Draws on research into human motivation to provide advice on how to turn optimism into opportunity to achieve dreams by using mental contrasting, focusing on dreams while also visualizing obstacles that stand in the way of realizing those dreams.
"A heartfelt novel in the bestselling tradition of P.S. I Love You about a young woman in Georgia with stage four breast cancer who undertakes a mission to find a "replacement wife" for her husband before she passes away" --.
use different ways of seeing the world for success and influence
Halvorson, Heidi Grant-
2013
Details how two distinct approaches to pleasure and pain--promotion- and prevention-focused--offer insight into how to motivate and influence others, and describes how to both change focus and use focus to achieve specific results.
Provides the strategies needed to effectively manage a classroom, discussing inspiring students to behave, improving listening and attentiveness, speaking with power and influence, and more.
A little blue engine comes to the rescue of a train that is loaded with toys, dolls, and good things to eat, but cannot get over the mountains to deliver the cargo to waiting children.
underdogs, misfits, and the art of battling giants; Large print ed.
Gladwell, Malcolm
Reexamines the story of David and Goliath, using this as an example to interpret what it means to suffer a setback and rise above adverse conditions. Argues that much of what appears successful and beautiful in the world is a result of individuals overcoming obstacles and adversity.
Describes how to seek a unique path to success and relates the story of Sophia Amoruso who started by selling vintage clothing on eBay and eight years later had established a $100 million dollar online fashion business with more than three hundred fifty employees.
