Download or read book Imperfectly Us written by Jessa Harmon and published by Jessa Harmon. This book was released on 2022-03-18 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second installment of the Imperfect Duet. Part of the Lovestruck Hearts Series. Desi Palmer has her future all mapped out. She moved overseas to Edinburgh, Scotland and finally started pursuing her dream of running her own interior design business. Her relationship with her boyfriend, Benji, is rock solid and on the surface her life is near perfect. But the adjustment of leaving behind everyone she knew and all of the plans she had built in Boston weighs on her. Especially when finding clients for her budding business proves more difficult than she anticipated. With her friends and family thousands of miles away, no professional connections in Scotland and a desire to prove herself instead of leaning on Benji’s success, she struggles to find her footing in her shiny new life. Benji only wants to help, but every offer he makes is gently declined. He has all the faith in the world that Desi has the persistence needed to succeed, but with her mental state spiraling downward he isn’t sure she can handle the wait without a total breakdown. When love isn’t enough, will they be able to make things last forever?

Download or read book Leading Imperfectly written by James T. Robilotta and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a problem in today's developing leaders-they think they need to be someone they are not to get what they want. In short, none of us is perfect, and when we pretend to be, people quit listening to us. Instead, we need to focus on trying to connect with others. Leading Imperfectly is full of examples for how to make those connections. The book is divided into a series of short, often humorous, and always insightful essays filled with real-life stories from James' own life. The through line for the book is the significance of practicing authentic leadership. The essays discuss topics such as realizing our story has value, the importance of love in leadership, how to prevent over-committing because you can't be everything to everyone, realizing you don't have all the answers, and some practical advice about the importance of valuing the time we have and giving that time to the most important people in our lives. James also challenges us to look at the lies we tell ourselves that hold us back in life, and to learn how to listen to others so they will listen to us. James' humor provides comic relief in the middle of some of the more serious stories, but the humor always makes his examples hit home and keeps his stories memorable. Readers will appreciate that while he speaks as someone who has had success in life, his leadership background is not that of the typical leader who writes leadership books-he's not a former company CEO or a famous athlete-and that makes his points stand out all the more. Educators, business professionals, student leaders, and others will find this book to be introspective, validating, and motivational. Most importantly they will take away that their story is good enough. Check out Leading Imperfectly. Between the chuckles, there's quite a bit of wisdom that will stick with you long after you turn the last page.

Download or read book Illustrations and Descriptions of New Unfigured Or Imperfectly Known Shells Chiefly American in the U S National Museum written by William Healey Dall and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Imperfectly Perfect written by Laura E Sandretti and published by . This book was released on 2019-12 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you a woman who loves Jesus, reads your Bible, and tries to follow hard after God, but despite all that, you feel like you are a disappointment to yourself and others? Imperfectly Perfect is a devotional to help us quit focusing on our failures and start living out of Christ's love and forgiveness. The cross has already made us perfect, but how does that manifest itself when we see our imperfections so regularly? This book is intended to challenge your thinking and help you realize the transformation the cross gives us, every day.

Download or read book Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World written by Iddo Landau and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does life have meaning? Is it possible for life to be meaningful when the world is filled with suffering and when so much depends merely upon chance? Even if there is meaning, is there enough to justify living? These questions are difficult to resolve. There are times in which we face the mundane, the illogically cruel, and the tragic, which leave us to question the value of our lives. However, Iddo Landau argues, our lives often are, or could be made, meaningful—we've just been setting the bar too high for evaluating what meaning there is. When it comes to meaning in life, Landau explains, we have let perfect become the enemy of the good. We have failed to find life perfectly meaningful, and therefore have failed to see any meaning in our lives. We must attune ourselves to enhancing and appreciating the meaning in our lives, and Landau shows us how to do that. In this warmly written book, rich with examples from the author's life, film, literature, and history, Landau offers new theories and practical advice that awaken us to the meaning already present in our lives and demonstrates how we can enhance it. He confronts prevailing nihilist ideas that undermine our existence, and the questions that dog us no matter what we believe. While exposing the weaknesses of ideas that lead many to despair, he builds a strong case for maintaining more hope. Along the way, he faces provocative questions: Would we choose to live forever if we could? Does death render life meaningless? If we examine it in the context of the immensity of the whole universe, can we consider life meaningful? If we feel empty once we achieve our goals, and the pursuit of these goals is what gives us a sense of meaning, then what can we do? Finding Meaning in an Imperfect World is likely to alter the way you understand your life.

Download or read book Imperfectly Kind written by Julie Adam and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Julie Adam is an optimist who believes leaders should aim for kindness, instead of perfection. Imperfectly Kind is an inspiring collection of Julie's thoughts and ideas - 28 of them - on why kindness is the must-have superpower you need to lead. Whether you are a new leader who has just started your first managing gig or a seasoned executive who needs a new approach, this book will show you how to use kindness to win in business and become a better leader. Each thought contains a practical pro-tip on how to use kindness to help you improve your skills in building and coaching an all-star team, giving feedback, having difficult conversations, making tough decisions and more - including how to be kind to yourself - through daily self-care. Julie started her career at a radio station, broadcasting rock music to late-night listeners. Today, Julie is an award-winning media executive focused on leading large teams of talented people through creativity, innovation and positivity.

Download or read book IMperfect written by Tiffany Rose Tighlman and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a journey spiritually on the highway of holiness as you are led by the word of God in the inspirational guide, IMperfect. Challenge your beliefs and grow in knowledge of the truth as the Holy Spirit renews your mind to change the way that you see humanity. God created everybody perfectly on purpose for their own purpose to serve his purpose so that he will get all the glory. Learn how to think more positively about who you are truthfully in the eyes of our Lord God Almighty. Grow in your relationship with God and others by learning how to love as God loves you. IMperfect will take you to new levels by transcending popular beliefs and breaking religious barriers. Explore the possibilities biblically on gaining a new view of the life God has given you. Be restored and reconciled back to God as the truth sets you free mentally so that you can be one with God in mind, heart, spirit, and body. IMperfect will show you how to expand your vision and help you to see more clearly who God has ordained you to be. After reading this book, you will be inspired by God to share the treasure that you discover within to change the lives of those around you and trust that God will do what only he is able to do.

Download or read book CARE Leadership written by Peter van Stralen and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ten van Stralen brothers built The Grounds Guys(R), their landscape management company, from the ground up. By establishing a "culture of C.A.R.E." as the centerpiece of the organization, the brothers have experienced tremendous success, working together in unity and growing their concept into a multinational franchise brand. C.A.R.E. Leadership shares the van Stralen brothers' extraordinary story and shows how eight simple but powerful leadership principles derived from the code of C.A.R.E. will enable your company to thrive, too. It's all about the culture, author Peter van Stralen argues, and each one of the principles- from "Create a Remarkable Experience" to "Be Humble" to "Listen Well and Communicate with Respect"-gets leaders one step closer to creating a team that is competent, fun, fulfilled, engaged, and committed to giving customers the best service possible.

Download or read book Imperfect written by Jim Abbott and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2013-03-26 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Honest, touching, and beautifully rendered . . . Far more than a book about baseball, it is a deeply felt story of triumph and failure, dreams and disappointments. Jim Abbott has hurled another gem.”—Jonathan Eig, New York Times bestselling author of Luckiest Man NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott dreamed of someday being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who encouraged him to compete, Jim would become an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning: By twenty-one, he’d won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and—without spending a day in the minor leagues—cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and pitch one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. In this honest and insightful book, Jim Abbott reveals the challenges he faced in becoming an elite pitcher, the insecurities he dealt with in a life spent as the different one, and the intense emotion generated by his encounters with disabled children from around the country. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique athlete offers readers an extraordinary and unforgettable memoir. “Compelling . . . [a] big-hearted memoir.”—Los Angeles Times “Inspirational.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer Includes an exclusive conversation between Jim Abbott and Tim Brown in the back of the book.

Download or read book Imperfect Union written by Steve Inskeep and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Frémont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America's first great political couple John C. Frémont, one of the United States’s leading explorers of the nineteenth century, was relatively unknown in 1842, when he commanded the first of his expeditions to the uncharted West. But in only a few years, he was one of the most acclaimed people of the age – known as a wilderness explorer, bestselling writer, gallant army officer, and latter-day conquistador, who in 1846 began the United States’s takeover of California from Mexico. He was not even 40 years old when Americans began naming mountains and towns after him. He had perfect timing, exploring the West just as it captured the nation’s attention. But the most important factor in his fame may have been the person who made it all possible: his wife, Jessie Benton Frémont. Jessie, the daughter of a United States senator who was deeply involved in the West, provided her husband with entrée to the highest levels of government and media, and his career reached new heights only a few months after their elopement. During a time when women were allowed to make few choices for themselves, Jessie – who herself aspired to roles in exploration and politics – threw her skill and passion into promoting her husband. She worked to carefully edit and publicize his accounts of his travels, attracted talented young men to his circle, and lashed out at his enemies. She became her husband’s political adviser, as well as a power player in her own right. In 1856, the famous couple strategized as John became the first-ever presidential nominee of the newly established Republican Party. With rare detail and in consummate style, Steve Inskeep tells the story of a couple whose joint ambitions and talents intertwined with those of the nascent United States itself. Taking advantage of expanding news media, aided by an increasingly literate public, the two linked their names to the three great national movements of the time—westward settlement, women’s rights, and opposition to slavery. Together, John and Jessie Frémont took parts in events that defined the country and gave rise to a new, more global America. Theirs is a surprisingly modern tale of ambition and fame; they lived in a time of social and technological disruption and divisive politics that foreshadowed our own. In Imperfect Union, as Inskeep navigates these deeply transformative years through Jessie and John’s own union, he reveals how the Frémonts’ adventures amount to nothing less than a tour of the early American soul.

Download or read book Percy S Imperfectly Perfect Family written by Renée C. Bauer and published by Archway Publishing. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your children may not understand what the word divorce means, but they understand how it makes them feel. Their little worlds are turned upside down. Percy the perky penguin feels the exact same way when he learns that his parents are no longer going to live together. Even though he has lots of friends and does well in school, he suddenly doesnt feel so perky anymore. But he explores his concerns about what life will be like, and he learns that talking about his fears helps him work through his feelings. Change is hard, but he decides to adjust and find his perkiness again. Percys fears and those of other children stuck in the middle of a divorce may sometimes seem trivial to adults, but theyre very real. While you cant promise them things wont change, you can work as hard as you can to make sure theyre happy. It will take listening to them and talking with themand starting a conversation becomes much easier with Percys Imperfectly Perfect Family.

Download or read book Perfectly Imperfect written by Lee Woodruff and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-04-21 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the heels of her acclaimed book In an Instant, the #1 New York Times bestseller she wrote with her husband, ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff, and with the same candor and charm, Lee Woodruff now chronicles her life as wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend. Woodruff’s deeply personal and, at times, uproariously funny stories highlight such universal topics as family, marriage, friends, and how life never seems to go as planned. From raising teenagers (“Now with a boy and girl on the precipice of serious adolescence, the bathroom door is sealed tighter than a government nuclear testing ground”) to how she copes with tragedy (“Swimming surrounds me in the velvet wet of a bluish green world where I can dive deep down and sob with no trace”), Perfectly Imperfect: A Life in Progress is the testimonial of a woman who embraces the chaos of her surroundings, discovers the splendor of life’s flaws, and accepts that perfection is as impossible to achieve as a spotless kitchen floor.

Download or read book Imperfect Timing written by Jessa Harmon and published by Jessa Harmon. This book was released on 2021-04-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment of the Imperfect Duet. Part of the Lovestruck Hearts Series. Desi Palmer has her life in order. She’s finishing her graduate degree, climbing the ladder at her corporate job and preparing to set off on her entrepreneurial journey as soon as she’s financially able. Her office flirtation is blooming into a legitimate romance and Peter Grayson is everything she needs in her life… on paper, at least. The sudden reappearance of Benji Campbell, her childhood friend and first love, shakes up her carefully curated world. Benji is everything Desi doesn’t want in a partner and he’s already broken her heart once. Unresolved feelings resurface with a vengeance and Desi learns that Benji is not the same boy she once knew. Caught between a still burning first love and the realities of adulthood, will she follow her heart or remain focused on the path she’d spent so long planning?

Download or read book Imperfect Courage written by Jessica Honegger and published by WaterBrook. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to make a move but scared to leave your comfort zone? Go anyway. “Jessica's perspective of global sisterhood and the power of lifting each other up in the midst of fear and scarcity is exactly what we need today. This book is both an invitation and a challenge to bravely show up for ourselves, for the people we love, and for the strangers that we will one day call family. I say, Amen!” —Brené Brown, Ph.D., Author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Braving the Wilderness In Imperfect Courage, the founder of the popular fair trade jewelry brand Noonday Collection shares her story of starting the rapid-growing business that impacts over 4,500 artisans in vulnerable communities across the globe—and invites readers on a journey of transformation, challenging them to trade their comfort zones for a life of impact and adventure. In 2015, Inc. magazine recognized Noonday Collection as one of the fastest-growing companies in America. But years earlier, as Jessica Honegger stood at a pawn-shop counter in Austin, Texas, and handed over her grandmother's gold jewelry, her goal was much more personal: to fund the adoption of her Rwandan son, Jack, by selling artisan-made jewelry. This first step launched an unexpected side-hustle that would grow into Noonday Collection. Jessica embarked on this new journey and teamed up with her first artisan partner, Jalia, a Ugandan jewelry maker. She saw the meaningful impact Noonday brought to Jalia's community and knew it was the right move. Fear crept into Jessica's heart as she realized her success, or failure, meant the same for Jalia. But refusing to let fear hinder her goals, Jessica found the necessary (if imperfect) courage she needed along the way--the courage to leave comfort and embrace a life of risk and impact. Discover Your Imperfect Courage In Imperfect Courage, Jessica takes you by the hand and invites you to trade your comfort zone for a life of impact and meaning. • First, she invites you to draw a circle of compassion around yourself and leads you through some soul-searching aimed at setting you free from shame. • Next, she challenges all of us to come together, dare to be vulnerable with one another, and commit to building a culture of collaboration. • Finally, Jessica calls on you to broaden your circle of compassion to embrace the entire globe--and to bring your beautifully imperfect courage to a world that needs you.

Download or read book Imperfect Chemistry A Nerdy Romantic Comedy written by Mary Frame and published by Mary Frame. This book was released on 2014-04-23 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First in series! Can be read as a stand alone novel! If you like nerdy romantic comedies with strong female leads this is the book for you! Lucy London puts the word genius to shame. Having obtained her PhD in microbiology by the age of twenty, she's amassed a wealth of knowledge, but one subject still eludes her—people. The pendulum of passions experienced by those around her both confuses and intrigues her, so when she’s offered a grant to study emotion as a pathogen, she jumps on the opportunity. When her attempts to come up with an actual experiment quickly drop from lackluster to nonexistent, she’s given a choice: figure out how to conduct a groundbreaking study on passion, or lose both the grant and her position at the university. Put on leave until she can crack the perfect proposal, she finds there’s only one way she can study emotions—by experiencing them herself. Enter Jensen Walker, Lucy's neighbor and the one person on the planet she finds strangely and maddeningly appealing. Jensen's life is the stuff of campus legend, messy, emotional, complicated—in short, the perfect starting point for Lucy's study. When her tenaciousness wears him down and he consents to help her, sparks fly. To her surprise, Lucy finds herself battling with her own emotions, as foreign as they are intense. With the clock ticking on her deadline, Lucy must decide what's more important: analyzing her passions...or giving in to them? "Perfectly imperfect characters and situations make Frame's debut novel sparkle...there's a very real sense of character growth, brought to life by an evolving narrative style that parallels Lucy's metamorphosis. The blend of humor and heart makes for a thoughtful, highly entertaining read." --Publishers Weekly keywords: college romance, new adult, genius heroine, found family, women friendships, girl next door, boy next door, romantic comedy, friends to lovers, chick lit

Download or read book Imperfectly Beautiful written by M. L. Rodriguez and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-10 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dreams, love, lies, betrayal... Life isn't always perfect..." At eighteen, I met him; a handsome young man with amber colored eyes, and with one look, he claimed my heart. The world was at our feet, and we had our futures planned. But even the best-laid plans go awry when you're blessed with a most beautiful surprise. In a matter of minutes, our lives changed. The years that followed were filled with change and adventure. Our life wasn't perfect, but we were happy, or so I thought. As I was living my dream, our life was slowly unraveling. The moment I stepped off that plane, my worst nightmare became a reality. Now, I'm empty and lifeless. I live in my own personal hell, drowning in my guilt and trying to forget the memories. That is until a knock on my door changes everything, and I'm forced to face my past. *** *WARNING: My characters are FLAWED; they aren't perfect, their love isn't a fairy-tale, and life doesn't go as planned. **This is a full-length standalone romance novel with a HEA (approx: 118,000 words). ***Due to certain material, this book is not intended for readers under the age of 18.

Download or read book Be Still and Know written by Deb Burma and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When our Lord says, "Be still, and know that I am God" (Psalm 46:10), what does He mean? God's Word promises that in whatever kind of storm we find ourselves in, Jesus always comes to us. In Be Still and Know, unpack the promises found in Psalm 46 that are fulfilled in Christ. The first session looks at Psalm 46 in detail and examines storms of life. Then, in the following seven sessions, study narratives from the Gospels as Jesus meets various women who are experiencing their own storms and explore the perspective of each woman as He provides refuge, strength, help, and hope. Looking to the biblical and cultural contexts will allow you to better grasp the depth of Christ's care, purpose, and attention to every need. In the midst of today's storms, may God reveal His refuge for us in Christ, the one who has overcome the world.