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The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

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In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy–only keeping her from meeting her goals–she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year.
The Year of Less documents Cait’s life for twelve months during which she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. Along the way, she challenged herself to consume less of many other things besides shopping. She decluttered her apartment and got rid of 70 percent of her belongings; learned how to fix things rather than throw them away; researched the zero waste movement; and completed a television ban. At every stage, she learned that the less she consumed, the more fulfilled she felt.
The challenge became a lifeline when, in the course of the year, Cait found herself in situations that turned her life upside down. In the face of hardship, she realized why she had always turned to shopping, alcohol, and food–and what it had cost her. Unable to reach for any of her usual vices, she changed habits she’d spent years perfecting and discovered what truly mattered to her.
Blending Cait’s compelling story with inspiring insight and practical guidance, The Year of Less will leave you questioning what you’re holding on to in your own life–and, quite possibly, lead you to find your own path of less.

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Rethinking the Bible: Inerrancy, Preaching, Inspiration, Authority, Formation, Archaeology, Postmodernism, and More

Rethinking the Bible explains Scripture in ways that make sense and deepen Christian faith. Essays in the book ask and answer questions such as… What is the primary function of the Bible? Can the Bible be trusted if it has errors? What does “divine inspiration” mean if humans wrote the Bible? How should preachers use the Bible today? Does the Bible mean now what it meant when written? How has archaeology changed the way we interpret the Bible? Should the Dead Sea Scrolls affect our view of the Bible? What authority does the Bible have matters of science? Is the Bible a container of truth statements or tool for formation? How should we handle contradictions we find in the Bible? Should postmodernism influence how we read the Bible? The standard answers to questions like these no longer make sense. Many people today seek a more adequate way to understand what the Bible is and does. Those who ask deep questions about Scripture want plausible answers. This book offers answers to questions about the Bible that make sense in our time.

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The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever

2016 Voice Arts Award Finalist

Coaching is an essential skill for leaders. But for most busy, overworked managers, coaching employees is done badly, or not at all. They’re just too busy, and it’s too hard to change.

But what if managers could coach their people in 10 minutes or less?

In Michael Bungay Stanier’s The Coaching Habit, coaching becomes a regular, informal part of your day so managers and their teams can work less hard and have more impact.

Drawing on years of experience training more than 10,000 busy managers from around the globe in practical, everyday coaching skills, Bungay Stanier reveals how to unlock your peoples’ potential. He unpacks seven essential coaching questions to demonstrate how – by saying less and asking more – you can develop coaching methods that produce great results.

Get straight to the point in any conversation with The Kickstart Question
Stay on track during any interaction with The Awe Question
Save hours of time for yourself with The Lazy Question, and hours of time for others with The Strategic Question
Get to the heart of any interpersonal or external challenge with The Focus Question and The Foundation Question

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PHILOSOPHY: A Collection of Quotes: Socrates, Plato, Oscar Wilde, Albert Camus, Carl Sagan, Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Alan W. Watts, Epictetus, Confucius and many more!

SAPIENS HUB is a collective of passionate individuals that love to appreciate timeless wisdom compiled and compressed into insightful quotes. Our main goal is to infect you with motivation and inspiration to live life and engage with it at its fullest. SAPIENS HUB brings you a compilation of the very best quotes from the world’s most iconic humans takes on “PHILOSOPHY”, including: ― Malcolm X ― Eckhart Tolle ― Friedrich Nietzsche ― Lao Tzu ― Socrates ― Mark Twain ― Ludwig van Beethoven ― Plato ― Oscar Wilde ― Ralph Waldo Emerson ― Gabriel García Márquez ― Albert Camus ― Carl Sagan ― Albert Einstein ― Mahatma Gandhi ― Benjamin Franklin ― Stephen Hawking ― William Shakespeare ― Isaac Asimov ― J.R.R. Tolkien ― Richard Dawkins ― Alan W. Watts ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky ― Epictetus ― J.K. Rowling ― Woody Allen ― Confucius ― Kurt Vonnegut ― Neil deGrasse Tyson ― Bruce Lee ― Thomas Jefferson ― Aristotle ― Dalai Lama XIV ― Ludwig van Beethoven ― Alan W. Watts ― Hermann Hesse ― Henry David Thoreau ― Noam Chomsky ― Richard Feynman ― Stephen King ― Sun Tzu ― Marcus Aurelius ― Seneca ― Gautama Buddha ― Jean-Paul Sartre ― Alain de Botton ― Voltaire And many, many more!

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101 Women Quotes : That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life: To more Happiness, Success, Inspirational and Motivation Positive Thinking (Persist Journal) (Volume 1)

How would your life change if you lived each day fully motivated? 101 Woman Quotes : That Will Inspire You to Live Your Best Life Each of these is powerful in its own right; together, they form a motivational stew, encouraging you to seize life and sprint towards success. It’s personal collection of favorite quotes from ancient philosophers to modern day thinkers. Read one quote a day as a daily vitamin of inspiration, or read them in one sitting to break through negative thinking. BONUS : Journal Blank note for create your own inspirational quotes

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20 Principles of Productivity: Focus, Motivation, Organization, Habit Building, Time Management, Apps, Psychology, Goal Setting, Procrastination & More

This book will help you become more productive and professional starting today and for the rest of your life. Boosting your overall productivity will help you get more done in your business or any job regardless of which career you choose. This book is a collection of 20 productivity principles that will help you accomplish more in your daily minute to minute work, and in your life’s work by helping you set your life’s work on a path better suited for you as the individual. This book will help you identify the what’s most important for you, focus on those things, and say no to the things that are not important. Here are some of the productivity fields covered in this book: – Productivity fundamentals – Improving your focus – Self-discipline – Habit building: learn to form healthy work habits that replace damaging or bad habits – Productivity smartphone apps and desktop software – Minimizing distractions from your phone, co-workers, and browser tabs – Organization (how to improve organization of your desk and work area) – Task and project outsourcing – Task delegation – Business process optimization – Marketing optimization and automation – Work efficiency – Faster learning with coaching and masterminds – Planning projects ahead – Overall health maintenance for productivity – Improving your memory and cognitive ability. Memory is underrated in how closely it is related to ability to learn faster and intelligence – Time management, keeping a calendar and a schedule – Task and project prioritization – Self-awareness to make wiser choices – Practicing Mindfulness meditation to reinforce your self-awareness so you can choose projects and life goals more wisely after working on getting to know yourself better – Psychology and mindset to boost everything from focus to motivation to having more clarity when it comes to greater goal setting for your life – How to uncover your life purpose and set your life on the path that is right for you – Goal setting: short-term goal setting and long-term goal setting for your life projects – Reversing and decreasing procrastination by recognizing that procrastination is often a habit that we have to replace with a better habit – Boosting motivation (how to get short-term intrinsic and long-term extrinsic motivation) – Productive market testing for products and business ideas – Meeting productivity This book will help you become more productive today and for the rest of your career. No matter which career you choose, whether you want to start a business or be a productive and highly effective employee who shoots up through the ranks at your company, this book will give you all the tools to help you stand out, and do your best work. There are more than 20 principles of productivity in this book. I often add to the book. In the most recent edition of the book, I added a chapter on memory management and improving your memory. Memory has to do with intelligence and our cognitive abilities and has an impact on our overall productivity. I’ll be constantly working to add even more productivity strategies to this book on an ongoing basis. If you have the Kindle version of the book, your Kindle copy of the book will update automatically as the book is updated. Get this book today, and begin making yourself much more effective at everything you do, getting more done.

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Albert Einstein: A Collection Of Quotes – His Thoughts On Nature, Life, Philosophy, Imagination, Creativity, Humor, Religion, Science, Reality, The Universe And More!

SAPIENS HUB is a collective of passionate individuals that love to appreciate timeless wisdom compiled and compressed into insightful quotes. Our main goal is to infect you with motivation and inspiration to live life and engage with it at its fullest.

SAPIENS HUB brings you a compilation of the very best quotes from Albert Einstein, including his takes on:

– Nature
– Life
– Philosophy
– Imagination
– Creativity
– Humor
– Religion
– Science
– Reality
-The Universe
– Inspiration
– Religion
– Knowledge
– Learning
– Wisdom
– Success

And much more!

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Make it Happen Inspirational Quotes Journal Notebook, Dot Grid Composition Book Diary (110 pages, 5.5×8.5″): Pocket Blank Notebook /Planner/Gratitude Journal to write in and much more multi-purpose

Inspirational quote to light you up! Inspirational Quotes Notebook / Planner / Diary / Gratitude Journal 110 Pages Everyday used of high-quality journal notebook is an all-purpose notebook with handy size. This is not just a notebook. You can use it as a place to keep your daily to-do lists, create grocery lists, keep track of appointments, journal, doodle, keep notes, and much more! It serves as a multi-purpose journal/notebook with a lovely matte cover that is durable and handy for daily use. Each one has a different inspirational/motivational/gratitude quote and design. • Light lines Dot Grid • 110 pages on white paper • Perfect for use as a notebook, journaling, list-making, or anything else • High-quality matte cover for a professional finish • Pocket size at 5.5″x8.5″ • Beautiful cover as a gift, present, or personal notebook