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A playful guide to understanding the ways of "normal people", The Autist's Guide to the Galaxy flips our usual scripts about neurodiversity. Following on from her internationally successful memoir, The Autists, Clara Törnvall has written a fun, comprehensive, and accessible explanation of neurotypical, or "normal", behavior. Full of facts, tips, and tests, and developed with input from other autists, this book places the difficulties autists face in the context of a world built for the neurotypical majority.

One of the best mountaineers of our generation finally reveals the details of his many exciting extreme alpine ascents - ascents in which his only equipment is a pair of shoes and a small bag for holding chalk. Clinging to the crevasses in mountain walls, with muscles bulging as he makes his free ascent, Huber has become one of the world's most recognized and photographed extreme alpine climbers. Along with many other legendary ascents detailed here, he and his brother set a new record of 2 hours and 46 minutes on El Capitan, The Nose, Yosemite Park in the fall of 2007 - a climb that usually takes three days.

Is comparison sabotaging your soul? Social media may not be the enemy when it comes to comparison, but it’s certainly not your friend. Like it or not, other people’s lives are thrust into our faces every day thanks to mainstream marketing and smartphones. While you didn’t choose to be born into this world of comparison, you can choose to implement a strategy that will help you measure up and win the comparison struggle.

In Jolt!, television producer, social media guru, and cultural commentator Phil Cooke helps you discover how you can navigate today's culture of disruption and actually use it to your advantage. You'll learn that changing a company and changing your life are based on virtually the same key principles. The world is changing at light speed, but mastering the power of change can revolutionize your business and your life. Stop feeling overwhelmed with changing technology, culture, business, trends, and values and regain the confidence that can give you a real advantage.

En Cómo liderar en un mundo de distracción, Clay Scroggins enseña a los líderes cuatro simples hábitos que crean un espacio para la evaluación y la exploración emocional. Estas prácticas útiles permitirán a los líderes reemplazar el caos de sus días ocupados por la competencia emocional y la conciencia que los lleve a una vida más tranquila y satisfactoria.

The world can seem like a dark place, but if there are people, there have been inspirational figures. Their light still shines hope for the future. Inspiration is all around us, and it always has been. Take any year in history, and you'll find tales of resilience, courage, and kindness. Stories that make you remember the world is a beautiful place, and encourage you to live your best life.

Charity Majors shares real experiences and insights on what's really going on inside of us—how we dim our light and how we all struggle to find and step into our purpose—even when we already know what it is. She answers questions as to why women feel the need to tear each other down, how to build your tribe, and how to know and grow in the gifts your Creator has given you. You may laugh. You may cry. You will finally feel understood. You will be challenged to own your purpose—unapologetically—so that you can make a meaningful impact in the world and shine bright.

In this audiobook, you will learn how to mind your thoughts. You will discover the characteristics and personality of thoughts and learn how to take control of your thoughts instead of having your thoughts controlling you. This is a guide that can help strengthen your inner self to learn to talk back to unwanted thoughts. There are steps and different perspectives to help the listeners to take action and control their life. Thoughts have a lot of power. So why not mind your thoughts? It's time to start taking control of your life and your happiness.

Will You Ever Be Rich? chronicles a story of an enterprising young man with above-average intellect, hard-working, driven, ambitious, and motivated, but for some reason, he feels stuck. Life is not moving in the direction he expected. He wondered what he was doing wrong and what he could do differently. He ultimately found a mentor that walked him through the lessons that led to wealth. These are lessons that you would not get anywhere in a practical manner. If you can connect with this story or if you know anyone that can connect with this story, then this book is for you.

There are plenty of good, beneficial habits out there, but not all of them will help you take control of your life and impact the world around you. For example, practicing good hygiene will be greatly appreciated by everyone you come across, but that won’t single-handedly change your life. If you want to change the world for the better, there are eight essential habits you must adopt into your way of thinking.

Game of the Gods is an insightful guidebook for mindful living in the modern world. Most of us were not raised to be Buddhist monks nor do we have the luxury of stepping away from our responsibilities and going to an ashram to study meditation and spirituality. This book teaches “the rest of us” how to move towards a more mindful and enlightened way of living despite our daily stresses and obligations. Today’s world can appear rather confusing, uncertain, and sometimes very scary.

Don’t Mess with the Princess reveals the truth about femininity and the power of being a woman in business and in life. It will inspire you to discover your ideal career, attract your dream mate, and manifest your dreams to live a life you love. Read live by Lisa Jiminez, this provocative audiobook will help you reclaim your power and stop settling for less than you are. It’s about breaking through harmful beliefs, shifting your mind-set, and creating the clarity you need to prosper in your professional and personal life.

Life for most of us has become overwhelming. We’re overworked, stretched too thin, and quickly losing steam. The stress has become too much. Somewhere along the way, we lost sight of who we are and what we want. If you feel like you’re not living an authentic life and feel like your life is out of balance, Re-discovering You! is the must-listen guide to help you reconnect with the most important person in your life - you. Discover the insights outlined in this book and use the tools to separate the real you from the you that you’ve been showing the world.

Inspired by the famous White House photograph of five-year-old Jacob Philadelphia touching then-president Barack Obama’s hair, Weatherford’s powerful text is an ode to all the things that make Black and brown kids beautiful. Young listeners will learn about many inspiring figures in Black history up to the present day, gaining confidence in their abilities and their cultural legacy as they learn.

A life of balance is a life that takes all the elements of your life, pieces them together, and like a mosaic, brings to life a work of art that is understood by you alone. A balanced life is a collection of experiences, lessons, failures, and successes that help you get to know who you are.

This amazing book describes how a young black man with learning disabilities, raised in a dysfunctional environment, grew up to lead, work, and compete in the marketplace as a successful adult. How did he do it? The answer is tied to his personal resolve in beIng resilient! This book offers a call to action as Marlon shows how it is essential for the inner "Servant Advocate" in you to listen, act, and be stirred up on behalf of the nearly seven million disabled students in the United States of America.

Every activist started out as a kid‚ and in some cases, they were kids when their activism began! But even the world's greatest champions of civil liberties had relatable interests and problems‚ often in the middle of extraordinary circumstances. Martin Luther King, Jr., loved fashion and argued with his dad about whether or not dancing was a sin. Harvey Milk had a passion for listening to opera music in different languages. Dolores Huerta was once wrongly accused of plagiarizing in school.

Every great author started out as a kid. Before the best sellers, fan clubs, and beloved stories we know today, the world's most celebrated writers had regular-kid problems just like you. Sam Clemens (aka Mark Twain) loved to skip school and make mischief, with his best friend Tom, of course! A young J. R. R. Tolkien was bitten by a huge tarantula - or as he called it, "a spider as big as a dragon." Toddler Zora Neale Hurston took her first steps when a wild hog entered her house and started chasing her!

The Science of Being Great is another personal-growth classic from the pen of Wallace D. Wattles. His most famous book is The Science of Getting Rich. This is a companion to that book. In it the author, after studying the wisdom of the world's religious leaders and great philosophers, digests their wisdom and puts it all together in his own unique style. Using many examples and "power tools of thought", he demonstrates the power of thought and positive self-esteem as sure ways to greatness.

Practical life skills that every young adult should know before leaving home. Congratulations, your life as a young adult is about to start. The world is now full of possibilities and adventures! But are you ready to leave home? Do you have all the skills to live independently and thrive?