Self Help

There is an epidemic of 'affluenza' throughout the world - an obsessive, envious - that has resulted in huge increases in depression and anxiety among millions. This book aims to uncover the answer to how to reconnect with what really matters and learn to value what you've already got. It shows how to be successful and stay sane.

Following in the hugely popular 'Angel Saved My Life' series comes a moving new collection of real-life stories from the Afterlife. Following in the bestselling An Angel Saved My Life series, An Angel on my Shoulder is an inspiring collection of true stories about the guardian angels who protect us, warn us and guide us from the other side. / A kicking and screaming angel saves a woman from dying on a train. / A grieving daughter is comforted by the kiss of an angel. / A mysterious stranger protects a young girl from a mugging - and then vanishes. / A animal angel saves a family from carbon monoxide poisoning. These are just some of the amazing accounts in this inspiring new collection of true stories.

ISBN: 9780007288809

Intuition is not some magical property that arises unbidden from the depths of our mind. It is a product of long hours and intelligent design, of meaningful work environments and particular rules and principles. This book shows us how we can hone our instinctive ability to know in an instant, helping us to bring out the best in our thinking and become better decision-makers in our homes, offices and in everyday life. Just as he did with his revolutionary theory of the tipping point, Gladwell reveals how the power of ‘blink’ could fundamentally transform our relationships, the way we consume, create and communicate, how we run our businesses and even our societies.You’ll never think about thinking in the same way again.

Gives you the insight and tools to improve your ability to handle the given situation. This work teaches you to live your life the way you want - so you can move from a place of pain, paralysis and depression to one of power, energy and enthusiasm. It also offers advice to 'feel the fear and do it anyway'.

Cult bestseller, new buzz word... Freakonomics is at the heart of everything we see and do and the subjects that bedevil us daily: from parenting to crime, sport to politics, fat to cheating, fear to traffic jams. Asking provocative and profound questions about human motivation and contemporary living and reaching some astonishing conclusions, Freakonomics will make you see the familiar world through a completely original lens.

Offers practical advice and techniques for how to get out of a mental rut and make life more rewarding. This work teaches you how to: make friends quickly and easily; increase your popularity; win people to your way of thinking; and more. It helps you turn around your relationships and improve your dealings with all the people in your life.

Whether it's the boss, clients, friends or lovers, getting relationships right matters. This book shows how to make yours shine. Drawing on the latest research and the experience of 500,000 people who use The Mind Gym, Relationships reveals how to: be loved, respected and even obeyed; build trust in moments that lasts for years; turn an angry argument into an unbreakable bond; get on with people who don't get on with anyone else; and repair a broken relationship so it's stronger than ever. You don't even need to read this book. Fill in the questionnaire at the beginning and discover which chapters will help you and which to skip. Even better, you get free membership for The Mind Gym Online. And all royalties will go to The Mind Gym Foundation, a programme to help young people improve their lives by thinking differently. If you can find a gym that does more for less, we'll come with you.

ISBN: 9781847440631

Why do people work hard, and take pride in what they do? This book, a philosophically-minded enquiry into practical activity of many different kinds past and present, is about what happens when people try to do a good job. It asks us to think about the true meaning of skill in the 'skills society' and argues that pure competition is a poor way to achieve quality work. Sennett suggests, instead, that there is a craftsman in every human being, which can sometimes be enormously motivating and inspiring - and can also in other circumstances make individuals obsessive and frustrated. The Craftsman shows how history has drawn fault-lines between craftsman and artist, maker and user, technique and expression, practice and theory, and that individuals' pride in their work, as well as modern society in general, suffers from these historical divisions. But the past lives of crafts and craftsmen show us ways of working (using tools, acquiring skills, thinking about materials) which provide rewarding alternative ways for people to utilise their talents. We need to recognise this if motivations are to be understood and lives made as fulfilling as possible.

Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life - whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spirital peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want - the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live in. This profound book from bestselling author, Spencer Johnson, will show you how to anticipate change, adapt to change quickly, enjoy change and be ready to change quickly again and again. Discover the secret for yourself and learn how to deal with change, so that you suffer from less stress and enjoy more success in your work and in life. Written for all ages, this story takes less than an hour to read, but its unique insights can last for a lifetime.