107 Results for : counterproductive
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Role of a Lifetime: Reflections on Faith, Family, and Significant Living , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 122min
We live in a world that all too often operates under the overriding template of self-promotion, embracing a "hooray for me" attitude, and which measures success in increasingly small timeframes dotted with markers of temporal value. Millions of viewers know James Brown as a sports commentator and former athlete. With Role of a Lifetime, James reveals a different side of his character. Part memoir and part self-help, this book draws on James' lessons from his life experiences to guide listeners to find fulfillment and significance. He offers values and encouragment to others of all generations, assisting them in their search for meaning in navigating a world that increasingly promotes transient values, if any at all. His message - that shortcuts and gimmicks are counterproductive to a person's success - provides hope that there is a God who cares about them and their futures. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Brown. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/hach/000549/bk_hach_000549_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 381min
The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people'" (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively.Download readers' guides at beacon.org/whitefragility. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Amy Landon. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/006199/bk_rand_006199_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Blake Twenty-Three , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 830min
You know those shadowy government organizations that pop up as villains in spy thrillers and suspense movies? Ever wondered what would possess someone to work for an organization whose main agenda appears to be counterproductive to the good of mankind and most of its agents meet violent ends? Meet Agent Blake. He's not the first Jasper Blake to work for Argus, or even the second.... He's the twenty-third Agent Blake, and he's determined to outlast his predecessors in a job where his employers are more dangerous than his enemies. He's on a mission to save the world, or end it (he's not sure which), while he simultaneously re-examines the life choices that led to his present predicament. Blake Twenty-Three is a character study masquerading as a pulp action spy novel. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: K. Orion Fray. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/098902/bk_acx0_098902_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Trashing the Planet: How Science Can Help Us Deal with Acid Rain, Depletion of the Ozone, and Nuclear Waste (among Other Things) , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 338min
Trashing the Planet is the one book you need to get a common-sense grasp on the contentious issues of environmentalism, where science and politics overlap and well-meaning idealism turns to counterproductive eco-terrorism. Dixy Lee Ray, a marine biologist and former chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, calls for environmentalists to regain a sense of perspective and not let their ardor carry them into the realm of “noble lies.” Dr. Ray exposes how little the public knows about the environment, how piddling are man’s influences upon it—volcanoes shoot more pollutants into the atmosphere than do all of man’s industrial activities—and how complex are the interactions of natural phenomena. Reminding us that “a well-tended garden is better than a neglected woodlot,” Trashing the Planet is a breath of fresh air in the current debate dominated by rhetorical extremism. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jeff Riggenbach. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/004626/bk_blak_004626_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Power of Motivation: Create, Develop, and Maintain a Positive Mental Attitude , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 471min
Maximize your future success by harnessing the power of motivation. A key ingredient of motivation is confidence. To develop more confidence in yourself and to help others develop confidence, it's critical to pay attention to mental input. What are you allowing to enter your mind each day? When you not only pay attention to this but control it, you'll automatically fast-forward your success. Build a better self, team, and company with this sensational motivational program. Eliminate the habit of constantly judging others and letting outside forces determine your attitude. Get motivated, and stay motivated throughout each and every day. In The Power of Motivation you will gain the confidence to face your fears and kick counterproductive habits; build a better self, a better team, and a better company by implementing powerful motivation strategies; and learn to manage your mental input for success. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Omar Periu. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/blak/009465/bk_blak_009465_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 514min
To most of us, learning something "the hard way" implies wasted time and effort. Good teaching, we believe, should be creatively tailored to the different learning styles of students and should use strategies that make learning easier. Make It Stick turns fashionable ideas like these on their head. Many common study habits and practice routines turn out to be counterproductive. Underlining and highlighting, rereading, cramming, and single-minded repetition of new skills create the illusion of mastery, but gains fade quickly. More complex and learning come from self-testing, introducing certain difficulties in practice, waiting to re-study new material until a little forgetting has set in, and interleaving the practice of one skill or topic with another. Speaking most urgently to students, teachers, trainers, and athletes, Make It Stick will appeal to all those interested in the challenge of lifelong learning and self-improvement. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Qarie Marshall. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/drms/000404/bk_drms_000404_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Car Business 101: #CrazyShitCarDealersDo , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 91min
Automotive retail is at crossroads, either it gets better or becomes extinct.Consumers are dissatisfied with the sales process in brick and mortar dealerships and that is the driving force behind the rise of Carvana and other industry disrupters. However, it is not too late to fix the way car dealerships operate and improve their reputation. Car Business 101 highlights irrational and counterproductive behavior that car dealers engage in on a daily basis. If you own or work in a car dealership it will be easy to recognize insanity that goes on in Sales, F&I, BDC, HR, and the Parts & Service departments.This audiobook offers a fresh perspective and plenty of practical solutions that should be implemented as soon as possible. It is informative and entertaining at the same time. It is a must listen for dealer principals, dealership employees, and vendors that service car dealers. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Will Stauff. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/140221/bk_acx0_140221_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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What to Say When You Talk to Your Self
Discover Dr. Shad Helmstetter's wildly popular self-help book What to Say When You Talk to Your Self, now updated with new information for the twenty-first century, and learn how to reverse the effects of negative self-talk and embrace a more positive, optimistic outlook on life! We talk to ourselves all of the time, usually without realizing it. And most of what we tell ourselves is negative, counterproductive, and damaging, preventing us from enjoying a fulfilled and successful life. But with Shad Helmsetter's Five Levels of Self-Talk (Negative Acceptance, Recognition and Need to Change, Decision to Change, The Better You, and Universal Affirmation), you can take back control of your life via this accessible yet profound technique. Now filled with new and updated information perfect for the twenty-first century psyche, you can learn how to talk to your self in new ways, and jump-start a dramatic improvement in all areas of your life. So stop telling your self you can't, and turn no into a resounding yes with What to Say When You Talk to Your Self!- Shop: buecher
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Taming Your Outer Child (eBook, ePUB)
Take Control of Your Life Chances are, you've already had run-ins with your Outer Child - the self-sabotaging, bungling, and impulsive part of your personality. This misguided, hidden nemesis blows your diet, overspends, and ruins your love life. Your Outer Child acts out and fulfills your legitimate childlike needs and wants in the wrong place, at the wrong time, and in counterproductive ways: It goes for immediate gratification and the quick fix in spite of your best-laid plans. Now, in a revolutionary rethinking of the link between emotion and behavior, veteran psychotherapist Susan Anderson offers a three-step program to tame your Outer Child's destructive behavior. This dynamic, transformational set of strategies - action steps that act like physical therapy for the brain - calms your Inner Child, strengthens your Adult Self, releases you from the self-blame and shame at the root of Outer Child issues, and paves new neural pathways that can lead to more productive behavior. The result is happiness, fulfillment, self-mastery, and self-love.- Shop: buecher
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NPR the Best of Pop Culture Happy Hour, Hörbuch, Digital, 149min
Hosted by Linda Holmes and Stephen Thompson, NPR's popular new podcast features spirited round-table discussions covering a wild and unpredictable landscape of pop culture subject matter, from the 50th anniversary of Gilligan's Island to "pop culture carbon dating" (why some things age well and others not at all) to the "what's making us happy" segment of the show, which always leaves listeners with a smile. The conversation is energetic, insightful, and full of surprises: NPR's Ari Shapiro sparks a discussion about the best pop culture debuts in albums, novels, TV shows, and more. Gene Demby (Code Switch) participates in a quiz titled Paint or Perp: Is the name a title of a Law & Order episode or a Sherwin-Williams paint color? Audie Cornish (All Things Considered) joins the gang to chat about the art of the mixtape: how they communicate emotion, how they are erroneously assumed to communicate emotion, and whether it's counterproductive to put them on shuffle. Language: English. Narrator: Linda Holmes, Stephen Thompson. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/high/000982/bk_high_000982_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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