimie cérébrale, de la biologie et de la génétique pour nous montrer ce qu’il est vraiment possible de faire.

Tell a stranger that you talk to yourself, and you’re likely to get written off as eccentric. But the truth is that we all have a voice in our head. When we talk to ourselves, we often hope to tap into our inner coach but find our inner critic instead. When we’re facing a tough task, our inner coach can buoy us up: Focus - you can do this. But, just as often, our inner critic sinks us entirely: I’m going to fail. They’ll all laugh at me. What’s the use?

Il existe des clés pour déployer nos forces innées de guérison. Ces précieux outils peuvent apaiser un esprit tourmenté. Réconforter un corps qui a mal. Éclairer l’obscurité de jours plus sombres. Combler la solitude d’une nuit blanche. Raviver la flamme de la gratitude et de la joie de vivre. Au fil de votre écoute, vous découvrirez comment transformer la lecture de cet ouvrage en une expérience profonde de « guérisons intérieures. » Puisse ce livre vous apporter réconfort, sérénité et confiance.

In an era defined by rapid change and unrelenting uncertainty, mastering self-reliance is not just an option—it's a necessity. Maha Abouelenein is a strategic communication and personal branding expert who has been instrumental in orchestrating transformations for clients that include global corporate giants, high-growth startups, sports organizations, governments, and high-net-worth individuals. In 7 Rules of Self-Reliance, she draws upon her vast experience to deliver a profound guide on self-reliance.

¿Está listo a creer que el mundo, y usted, es ya de la forma que tiene que ser y, por lo tanto, no tiene que vivir agobiado con preocupaciones, miedos, ni culpas? Cuando aceptamos eso, podemos relajarnos y comenzar a vivir en control de nosotros mismos y de nuestra realidad. El Dr. Schneider lleva 20 años explicando estos conceptos. El libro es fácil de entender y le ofrece una serie de lecciones para aprender a sanarse espiritualmente, descubrir su realidad interna.

Are you really motivated to achieve your dreams? The answer may surprise you. Research shows that as many as 80% of us over-estimate our level of motivation. No wonder so many dreams die unfulfilled, so many goals remain forever out of reach. Think about the important goals you could achieve if you were truly motivated. Don't you owe it to yourself to give them your best possible shot?

Anxiety, stress, worry, and fear—these are the mental maladies that literally plague us, contributing not only to our growing unhappiness, but also to physical ailments such as heart disease and obesity when left unmanaged. As Hindu priest and renowned speaker Dandapani shows in this eye-opening and enriching new book, it is only through mastering one skill—the skill of focus—that we can permanently lay these mental roadblocks to rest.

En raison de la grande popularité de son premier livre et à la demande générale de ses lecteurs, Lise Bourbeau a décidé d'y donner suite.

Lise Bourbeau consacre sa vie à dépasser ses propres limites et à transmettre aux autres ce qu'elle apprend afin de les aider à atteindre ce à quoi nous aspirons tous : la joie, la paix, la sérénité, la santé, la réalisation de nos rêves et de nos aspirations. Pour ce faire, il s'avère important d'être davantage conscient de vous-même, c'est-à-dire faire l'expérience consciente de ce qui se passe en vous aux niveaux physique, émotionnel, mental et spirituel. Lise Bourbeau met son expérience et ses connaissances au service de leur recherche intérieure.

Frank Lorenzo is the epitome of the American dream. A first-generation American and entrepreneur, Lorenzo started an airline advisory business in his mid-twenties and ultimately rose to control the largest fleet of airplanes in the free world. Flying for Peanuts explains how the son of Spanish immigrants put himself through Columbia College by driving a Coca-Cola truck and then grew the fledgling advisory into ownership of Texas International Airlines. From there, Lorenzo became CEO of Continental Airlines, a large loss-making west coast airline at the time.