Half Full

Author : Susan C. Vaughan
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105028595879

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Half Empty, Half Full by Susan C. Vaughan Pdf

In this fascinating book, Columbia University research scientist and psychoanalyst Susan Vaughan argues that our fundamental view of life as half empty or half full is determined by our capacity for emotional self-modulation. Based on her years of experience as a therapist and researcher, Dr. Vaughan shows how a sense of control over feelings like anger, anxiety, sadness, and even elation promotes optimism and well being. In contrast, feeling out of control makes us pessimistic and glum. Dr. Vaughan asserts that the roots of self-control are laid down through early interactions with caretakers, everyday experiences that literally shape the neural circuitry of the brain. The pictures of self and other formed in the first three years establish the basis for mood modulation in later life. How to limit the impact of early life and reshape our neural circuitry for effective mood modulation is the promise, and the gift, of this book. A convivial and accessible writer, Vaughan engages the reader in a conversation about what really determines whether we see the proverbial glass-as well as ourselves and the world around us-as half empty or half full.

Author : Felix Dennis
Publisher : Random House
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781448165308

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A Glass Half Full by Felix Dennis Pdf

Multi-millionaires are not supposed to write poetry. It offends against natural justice. But following a life-threatening illness, Felix Dennis, the man behind the magazine publishing powerhouse responsible for The Week and Maxim found himself scribbling lines in the oddest situations - in business meetings, at social functions, on aeroplanes and even in his sleep.

Author : Mina Parker
Publisher : Conari Press
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1609255542

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Half Full by Mina Parker Pdf

Half Full is an invitation to take a pause. To sit still for a minute, put your feet up, and drink in the words and pictures that can replenish your soul and help you to recognize your many blessings. With 42 photographs of everyday objects looked at from different angles, plus quirky, original meditations about looking on the lighter side. These mini essays are based on quotations from wise teachers throughout history such as Helen Keller, Dolly Parton, Mark Twain, Winston Churchill, Emily Dickinson, Katharine Hepburn, and the author's great-grandmother. And each and every one includes a tidbit of food for thought, a piece of advice, or something to do, such as 'Look for an opportunity in a difficulty that's been dogging you.' Isn't it time to give up that half-empty glass?

Author : Rob Kantner
Publisher : Crimeline
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 055328259X

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Hell's Only Half Full by Rob Kantner Pdf

The streets of the Motor City have never been so mean as P.I. Ben Perkins tracks a missing boy for a dying father. But soon he finds himself tangled in a nest of Skinheads dedicated to racial hatred and offing Ben as soon as possible.

Author : Chris Edwards
Publisher : 2nd Life Media
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2019-05-09
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781097529384

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90 Days To A Glass Half Full Lifestyle by Chris Edwards Pdf

Self Help Author Chris Edwards pens a step by step playbook, taking you on a journey to transform your life to reconnect with yourself and others to a more positive life. No matter your stage in life, or when you started, this book will provide an education and tools to help you achieve your goals more rapidly than you ever thought possible. Edwards's has mentored 100s of people in his professional career to believe in themselves and live a life of passion and success. 90 Days To A Glass Half Full Lifestyle is a program to self-improvement supported with daily quotes: challenging the reader to positive actions. The book is written by author Chris Edwards, whose own life took a U-Turn. Along the way, he discovered the power of and strength in positivity through daily affirmations and structure in practice. The book highlights affirmations and stories of how the value of employment paired with building self-esteem changed the lives of individuals seeking a second chance from drugs, incarceration or negative life events to a rebounded life. Excerpt: “Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t do.” “Excerpt: Begin the day: How does the quote apply to me or what comes to mind when reading the quote? The power of positive affirmations are key to building one’s self esteem and self-love. Being exposed to individuals with a significantly complex or complicated histories; I came to learn and appreciate the power or words, quotes, self-esteem and growth. I made a midlife mistake that ended up putting me onto path or journey of learning. That mistake detoured my life and life experiences but, in the end, it led me to a path of meeting some amazing women and personally growing along the way.” Excerpt: “Success Story “Why are you here? ...It was 2016 and I had just started my job. I’d been unemployed for some time due to.... ultimately, we began believing in ourselves... ”This book is our journal of affirmations or quotes that were a part of the path we took together. I hope our story and the thoughts, quotes or affirmations to follow help the reader in their journey forward to a path of a life with a glass half full. Enjoy the path to positivity with your purchase of our book today. Other books by this author include “2 Hours Unplugged: Unplug & Reconnect”, “Removing Barriers to State Occupational Licenses To Enhance Entrepreneurial Job Growth: Out of Prison, Out of Work”, and a series in partnership with co-author Rene Sepulveda entitled “Coach Robert Sepulveda: The Historical Crossroads of Football, Track & Field and Cross Country In Building New Mexico Pride.” Readers can continue the program beyond the book by reading Edwards 90 Days to A Glass Half Full Lifestyle Daily Quotes published on his column at the www.AlamogordoTownNews.com Executive Coach, CEO and Author, Chris Edwards and 2nd Life Media also has a podcast found at https://open.spotify.com/show/7D0B21d1NfoeNhjzbzW7N2 And the reader can learn more about the author and follow him at https://authorchrisedwards.com/

Author : Dan Schuck
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1543929982

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A Glass Half Empty? ... Or Half Full? by Dan Schuck Pdf

The question of Pessimism vs. Optimism is often misunderstood, or worse yet, misinterpreted. But by taking a childlike and playful approach, we can explore one of humankind's most ancient riddles and learn some of the deeper lessons that The Question can teach each of us.The Question exists, in some form, in every language across the globe, and its origins are as ancient as the human spirit. But does this simple question really tell us if one is a Pessimist or an Optimist? Can we use The Question to help us with finding balance, managing stress, and enjoying life? Using humor and innocence, this book provides us the opportunity to determine the fullness of our own glass, and how to apply it to our daily lives.

Author : Suzanne C. Segerstrom
Publisher : Guilford Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-18
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781609189365

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Breaking Murphy's Law by Suzanne C. Segerstrom Pdf

Pollyannas take heart, pessimists take note: Recent studies on achievement and well-being show that optimistic behavior contributes to better physical health, greater resilience in the face of life’s twists and turns, and more satisfying relationships. As psychologists Suzanne Segerstrom reveals, optimists lay groundwork for the success they envision. While the rest of us worry whether our goals are attainable, those who practice optimism try to achieve theirs. Breaking Murphy’s Law shows you simple ways to develop the skills that natural-born optimists use to get what they want from life. Dr. Segerstrom helps you break free from the inertia of cynicism and self-doubt and encourages you to engage the world around you. “Doing optimism”--by getting involved, working hard, and enjoying your achievements--establishes a positive feedback loop that’s both personally transformative and self-perpetuating. This practical book imparts the lesson with a mix of humor and intelligence that will convince even the most hardened cynics that Murphy got it wrong.

Author : Brit Bennett
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780525536970

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The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett Pdf

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR 2021 WOMEN'S PRIZE FINALIST “Bennett’s tone and style recalls James Baldwin and Jacqueline Woodson, but it’s especially reminiscent of Toni Morrison’s 1970 debut novel, The Bluest Eye.” —Kiley Reid, Wall Street Journal “A story of absolute, universal timelessness …For any era, it's an accomplished, affecting novel. For this moment, it's piercing, subtly wending its way toward questions about who we are and who we want to be….” – Entertainment Weekly From The New York Times-bestselling author of The Mothers, a stunning new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. The Vignes twin sisters will always be identical. But after growing up together in a small, southern black community and running away at age sixteen, it's not just the shape of their daily lives that is different as adults, it's everything: their families, their communities, their racial identities. Many years later, one sister lives with her black daughter in the same southern town she once tried to escape. The other secretly passes for white, and her white husband knows nothing of her past. Still, even separated by so many miles and just as many lies, the fates of the twins remain intertwined. What will happen to the next generation, when their own daughters' storylines intersect? Weaving together multiple strands and generations of this family, from the Deep South to California, from the 1950s to the 1990s, Brit Bennett produces a story that is at once a riveting, emotional family story and a brilliant exploration of the American history of passing. Looking well beyond issues of race, The Vanishing Half considers the lasting influence of the past as it shapes a person's decisions, desires, and expectations, and explores some of the multiple reasons and realms in which people sometimes feel pulled to live as something other than their origins. As with her New York Times-bestselling debut The Mothers, Brit Bennett offers an engrossing page-turner about family and relationships that is immersive and provocative, compassionate and wise.

Author : Michael E. O'Hanlon,James Steinberg
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-05-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815731306

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A Glass Half Full? by Michael E. O'Hanlon,James Steinberg Pdf

" How to stabilize the security relationship between Washington and Beijing. The U.S.-China relationship has not always been smooth, but since Richard Nixon's opening in the early 1970s, the two countries have evolved a relationship that has been generally beneficial to both parties. Economic engagement and a diplomatic partnership together with robust trade and investment relations, among other activities, have meant a peaceful context for reform and China's rise, helping to lift millions of Chinese out of poverty and giving the PRC incentive to work within the U.S.-led global order. The logic of the relationship, however, is now open to serious debate on both sides of the Pacific. After a period of American preoccupation with the Middle East, President Obama attempted a rebalancing of U.S. interests toward the Asia-Pacific region. With the Trump administration in office, the U.S.-China relationship appears to be at a crossroads: does it continue to focus on constructive engagement and managing differences, or prepare for a new era of rivalry and conflict? Here, following up on their 2014 book, Strategic Reassurance and Resolve, the authors provide a more balanced assessment of the current state of relations and suggest measures that could help stabilize the security relationship, without minimizing the very real problems that both Beijing and Washington must address. The authors are hopeful, but are also under no illusions about the significance of the challenges now posed to the bilateral relationship, as well as regional order, by the rise of China and the responses of America together with its allies. "

Author : Benjamin H. Barton
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780190205560

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Glass Half Full by Benjamin H. Barton Pdf

"A counterintuitive and optimistic reconsideration of the crisis in the American legal profession"--

Author : David Rakoff
Publisher : Anchor
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2011-09-06
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9780767929059

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Half Empty by David Rakoff Pdf

In this deeply smart and sneakily poignant collection of essays, the bestselling author of Fraud and Don’t Get Too Comfortable makes an inspired case for always assuming the worst—because then you’ll never be disappointed. Whether he’s taking on pop culture phenomena with Oscar Wilde-worthy wit or dealing with personal tragedy, Rakoff’s sharp observations and humorist’s flair for the absurd will have you positively reveling in the untapped power of negativity.

Author : Olivia Herrick
Publisher : Familius
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2021-08
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1641704683

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Yes, You Can! by Olivia Herrick Pdf

120 inspirational quotes and images from the brilliant mind behind the trendy @oliviaherrickdesign Instagram feed.

Author : James Steinberg,Michael E. O'Hanlon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691168555

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Strategic Reassurance and Resolve by James Steinberg,Michael E. O'Hanlon Pdf

How the United States and China can avoid future conflict and establish stable cooperative relations After forty years of largely cooperative Sino-U.S. relations, policymakers, politicians, and pundits on both sides of the Pacific see growing tensions between the United States and China. Some go so far as to predict a future of conflict, driven by the inevitable rivalry between an established and a rising power, and urge their leaders to prepare now for a future showdown. Others argue that the deep economic interdependence between the two countries and the many areas of shared interests will lead to more collaborative relations in the coming decades. In this book, James Steinberg and Michael O'Hanlon stake out a third, less deterministic position. They argue that there are powerful domestic and international factors, especially in the military and security realms, that could well push the bilateral relationship toward an arms race and confrontation, even though both sides will be far worse off if such a future comes to pass. They contend that this pessimistic scenario can be confidently avoided only if China and the United States adopt deliberate policies designed to address the security dilemma that besets the relationship between a rising and an established power. The authors propose a set of policy proposals to achieve a sustainable, relatively cooperative relationship between the two nations, based on the concept of providing mutual strategic reassurance in such key areas as nuclear weapons and missile defense, space and cyber operations, and military basing and deployments, while also demonstrating strategic resolve to protect vital national interests, including, in the case of the United States, its commitments to regional allies.

Author : Sally Green
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-11-13
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780698198395

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Half Lies by Sally Green Pdf

Set in the same magical world as Sally Green's internationally beloved and acclaimed Half Bad series, this is the journal of Gabriel's younger sister, Michele, a teen witch living in Florida and grappling with the recent death of her mother, the restrictions placed on her because of her magical gifts, and her love for a boy who can never be hers. Now streaming on Netflix as The Bastard Son & The Devil Himself.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Baker's Plays
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0874401569

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The Bremen Town Musicians by Anonim Pdf