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"The acclaimed author of the influential bestseller The Black Swan, Nicholas Nassim Taleb takes a next big step with a deceptively simple concept: the "antifragile." Like the Greek hydra that grows two heads for each one it loses, people, systems, and institutions that are antifragile not only withstand shocks, they benefit from them. In a modern world dominated by chaos and uncertainty, Antifragile is a revolutionary vision from one of the most subversive...

"No fictional character is more renowned for his powers of thought and observation than Sherlock Holmes. But is his extraordinary intellect merely a gift of fiction, or can we learn to cultivate these abilities ourselves, to improve our lives at work and at home? We can, says psychologist and journalist Maria Konnikova, and in Mastermind she shows us how. Beginning with the "brain attic"--Holmes's metaphor for how we store information and organize...

"This practical, accessible, nonjudgmental handbook is the first to help individuals and organizations recognize and prevent microaggressions, so that all employees can feel the sense of belonging in the workplace that they deserve"--

"In this engaging book, she chronicles how twelve months spent writing 365 thank you notes to strangers, neighbors, family, and friends shifted her perspective - and why developing a lasting active gratitude practice can make you a happier person, heal complicated relationships, and reconnect you with the people you love -- all with just a little bit of bravery at the mailbox"-- Provided by publisher.

"A fresh, smart, and inspiring lifestyle book that shows you how to create an empowering home environment by changing the messages you are telling yourself within your own four walls. Award-winning magazine editor and certified Feng Shui consultant Emily Grosvenor invites us to a reality where our homes hold limitless opportunities to create meaning, shape behavior, and inspire action. Drawing on ancient wisdom and modern science and filled with examples...

"An illuminating examination of how the brain helps us to understand and navigate space-and why, sometimes, it doesn't work the way it should. Navigation is one of the most complex tasks our brains perform. And we do it countless times a day-as we drive across town to the airport, or traverse the maze of a supermarket, or walk within our own homes. But why is it that some people are lost on their own street and others can seamlessly navigate a new...

""Entertaining, illuminating and--when you recognize yourself in the stories it tells--mortifying." --Wall Street Journal "Every page sparkles with sharp insight and keen observation. Mistakes were made--but not in this book!" --Daniel Gilbert, author of Stumbling on Happiness Why do people dodge responsibility when things fall apart? Why the parade of public figures unable to own up when they screw up? Why the endless marital quarrels over who is...

"All day long there are sounds. I hear them, telling me the world is busy- and so am I. But when I find stillness and make the choice to pause, breathe, and give each sound my careful attention, I can listen. Listening tells me more . . . Gracefully written by Susan Verde, bestselling author of the I Am books, and winsomely illustrated by Juliana Perdomo, the Sensing Your World series teaches little ones to experience the world around them more deeply,...

"In Decoding Your Emotional Blueprint, transformational and systemic coach Judy Wilkins-Smith helps readers break free from the patterns that hold them back so they can create lives of greater meaning and impact. "While everyone knows that we inherit our physical DNA from our ancestors," she writes, "few people realize that we also inherit multiple generations of patterns of decisions, thoughts, feelings, actions, and mindsets-an 'emotional blueprint'...

Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek.