The Future You
The Future You

Author: Brian David Johnson

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0062965085

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YOUR FUTURE STARTS NOW By the time you reach the end of the book, I promise you will understand your Future You better than ever...you will be able to see yourself in the future you want and know the steps needed to get there. Brian David Johnson has spent a quarter century helping governments, schools, corporations, and small businesses shape the future—now, he wants to help you. In The Future You, Johnson distills his work as an applied futurist and gives readers the practical tools to craft the future they’ve always wanted. Offering a unique combination of practical guidance, interactive workbooks, and compelling real-life stories, The Future You empowers readers to break through the fear of uncertainty. Whether you want to find your new passion, switch your career, or make a personal change, fear holds so many of us captive and prevents us from taking the steps necessary to start now. You no longer have to just dream about a better future, you can turn those plans, those ideas, and those hopes into reality.

Gateways to Understanding Music
Gateways to Understanding Music

Author: Timothy Rice

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-14

Total Pages: 505

ISBN-13: 1000777685

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Gateways to Understanding Music, Second Edition, explores music in all the categories that constitute contemporary musical experience: European classical, popular, jazz, and world music. Covering the oldest forms of human music making to the newest, this chronology presents music from a global rather than a Eurocentric perspective. Each of 60 "gateways" addresses a particular genre, style, or period of music. Every gateway opens with a guided listening example that unlocks a world of music through careful study of its structural elements. How did the piece come to be composed or performed? How did it respond to the social and cultural issues at the time, and what does that music mean today? Students learn to listen to, explain, understand, and ultimately value all the music they encounter in their world. New to this edition is a broader selection of musical examples that reflect the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion advocated by North American universities. Eight gateways have been replaced. A timeline of gateways helps students see the book’s historical narrative at a glance. Features Values orientation—Diverse, equitable, and inclusive approach to music history. All genres of music—Presents all music as worthy of study, including classical, world, popular, and jazz. Global scope within a historical narrative—Begins with small-scale forager societies up to the present, with a shifting focus from global to European to American influences. Recurring themes — Aesthetics, emotion, social life, links to culture, politics, economics, and technology. Modular framework—60 gateways—each with a listening example—allow flexibility to organize chronologically or by the seven themes. Consistent structure—With the same step-by-step format, students learn through repeated practice how to listen and how to think about music. Anthology of scores—For those courses that use the textbook in a music history sequence. Gateways to Understanding Music continues to employ a website to host the audio examples and instructor’s resources.

Reading Shakespeare's Will
Reading Shakespeare's Will

Author: Lisa Freinkel

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 424

ISBN-13: 9780231123242

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The most influential treatments of Shakespeare's Sonnets have ignored the impact of theology on his poetics, examining instead the poet's "secular" emphasis on psychology and subjectivity. Reading Shakespeare's Will offers the first systematic account of the theology behind the poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. To "read Shakespeare's will," Freinkel argues, is to read his bequest to and from a literary history saturated by religious doctrine. Freinkel thus challenges the common equation of subjectivity with secularity, and defines Shakespeare's poetic voice in theological rather than psychoanalytic terms. Tracing from Augustine to Luther the religious legacy that informs Shakespeare's work, Freinkel suggests that we cannot properly understand his poetry without recognizing it as a response to Luther's Reformation. Delving into the valences and repercussions of this response, Reading Shakespeare's Will charts the notion of a "theology of figure" that helped to shape the themes, tropes, and formal structures of Renaissance literature and thought.

The Mask of Masculinity
The Mask of Masculinity

Author: Lewis Howes

Publisher: Hay House, Inc

Published: 2017-10-31

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 1788171284

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‘This is one of the most important topics today that seemingly no one is talking about: how men can take care of their emotional health in a 21st century that demands it. Crucial reading for any young or struggling man.’ - Mark Manson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck At 30 years old, Lewis Howes was outwardly thriving but unfulfilled inside. He was a successful athlete and businessman, achieving goals beyond his wildest dreams, but he felt empty, angry, frustrated, and always chasing something that was never enough. His whole identity had been built on misguided beliefs about what "masculinity" was. Howes began a personal journey to find inner peace and to uncover the many masks that men – young and old – wear. In The Mask of Masculinity, Howes exposes: · The ultimate emptiness of the Material Mask, the man who chases wealth above all things; · The cowering vulnerability that hides behind the Joker and Stoic Masks of men who never show real emotion; and · The destructiveness of the Invincible and Aggressive Masks worn by men who take insane risks or can never back down from a fight. He teaches men how to break through the walls that hold them back and shows women how they can better understand the men in their lives. It's not easy, but if you want to love, be loved and live a great life, then it's an odyssey of self-discovery that all modern men must make. This book is a must-read for every man – and for every woman who loves a man.

THE VARIOUS PHASES AND ENCOUNTERS WITH TRANSITIONAL LIFE: Evaluating and Understanding each Experience in a Lifetime
THE VARIOUS PHASES AND ENCOUNTERS WITH TRANSITIONAL LIFE: Evaluating and Understanding each Experience in a Lifetime

Author: Luis Antonio Rivera

Publisher: Ibukku LLC

Published: 2020-04-22

Total Pages: 183

ISBN-13: 1640865292

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Seeking continuous improvement and ways to make an impact on society, Dr. Luis decided to further his academic career. He started his masters from the Autonomous University of Mexico. This greatly helped him in understanding how the society behaved and he developed a clear concept of in which direction he wished his career to head in. Since excellence has no boundaries, which inspired this great man to go beyond the mere boundaries of a master’s degree. He went further to earn not one, but two PhD’s in Psychology and Urbanism from the world-renowned States of New York and California. This enlightened him to fight for the right s of those who were unable to do so for themselves or were unaware of even having actual rights. To highlights some of the achievements of Dr. Luis Antonio Rivera: · Remained the mayor of the Municipal of Comerío in Puerto Rico from 1993 to 2000. · Held a professional oce in Puerto Rico. · A capable and acknowledged university professor. · Licensed as a Professional Planner in Puerto Rico and certified in the United States. · A writer of various books on topics pertaining to economics, health, self-help, politics, and Urban planning. · Has been honored in various TV and Radio programs in Puerto Rico and the United States. He is known as “The defender of equality of Puerto Rico” through the ideal of Statehood. Other than that, there is still much more to be said about the personality of this great man. Dr. Luis has been involved in numerous public service subjects such as: · The issue of public education and reforms it needs right now. · Fighting for the rights of special needs and how it has to be supported, highlighted, and promoted. · The development of poor communities by providing them with equal opportunities in terms of education and jobs, and other fields of life. · Especially in the domain of equal rights for women. Dr. Luis has put a lot of efforts in this eld and worked as an advocate for equal rights of women in Puerto Rico and outside as well. · Dr. Luis has also dedicated a lot of efforts towards ensuring the fulfillment of services that people with physical disabilities and special needs are entitled to. Throughout his life, Dr. Luis Antonio Rivera has been fighting for the right of those who couldn’t do it themselves. From being activist for people with special needs, Dr. Luis Rivera has dedicated his life for others, to be the voice of justice and reason, when there is no other.

Understanding Infinity
Understanding Infinity

Author: John Appert

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010-10-22

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 145204497X

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The book is about the Father Almighty or Infinity, and what He wants all people to understand about life on earth, following His commandments, how to obtain eternal life, what is your soul, and what happens to the soul at the time of your death. This writing comes directly from Infinity by revelations and visions sent to me by The Father Almighty. It also contains new information about the second coming of Jesus, and should be read by all people of this time.

Threads of Understanding
Threads of Understanding

Author: Alan Ernst

Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.

Published: 2021-08-04

Total Pages: 69

ISBN-13: 1638440204

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As the book is titled Threads of Understanding, so are we-each life a strand that, in total, forms a world population determined at any one time by a collection of censuses. Whether or not we know at any specific moment what that total might be, we estimate or are in flux with a rash of opinions. Much of our life in how and what we think are based on opinions to which we feel entitled that in turn have become fact. As many of our opinions are based on emotions, personal or that of family history, with values set accordingly, we hold them important; thus substantiating the influence they have to the here and now of our personal circle of circumstance. Perhaps opinionated fact would be a better term, for it abounds in about every social interaction we are faced to deal with. Yet for the most part, we seem to concur with the fact that life is too short, and whether or not William Shakespeare assembled those words in phrase of understanding similar, we continue to think and say in a myriad of ways those words some speculate originated back in the seventeenth century. Is life too short, or again is that an opinion to which most would classify as a fact? Challenging everyone to think beyond opinion, the intent of this book is to provide those threads of understanding to which reaches far beyond that of our emotions and senses. Shake the burden of discord we find of life and that of how we feel and think about ourselves and others. While religions and that of seeking perpetual days of happiness seem foremost to finding meaning in life, reading this book will hopefully bring you the understanding to change the norm and in fact given time change how we live with a new appreciation of life itself and the meaning for which was intended. Though living together, we are each on our own.

Understanding Life's Insanity
Understanding Life's Insanity

Author: John Coffin

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2007-09-01

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 1847999476

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Understand the insanity of the life we have created for ourselves. As you read this book you will start to unravel life's most complicated questions, revealing the beauty and underlining simplicity of life. This book will open your mind and speak directly to your heart. It will guide you through heartbreak and confusion, freeing you to live life.

How to Understand Anyone
How to Understand Anyone

Author: Rikroses Books and E-books

Publisher:

Published:

Total Pages: 108

ISBN-13:

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Imagine cracking the code of human behavior, effortlessly understanding the "why" behind every action. "How to Understand Anyone: The Frameworks and Models for Making Sense of Human Behavior, Needs and Values" empowers you to do just that. Dive into the hidden needs that drive us, the values that shape our choices, and the unconscious forces pulling the strings. Master the art of reading body language, listening intently, and building genuine connections. Ask the questions that unlock deeper understanding, cultivate empathy that bridges divides, and navigate even the trickiest relationships with ease. This transformative journey won't just unlock the secrets of others, but also the key to your own growth and fulfillment. Are you ready to revolutionize your connections and unlock your true potential?