Download or read book Tenacity Deconstructing G R I T Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over 40 women share inspiring stories of fearless courage, bold determination, and persistent self-motivation to achieve personal success.--Publisher.
Download or read book Growth Deconstructing GRIT Collection written by and published by . This book was released on 2022-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the first book in a four-part sequel to Jennifer Bardot's original Owning Your G.R.I.T. (GROWTH, RESILIENCE, INTENTION, TENACITY), Growth presents a collection of stories which inspire readers to lean into, step over, and leap beyond life's challenges. Each chapter captures a dynamic, unique woman's authentic tale of personal and professional growth. Our willingness to grow through our life experiences allows us to push forward and overcome the unexpected obstacles life throws our way.--Publisher.
Download or read book Resilience Deconstructing G R I T Collection written by Jennifer Bardot and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second book in a four-part sequel of Jennifer Bardot's original Owning Your G.R.I.T. (GROWTH, RESILIENCE, INTENTION, TENACITY) Our G.R.I.T. series is committed to "DOING LIFE" the best way we can, for as long as it takes, and without ever giving up - even the hard stuff. These resilient authors share lessons learned while leaning into, maneuvering through, and sailing beyond life's challenges. Each chapter captures a unique, dynamic woman's authentic tale of personal and professional determination while overcoming life's obstacles. Learning to navigate the turbulent waves of life can be challenging, let alone exhausting, yet It's up to each of us to chart or own course in life. In doing so, we discover our own personal commitment, unwavering persistence, and an intimate understanding of our purpose. These three primary components are the essence of Resilience ... -Commitment: The choice to be resilient requires us to be conscious of our progress. Having a daily commitment to ourselves and our goals strengthens our ability to accept change as we overcome the next challenge. Our future is determined by a belief in ourselves, plus the actions we take, ultimately leading to the progress we make. -Persistence: Aspiring to stay on course no matter the difficult path requires patience, allows us to witness our own inner strength, and dictates our outcome. It's our persistent self-determination which leads us through struggle to success. -Purpose: What is life without purpose? What is life without challenges? Knowing our purpose in life allows us to better maneuver through the challenges when they arrive. It's the setbacks, dark times, and difficulties that strengthen our purpose and allow us to be more aware of our hidden gifts. Our purpose defines our destiny, brings us joy, and lays a path for achieving our goals. Resilience at its core means to "bounce back," to be unstoppable. Each of these authors shares their personal journey of traversing through Resilience to empower and inspire readers to identify their own strength, hope, and sense of direction.
Download or read book Mastering the Power of Grit Strategies Tactics and Tools from the Heroes of Tenacity Resilience and Guts written by Johnny Welch and published by . This book was released on 2016-07-05 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A smart, insightful synthesis of the leading elements of grit-grounded in telling tales from the heroes of history-Mastering the Power of Grit reveals the timeless lessons learned from the legends of perseverance, resilience, hardiness, and guts, and the corresponding strategies, tactics, tips and tools you can use to master the power of grit to achieve your own most daring dreams and goals today." Are you tired of failing to achieve your dreams and goals? Do you want more out of life? Much more? Learn How to Master the Power of Grit Grit is the great game changer on the road to personal transformation, high-achievement, excellence and success. Virtually all of the great hustlers and heroes of history have been marked by grit-from the builders and captains of industry to the leaders and masters of political power, from the great social activists and revolutionary leaders, to today''s leading inventors, athletes, artists and entrepreneurs. The message of these celebrated exemplars of perseverance, resilience, and guts spans boundaries and echoes across time: If you are not achieving your dreams and goals, there is still hope. What you need is a new strategy, new tactics and tools, a new mindset for success. Discover the Secrets of the Superstars of Success We all want more out of life. Yet, there are some people who are getting things done-remarkable things-on a regular and consistent basis. This has always been the case. Throughout history we can see that some people-people who do not necessarily have any greater natural talent, intelligence or capacity-are able to make things happen and get things done. Sometimes the most ordinary individuals, from the most obscure backgrounds, facing any number of seemingly insurmountable obstacles are able to soar to the greatest heights of society. What is it about these people? What is their secret? What do they know, think or do that escapes the notice of the vast majority? Master the Strategies, Tactics and Tools of the Legends of Grit Drawing on his graduate school training at Harvard and San Diego State, as well as his training and experience as a qualitative researcher in the Adult Learning and Leadership doctoral program at Columbia, where he now teaches, Welch reveals the most critical patterns and themes that surface in the research of those who mastered the power of grit-champions and heroes who stand as timeless exemplars of perseverance, resilience, optimism, and guts-men and women like Theodore Roosevelt, Ben Franklin, and FDR...leaders like Lincoln, Oprah, Arnold...and so many more...Jackie Robinson, Eleanor Roosevelt, Disney, Reagan, and JFK. In Mastering the Power of Grit, you will: Discover the secret weapon of the great American hustlers and heroes of history. Understand how to master the power of grit and its seven essential elements. Learn Lincoln''s secrets for overcoming obstacles, resistance, rejection and defeat. Explore Roosevelt''s system for becoming exceptional at whatever you determine to do. Gain the wisdom and timeless lessons learned from the stories of the superstars of success. Leverage the surprising insights the legends reveal about what you need to succeed. Master the strategies, tactics and tools distilled from the celebrated champions of grit. With the wisdom and insight of this indispensable book as your guide, you will discover the transformational power of grit. You will learn how to develop the most critical elements of grit-all distilled from the illustrious legends, the hustlers and heroes and superstars of success-including the key characteristics, competencies, and skills you need to achieve your own daring dreams and goals. Begin your journey now. Scroll up. Click the Buy Button. And begin Mastering the Power of Grit today!
Download or read book Owning Your G R I T written by Jennifer Bardot and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-07 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owning Your G.R.I.T. is a collection of real-life stories written by 40 women who have chosen to face their difficult moments with personal G.R.I.T. - the spark inside which allows us to face-forward and be willing to step into whatever challenge lies in front of us. These 40 unique stories highlight how owning our G.R.I.T. lights us on fire - creating a metallurgy, a purification of sorts - a process allowing us to strip down to our truest and best selves. We invite you to step forward, and join us as we harness our G.R.I.T. - GROWTH pushes us forward and keeps us moving in a good direction - RESILIENCE bounces us back up when we get knocked down - INTENTION keeps us determined and focused on the objective - TENACITY will never let us get worn down (for long) Owning our G.R.I.T. allows us to step into our power. No matter the shoes you select for the day, we all walk in the footsteps of those who forged a path before us. With each step we take, our G.R.I.T. fuels us to support, encourage, and empower each other as we mold our vision of a fabulous future. Grab Your G.R.I.T. and Join Us!
Download or read book We Got This written by Marika Lindholm and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the United States, more than 15 million women are parenting children on their own, either by circumstance or by choice. Too often these moms who do it all have been misrepresented and maligned. Not anymore. In We Got This, seventy-five solo mom writers tell the truth about their lives—their hopes and fears, their resilience and setbacks, their embarrassments and triumphs. Some of these writers’ names will sound familiar, like Amy Poehler, Anne Lamott, and Elizabeth Alexander, while others are about to become unforgettable. Bound together by their strength, pride, and—most of all— their dedication to their children, they broadcast a universal and empowering message: You are not alone, solo moms—and your tenacity, courage, and fierce love are worthy of celebration.
Download or read book Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Grit written by Llewellyn Ellardus van Zyl and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-03-20 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a multi-disciplinary perspective on grit, its measurement, manifestation and development. Specifically, it provides a comprehensive and balanced response to critiques associated with the construct within the contemporary positive psychological literature. These critiques revolve around the lack of consensus in the conceptualisation, measurement, and management of grit, as well as consensus on its difference from other psychological constructs such as conscientiousness, diligence or determination. Therefore, this volume thoroughly reappraises and consolidates the nature, function, measurement and implications of grit in order to effectively advance the science of achievement. It looks at grit scales developed in various countries and evaluates the concept in various aspects of life, from work performance to sports. Written by a team of multi-disciplinary experts in fields ranging from neuroscience, sociology, and education to human resource management and psychology, this volume firmly positions grit within the discipline of positive psychology’s nomological lexicon.
Download or read book The Ideal Student Deconstructing Expectations in Higher Educatio N written by Billy Wong and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2021-04-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents an exciting and novel approach to explore the concept of the ‘ideal student’. Written in the context of higher education, the concept aims to promote a more transparent conversation about the explicit, implicit and idealistic expectations of university students. It would address concerns that implicit rules or unspoken practices can result in diverse but patterned student experiences, widening social inequalities. The concept of the ideal student can provide students, especially those less familiar or confident with higher education, with a better and clearer understanding of what is valued, expected and rewarded at university. With increasing student diversity, there is an urgent need for greater openness and awareness of the different expectations and ideals of students. The key questions explored include: •How is the ideal student imagined and envisioned? •To what extent are these constructions realistic and achievable? •Are certain students more likely to aspire, identify or embody these ideal characteristics? •Are there any features of the ideal student that are widely shared and recognised? •How do people from different social backgrounds construct their ideal student? •How can staff support students to develop desirable characteristics for university? A number of issues are unpacked as the book discusses the nuances of what it means to be a university student. The Ideal Student is written for a general audience and will be of particular interest to those working or studying in higher education, especially staff, students and senior leaders. "This clearly written and engaging book will be of interest to HE practitioners, students and researchers who want to support more inclusive learning environments." Professor Louise Archer, Karl Mannheim Professor of Sociology of Education, UCL Institute of Education, UK "This is a rigorously informed and illuminating reconsideration of the notion of the Ideal Type of student in higher education." Professor Gill Crozier DPhil, FRSA, University of Roehampton, UK "Based on solid empirical work, combining qualitative and quantitative data, the book offers an insight into the perception of whom and what the ideal student is." Professor Lars Ulriksen, Department of Science Education, University of Copenhagen, Denmark "In their well-written and clearly structured volume Wong and Chiu summarise valuable data-driven research that sheds light on the important question of what characterises the ideal student." Stefan T. Siegel & Tobias Böttger, University of Augsburg, Germany Billy Wong is an Associate Professor in Widening Participation at the Institute of Education, University of Reading. Tiffany Chiu is Senior Teaching Fellow in Educational Development at the Centre for Higher Education Research and Scholarship and Programme Director for the PG Cert in University Learning and Teaching at Imperial College London. She is a Senior Fellow of the HEA.
Download or read book Moving Out of Poverty written by Deepa Narayan and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2009-12-09 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is no peace with hunger. Only promises and promises and no fulfillment. If there is no job, there is no peace. If there is nothing to cook in the pot, there is no peace. - Oscar, a 57-year-old man, El Gorri n, Colombia They want to construct their houses near the road, and they cannot do that if they do not have peace with their enemies. So peace and the road have developed a symbiotic relation. One cannot live without the other. . . . - A community leader from a conflict-affected community on the island of Mindanao, Philippines Most conflict studies focus on the national level, but this volume focuses on the community level. It explores how communities experience and recover from violent conflict, and the surprising opportunities that can emerge for poor people to move out of poverty in these harsh contexts. 'Rising from the Ashes of Conflict' reveals how poor people s mobility is shaped by local democracy, people s associations, aid strategies, and the local economic environment in over 100 communities in seven conflict-affected countries, including Afghanistan. The findings suggest the need to rethink postconflict development assistance. This is the fourth volume in a series derived from the Moving Out of Poverty study, which explores mobility from the perspectives of poor people in more than 500 communities across 15 countries.
Download or read book Getting Ready for College Careers and the Common Core written by David T. Conley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-09-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create programs that prepare students for college, careers, and the new and challenging assessments of the Common Core State Standards Written for all educators but with an emphasis on those at the secondary level, this important resource shows how to develop programs that truly prepare students for both the Common Core assessments and for college and career readiness. Based on multiple research studies conducted by Conley as well as experience he has gained from working with dozens of high schools that succeed with a wide range of students, the book provides specific strategies for teaching the CCSS in ways that improve readiness for college and careers for the full range of students. Draws from research-based models for creating programs for high school students that will ensure readiness for tests and for college and beyond Includes strategies and practices for teachers to help students develop postsecondary preparedness Is the third in a series of books on readiness written by David Conley, including College Knowledge and College and Career Ready Teachers can use this valuable resource to understand the "big picture" behind the Common Core State Standards, how to teach to them in ways that prepare students for new, challenging assessments being implemented over the next few years and, more importantly, how to help all students be ready for learning beyond high school.
Download or read book College Knowledge written by David T. Conley and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-01-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although more and more students have the test scores and transcripts to get into college, far too many are struggling once they get there. These students are surprised to find that college coursework demands so much more of them than high school. For the first time, they are asked to think deeply, write extensively, document assertions, solve non-routine problems, apply concepts, and accept unvarnished critiques of their work. College Knowledge confronts this problem by looking at the disconnect between what high schools do and what colleges expect and proposes a solution by identifying what students need to know and be able to do in order to succeed. The book is based on an extensive three-year project sponsored by the Association of American Universities in partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts. This landmark research identified what it takes to succeed in entry-level university courses. Based on the project's findings - and interviews with students, faculty, and staff - this groundbreaking book delineates the cognitive skills and subject area knowledge that college-bound students need to master in order to succeed in today's colleges and universities. These Standards for Success cover the major subject areas of English, mathematics, natural sciences, social sciences, second languages, and the arts.
Download or read book Transactions with the World written by Adam O’Brien and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-02-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics, the “New Hollywood” films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored, however, has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking, such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing, made the era such a vividly “grounded” cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative, aesthetic, and ecocritical theories, it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history.
Download or read book Barriers to Inclusion written by Justin J. W. Powell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-12-03 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barriers to Inclusion offers a comparative and historical account of the rise of special education over the twentieth century in the United States and Germany. This institutional analysis demonstrates how categorical boundaries, professional groups, social movements, and education and social policies shaped the schooling of children and youth with disabilities. It traces the evolution of special education classification, explores growing special education organizations, and examines students' learning opportunities and educational attainments. Highlighting cross-national differences over time, the author also investigates demographic and geographic variability within the federal democracies, especially in segregation and inclusion rates of disabled and disadvantaged children. Germany's elaborate system of segregated special school types contrasts with diverse American special education classrooms mainly within regular schools. Joining historical case studies with empirical indicators, this book reveals persistent barriers to school integration as well as factors that facilitate inclusive education reform in both societies.
Download or read book The Colour of God written by Ayesha S. Chaudhry and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-04-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Engrossing.’ Monica Ali ‘Heartbreaking and really funny.’ Ross Gay ‘This book fell into my heart.’ Sabrina Mahfouz ‘The kind of authentic voice that is rarely heard.’ Saima Mir This is the story of a child raised in Canada by parents who embraced a puritanical version of Islam to shield them from racism. The author explores the joys and sorrows of growing up in a fundamentalist Muslim household, wedding grand historical narratives of colonialism and migration to the small intimate heartbreaks of modern life. In revisiting the beliefs and ideals she was raised with, Chaudhry invites us to reimagine our ideas of self and family, state and citizenship, love and loss.
Download or read book How Emotions Are Made written by Lisa Feldman Barrett and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preeminent psychologist Lisa Barrett lays out how the brain constructs emotions in a way that could revolutionize psychology, health care, the legal system, and our understanding of the human mind. “Fascinating . . . A thought-provoking journey into emotion science.”—The Wall Street Journal “A singular book, remarkable for the freshness of its ideas and the boldness and clarity with which they are presented.”—Scientific American “A brilliant and original book on the science of emotion, by the deepest thinker about this topic since Darwin.”—Daniel Gilbert, best-selling author of Stumbling on Happiness The science of emotion is in the midst of a revolution on par with the discovery of relativity in physics and natural selection in biology. Leading the charge is psychologist and neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett, whose research overturns the long-standing belief that emotions are automatic, universal, and hardwired in different brain regions. Instead, Barrett shows, we construct each instance of emotion through a unique interplay of brain, body, and culture. A lucid report from the cutting edge of emotion science, How Emotions Are Made reveals the profound real-world consequences of this breakthrough for everything from neuroscience and medicine to the legal system and even national security, laying bare the immense implications of our latest and most intimate scientific revolution.
Download or read book The Worlding Project written by Christopher Leigh Connery and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2007-10-30 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization discourse now presumes that the “world space” is entirely at the mercy of market norms and forms promulgated by reactionary U.S. policies. An academic but accessible set of studies, this wide range of essays by noted scholars challenges this paradigm with diverse and strong arguments. Taking on topics that range from the medieval Mediterranean to contemporary Jamaican music, from Hong Kong martial arts cinema to Taiwanese politics, writers such as David Palumbo-Liu, Meaghan Morris, James Clifford, and others use innovative cultural studies to challenge the globalization narrative with a new and trenchant tactic called “worlding.” The book posits that world literature, cultural studies, and disciplinary practices must be “worlded” into expressions from disparate critical angles of vision, multiple frameworks, and field practices as yet emerging or unidentified. This opens up a major rethinking of historical “givens” from Rob Wilson’s reinvention of “The White Surfer Dude” to Sharon Kinoshita’s “Deprovincializing the Middle Ages.” Building on the work of cultural critics like Edward Said, Gayatri Spivak, and Kenneth Burke, The Worlding Project is an important manifesto that aims to redefine the aesthetics and politics of postcolonial globalization withalternative forms and frames of global becoming.
Download or read book Added Value written by M. Sherrington and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-04-08 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based upon the operating system of the company, Added Value, founded by the author, and now one of the world's largest marketing and branding consultancies. Two-thirds of the value of most companies is based on the intangible value of businesses including reputation, goodwill and know how. It is by marketing that reputation can be created and enhanced thus unlocking brand growth. With the use of many examples and case studies the author shows how the five I's process - Insight, Ideas, Innovation, Impact and Investment Return - can be used to create top-line demand-led growth and the tools and techniques available to achieve this. This is a unique approach with proven success.
