Why is it that so many things we try so hard to learn just don't stick? Because we spend all our energy on learning new skills and better habits, but we lack effective strategies for retaining and applying all the helpful information we take in. In Know Can Do!, bestselling author Ken Blanchard, Success Motivation Institute founder Paul J. Meyer, and ace motivational speaker and consultant Dick Ruhe use a story about an author with questions and an entrepreneur with answers to offer a simple and systematic approach for learning more efficiently and using that knowledge to make lasting changes.
Culinary Careers: How to Get Your Dream Job in Food with Advice from Top Culinary Professionals
Recommended for readers seeking a thorough introductory exposure to today's professional possibilities in the culinary world.—Eric Petersen, Kansas City P.L., MO, Library Journal Turn a passion for food into the job of a lifetime with the insider advice in Culinary Careers. Working in food can mean cooking on the line in a restaurant, of course, but there are so many more career paths available. No one knows this better than Rick Smilow—president of the Institute of Culinary Education (ICE), the award-winning culinary school in New York City—who has seen ICE graduates go on to prime jobs both in and out of professional kitchens.
Kahuna healing methods to become aware of hidden aspects of our consciousness. I picked up this book while browsing the alternative health section of the Rochester Borders Book Store. I have been studying Daoist meditation and healing methods and found a great similarity in this book in describing the non-verbal holistic "powers" of the mind. In Tai Chi Chuan we say "Where the mind (yi) goes the energy (qi, chi) follows." The key is to relax and stop trying to analyze everything. Let the chit chat in your mind quiet down, drop your expectations and see what happens. You might be surprised at the powerful results
How Can I Forgive You?: The Courage to Forgive, the Freedom Not To
Abrahms Spring, a clinical psychologist, follows up her bestselling After the Affair with this new self-help manual that aims to provide a better way to forgive or not forgive others. With the assistance of her husband, and in clear, insightful writing, Abrahms Spring draws on many case studies to fully analyze four categories of forgiveness: cheap forgiveness, refusing to forgive, acceptance and genuine forgiveness. The author is convinced that morally and spiritually a person is no more required to forgive an unrepentant offender than he or she is to love him.
Brain and Body in Sport and Exercise - Biofeed back AppIications in Performance Enhancement
With the remarkable technical advances of recent years, the use of highly technical means of sport psychology has gained momentum. Biofeedback (BFB) typifies one of the most important perspective methods of training athletes for better self-control and relaxation. This book aims to show how BFB techniques can be used with these new devices to provide optimum performance. - Shows how well-known theory can be used with new, cheap and effective gadgets - Emphasis of practical applications - Edited by renowned, international experts
