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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today–written as a letter to a friend.

A few years ago, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie received a letter from a dear friend from childhood, asking her how to raise her baby girl as a feminist. Dear Ijeawele is Adichie’s letter of response.
     Here are fifteen invaluable suggestions–compelling, direct, wryly funny, and perceptive–for how to empower a daughter to become a strong, independent woman. From encouraging her to choose a helicopter, and not only a doll, as a toy if she so desires; having open conversations with her about clothes, makeup, and sexuality; debunking the myth that women are somehow biologically arranged to be in the kitchen making dinner, and that men can “allow” women to have full careers, Dear Ijeawele goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the twenty-first century. It will start a new and urgently needed conversation about what it really means to be a woman today.

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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today – written as a letter to a friend.

I have some suggestions for how to raise Chizalum. But remember that you might do all the things I suggest, and she will still turn out to be different from what you hoped, because sometimes life just does its thing. What matters is that you try.

In We Should All be Feminists, her eloquently argued and much admired essay of 2014, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie proposed that if we want a fairer world we need to raise our sons and daughters differently. Here, in this remarkable new book, Adichie replies by letter to a friend’s request for help on how to bring up her newborn baby girl as a feminist. With its 15 pieces of practical advice, it goes right to the heart of sexual politics in the 21st century.

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We: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere

Actress Gillian Anderson and journalist Jennifer Nadel, friends for more than a decade, have created the road map they wish they’d had for how to live a meaningful life.

WE: A Manifesto for Women Everywhere is an uplifting, inspirational, and intensely practical manual for change, providing nine universal principles that offer a path for dealing with life’s inevitable emotional and spiritual challenges. It’s for anyone who wants to see her own life and the world around her change for the better.

By combining tools that are psychological, political and spiritual, WE takes readers on a life-changing journey. It asks: Why are so many of us—and our daughters—still, in the 21st century, locked in depression and addiction, self-criticism, and even self-harm? How much more effective and powerful would we all be if we replaced our current patterns of competition, criticism, and comparison with collaboration, cooperation, and compassion?

Putting these principles at the center of our lives offers an antidote to our me-first culture and allows each of us to be freer and happier, and to replace unhelpful habits with a more positive, peaceful, and rewarding way of living. WE is a rallying cry for women to join together and create lasting change in our own lives, our communities, and across the world.

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The Motivation Manifesto by Brendon Burchard | Summary & Analysis

This is a quick read summary of the book “The Motivation Manifesto” by author Brendon Burchard. This version will give you the main ins and outs of the original book in a short and precise manner sticking with the topic of Motivation and how you can learn how to claim your own personal power by using the tips and suggestions that are provided within the book. If you are someone who is searching for ways that can help you to keep yourself motivated in pursuing your personal dreams then this is a book you will certainly benefit from. Why Should You Download this Book? If you are a person looking to find ways of learning how to build up your self-confidence that will lead you to be more motivated in your life then you should download this book. It explains in a most unique way how our personal freedom can be taken away from us if we are not strong and fight to remain in control of it.

This is A Preview Of What You’ll Learn…

Achieve personal freedomLearn about social and self-oppressionMoney is nothing more than a concept!Learn how to change your doubt into faithLearn how to become the master of your own life Would You Like To Know More? Download your copy today! Available on PC, Mac, smart phone, tablet or Kindle device. © 2015 All Rights Reserved

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The Awakened Millionaire: A Manifesto for the Spiritual Wealth Movement

Radical formula transforms your money and spiritual growth into global change

The Awakened Millionaire is a practical manifesto guiding you to new dimensions of personal wealth, spiritual growth, and as a result, global transformation. Crafted by Dr. Joe Vitale, a famed millionaire, best-selling author, and star of the blockbuster movie “The Secret,” you’ll discover a controversial formula that accomplishes what few believe possible: combining money and spirituality together to bring you more of both, while transforming you into a force for good in a world that desperately needs it. This book is a call to action, pushing you to wake up, stand up, and transform yourself into a powerful expression of your passion, your wealth, and your desire to make a difference. It is an invitation to become a true Awakened Millionaire, starting today.

While most consider money and spirituality a blasphemous duo, Dr. Vitale shatters these social norms and shows you the true nature of money empowered with soulful purpose. At turns inspirational, motivational, and conversational, this page-turner ultimately narrows in on practical steps anyone can use to see instantaneous results, regardless of your past failures, current financial situation, or future goals. But his mission is not to simply transform you. Dr. Vitale’s mission is to create a swarm of Awakened Millionaires transforming the world with every action they take, while enjoying personal luxury and soulful fulfillment new levels of money and spiritual growth can give them. The book reveals:

How to turn your passion into wealth How to transform money into a spiritual tool How to create a soulful mission that changes the world

If you desire both wealth and spirituality, this book finally reveals how.

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El manifiesto por la motivación. 9 compromisos para recuperar el control de tu vida. (The Motivation Manifesto) (Spanish Edition)

«El manifiesto por la motivación es una llamada poética y potente para recuperar el control de nuestras vidas y para recuperar nuestra libertad personal. Una obra arrolladora que va más allá de su propio título y transporta al lector más allá de la mera motivación hacia una vida repleta de sentido y propósito.» Paulo Coelho El manifiesto por la motivación es una invitación urgente y fascinante a recuperar nuestro poder individual. Para conseguirlo, el prestigioso formador y especialista en alto rendimiento Brendon Burchard nos enseña que la búsqueda de la libertad personal siempre ha sido el motor fundamental de la humanidad. Siempre ansiamos disponer de mayor libertad de elección: libertad para disfrutar de nuestro tiempo, libertad emocional, libertad social, libertad financiera, libertad espiritual… Sin embargo, hay dos enemigos que se interponen en nuestro camino: el externo, representado por la opresión social, que nos conduce a la mediocridad; y el interno, una represión infligida por nosotros mismos, generada por el miedo y la inseguridad. Solo lograremos reconquistar nuestra libertad personal con éxito si defendemos nuestra propia voluntad e independencia, si luchamos contra las distracciones del día a día, si nos enfrentamos a nuestras inseguridades y reivindicamos las voces de quien escogió la libertad en lugar de la tiranía. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION “The Motivation Manifesto is a poetic and powerful call to reclaim our lives and find our own personal freedom. It’s a triumphant work that transcends the title, lifting the reader from mere motivation into a soaringly purposeful and meaningful life. I love this book.” – Paulo Coelho The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing, articulate, ferocious call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice-time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt and fear. The march to Personal Freedom, Burchard argues, can be won only by declaring our intent and independence, stepping into our personal power, and battling through self-doubt and the distractions of the day until full victory is won. Recalling the revolutionist voices of the past that chose freedom over tyranny, Burchard-at times poetic yet always fierce-motivates us to free ourselves from fear and take back our lives once and for all.

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The Motivation Manifesto

The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing, articulate, ferocious call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice – time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt and fear.

The march to Personal Freedom, Burchard argues, can be won only by declaring our intent and independence, stepping into our personal power, and battling through self-doubt and the distractions of the day until full victory is won.

Recalling the revolutionist voices of the past that chose freedom over tyranny, Burchard – at times poetic yet always fierce – motivates us to free ourselves from fear and take back our lives once and for all.

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The Motivation Manifesto for the Life-Claiming People: Achieve the things you want right now

Do you suffer from procrastination? Do you put off the things you should be doing to do things you shouldn’t be doing? Are you constantly rushing to meet deadlines, even though you had plenty of time to complete your project? Do you know you could do better, if only you had the motivation?

The secret is here in Melanie Hutchinson’s The Motivation Manifesto. Everyone can benefit from this work, because Hutchinson identifies what procrastination is, why people do it, and how to change this destructive habit. The Motivation Manifesto identifies the two types of goals we all at some point have as the “doing” goals (we we want to do) and the “being” goals (what we would like to be). Procrastination erodes both types of goals, but there’s hope in the pages of this book. Hutchinson kicks this off with how we should identify our personal goals of every type. She advises setting large, major goals and then breaking them into smaller and smaller goals that correspond to smaller and smaller increments of time. The Motivation Manifesto includes an important concept: the concept of positive visualization. It encourages us to envision, in detail, what life is like for us with our goals met. For example, if my goal is to run a 5K, I would envision myself crossing the finish line, proud and happy with my accomplishment. Hutchinson also suggests in interesting technique called “goal pictures” to help our visualization efforts. Hutchinson then delves into achieving our smaller goals with strategization. If previous methods haven’t been successful in our particular business, then we should brainstorm new methods to achieve our objective. Another key to addressing procrastination and gaining momentum is to prepare for obstacles and have a plan for addressing them if they arise. For example, if I’m writing an article for a newsletter, I should save it to a cloud-based service in case of power outage that affects my laptop. The Motivation Manifesto also reminds us of the well-known 80/20 principle: that there are methods that are much more efficient than many others. This helps out procrastination by helping us to isolate the most effective way to get things done. Hutchinson also endorses drawing on resources already at hand, you environment and overwhelming important projects with all available sources of energy in order to work most efficiently. The Motivation Manifesto doesn’t shy away from the concept of time management. Hutchinson advocates a calendar-based system for completing projects that she details explicitly in this book. She also lists many tips for increasing personal discipline during work sessions so you get the most results out of each work day. Along with positive visualization, Hutchinson also suggests positive affirmations to stay mentally fresh and focused. She quickly but thoroughly explains how to practice affirmations and weave them into our lives as a part of healthy daily practice. Finally, Hutchinson uses the method of rewarding ourselves when we have met daily, weekly, monthly and yearly goals. She outlines what make good rewards and how to incorporate rewards into our system of work to keep us engaged with our most important projects. ***Limited Edition***