A fascinating, life-changing book, full of practical advice for developing deeper and more satisfying relationships. Chandleroffers a fresh approach to relationship building where we are encouraged to overcome robotic, passive thinking and create a more active, optimistic self-image. Healthy, productive new relationships evolve naturally as we learn to listen to and value those around us. We can learn to "Think and Thank" in our personal and professional lives, and grow beyond negative perceptions and harmful unresolved conflicts.
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Designed for anyone desiring to speak English with Standard American pronunciation. This popular program includes a comprehensive illustrated Listening Guide for reference. Author Jane Wellborn has helped thousands improve their speech — and along with that, improved their social and professional lives.

Disciplines like strategy, leadership development, and innovation are the sexier aspects of being at the helm of a successful business; actually getting things done never seems quite as glamorous. But as Larry Bossidy and Ram Charan demonstrate in Execution, the ultimate difference between a company and its competitor is, in fact, the ability to execute.

This is an excellent account of the life and thought of Rousseau. It shows how this master of self- dramatization revolutionized the European world of thought. The first great Romantic the obsessive searcher and promoter of himself was one of the major thinkers leading to the French and then American Revolutions. Orphaned from his mother as a small child he made his way from his native Geneva to the then center of civilization'in Paris. On the way he promoted ideas, ' the pristine state of nature' ' the corruption brought to mankind by civilization'( Man is born free and is everywhere in chains) ' the centrality of subjective feeling in understanding the world' ' the need for social equality in the education of women' 'the social contract' that changed European mankind's way of thinking about itself. Strathern tells the story of Rousseau's not particularly noble life ( he and his former washerwoman, later wife's five children were put out to foundling homes at infants) including the story of his unusual sexual journey with a great deal of humor and wisdom.
This is a good introduction to one of those truly rare people, one who actually did help change the course of history.

This is easy to read, general history for the average person in the street who has a broad interest in the life of the country but who hasn't got the background to read the "proper" histories.