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Forget the old deferred life plan that has you working hard through the best of years of your life only to retire at the end. There is no need to wait, and every reason not to.
Whether your dream is escaping the rat race, experiencing high-end world travel, earning a monthly five-figure income with zero management, or just living more and working less, this book is the blueprint.
In this step-by-step guide to luxury lifestyle design,
...2) 100 ways to change your life: the science of leveling up health, happiness, relationships & success
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"A holistic guide to self-improvement, with 150 simple, science-backed strategies for making life healthier and happier"-- Provided by publisher.
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Medicine has triumphed in modern times, transforming birth, injury, and infectious disease from harrowing to manageable. But in the inevitable condition of aging and death, the goals of medicine seem too frequently to run counter to the interest of the human spirit. Nursing homes, preoccupied with safety, pin patients into railed beds and wheelchairs. Hospitals isolate the dying, checking for vital signs long after the goals of cure have become moot....
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When asked simple questions about global trends--what percentage of the world's population live in poverty; why the world's population is increasing; how many girls finish school--we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling,...
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"These days, plenty of people can work from anywhere. So, if you can work from anywhere, does it really matter where you work? As Melody Warnick has found from personal experience, in some ways it matters more than ever. If You Could Live Anywhere examines the powerful relationship between how we work and where we live. With a light voice and easy-to-understand tips, Warnick helps the reader develop a location strategy that puts them in the right...
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Tom Rath, author of five influential bestsellers, reveals the three keys that matter most for our daily health and well-being, as well as our engagement in our work. Drawing on the latest and most practical research from health, psychology, and economics, this book focuses on changes we can make to create better days for ourselves and others. Are You Fully Charged? will challenge you to stop pursuing happiness and start creating meaning instead, lead...
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The follow-up to Pinker's groundbreaking The Better Angels of Our Nature presents the big picture of human progress: people are living longer, healthier, freer, and happier lives, and while our problems are formidable, the solutions lie in the Enlightenment ideal of using reason and science. Far from being a naïve hope, the Enlightenment, we now know, has worked. But more than ever, it needs a vigorous defense. The Enlightenment project swims against...
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If you've always wanted to live a simpler, cozier life but find yourself swamped in tiny details then keep reading...
Are you sick and tired of living in a hectic, stressful environment, both at home and at work?
Have you tried endless other solutions but nothing seems to work for more than a few weeks?
Do you finally want to say goodbye to clutter and discover something which works for you?
If so, then you've come to the right place. You see, living...
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If you've always wanted a balanced lifestyle but have no idea how to get started, then keep reading...
Are you irritated by a world where the only options are "more please," or "too much?"
Have you tried limiting this, adding that, and trying to find a balance point, but that perfect place seems out of reach? Do you finally want to say goodbye to excessiveness and discover that Goldilocks sensation of "just right?"
If so, then you've come to the...
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The desire for fulfilling work is one of the great aspirations of our age. This book explores the competing claims people face for money, status, and meaning. Drawing on wisdom from a variety of disciplines, cultural thinker Krznaric sets a practical guide for these choices.
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The Dial Press
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[2024]
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"Is dread the first thing you feel when you wake up in the morning? Are you working in the evenings and on weekends to "catch up"? Have you already beat burnout once, only to find it creeping back? If you answered yes to any of these, you're in need of a cure for burnout. In The Cure for Burnout, burnout management coach and TikTok influencer Emily Ballesteros combines scientific and cultural research, her expertise in organizational psychology, and...
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"So nobody knows more about happiness--what the Danes call lykke--than Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research Institute in Copenhagen and author of the bestselling sensation The Little Book of Hygge. But he believes that, while we can certainly learn a lot from the Danes about finding fulfillment, the keys to happiness are actually buried all around the globe. In this captivating book, he takes us on a treasure hunt to unlock the doors to the...
13) Time magic
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HarperCollins Publishers
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2023.
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Feel like you don't have enough time? Killing yourself trying to 'do it all' without much to show for it? Forget about time management, you need Time Magic. In this revolutionary audiobook, you'll learn how to create the spacious, fulfilling life you've always imagined, but that until now has felt out of reach. Join bestselling author Melissa Ambrosini and Nick Broadhurst as they unpack the simple, actionable strategies that can completely transform...
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"Your personal goals need a long-term strategy. It's no secret that we're pushed to the limit. Today's professionals feel rushed, overwhelmed, and perennially behind. So we keep our heads down, focused on the next thing, and the next, without a moment to breathe. How can we break out of this endless cycle and create the kind of interesting, meaningful lives we all seek? Just as CEOs who optimize for quarterly profits often fail to make the strategic...
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"In many ways, we're more comfortable than ever before. But could our sheltered, temperature-controlled, overfed, underchallenged lives actually be the leading cause of many our most urgent physical and mental health issues? [Author and] journalist Michael Easter seeks out off-the-grid visionaries, disruptive genius researchers, and mind-body conditioning trailblazers who are unlocking the life-enhancing secrets of a counterintuitive solution: discomfort"--Flap...
19) The rabbit effect: live longer, happier, and healthier with the groundbreaking science of kindness
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Atria Paperback
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2020.
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"Columbia University doctor Kelli Harding never intended to explore the invisible factors behind our health. But then there were the rabbits. In 1978 a seemingly straightforward study designed to establish the relationship between high cholesterol and heart health in rabbits discovered that kindness--in the form of a particularly nurturing researcher--made the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart. As Dr. Harding reveals in this eye-opening...
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Nova vital volume 2
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Robinbook
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[2014?]
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This perceptive polemic outlines the key ideas and principles to interpreting signs from the universe. Exploring a wide variety of concepts-understanding intuition, modifying one's thoughts, making dreams a reality-this accessible text presents practical approaches to listening to one's inner voice and increasing self-awareness.
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