Download or read book Well Intentioned Advice written by Jon Tucker and published by Jon Tucker. This book was released on 2023-09-15 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this truly remarkable collection of maritime tales, Jon Tucker brings humour and insight into the lifestyle which he and his red-haired bride began, as teenagers, when they set out to build the traditional ocean-going ketch that was to become their home for decades (along with their expanding family of five adventurous sons).
Download or read book The Politics of Evidence Based Policy Making written by Paul Cairney and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-11 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Evidence Based Policymaking identifies how to work with policymakers to maximize the use of scientific evidence. Policymakers cannot consider all evidence relevant to policy problems. They use two shortcuts: ‘rational’ ways to gather enough evidence, and ‘irrational’ decision-making, drawing on emotions, beliefs, and habits. Most scientific studies focus on the former. They identify uncertainty when policymakers have incomplete evidence, and try to solve it by improving the supply of information. They do not respond to ambiguity, or the potential for policymakers to understand problems in very different ways. A good strategy requires advocates to be persuasive: forming coalitions with like-minded actors, and accompanying evidence with simple stories to exploit the emotional or ideological biases of policymakers.
Download or read book Ask Amy written by Amy Dickinson and published by Agate Publishing. This book was released on 2020-06-09 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seven days a week, year in and year out, Amy Dickinson has taken on life’s greatest and smallest questions. Her readers ask her about their relationship dramas, parenting dilemmas, and workplace complaints, offering a glimpse into the everyday and offbeat struggles we all sometimes confront. Amy responds with bracing honesty and gentle humor, presenting clear-eyed solutions to sometimes confounding problems. Her insights—and the weekly look into the lives of strangers—have kept readers turning to her column for almost two decades now. Ask Amy: Essential Wisdom from America’s Favorite Advice Columnist collects some of the most intriguing questions and incisive responses from the Ask Amy column. Have you ever wondered whether your spouse was having a phone affair? Or what you could do about obnoxious gym-goers, coworkers, siblings, and children? Maybe, maybe not—but either way, Amy’s direct and no-nonsense thinking may help solve the problems you’re facing, too. Ask Amy is an essential and entertaining collection of advice, written in the tone of a best friend who gives the hard truth and a comforting hand in troubled times. Her readers’ questions may seem odd or unsolvable, but they’re a reminder that we all have problems we might need a little help fixing.
Download or read book The Parents We Mean to Be written by Richard Weissbourd and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wake-up call for a national crisis in parenting—and a deeply helpful book for those who want to see their own behaviors as parents with the greatest possible clarity. Harvard psychologist Richard Weissbourd argues incisively that parents—not peers, not television—are the primary shapers of their children’s moral lives. And yet, it is parents’ lack of self-awareness and confused priorities that are dangerously undermining children’s development. Through the author’s own original field research, including hundreds of rich, revealing conversations with children, parents, teachers, and coaches, a surprising picture emerges. Parents’ intense focus on their children’s happiness is turning many children into self-involved, fragile conformists. The suddenly widespread desire of parents to be closer to their children—a heartening trend in many ways—often undercuts kids’ morality. Our fixation with being great parents—and our need for our children to reflect that greatness—can actually make them feel ashamed for failing to measure up. Finally, parents’ interactions with coaches and teachers—and coaches’ and teachers’ interactions with children—are critical arenas for nurturing, or eroding, children’s moral lives. Weissbourd’s ultimately compassionate message—based on compelling new research—is that the intense, crisis-filled, and profoundly joyous process of raising a child can be a powerful force for our own moral development.
Download or read book Bulletin written by Texas University and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Advice Trap written by Michael Bungay Stanier and published by Page Two. This book was released on 2020-02-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of the runaway bestseller The Coaching Habit comes an authoritative guide to getting the most out of your workforce--and it all starts with curbing your urge to dole out advice. In The Advice Trap, bestselling author, speaker, and leadership coach Michael Bungay Stanier shares his invaluable insights into developing team members' professional performance, using tips that even the busiest managers can put into play. Learn how to confront and quell the three advice monsters that lurk inside us all, and how to resist the seven temptations that can ensnare even the most well-meaning manager. With his trademark wit and wisdom, Michael shows you exactly how to ask questions that drive impact and engagement, eliminate the negative and accentuate the positive. He takes you through examples of common problem situations, and reveals how to overcome them by using his everyday coaching tips. Finally, he shows you how to attain the highest level of engagement with his "blackbelt" tools of employee interaction: transparency, lightness and deep appreciation. A companion to The Coaching Habit, The Advice Trap gives you the power to say less, ask more--and change how you lead forever.
Download or read book The Present Moment written by Soren Kierkegaard and published by Wyatt North Publishing, LLC. This book was released on with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Soren Kierkegaard was an influential Danish philosophical and religious author. The Present Moment is one of his most celebrated pieces.
Download or read book The Greatest Collection of all Time Give Me Liberty The Struggle for Self Government in Virginia by Patrick Henry and Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard by S ren Kierkegaard written by Patrick Henry and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2024-09-25 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the Power of Freedom and Philosophical Insight: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry & Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard Embark on a journey through the realms of liberty and existential philosophy with this extraordinary 2 Ebook combo. From the impassioned words of Patrick Henry to the profound insights of Søren Kierkegaard, this collection offers a captivating blend of political fervor and philosophical contemplation. Book 1: Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry: A Call to Arms for Freedom. Step back in time to the American Revolutionary period with Patrick Henry's iconic speech, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death." In this stirring address, Henry passionately argues for the colonists' right to freedom and independence from British tyranny. With its bold rhetoric and unwavering commitment to liberty, Henry's speech continues to inspire generations of freedom-loving individuals around the world. Book 2: Selections from the Writings of Kierkegaard by Søren Kierkegaard: Philosophical Reflections on Life and Existence. Delve into the profound musings of existential philosopher Søren Kierkegaard with this selection of his writings. From the nature of faith and the individual's search for meaning to the existential angst of modern life, Kierkegaard's insights continue to resonate with readers seeking to understand the complexities of human existence. Through his penetrating analysis and thought-provoking observations, Kierkegaard invites readers to embark on a journey of self-discovery and philosophical inquiry. Prepare to be moved by the fervor of liberty and the depth of philosophical insight within these literary treasures. Will you heed Patrick Henry's call to arms for freedom, or ponder the existential questions raised by Kierkegaard? The choice is yours. Embark on a Journey of Freedom and Philosophical Reflection! As you delve into the pages of this captivating 2 Ebook combo, consider this: Are you ready to explore the timeless ideals of liberty and the profound depths of existential philosophy? Join Patrick Henry and Søren Kierkegaard on a journey of freedom and philosophical reflection, and discover the enduring truths that continue to shape the human experience. Don't miss out on this extraordinary opportunity - Begin Your Journey of Liberty and Existential Inquiry Today!
Download or read book Becoming Great Universities written by Richard J. Light and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2024-08-06 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How campus communities of every kind can transform themselves from good to great Becoming Great Universities highlights ten core challenges that all colleges and universities face and offers practical steps that everyone on campus—from presidents to first-year undergraduates—can take to enhance student life and learning. This incisive book, written in a friendly and engaging style, draws on conversations with presidents, deans, and staff at hundreds of campuses across the country as well as scores of in-depth interviews with students and faculty. Providing suggestions that all members of a campus community can implement, Richard Light and Allison Jegla cover topics such as how to build a culture of innovation on campus, how to improve learning outcomes through experimentation, how to help students from under-resourced high schools succeed in college, and how to attract students from rural areas who may not be considering colleges far from their communities. They offer concrete ways to facilitate constructive interactions among students from different backgrounds, create opportunities for lifelong learning and engagement, and inspire students to think globally. And most of the ideas presented in this book can be implemented at little to no cost. Featuring a wealth of evidence-based examples, Becoming Great Universities offers actionable suggestions for everyone to have a positive impact on college life regardless of whether their campus is urban or rural, private or public, large or small, wealthy or not.
Download or read book Telling Tales written by Richard Edwards and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling Tales looks at the provision made for the different types of guidance and counselling in learning available.
Download or read book Bear Trading written by Daryl Guppy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-26 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of this book was published during a raging bull run and still proved a sell-out success. The reason is simple -- the bears are always with us. Fat bears, slow bears and little bears are not the traders' enemy. When markets stumble, private traders DO make money. Already, thousands of Australians earn their living by trading the financial markets. Many traders have progressed, step-by-step, from long-term investing to position equity trading, acquiring their skills against the background of the seemingly ever-rising market. They may have found that trading for a living is hardly the easiest of careers, even in the good times, when the bulls are running. They wonder if it is possible to continue trading when the market is rocked by the bears. Daryl Guppy knows from experience that it is. The bears are always with us. Even at the height of a bull run, still some corners of the equity market are in their grip and he shows how to trade these 'bear dips'. He has also traded during the resources and Asian bear markets and many of the examples in this book are trades he has personally taken. There are two sides to the market -- long and short. The author explores the short side -- selling high and buying low -- and demonstrates practical ways to trade these warrants and options. In this comprehensive book, Daryl Guppy discusses a broad sample of methods the private trader can use not only to survive, but to prosper in falling or static markets.
Download or read book Leading Cultural Change written by James McCalman and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-03 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With coverage of the major theories and concepts alongside diagnostic tools and a practical framework for implementation, Leading Cultural Change will help the reader analyse and diagnose their current organizational culture, become aware of the key challenges and how to overcome them and learn how to adapt their leadership style, ensuring they are fit to lead a cultural change programme. Taking in core topics such as change context, language and dialogue as a key cultural process and the change team process, it uses a longitudinal case study of Cordia, a public sector organization transitioning into an LLP, to enhance learning and understanding. Leading Cultural Change is a unique text, rooted in behavioural sciences, which explores the topic as an organizational necessity to achieving sustained competitive advantage.
Download or read book From Father to Son written by Allen Appel and published by St. Martin's Griffin. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Allen Appel asked hundreds of sons, young and old, to recall the most memorable and valuable words their fathers told them, there came an outpouring of things practical and indispensable, some familiar, many surprising. From Father to Son celebrates the trials and satisfactions of manhood and captures dads’ uncanny knack for seeing ahead. It is a useful gift any man can give proudly, perhaps remembering something his own father said. Advice like: “A computer is a tool, just like a hammer;” “The sun always comes up the next day;” and “Just because it looks good on the Internet doesn’t mean it’s going to look good when it comes in the mail.”
Download or read book Revisiting the Poetic Edda written by Paul Acker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-26 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing alive the dramatic poems of Old Norse heroic legend, this new collection offers accessible, ground-breaking and inspiring essays which introduce and analyse the exciting legends of the two doomed Helgis and their valkyrie lovers; the dragon-slayer Sigurðr; Brynhildr the implacable shield-maiden; tragic Guðrún and her children; Attila the Hun (from a Norse perspective!); and greedy King Fróði, whose name lives on in Tolkien’s Frodo. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to the poems for students, taking a number of fresh, theoretically-sophisticated and productive approaches to the poetry and its characters. Contributors bring to bear insights generated by comparative study, speech act and feminist theory, queer theory and psychoanalytic theory (among others) to raise new, probing questions about the heroic poetry and its reception. Each essay is accompanied by up-to-date lists of further reading and a contextualisation of the poems or texts discussed in critical history. Drawing on the latest international studies of the poems in their manuscript context, and written by experts in their individual fields, engaging with the texts in their original language and context, but presented with full translations, this companion volume to The Poetic Edda: Essays on Old Norse Mythology (Routledge, 2002) is accessible to students and illuminating for experts. Essays also examine the afterlife of the heroic poems in Norse legendary saga, late medieval Icelandic poetry, the nineteenth-century operas of Richard Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen, and the recently published (posthumous) poem by Tolkien, The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún.
Download or read book Relax and live written by Luise Hakasi and published by BookRix. This book was released on 2017-01-16 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I will show you in this book how to change and improve your life in a few weeks. Escape professional and private stress, forget burn out, learn to relax and listen to your heart: Relax and live; Now and today! It's easier than you think ...
Download or read book Requital written by Trevor Summons and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-11-16 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1785, Paddy O'Doule, a simple Irish farmer is a press-ganged into the royal navy and later convicted of a crime he did not commit and transported to a penal colony in Australia. After years of suffering and harsh, unjust treatment, peace-loving Paddy, consumed with hatred of the English and the hell-bent on murder and revenge, turns to violence In Belfast, 1992, Mitch O'Doule, Paddy's great-great-great-grandson, is turning his back on violence. A colonel in the Irish Republican Army, he is disenchanted with 'the cause' and is sickened by the ruthless decision to bomb mainland cities and towns and by the indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians. He devises a plan to double-cross the IRA and disappear to a peaceful new life in Australia. As Mitch plays out his dangerous game, he finds himself following the same route as his ancestor two centuries before. Their fates seem to intermingle as both are overtaken by events and their lives dramatically changed. Exciting and engrossing, Requital is a powerful story by a master storyteller. He skillfully weaves together the stories of the two Irishmen living two hundred years apart and, at the same time, provides an insight into the background to Ireland's present troubled history and how the struggle against the English oppressors is passed on from generation to generation.
Download or read book The Epistle of Barnabas written by Jonathan Lookadoo and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2024-08-29 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Epistle of Barnabas explores the multifaceted spiritual interpretations and theological beliefs of the Epistle of Barnabas, moving beyond a reductive consideration of its Two Ways Tradition, or focus on its anti-Jewish use of Scripture. Lookadoo considers the epistle's authorship, dating, and opponents, alongside detailed analysis of literary connection and scholarly discourse, which brings clarity and understanding to this fascinating early Christian text. With a fresh English translation of the Greek text, this book is a well-researched and nuanced interpretation of the text, crucial for students of early Christianity and illuminating for anyone seeking to understand the origins of Christianity.
