Work Development

As a professional, six-sensory, intuitive consultant and teacher, Sonia Choquette has worked with thousands of people from all over the world who seek advice and direction, especially regarding their jobs. For many of her clients and students, work woes have become all-consuming, and in these uncertain economic times, they seem to have completely taken over their lives, filling them with anxiety, stress, and dissatisfaction.

In the bestselling book, Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone and Sheila Heen, the authors wrote: "We receive a deluge of feedback—from bosses, colleagues, friends, family—yet it rarely improves performance. The problem is that we've focused all of our attention and training on the feedback giver. Instead, it is the feedback receiver who decides whether to make use of the feedback and improve."

We are more divided than ever in too many aspects of life, and we too often feel various levels of emptiness while pushing to keep up or protect ourselves from all that is coming at us. Our Life, Our Work, Our Humanness explores our relationships with ourselves and others, and how our stressors and society’s negative influences affect and slowly tear us down.

This audiobook introduces a range of soul-healing prescriptions, inspirational teachings, and practical tools to overcome loneliness, identify and embrace one's true self, find fulfillment, and achieve a richer, happier, and more satisfying life.

Have you reached a plateau with the project you’ve been working on? Maybe you’re struggling to organize your ideas or turn them into action. Or maybe you’ve found that you’re not working as hard as you were at the beginning. Whatever the holdup is, you can learn to overcome it so you can get back on track. This program has been designed to ramp up your performance and make you work harder and smarter.

No one has enough time. Almost everyone agrees that achieving a better work/life balance is worth striving for. Yet hardly anyone actually does anything about it. Why? Because it all seems too hard. How do you find more time for getting the things that really matter when you have to pay the mortgage, battle peak hour and earn enough money to support yourself and your family?

Journey from shadow to light with these transformative affirmations for inner child healing and profound self-discovery. Are you tired of feeling trapped in a cycle of self-doubt and unprocessed trauma? What if the key to liberation was just a few affirmations away? Every soul, no matter how radiant, harbors corners that long for a healing and loving light. Illuminate your hidden depths with these 201 affirmations. Crafted with intent, each is a potent spell, weaving magic into the fabric of your psyche.

For many of us, the typical workday makes us feel like hamsters on the proverbial wheel. Plagued by crises and distractions, we work hard all day. But when we go home we’re not much closer to reaching our goals. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Vanderkam shows how successful people employ certain daily practices to make sure their work hours are invested, not squandered.

It can be easy to become task-oriented, focusing on the goals ahead of us and checking off our to-do lists rather than focusing on the people in our lives. Entrepreneur and business coach Brian Dixon set out to discover the secret to living a life that matters and finding work you love. In Start with Your People, Brian shares principles, tips, and personal stories to help you maximize the most important resource to succeed in both life and calling: relationships. Join Brian on a journey to discover the people-first mindset that changes everything.

Relationships are complicated. Yet, it’s an unfortunate reality that while most of us have to learn complex geometry that we’ll probably never use, we don’t get a single formal lesson in how to relate to others. In this one-stop guide, psychologist Melanie Joy reveals the common psychological dynamics that underlie all kinds of relationships - with a romantic partner, friends, family members, colleagues - in short, with anyone in any situation. Understanding these dynamics will help you make all your relationships healthier and more resilient.

Arthur is a chauffeur who is intellectually gifted. Jonathan is no less bright than Arthur, equally hard-working, yet a billionaire. So why is Jonathan in the back seat of the limousine and Arthur in the front? What explains the difference between success and failure? Joachim de Posada found the answer in a Stanford University study of children who were able to delay gratification by not eating a marshmallow with the promise of receiving another one if they resisted eating the first for 15 minutes.

Perhaps love itself will always be a mystery. Why a relationship works or doesn't work, however, is not a total mystery. It is only a challenge that you can easily meet if you have the tools, starting with awareness as the key.

This is a practical, relatable, and humorous guide to surviving the difficult, awkward, and rewarding job of being a breastfeeding, working mother. Drawing on the war stories, hacks, and humor of working moms and on her own stories from her demanding job and travel in developing countries, she gives women moral support for dealing with the stress and guilt that come with juggling working and breastfeeding. As she tells the listener in her witty, inspiring manifesto, "Your worth as a mother is not measured in ounces."

Journalist and author Boris Kachka sets out on a journey, determined to discover how to turn a childhood dream into a real career. Becoming a Veterinarian is a behind-the-scenes, honest, and inspiring look at the day-to-day life of a veterinarian through the eyes of four people who have made this career their life’s work.

Part autobiography, part road map for finding true love and the life you’ve always wanted, Why Waiting Works offers practical advice to avoid the common pitfalls made by many when it comes to sex and dating. It is a "how to" for doing relationships in a different way, deconstructing the myths and misconceptions associated with the often misunderstood but vital to understand subject. It uncovers the timeless principle of delayed gratification to get what we want most instead of just what we want right now - in every area of our lives.

Imagine navigating life with an ever-present impending sense of doom. As you juggle the responsibilities and demands of adulthood, this relentless force drains the joy from quiet, sacred moments and sabotages the major events and milestones you'd otherwise be excited to experience. For countless Americans, anxiety is not just an occasional visitor, but a daily companion–sometimes lurking in the background, other times popping up when least expected, derailing even the best-laid plans. In The Anxiety Practitioner, the author shares more than his own personal story of anxiety.

Workflow and productivity tips for an organized life. Jessica Holsman, author of the bestselling High School Survival Guide, has helped thousands of her fans study smarter, improve their grades, and get the most out of their high school experience. Now, in Work Life Balance Survival Guide, Jess is showing her high achievers how to thrive and succeed as college students, successfully enter the working world, and/or navigate a career shift.

ADHD Doesn’t Have to Hold You Back - Unlock Your True Potential in Work, Love, and Life

Do you constantly feel overwhelmed, like your brain is running a marathon but never reaching the finish line?

Are your relationships strained by miscommunication, impulsivity, or emotional ups and downs?

Do you struggle with focus, productivity, or self-doubt, even though you know you're capable of so much more?

In How Children Succeed, Paul Tough introduced us to research showing that personal qualities like perseverance, self-control, and conscientiousness play a critical role in children's success. Now, in Helping Children Succeed, Tough takes on a new set of pressing questions: What does growing up in poverty do to children's mental and physical development? How does adversity at home affect their success in the classroom, from preschool to high school?

From the groundbreaking author of Mistakes I Made at Work comes the perfect book for anyone who needs inspiration after dealing with rejection, failure, or is searching for a new beginning in the workplace. Featuring fascinating interviews with more than 25 women, including Keri Smith, Angela Duckworth, and Roz Chast, The Rejection That Changed My Life provides an exciting new way to think about career challenges, changes, and triumphs.