My Fun Life
My Fun Life

Author: Dr. Peter J. Shield PhD

Publisher: PublishAmerica

Published: 2014-04-11

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 1633829642

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Dr. Shield has spent over 25 years in the ‘timeshare’ and Travel industry. He has long felt that there was a need for a definitive work that pulled no punches when it came to discussing this highly controversial subject of Travel Clubs and the Timeshare industry. As someone who has experienced every aspect of the business from both sides of the fence he felt the need to document the immense progress and development that the industry has made over his short time as an active player. In documenting his travels through this business his goal is to provide a better understanding of these great products, not just to perspective and existing owners but to those sales and marketing executives who have a responsibility to present the Travel Club and Timeshare industry for what it really is—the ultimate vacation vehicles! During his first year in the industry, he was taught a phrase that has stayed with him throughout his exciting 25 years in the business; “Know the game you're in!” Whilst this phrase is appropriate for almost any job or career, it is particularly true of the Vacation industry—both from the perspective of the seller or buyer. If you are about to embark on a career in the Travel industry, this work will give you an insight into the tremendous responsibility and opportunity you have to literally change people's lives for the better! To enable families to enjoy the opportunity to spend valuable time together. Time that once lost can never be recaptured! Industry statistics report that over 4.4 million households in the USA alone own a week or more of timeshare! There are now over 5,425 beautiful resorts around the world of which over 31% are in the USA. Domestic sales in the USA alone amount to Billions of dollars annually.

My Ex-Life
My Ex-Life

Author: Stephen McCauley

Publisher: Flatiron Books

Published: 2018-05-08

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 1250122422

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National Bestseller Best Book of the Year: NPR, Shelf Awareness “I didn't know how much I needed a laugh until I began reading Stephen McCauley's new novel, My Ex-Life. This is the kind of witty, sparkling, sharp novel for which the verb ‘chortle’ was invented.” —Maureen Corrigan, Fresh Air “McCauley fits neatly alongside Tom Perrotta and Maria Semple in the category of ‘Novelists You’d Most Like to Drive Across the Country With.’” —The New York Times Book Review David Hedges’s life is coming apart at the seams. His job helping San Francisco rich kids get into the colleges of their (parents’) choice is exasperating; his younger boyfriend has left him; and the beloved carriage house he rents is being sold. His solace is a Thai takeout joint that delivers 24/7. The last person he expects to hear from is Julie Fiske. It’s been decades since they’ve spoken, and he’s relieved to hear she’s recovered from her brief, misguided first marriage. To him. Julie definitely doesn’t have a problem with marijuana (she’s given it up completely, so it doesn’t matter if she gets stoned almost daily) and the Airbnb she’s running out of her seaside house north of Boston is neither shabby nor illegal. And she has two whole months to come up with the money to buy said house from her second husband before their divorce is finalized. She’d just like David’s help organizing college plans for her seventeen-year-old daughter. That would be Mandy. To quote Barry Manilow, Oh Mandy. While she knows she’s smarter than most of the kids in her school, she can’t figure out why she’s making so many incredibly dumb and increasingly dangerous choices? When David flies east, they find themselves living under the same roof (one David needs to repair). David and Julie pick up exactly where they left off thirty years ago—they’re still best friends who can finish each other’s sentences. But there’s one broken bit between them that no amount of home renovations will fix. In prose filled with hilarious and heartbreakingly accurate one-liners, Stephen McCauley has written a novel that examines how we define home, family, and love. Be prepared to laugh, shed a few tears, and have thoughts of your own ex-life triggered. (Throw pillows optional.)

The Fun Habit
The Fun Habit

Author: Mike Rucker

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2023-01-03

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1982159073

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Discover the latest scientific evidence for the potent and revitalizing value of fun and how to make having fun a habitual and authentic part of your daily life with “this well-researched and impressive guide” (BookPage). Doesn’t it seem that the more we seek happiness, the more elusive it becomes? There is an easy fix: fun is an action you can take here and now, practically anywhere, anytime. Through research and science, we know fun is enormously beneficial to our physical and psychological well-being, yet fun’s absence from our modern lives is striking. Whether you’re a frustrated high-achiever trying to find a better work-life balance or someone who is seeking relief from life’s overwhelming challenges, it is time you gain access to the best medicine available. “A masterful distillation of science and personal experience” (Nir Eyal, author of Hooked), The Fun Habit explains how you can build having fun into an actionable and effortless habit and why doing so will help you become a healthier, more joyful, more productive person. In the vein of Year of Yes, 10% Happier, and Atomic Habits, The Fun Habit features “practical tips, tools, and tactics for bringing fun into our lives starting now” (Dr. Olav Sorenson, UCLA professor of sociology).

Play Anything
Play Anything

Author: Ian Bogost

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2016-09-13

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0465096506

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How filling life with play-whether soccer or lawn mowing, counting sheep or tossing Angry Birds -- forges a new path for creativity and joy in our impatient age Life is boring: filled with meetings and traffic, errands and emails. Nothing we'd ever call fun. But what if we've gotten fun wrong? In Play Anything, visionary game designer and philosopher Ian Bogost shows how we can overcome our daily anxiety; transforming the boring, ordinary world around us into one of endless, playful possibilities. The key to this playful mindset lies in discovering the secret truth of fun and games. Play Anything, reveals that games appeal to us not because they are fun, but because they set limitations. Soccer wouldn't be soccer if it wasn't composed of two teams of eleven players using only their feet, heads, and torsos to get a ball into a goal; Tetris wouldn't be Tetris without falling pieces in characteristic shapes. Such rules seem needless, arbitrary, and difficult. Yet it is the limitations that make games enjoyable, just like it's the hard things in life that give it meaning. Play is what happens when we accept these limitations, narrow our focus, and, consequently, have fun. Which is also how to live a good life. Manipulating a soccer ball into a goal is no different than treating ordinary circumstances- like grocery shopping, lawn mowing, and making PowerPoints-as sources for meaning and joy. We can "play anything" by filling our days with attention and discipline, devotion and love for the world as it really is, beyond our desires and fears. Ranging from Internet culture to moral philosophy, ancient poetry to modern consumerism, Bogost shows us how today's chaotic world can only be tamed-and enjoyed-when we first impose boundaries on ourselves.

How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics)
How Will You Measure Your Life? (Harvard Business Review Classics)

Author: Clayton M. Christensen

Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press

Published: 2017-01-17

Total Pages: 28

ISBN-13: 1633692574

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In the spring of 2010, Harvard Business School’s graduating class asked HBS professor Clay Christensen to address them—but not on how to apply his principles and thinking to their post-HBS careers. The students wanted to know how to apply his wisdom to their personal lives. He shared with them a set of guidelines that have helped him find meaning in his own life, which led to this now-classic article. Although Christensen’s thinking is rooted in his deep religious faith, these are strategies anyone can use. Since 1922, Harvard Business Review has been a leading source of breakthrough ideas in management practice. The Harvard Business Review Classics series now offers you the opportunity to make these seminal pieces a part of your permanent management library. Each highly readable volume contains a groundbreaking idea that continues to shape best practices and inspire countless managers around the world.

You are Not Having Fun.. Life is a Story - story.one
You are Not Having Fun.. Life is a Story - story.one

Author: Diego Ballesteros

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2024-08-31

Total Pages: 82

ISBN-13: 371155461X

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As their final days at university draw to a close and graduation looms like a dark cloud over the fragile lives of Names, Memory, and Kind - three strange souls with strange names - their reality becomes unrecognizable. Friends turn into acquaintances, homes become rooms, and life itself fades into a memory. A sudden and tragic death sets off a spiral of confusion and dread in their lives. Eerie apparitions and devastating betrayals begin to haunt them as they struggle to make sense of the crumbling world around them. But the price to pay for clarity might be their sanity. Something sinister has been stirring beneath their feet and above their heads. Whispers of horror, impatient to scream, prowl in the shadows, waiting to shatter existence itself. The boundaries between reality and nightmare can blur at any moment, dragging the three friends into a world of terror and pain that delves into the darkest corners of the human experience, and the not-so-human too. Are you having fun?

Fundamism
Fundamism

Author: Paul Long

Publisher: L1fe, Incorporated

Published: 2018-11-08

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 9780692196847

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HOW DO YOU IMPROVE YOUR OWN LIFE? You find a way to deal with the challenges life throws your way... which is always easier said than done. A favorite quote of mine, by George Bernard Shaw, explains a lot of why I feel we struggle in life: "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." Which is why I wanted to write this book. To share how incorporating more FUN into our lives will ultimately allow us to deal with any challenging moments that come our way. Take a moment right now and think about someone you know who is consistently upbeat, optimistic, and appears to be troubled by nothing. On the surface, they look like they enjoy life and have a lot of FUN. Ever wished you could be more like them? Wished you could approach life the same way, letting things just roll off your back like water off a duck's back? YOU CAN! By reading Fundamism: Connecting to Life Through F.U.N. you're one step closer to feeling more joy and fulfilment in your life. You're one step closer to feeling good and looking like the person you recalled above. We all desire happiness and minimal stress but life doesn't always work out the way we want it to. Throughout this book, you'll learn how to improve self-esteem, deal with life challenges, overcome fear... ultimately, this book will help you to change your life. Using 10 FUNdamentals, you'll quickly learn how easy it is to add more fun to your life and those around you. What are you waiting for? It's time to jump on the F.U.N. train (all aboard!) and smile, laugh and have more fun... all you have to do is buy Fundamism: Connecting to Life Through F.U.N. to get started!

The Power of Fun
The Power of Fun

Author: Catherine Price

Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback

Published: 2024-01-02

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0593241428

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If you’re not having fun, you’re not fully living. The author of How to Break Up with Your Phone makes the case that, far from being frivolous, fun is actually critical to our well-being—and shows us how to have more of it. “This delightful book might just be what we need to start flourishing.”—#1 New York Times bestselling author Adam Grant Journalist and screen/life balance expert Catherine Price argues persuasively that our always-on, tech-addicted lifestyles have led us to obsess over intangible concepts such as happiness while obscuring the fact that real happiness lies in the everyday experience of fun. We often think of fun as indulgent, even immature and selfish. We claim to not have time for it, even as we find hours a day for what Price calls Fake Fun—bingeing on television, doomscrolling the news, or posting photos to social media, all in hopes of filling some of the emptiness we feel inside. In this follow-up to her hit book, How to Break Up with Your Phone, Price makes the case that True Fun—which she defines as the magical confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow—will give us the fulfillment we so desperately seek. If you use True Fun as your compass, you will be happier and healthier. You will be more productive, less resentful, and less stressed. You will have more energy. You will find community and a sense of purpose. You will stop languishing and start flourishing. And best of all? You’ll enjoy the process. Weaving together scientific research with personal experience, Price reveals the surprising mental, physical, and cognitive benefits of fun, and offers a practical, personalized plan for how we can achieve better screen/life balance and attract more True Fun into our daily lives—without feeling overwhelmed. Groundbreaking, eye-opening, and packed with useful advice, The Power of Fun won’t just change the way you think about fun. It will bring you back to life.

Designing Your Life
Designing Your Life

Author: Bill Burnett

Publisher: Knopf

Published: 2016-09-20

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 110187533X

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • At last, a book that shows you how to build—design—a life you can thrive in, at any age or stage • “Life has questions. They have answers.” —The New York Times Designers create worlds and solve problems using design thinking. Look around your office or home—at the tablet or smartphone you may be holding or the chair you are sitting in. Everything in our lives was designed by someone. And every design starts with a problem that a designer or team of designers seeks to solve. In this book, Bill Burnett and Dave Evans show us how design thinking can help us create a life that is both meaningful and fulfilling, regardless of who or where we are, what we do or have done for a living, or how young or old we are. The same design thinking responsible for amazing technology, products, and spaces can be used to design and build your career and your life, a life of fulfillment and joy, constantly creative and productive, one that always holds the possibility of surprise.

My First Cookbook
My First Cookbook

Author:

Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9780007451500

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Hello Kitty is a great cook and would love to share her easy to follow recipes with you. This cook book is perfect for all budding chefs, full of tasty simple dishes and fun things to do. Hello Kitty tells you how to make every meal time a treat whether it's yummy breakfasts like simple chocolate croissants or pancakes, delicious lunches like potato salad or chicken roll ups or scrumptious dinners like meatballs and pizza. And there's a special treat section too. You won't be bored while your food cooks as Hello Kitty shares her fun activities to make while you wait - such as how to create a vase from an eggshell or a really fun treasure hunt. And there's even a gorgeous Hello Kitty stencil to use on your cakes. My first cookbook is filled with simple easy to follow recipes and fun make as you wait activities that every little girl will love.