Targeted plans and specific strategies-including spiritual mapping-for local churches to powerfully reclaim and renew their communities through prayer.
War has a way of shooting holes in your best-laid plans. Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Stube (Ret.) suffered life-changing wounds during the battle of Operation Medusa in Afghanistan in 2006, but using the Green Beret methods he learned in the Special Forces, Stube knew he could conquer anything. Service in the elite A-Team teaches you to come up with smart, well-researched, and flexible battle plans for completing the mission—every mission. Even when that mission is to spend an arduous year in a hospital recovering from being blown up, badly burned, and shot multiple times. Greg shares the leadership principles and values he learned as a member of an A-Team and teaches us how to apply Special Forces strategies to our personal and business lives. Conquer Anything is a Special Forces book, but even more than that it is a leadership book designed to help each of us achieve the highest goals possible in our professional and private lives. “The greatest leaders I know lead by example. They are role models who adhere to standards they set for others and never ask more of them than they demand of themselves. Great leaders don’t just “manage” or “motivate.” They inspire courage, tenacity, perseverance, resilience, and commitment in all who work with them. Greg Stube is such a leader—and an American Hero. In Conquer Anything Greg draws on a lifetime of “lessons learned” as a highly decorated U.S. Army Special Forces medic in this lucid, straightforward resource for parents, teachers, students, athletes, employers, supervisors, and soldiers. If “success” is in your vocabulary, Conquer Anything is a must read.”—Oliver L. North, Lt Col USMC [Ret.], Host of War Stories on FOX News
Anyone who’s ever given up on a New Year’s resolution knows: Willpower eventually runs out. Whether the goal is personal or professional, the factor that really determines success is an individual’s commitment level. Heidi Reeder, PhD, is a highly regarded communication expert with a slew of high-level clients. In Commit to Win, she unpacks forty years of research by psychologists and economists to show how commitment boils down to just four variables: Treasures, Troubles, Contributions, and Choices. Showing how to harness these elements—and providing practical examples and action plans—Reeder gives everyone the tools to stop wishing—and start achieving.
You aren’t what you think! For teens with negative thinking habits, a licensed psychologist and a health journalist offer cognitive restructuring—a simple and effective cognitive behavioral approach to help you break free from the nine most common negative thinking habits that typically result in feeling sad, worried, angry, and stressed. This workbook offers a powerful technique called cognitive restructuring to help you reframe your thoughts, regulate your emotions, become a more flexible thinker, and stop letting your thoughts define who you are and how you feel. You’ll learn to target the nine specific kinds of negative thinking habits that can cause you to worry or feel bad, such as the I can’t habit, the doom and gloom habit, the all or nothing habit, the jumping to conclusions habit, and more! Each chapter will walk you through simple explanations of each kind of negative thought, and offers real-life examples—as well as the sorts of behaviors, emotions, and bodily sensations that might be expected. You'll also gain an understanding of unhelpful or unrealistic thoughts, how to challenge them, how to replace them with more realistic and helpful thoughts, and an action plan for moving forward. By recognizing these negative thinking habits, you’ll feel more in control and less anxious and sad. Most importantly, you’ll be able to see yourself and the world more clearly. Your thoughts don’t have to define who you are and how you experience life. The transdiagnostic approach in this book will show you how to kick negative thinking habits to the curb for good! This book has been selected as an Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Self-Help Book Recommendation—an honor bestowed on outstanding self-help books that are consistent with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) principles and that incorporate scientifically tested strategies for overcoming mental health difficulties. Used alone or in conjunction with therapy, our books offer powerful tools readers can use to jump-start changes in their lives.
Conquering Anger By: Dr. Isaac Benarrosh Conquering Anger is a guide for today’s individual through the sources of both medical and ethical works. It provides practical advice how to control and eradicate your angry response to life’s uncertainties. Reading this book will restore peace of mind, improve personal relationships, restore mental and physical health, and, overall, provide you the tools to enjoy a better quality of life.
Being a parent, like running a company, can be tough at times. However, being an entrepreneur can put you at an advantage. Entrepreneurs are clever, imaginative and mentally inquisitive by nature, and sharing these unique traits with your kids can help them be successful. This book is about the lessons that we as entrepreneurs have learned from our kids, and applied in our businesses, and also about the entrepreneurial lessons our kids have already learned from us. These are the most important lessons that 22 successful entrepreneurs wanted to share with other entrepreneurial parents like you. Enjoy all their inspirational stories, and even share them with your children. Featuring Inspirational Stories from: Brian Ainsley HornBella HornCarmen SakuraiJoshua Sakurai-MaranonRyan StewmanJax StewmanJody JelasMilly & Joey TolhopfVictor Bell JrAaron Holland BellNora SudduthRyann SudduthKolby KolibasNoah KolibasSophie KolibasSara FlowersCole FlowersMark Evans DMMark Evans IIIRenée JeanLeana MarieRaul VillacisAlejandro VillacisBrandon James DuncanIsla Jo DuncanMaria WhalenRiana WhalenMarshall SylverSterling SylverSarie TaylorMaia TaylorChad Michael HensleyGabriel Alexander HensleyTroy A. BroussardThales G. BroussardNancy E. KlenschGriffin HeckfordJason & Nandi MooreBodhi Shonin MooreDr. Matt MotilGrayson MotilLogan MotilPeighton MotilElla MotilJaxson MotilJames M. TrothKaitlyn A. TrothAndy HussongKurtis Hussong
GRASPED Conquering Procrastination: Strategies for Action marks the fifth engaging installment in the GRASPED The Balanced Path Series, offering a deep dive into overcoming one of the most pervasive challenges faced by individuals in both their personal and professional lives: procrastination. Through the eyes of Emma, and her faithful companion, Baxter, who shows unparalleled enthusiasm for every moment, readers are introduced to practical strategies and psychological insights to tackle procrastination head-on. This book goes beyond traditional productivity advice, delving into the roots of procrastination and equipping readers with the tools to break free from its hold. From understanding the why behind procrastination to implementing actionable steps for change, Emma's journey is a relatable and inspiring guide to taking control and moving forward with purpose and clarity. GRASPED Conquering Procrastination: Strategies for Action stands apart with its unique blend of storytelling and scientifically backed strategies, making the battle against procrastination not only relatable but winnable. Unlike conventional self-help books that offer generic advice, this narrative-driven approach invites readers into Emma and Baxter's world, making the process of overcoming procrastination a shared, intimate journey. The uniqueness of this book lies in its ability to humanize the struggle with procrastination, offering not just tactics but also understanding and compassion towards the reader's challenges. Through Emma's story, readers learn that conquering procrastination is not about willpower alone but about understanding one’s motivations, habits, and triggers, paving the way for lasting change.
A former New York Times reporter's year behind the scenes at the scandal-ridden Air Force Academy Diana Jean Schemo covered the Air Force Academy's sexual assault scandal in 2003, one of a series of academy embarrassments that have included drug use, rape complaints, and charges of evangelical officers pushing Christianity on cadets of all faiths. Today, the institution is in flux—a fascinating time to look at the changes being made and the experience of today's cadets. Schemo followed a handful of academy cadets through the school year. From the admissions process and punishing weeks of basic training to graduation, she shares the triumphs and tribulations of the cadets and the struggle of the academy's leaders to set their embattled alma mater on a straighter path. Follows cadets in all grades, with insights on day-to-day academy life and training Written by a veteran reporter, two-time foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize nominee, with excellent contacts at the academy Includes 38 black-and-white photographs Like David Lipsky's successful Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point, this book offers a fascinating window on the training of our military today. But Schemo's book updates the story: the seniors were the first class to sign up after the attacks of 9/11, and the road to graduation, this time, leads to an America at war.