Resilience

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Travis Bradberry

A revolutionary approach to success and fulfillment-already being used by hundreds of thousands of individuals and organizations-now available for the first time in an accessible, practical book.T he Personality Code clearly and persuasively demonstrates how personality determines why we do what we do and how we can maximize our strengths, work smarter with others, and profit from better relationships in our careers.Based on the IDISC(tm) Personality Profile-an updated and rigorously validated proprietary version of DISC, the world's most popular form of personality testing-the book provides insights and strategies for individuals and organizations that promote self-awareness and foster excellence.Readers will have free access to the online IDISC(tm) Personality Profile (each book will include a unique code number), which will reveal their own profiles from among the fourteen personality types that have been refined and defined through the author's six-year international study involving more than five hundred thousand participants.Travis Bradberry shows readers how to discern the fixed characteristics that explain three-quarters of human behavior. Most important, they will learn how to leverage these traits in order to capitalize on their strengths and sidestep weaknesses in themselves as well as in other people.

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Chris Guillebeau

A book that challenges each of us to take control--to make our lives be about something while at the same time remaining clear-eyed about the commitment--The Happiness of Pursuit will inspire readers of every age and aspiration. It's a playbook for making your life count.

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Sherry Stanfa-Stanley

"Fighting midlife inertia, Sherry Stanfa-Stanley stares down a year of fear through The 52/52 Project: a year of weekly new experiences designed to push her far outside her comfort zone. Her exploits range from visiting a nude beach with her seventy-five-year-old mother in tow to going on a raid with a vice squad and SWAT team to crashing a wedding (where she accidentally catches the bouquet). While finding her courage in the most unlikely of circumstances, Sherry ultimately finds herself."--Amazon.com.

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Sondra Ray

DRIVING UP THE CA COAST ONE GLORIOUS WINTER DAY, SONDRA RAY READ ME THE TEXT OF THIS BOOK. IT WAS STUNNING, YET THE MESSAGE SO SIMPLE, SO TRUE, I WAS AMAZED IT HADN'T BEEN WRITTEN BEFORE. AS OFTEN WITH SONDRA'S IDEAS, I VOLUNTEERED TO BE THE FIRST "SUBJECT," THE FIRST TRIED-AND-TESTED "EXPERIMENT." WOULD THIS REALLY WORK? THE NEXT DAY I BEGAN THIS UNUSUAL DIET. LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN QUITE THE SAME. BY THE END OF THE WEEK, I'D LOST SEVERAL POUNDS, BUT MORE IMPORTANT, I WAS SO IN LOVE WITH LIFE--AND MYSELF--I HAD THE SELF-WORTH TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL BODY. WITHIN ONE MONTH, I HAD LOST FIFTEEN POUNDS, ACHIEVING MY PERFECT BODY WEIGHT...THE THEORY IS SIMPLE. THOUGH WE MIGHT THINK IT IS OUR NEGATIVE EATING HABITS THAT HAVE KEPT US UNATTRACTIVE AND UNHEALTHY, IT IS REALLY OUR NEGATIVE THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS.