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Everyone ages, and nearly everyone will also experience having to support aging relatives. Being prepared is the best way to handle this inevitable life stage. This book addresses a breadth of topics that are relevant to aging and caring for the elderly, analyzing each thoroughly and providing up-to-date, practical advice. It can serve as a concise and comprehensive resource read start-to-finish to plan for an individual's own old age or to anticipate the needs of aging relatives, or as a quick-reference guide on specific issues and topics as relevant to each reader's situation and needs.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Aging with a Plan: How a Little Thought Today Can Vastly Improve Your Tomorrow develops recommendations for building sustainable social, legal, medical, and financial support systems that can promote a good quality of life throughout the aging process. Chapters address critical topics such as retirement savings and expenses, residential settings, legal planning, the elderly and driving, long-term care, and end-of-life decisions. The author combines analysis of recent research on the challenges of aging with engaging anecdotes and personal observations. By following the recommendations in this book, readers in their 40s, 50s, and early 60s will greatly benefit from learning about the issues regarding aging in the 21st century--and from investing some effort in planning for their old age and that of their loved ones.
workplaces and turbulent economic conditions, each of us is searching for
effective tools that can help us to manage, adapt, and get ahead of the
pack.
By now, emotional intelligence (EQ) needs little
introduction--it's no secret that EQ is critical to your success. But knowing
what EQ is and knowing how to use it to improve your life are two very
different things.
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 delivers a step-by-step program
for increasing your EQ via four core EQ skills that enable you to achieve your
fullest potential: 1) Self-Awareness
2) Self-Management
3) Social Awareness
4) Relationship Management
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 is a book with a single
purpose--increasing your EQ.
As a distant cousin to The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, F*ck Feelings, Unfu*k Yourself, and You are a Badass comes this brutally honest guide to shoving aside your insecurities and self-doubt to finally take advantage of your best qualities and do what the hell you want.
The mass media and society in general has you believing that you aren't "good enough" if you don't have the perfect body, impressive degrees and flashy materialistic crap. No bigger lie has ever been told, because everyone is hopelessly flawed and you have a lot to offer!
Do you believe other people are better than you? Have you ever been too damn afraid to approach someone of the opposite sex for a date? Have you been afraid to try something because you feared failure or rejection?
This book solves those problems.
Personal development writer Deante Young spent decades being ripped to shreds by his own insecurities of his self-proclaimed "equator length waistline" and "the portable tool inside his trousers," before figuring out how to overcome that constant humiliation. Often hilarious and occasionally shocking, Young uncovers the dirty truth about what's holding you back.
And much more!
Come back from every setback a stronger and better leader
If you read nothing else on mental toughness, read these ten articles by experts in the field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard Business Review archive and selected the most important ones to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.
This book will inspire you to:
This collection of articles includes How the Best of the Best Get Better and Better, by Graham Jones; Crucibles of Leadership, by Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas; Building Resilience, by Martin E.P. Seligman; Cognitive Fitness, by Roderick Gilkey and Clint Kilts; The Making of a Corporate Athlete, by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz; Stress Can Be a Good Thing If You Know How to Use It, by Alla Crum and Thomas Crum; How to Bounce Back from Adversity, by Joshua D. Margolis and Paul G. Stoltz; Rebounding from Career Setbacks, by Mitchell Lee Marks, Philip Mirvis, and Ron Ashkenas; Realizing What You're Made Of, by Glenn E. Mangurian; Extreme Negotiations, by Jeff Weiss, Aram Donigian, and Jonathan Hughes; and Post-Traumatic Growth and Building Resilience, by Martin Seligman and Sarah Green Carmichael.
In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphia's University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength. He encouraged the fledgling painters, musicians, writers, and dreamers to break rules and think outside the box. Most of all, he encouraged them to make good art.
The book Make Good Art, designed by renowned graphic artist Chip Kidd, contains the full text of Gaiman's inspiring speech.