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How To Have Creative Ideas
In How to Have Creative Ideas Edward de Bono - the leading authority on creative thinking - outlines 62 different games and exercises, built around random words chosen from a list, to help encourage creativity and lateral thinking. For example, if the task were to provide an idea for a new restaurant and the random word chosen was 'cloak', ideas generated might be: a highwayman theme; a Venetian theme with gondolas; masked waiters and waitresses. Or, if asked to make a connection between the two random words 'desk' and 'shorts', readers may come up with: both are functional; desks have 'knee holes' and shorts expose the knees; traditionally they were both male-associated items. All the exercises are simple, practical and fun, and can be done by anyone
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The Google Story
The Google Story (using logo) is the definitive account of one of the most remarable organizations of our time. Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred languages, running billions of searches for information on everything and anything. Through the creative use of cutting-edge technology and a series of groundbreaking business ideas, Google's thirty-two year old founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, have in ten years taken Google from being just another internet start-up to a company with a market value of over US$80 billion. Based on scupulous research and extraordinary access to the inner workings of Google, this book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company that has become so familiar its name is used as a verb around the world. But even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult challenges in a business that changes at lightning speed. In this fully updated edition of the 2005 title, David A. Vise brings readers fully up to speed on the latest developments and issues facing the company as it continues to expand and innovate while trying to sustain the guiding vision of its founders' mantra: Do No Evil. 'If you want to know how the Google boys became wealthy and powerful beyond dreams, then David Vise's assiduously researched The Google Story is for you.' - Sunday Telegraph . 'If Google were to take on critical faculties as well as its other attributes Vise's book would probably come out on top.' - The Times
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Guide To Investing
Rich Dad's Guide to Investing follows the New York Times bestsellers Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Rich Dad's CASHFLOW Quadrant. Most of us know that the best investments never make it to market. This book discusses what the rich invest in that the poor and middle class do not. What follows is an insider's look into the world of investing, how the rich find the best investments, and how you can too.Robert Kiyosaki and Sharon Lechter show . . .
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The Flip Side
If I asked you what one thing determines your level of ultimate success, what would your answer be? Your talent? Skills? A college degree?""Is it possible that something else will define how far you go in life? Could it be that the things that hold you back-or constrain you-are a far more reliable indicator of your success than any skills or talent you may possess? Would you choose to break free of your personal constraints if I could show you what and where they are? If you answered yes to these questions, then The Flip Side is for you."What if you learned a way to "flip" your negative thoughts and behaviors into positive action? Educator, psychotherapist and business coach Flip Flippen believes that if we can identify our own personal constraints, we can overcome them once and for all. In THE FLIP SIDE, you'll discover the top ten "killer constraints" that most of us are confronted with every day-in ourselves, in our bosses, in our families. Learn how to recognize and deal with constraint types such as: *BULLDOZERS-they are too dominant, flattening any objections and ignoring any opinion that doesn't match theirs. *BULLDOZERS-they are too dominant, flattening any objections and ignoring any opinion that doesn't match theirs. *MARSHMALLOWS-they are overly nurturing, shying away from conflict at the expense of their own happiness. *QUICK DRAWS-they are impulsive, and their low self-control causes them to act before they think. But here's the good news: each of these constraints can be conquered with a few simple strategies. For anyone who has ever wondered, "How can I accomplish more, both personally and professionally?" and "How can I get better, go further, and be happier?," THE FLIP SIDE has the answer. Author Bio: Flip Flippen is the head of The Flippen Group, one of the fastest-growing corporate training companies in the U.S. and the largest educator-training company in North America. He has worked with businesses and individuals all over the world, including baseball legend Nolan Ryan, Wall Street private equity mogul Mark Bourgeois, the FitzBradshaw NASCAR racing team, and some of the largest school districts in the country. In 30 years of coaching couples, families, corporations and individuals Flip has learned invaluable skills that can help people in all aspects of their lives. The Flippen Group's philosophy is simple: "We grow people."
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Breaking The Bamboo Ceiling
You're educated and ambitious. Sure, the hours are long and corporate politics are a bane, but you focus on getting the job done, confident that you will be rewarded in the long run. Yet, somehow, your hard work isn't paying off, and you watch from the sidelines as your colleagues get promoted. Those who make it to management positions in this intensely competitive corporate environment seem to understand an unwritten code for marketing and aligning themselves politically. Furthermore, your strong work ethic and raw intelligence were sufficient when you started at the firm, but now they're expecting you to be a rainmaker who can "bring in clients" and "exert influence" on others. The top of the career ladder seems beyond your reach. Perhaps you've hit the bamboo ceiling. For the last decade, Asian Americans have been the fastest growing population in the United States. Asians comprise the largest college graduate population in America, and are often referred to as the "Model Minority"
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Lateral Thinking
The seminal book that introduced a new way of reasoning and decision making. "Dr. de Bono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Da Vincis, and Einsteins. . . . The Muse never appears to most of us--hence the value of this book."-- "Times Educational Supplement" "Dr. de Bono does not claim to be able to turn us all into Miltons, Da Vincis, and Einsteins . . . . but his techniques provide an alternative to just sitting around waiting for the Muse to appear. The Muse never appears to most of us--hence the value of this book." "--Times Educational Supplement"
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The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
Based on seven natural laws that govern all creation, this book shatters the myth that success results only from hard work, exacting plans, and driving ambition. Deepak Chopra offers a life-altering perspective on attaining success: Once we understand our true nature and learn to live in harmony with these natural laws, well-being, good health, fulfilling relationships, energy and enthusiasm for life, and material abundance can be achieved. Simple yet profound, the book
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The Practical Book Of Reiki
Find balance and harmony in mind and spirit. It is truly a gift to yourself. Increase your vibratory level and healing capacity by treating yourself and others. Be sure to engage your intuitive knowledge, feel free so that you can maintain the accelerated ability to channel the Reiki energy. Remove the energy blocks and negative thoughts which generate mental and physical illness. Learn how colours relate to the organs of the body, the chakras and personality traits. Apply Reiki by following the five principles: Just for today I will live with an attitude of gratitude. Just for today I will not worry. Just for today I will not be angry. Just for today I will do my work honestly. Just for today I will show love and respect for every living thing. This unique book is for those who are looking for self-treatment and transformation with the principles of Reiki. It is a practical guide that teaches you in plain language how to learn and practise Reiki - the Divine Universal Lifeforce Energy. "
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Impostor
But while he did cut taxes, in most other respects he has governed in a way utterly unlike his revered predecessor, expanding the size and scope of government, letting immigration go unchecked, and allowing the federal budget to mushroom out of control. Despite their strong misgivings, most conservatives remained silent during Bush
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Begginer's Manual
The American Yoga Association has set the standard for Yoga instruction for more than thirty years. Its classic Beginner's Manualhas sold close to 100,000 copies nationwide since its release in 1987. Now fully revised and updated with all new photographs and revised text, this essential step-by-step guide provides students with the information and guidance they need to learn Yoga safely and effectively. Now that there are an estimated 18 million Yoga enthusiasts in the United States, this influential resource is poised to inspire a whole new generation of students to discover the myriad physical and spiritual benefits of practicing Yoga.
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Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge
In this remarkable new program, Pilates instructor Brooke Siler once again revolutionizes the world of Pilates, reinventing how and where Pilates is performed, to take your fitness to a whole new level. Elegantly designed and beautifully illustrated, Your Ultimate Pilates Body Challenge takes a fresh approach to Pilates, challenging readers to rethink the way they move and to incorporate Pilates-conscious movements into every aspect of life:At the Gym: Siler takes you through a fun, rapid-fire circuit of machines that gets and keeps you in your cardio target zone. For the first time ever, you will learn how to use powerful Pilates techniques to maximize your workouts on standard gym equipment (StairMaster, treadmill, stationary bike, etc.).At Home: Siler steps up the at-home basics by applying Pilates principles to work with weights, bands, and non-accoutrement-based exercises.On the Mat: As so many readers and clients have requested, Siler has created four brand-new mat routines specifically to target abs, lower body, posture, and flexibility, and designed to take experienced practitioners and beginners alike to new levels of body-sculpted accomplishment.Sports: Siler offers insight into secrets of the world's best athletes, explaining how to move with Pilates form in individual and team sports. With core strength created in Pilates you can hit better golf shots, ski with less fatigue than ever before, and bring more power to your tennis game.Everyday Life: Using her trademark Invisible Workout, Siler shows you how incorporating Pilates-based awareness and movements into everyday activities such as restocking the pantry, working at the computer, climbing stairs, or picking up the baby can tone and strengthen your body.You will be amazed at how much better you feel when your carriage, breathing, posture, and movements are done Pilates-style. This dynamic book shows how Pilates can actually be the basis for total-body transformation by simply challenging you to get the absolute most out of everything you already do.
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The Natural Fat Loss Pharmacy
Finally, information about weight loss supplements that isn't based on hype or hope, but on scientific fact! Written by Harry Preuss, MD, a doctor and university-based researcher, and Bill Gottlieb, former editor-in-chief of Rodale Books, this is the first and only reliable guide to the nutritional supplements and herbs that can safely and effectively help you lose weight and keep it off. You'll learn how to: Speed fat burning--with green tea extract Lose fat and build muscle without" "dieting or exercise--with CLA (conjugated linoleic acid) Stop weight regain--with MCT (medium-chain triglycerides) Reduce carbohydrate cravings--with 5-HTP Balance blood sugar for easier dieting--with chromium Block the absorption of excess starch and sugar--with white kidney bean extract and L-arabinose Get off a plateau, where pounds don't seem to budge--with HCA (hydroxy citric acid) Turbo-charge fat-burning exercise--with HMB (hydroxy methylbutyrate) or BCAA (branched-chain amino acids) You'll also read about the weight-loss supplements that "aren't" likely to work or are possibly unsafe. You'll find a customized program to help you pick the one or more supplements that are right for you. And you'll discover an easy-to-follow, no-diet food plan for controlling calories, and a simple, no-sweat approach to physical activity for long-term weight control.
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The Skin Type Solution
Your personal skin type profile detailing exactly what will work and what won
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When Parents Hurt
This unique book supports parents who are struggling with the heartache of having a teenager or an adult child who is troubled, angry, or distant. Such rifts can cause unspeakable sorrow that parents too often must bear alone. Psychologist and parent Joshua Coleman, Ph.D., offers insight, empathy, and perspective to those who have lost the opportunity to be the parent they desperately wanted to be and who are mourning the loss of a harmonious relationship with their child. Through case examples and healing exercises, Dr. Coleman helps parents: Reduce anger, guilt, and shame Learn how temperament, the teen years, their own or a partner's mistakes, and divorce can strain the parent-child bond Come to terms with their own and their child's imperfections Maintain self-esteem through difficult times Develop strategies for rebuilding the relationship or move toward acceptance of what can't be changed Understand how society's high expectations of parents contribute to the risk of parental wounds By helping parents recognize what they can do, and let go of what they cannot, Dr. Coleman helps families develop more positive ways of healing themselves and relating to each other.
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The Guru Of Joy
Wherever he goes, people from all walks of lifehomemakers, chiefs of industry, politicians, and film starsseek his blessings and advice. Amazingly, he manages to make each one feel special and cherished
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Ward No.5, KEM
Dr. Ravi Bapat is a man of many talents: Skilled surgeon, caring teacher, dedicated sportsman, daring adventurer, mesmerising orator, incisive writer and above everything else an istantly captivating human being graduating from the seth Gs medical college in 1959, he joined the KEM hospital and rose to become head, department of general surgery and gastoenterology surgical services.
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American Studies
At each step of this journey through American cultural history, Louis Menand has an original point to make: he explains the real significance of William James's nervous breakdown, and of the anti-Semitism in T. S. Eliot's writing. He reveals the reasons for the remarkable commercial successes of William Shawn's New Yorker and William Paley's CBS. He uncovers the connection between Larry Flynt's Hustler and Jerry Falwell's evangelism, between the atom bomb and the Scholastic Aptitude Test. He locates the importance of Richard Wright, Norman Mailer, Pauline Kael, Christopher Lasch, and Rolling Stone magazine. And he lends an ear to Al Gore in the White House as the Starr Report is finally presented to the public.
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The Goal
The book tells us the story of a plant manager, Alex Rogo, who is trying to save his plant, at least show some improvements within 90 days to keep it open. Alex's primary problem is that his plant can not consistently get a quality product out of the plant on time at the cost that can beat the competition. His plant is losing money and if he cannot make it profitable, the management eventually will decide to close the plant. In his fight to save his plant, a physician, Jonah, helps him in achieving his objectives. Alex, with the help of Jonah, finds that the goal of a manufacturing organization and all organizations in general is to make money. Jonah explains the measurements which express the goal of making money in a different way. These measurements are: Throughput Inventory, and Operational expense Throughput is defined as the rate at which the system generates money through sales. Inventory is all the money that the system has invested in purchasing things which intends to sell, and operational expense is all the money the system spends in order to turn inventory into throughput. Then it turns out that the goal of an organization is to increase throughput while simultaneously reducing both inventory and operating expense. To help Alex in achieving his goals and solving problems in his plant in terms of the measurements which express the goal of making money, Jonah introduces him the theory of constraints. Theory of constraints approach includes the following steps to improve the performance of a system: Identify the system's constraint(s) Decide how to exploit the system's constraint(s) Subordinate everything else to exploit the constraint(s) Elevate the system's constraint(s) If in the previous steps a constraint has been broken, go back to step 1, but do not allow inertia to cause a system's constraint. Theory of constraints approach requires...
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Through Time Into Healing
Through Time into Healing, Dr. Weiss's light treatment of his new found cure gets even lighter. The book tells of case after case (his and his colleagues) where patients have been healed using regression therapy. The connection as to why they are healed is mere supposition. Many facts are very light. I would say this book has over 100 (if not more) cases being recounted. The are categorizes by the type of healing needed. This makes for tedious reading after the 25th believe me. The table of Contents is below: The beginning Hypnosis and Regression Through experience into Understanding Healing the body by healing the mind Healing Troubled Relationships Healing the Inner Child and the Abused Child Healing the need to Protect: Uncovering the sources of Obesity and Substance Abuse Healing the Grieving Opening the Mind to the Power of Mystical Experiences
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A Future Perfect
A Future Perfect is the first comprehensive examination of globalization and how it will continue to change lives. The authors analyze, demystify, and expose the global forces reshaping the world, and they detail both the challenge and the promise those forces hold for individuals, businesses, and governments.
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Only Love Is Real
'A gripping love story that transcends time... this book makes you truly believe that we all really do have soulmates, and that "only love is real".' (Raymond Moody MD, Author of Life After Death) 'A fascinating story that will open your mind. Explore the mystery, wisdom and wonder of life and love.'
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Yoga
Children, more than adults, are highly susceptible to falling prey to contagious diseases. A major factor that leads to an increase in the number of ailments afflicting school-going children in particular is stress; whether it is related to a child's studies, peer-pressure or home. This and several other factors contribute in weakening a child's immune system, which can lead to serious health issues. Not only this, growing children, especially those in their teens, are often plagued with skin-related problems like acne and pimples which can prove to be quite traumatic for a young mind. Yoga for Schoolchildren is quite what the doctor would have prescribed in such a situation. It offers yogic asanas which help address all these problems and more. These asanas are easy to perform and do not take up too much of a child's time or energy. What's more, they help children lead a healthy lifestyle which enables them to grow up into healthy, confident adults.
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Confronting Reality
The fundamentals of how a business makes money are being rapidly and permanently altered by sweeping structural changes. With their extraordinary depth and breadth of experience, Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan are the ideal guides for everyone
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Practical Palmistry
In fact,there is nothing to be surprised about it, as the very name of Narayan Dutt Shrimali suggests mastery over the subject, and any book on palmistry or astrology written by him deserves such reception by readers. According to palmistry our destiny is imprinted on our palms. The thinnest line on the palm has its own significance - even a single thread-line is important. Given the vast scope of the subject, this authoritative book on palmistry contains all aspects of this ancient art with clear illustrations and complete information in simple language. The author has given the gist of Indian as well as western views on palmistry and has maintained the fundamental differences and causes thereof. This practical self-learning compendium illustrates more than 240 palmistry combinations (Yog) which have been thoroughly explained. Not only the common readers but also experts of astrology and palmistry will also be greatly benefited by this book. The author, Dr. Narayan Dutt Shrimali, is a well-known palmist and writer. He is also the President of the Indian Astrological Study & Research Center at Jodpur, Rajasthan