Download or read book Irresistible written by Adam Alter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Irresistible is a fascinating and much needed exploration of one of the most troubling phenomena of modern times.” —Malcolm Gladwell, author of New York Times bestsellers David and Goliath and Outliers “One of the most mesmerizing and important books I’ve read in quite some time. Alter brilliantly illuminates the new obsessions that are controlling our lives and offers the tools we need to rescue our businesses, our families, and our sanity.” —Adam Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Originals and Give and Take Welcome to the age of behavioral addiction—an age in which half of the American population is addicted to at least one behavior. We obsess over our emails, Instagram likes, and Facebook feeds; we binge on TV episodes and YouTube videos; we work longer hours each year; and we spend an average of three hours each day using our smartphones. Half of us would rather suffer a broken bone than a broken phone, and Millennial kids spend so much time in front of screens that they struggle to interact with real, live humans. In this revolutionary book, Adam Alter, a professor of psychology and marketing at NYU, tracks the rise of behavioral addiction, and explains why so many of today's products are irresistible. Though these miraculous products melt the miles that separate people across the globe, their extraordinary and sometimes damaging magnetism is no accident. The companies that design these products tweak them over time until they become almost impossible to resist. By reverse engineering behavioral addiction, Alter explains how we can harness addictive products for the good—to improve how we communicate with each other, spend and save our money, and set boundaries between work and play—and how we can mitigate their most damaging effects on our well-being, and the health and happiness of our children. Adam Alter's previous book, Drunk Tank Pink: And Other Unexpected Forces that Shape How We Think, Feel, and Behave is available in paperback from Penguin.
Download or read book The Alter Ego Effect written by Todd Herman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now a Wall Street Journal bestseller. What if the games we played as children were the greatest gift to helping us achieve more today? Before stage fright, impostor syndrome, emotional baggage, and the other dubious gifts of adulthood, everyone pretended to be a superhero, a favorite athlete, an inspiring entertainer, a nurse, a firefighter, a lion, or whatever else captured our imaginations. And yet, that natural creativity is slowly squeezed out of us because we think it’s childish or it’s “time to grow up.” Now Todd Herman—backed by scientific research and countless stories from the real world—will show us how to tap into the human imagination to unleash new versions of ourselves, ready-made to kick ass. Herman has been coaching champions in every field for over twenty years, and he’s helped them bring out their Heroic Self to transcend the forces pulling them into the Ordinary World. Anyone attempting ambitious things faces adversity, resistance, and challenges, but Herman confronts these obstacles with a question: Who or what needs to show up to make success inevitable? In The Alter Ego Effect, Herman presents countless stories from salespeople, executives, entertainers, athletes, entrepreneurs, creatives, and historical figures to illustrate how to activate the Heroic Self already nested inside each of us. And he reveals that we may not be using those traits in the moments when we need them the most. From the creative entrepreneur who resisted their craft, to the accomplished military officer who wanted to be a warmer dad at home, Todd Herman’s clients have discovered there is no end to the parts of their lives they could improve by using Alter Egos.
Download or read book Alter written by Gwendolynn Hummel and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If the human race stood on the brink of extinction and you knew how to bring them back, how hard would you fi ght to save them? Blade is one of the few survivors of the Alter. She and her friends are the only ones that have ever escaped, and they are the only ones that can save the world from Ludicrous. Ludicrous, the man that created the Alter, the man that is seeking to recreate the world to fi t his vision of perfection by wiping out the humans and replacing them with machines. Now, armed with unwanted super powers and knowledge that can save the world, Blade has declared the stakes of a race the human population cannot afford to lose. But, surrounded by deadly betrayals and complicated love stories, it only becomes harder for Blade to realize the truth of what she has become.
Download or read book The Ones We ve Been Waiting For written by Charlotte Alter and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An optimistic look at the future of American leadership by a brilliant young reporter A new generation is stepping up. There are now twenty-six millennials in Congress--a fivefold increase gained in the 2018 midterms alone. They are governing Midwestern cities and college towns, running for city councils, and serving in state legislatures. They are acting urgently on climate change (because they are going to live it); they care deeply about student debt (because they have it); they are utilizing big tech but still want to regulate it (because they understand how it works). In The Ones We've Been Waiting For, TIME correspondent Charlotte Alter defines the class of young leaders who are remaking the nation--how grappling with 9/11 as teens, serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, occupying Wall Street and protesting with Black Lives Matter, and shouldering their way into a financially rigged political system has shaped the people who will govern the future. Through the experiences of millennial leaders--from progressive firebrand Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to Democratic presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg to Republican up-and-comer Elise Stefanik--Charlotte Alter gives the big-picture look at how this generation governs differently than their elders, and how they may drag us out of our current political despair. Millennials have already revolutionized technology, commerce, and media and have powered the major social movements of our time. Now government is ripe for disruption. The Ones We've Been Waiting For is a hopeful glimpse into a bright new generation of political leaders, and what America might look like when they are in charge.
Download or read book Lord Make Me Into an Altar written by David Robinson Jr. and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a series of thoughts the Holy Spirit inspired the author to write while serving in Iraq. These spiritually uplifting thoughts bring us closer to becoming an altar for God. This book reminds us of the importance of being stable while living a spiritually consistent life. Being an altar for God enables us to communicate the holiness of God to a generation in need. It makes us more than people who attend church; it makes us people who bring church to our neighborhoods, jobs, and homes. We are answers to the prayers of generations before us. Now it's our time to be vessels God can use to reach and draw people to Himself. David Robinson Jr. is a family man who is in love with God and simply wants to please Him. David has a unique ability to hear the voice of God, compassionately ministering to the poor and those whom society has rejected. He and his family get great joy from providing needed supplies to the less fortunate. While serving in the military, David stood his watch not only physically but spiritually as well. He ministered the Word of God onboard US Navy ships at sea and on land while deployed in Iraq. His teaching has directly impacted thousands of souls as he has built bridges and crossed cultural boundaries, empowering sailors, soldiers, airmen, marines, and civilians with hope and trust in our Lord Jesus.
Download or read book Prayers to Alter your Life the Introduction written by Dr. Virgil Postell and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015-05-21 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking everyday issues in life and pressing into prayers that will not just open our eyes but alter our lives forever prayers that will take us from labor to reward, prayers that will push our lives to another level in God one that will open up doors that we thought were closed one that will lift our minds a taken our faith on a ride of your life, powerful moving mind blowing spiritual elevating this book will cause the realm of the supernatural to open up for you and you will see things change in your life sickness broken off of your life spiritual growth spiritual insight this book is a great weapon to attack the devil before and after he attacks you, Prayers to Alter Your Life.
Download or read book The Seasons Alter How to Save Our Planet in Six Acts written by Philip Kitcher and published by Liveright Publishing. This book was released on 2017-04-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A landmark work of environmental philosophy that seeks to transform the debate about climate change. As the icecaps melt and the sea levels rise around the globe—threatening human existence as we know it—climate change has become one of the most urgent and controversial issues of our time. For most people, however, trying to understand the science, politics, and arguments on either side can be dizzying, leading to frustrating and unproductive debates. Now, in this groundbreaking new work, two of our most renowned thinkers present the realities of global warming in the most human of terms—everyday conversation—showing us how to convince even the most stubborn of skeptics as to why we need to act now. Indeed, through compelling Socratic dialogues, Philip Kitcher and Evelyn Fox Keller tackle some of the thorniest questions facing mankind today: Is climate change real? Is climate change as urgent as the “scientists” make it out to be? How much of our current way of life should we sacrifice to help out a generation that won’t even be born for another hundred years? Who would pay for the enormous costs of making the planet "green?" What sort of global political arrangement would be needed for serious action? These crucial questions play out through familiar circumstances, from an older husband and wife considering whether they should reduce their carbon footprint, to a first date that evolves into a passionate discussion about whether one person can actually make a difference, to a breakfast that becomes an examination over whether or not global warming is really happening. Entertaining, widely accessible, and thoroughly original, the result promises to inspire dialogue in many places, while also giving us a line of reasoning that explodes the so-far impenetrable barriers of obfuscation that have surrounded the discussion. While the Paris Agreement was an historic achievement that brought solutions within the realm of possibility, The Seasons Alter is a watershed book that will show us how to make those possibilities a reality.
Download or read book Killing His Alter Ego written by Michelle Levigne and published by Writers Exchange E-Publishing. This book was released on 2019-10-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After acting in his cousin's film school project, Kyle is offered the starring role in the science-fiction TV series Bridger. Its overnight success forces him into the reluctant role of heartthrob. Raine is a high school sophomore when her TV writer mentor convinces her to write a script for Bridger. When she's cast as her own female lead, Jess, she meets Kyle. Loving Bridger is easy, but immature Kyle breaks her heart. When the show ends, Kyle gladly leaves Hollywood to return to his family's wilderness outfitting station in Colorado. Raine goes on to earn her veterinary degree. Years later, they meet again. Wearing a beard and having dropped his stage name, Kyle manages to convince Raine he isn't the jerk who shattered her last time. But their growing friendship is threatened when fandom pressure convinces the network to revive Bridger, with Raine and Kyle reprising their roles. The revelation of his minor deception pushes their relationship backwards again. As Kyle struggles to regain Raine's trust, and maybe win her love, she struggles to see him for who he is--not as Bridger or the jerk he used to be. Then a new problem emerges. Someone doesn't want the series to return to TV. They want it badly enough to threaten Raine, Kyle, and the whole production.
Download or read book To Alter Your World written by Michael Frost and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: God is altering history, birthing the new creation all around us, and we have been invited to join God in that task. With groundbreaking ideas and practical illustrations from around the globe, missional leaders Michael Frost and Christiana Rice introduce the metaphor of a midwife to depict us as God's birthing attendants, partnering in God's restorative mission.
Download or read book Alter Your Life written by Emmet Fox and published by Vive Virtual. This book was released on 2022-10-09 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 👉 "Alter Your Life" is the personal development book that will show you how to take CONTROL OF YOUR THOUGHTS, and therefore YOUR LIFE. 👉 We cannot be in control of our life until we get control of our thoughts. 👉 We must TRAIN ourselves, first to believe and then to realize the Presence of God where any negative condition seems to be. There is no reason why we should not learn to contact this Power at any time, whenever we want to, and not just very occasionally and by chance. 💪 Train yourself and let that POWER WORK FOR YOU every day of the week. 💪 LET'S GO!
Download or read book Alter Girl written by Andrea Syverson and published by Group Publishing, Inc. . This book was released on 2017-09-05 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Join one woman on a spiritual journey in, around, and through the church on her way to a deeper connection to Jesus... Andrea Syverson was raised Catholic. As in really Catholic, from plaid jumpers to early-morning Mass to meatless Fridays. And then she did the unthinkable. She fell in love with a non-Catholic man whose questions about her faith she simply couldn't answer. What's a good Catholic girl to do? Frequently whimsical, often profound, always honest, Andrea shares her spiritual journey—one that feels familiar to anyone seeking Jesus. It's a jumbled jaunt from religion to relationship, from going to church to being the church. Whether you love church or are done with it, or you're simply seeking a more authentic relationship with Jesus—Andrea has something to say to you. You’ll enjoy... • A compelling story of Jesus’ relentless pursuit of those who desire to know him. • An upbeat, honest glimpse at how church does—or doesn’t—welcome those who come seeking answers. • Reflective devotions and journaling space at the end that draw you deeper toward your heart of faith. • Inspiration that you, too, can find your way to a deeper, more transforming relationship with Jesus.
Download or read book The Alter Call written by Shea Rose and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2002-02-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does a married black police officer and an unhappily married white rabbi have in common? An attractive divorced black thirty-something female whos recently embarked on a torrid love affair. These two men are as different as night and day but they share the same sentiments about what Danielle Winters has gotten herself into theyre the crutches who get her through the valley of the shadow of death. But it becomes increasingly clear that yes, she should fear some evil. The evil shes unwittingly drafted into her life. In the throes of the good times with her hot new beau, Danielle begins to experience unusual tearjerker moments and out-of-the-ordinary occurrences that begin to take toll. Realizing she needs a plan or two to help her through, her two comrades say and do all they can in hopes that shell wake up and smell the coffee. Stephanie, her trusted cousin and confidant cant even offer any valuable advice. Danielle even ignores her own intuition. Its only after her unshakable alter call, that she finally gets it. She needed a life altering change and renewing of her thought process something she would only achieve from having heeded the (Almightys) call to change her life.
Download or read book I Plead Alter Ego written by Amanda Verrall and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clare is a successful but newly divorced woman who battles various mental health issues. These include sex addiction, alcoholism, OCD, an eating disorder and depression. She juggles her demanding career and life as a single parent, all the while trying to hide her increasingly uncontrollable behaviour, which manifests itself as an alter ego called Roxy. At the dawn of a new digital age, Clare joins Facebook, a newly released social media website that has taken over from MySpace, where she connects and meets with a former flame. Following an emotionally sadomasochistic dalliance with this former lover, Clare then has a string of casual sex encounters with strangers. She has a growing drink problem that sees the alter ego Roxy take over the decision-making, often leading Clare into dangerous situations. Her growing dependency displays itself through obsessive-compulsive traits such as excessive cleaning, exercising and handwashing while, at night time, she has insomnia and often thinks about death. Clare spirals out of control and falls into a deep depression, but can she hope to find a way out?
Download or read book The Art of Biblical Narrative written by Robert Alter and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From celebrated translator of the Hebrew Bible Robert Alter, the "groundbreaking" (Los Angeles Times) book that explores the Bible as literature, a winner of the National Jewish Book Award. Renowned critic and translator Robert Alter's The Art of Biblical Narrative has radically expanded our view of the Bible by recasting it as a work of literary art deserving studied criticism. In this seminal work, Alter describes how the Hebrew Bible's many authors used innovative literary styles and devices such as parallelism, contrastive dialogue, and narrative tempo to tell one of the most revolutionary stories of all time: the revelation of a single God. In so doing, Alter shows, these writers reshaped not only history, but also the art of storytelling itself.
Download or read book Alter Globalization written by Geoffrey Pleyers and published by Polity. This book was released on 2010 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Geoffrey Pleyers' book is an important contribution to a sociology of alter-globalization. It brings a great amount of primary information and analyzes the various trends existing inside this major social actor of the 21st century. Framcois Hantart, International Council of the World Social Forum.
Download or read book Me and My Alter Ego written by K. DaWayne and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2022-07-29 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Me and My Alter Ego: Love-N-Business By: K. DaWayne Jackson is used to getting whatever he wants, since he is a good person. But what’s up with his alter ego? Some feel that April and Jackson’s relationship borders on the unhealthy. It is one thing to always wanting to making your partner feel loved, but it is another entirely to give up with makes you, you. A new relationship kind of comes out of nowhere. Although the company established specific rules for its employees with it comes to fraternization. Ray, a co-founder and one who helped create the rule, disregards it completely. Alter ego meets love and business. That is when the real struggle begins.
Download or read book Proposed Legislation to Alter Medicare federal Employee Health Benefit Plan Coverage written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Subcommittee on Civil Service, Post Office, and General Services and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
