The overthinking cure: how to free your mind and focus on what really matters

Thinking about life is a normal part of being human; it's helpful to analyze a situation or revisit a problem in your mind, but if you find yourself constantly dwelling on your thoughts - with no sign of a resolution - then it can set you back from living the life you want

Flow: the psychology of optimal experience

egendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work on personal growth, Csikszentmihalyi (…

Atomic habits: an easy & proven way to build good habits & break bad ones

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9781847941831

Collation

306 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

158 CLE a

I wish my teacher knew: how one question can change everything for our kids

One day, third-grade teacher Kyle Schwartz asked her students to fill-in-the-blank in this "I wish my teacher knew _____." The results astounded her. Some answers were humorous, others were heartbreaking-all were profoundly moving and enlightening. The results opened her eyes to the need for educators to understand the unique realities their students face in order to create an open, safe and s…

The Math of life and death: 7 mathematical principles that shape our lives

In The Math of Life and Death , Yates takes us on a “dizzying, dazzling” ( Nature ) tour of everyday situations and grand-scale applications of mathematical concepts, including exponential growth and decay, optimization, statistics and probability, and number systems. Along the way he reveals the mathematical undersides of controversies over DNA testing, Ponzi schemes, viral marketing, and …

The leader in you: how to win friends, influence people and succeed in a chan…

In The Leader in You, coauthors Stuart R. Levine and Michael A. Crom apply the famed organization's time-tested human relations principles to demonstrate how anyone, regardless of his or her job, can harness creativity and enthusi

Getting things done: the art of stress-free productivity

Since it was first published almost fifteen years ago, David Allen’s Getting Things Done has become one of the most influential business books of its era, and the ultimate book on personal organization. “GTD” is now shorthand for an entire way of approaching professional and personal tasks, and has spawned an entire culture of websites, organizational tools, seminars, and offshoots. Al…

Visual thinking: the hidden gifts of people who think in pictures, patterns, …

Do you have a keen sense of direction, a love of puzzles, the ability to assemble furniture without crying? You are likely a visual learner. With her genius for demystifying science, Temple Grandin takes us inside the brains of these thinkers, who constitute a far greater proportion of the population than previously believed.

The unexpected joy of the ordinary

The everyday is the wall-to-wall humdrum we seek to upgrade, like a fifties carpet we long to replace.

Me vs brain: an overthinker's guide to life

Do you overthink every single aspect of your life? Think the world is looking at you whenever you leave the house? Or suddenly think of the greatest comeback to an argument you had seven years ago?