Perseverance

Author : Asante Salam,Margaret Wheatley
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2011-08-11
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781459625204

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Perseverance by Asante Salam,Margaret Wheatley Pdf

Perseverance is designed to offer guidance, challenge, clarity and consolation to all the people doing their work day - by - day. The topics are not the usual inspiring, feel good, rah - rah messages. Instead, Wheatley focuses on the situations, feelings, and challenges that can, over time, cause us to give up or lose our way. Perseverance is a discipline - it's a day - by - day decision not to give up. Therefore, we have to notice the moments when we feel lost or overwhelmed or betrayed or exhausted and note how we respond to them. And we have to notice the rewarding times, when we experience the joy of working together on something hard but worthwhile, when we realize we've made a small difference. Each topic is a brief essay, meant to be read as needed. (The book is not intended to be read through all at once.) You can thumb through the book and find what you need or what attracts you in the moment. Every essay names a behavior or dynamic, puts it into a broader human or timeless perspective, and offers ways for the reader to either live with or transcend that dynamic. The reader is also challenged by the direct voice of the book. Wheatley wants people to be able to see themselves, their situation, and to assume responsibility for changing the situation or their reaction to it if it's one that troubles them. (There deliberately are no examples of other people - the reader is the example; their personal experience is the only case material.) The content (essays and quotes) is drawn from many spiritual traditions and diverse cultures. The book is deeply grounded spiritually and also quite inclusive - accessing human experience and wisdom from many sources. Both this grounding and inclusiveness support the essential message - human being throughout time and history have persevered. We're just the most recent ones to face these challenges.

Author : Tim Hague
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-05-08
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780735233676

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Perseverance by Tim Hague Pdf

An inspiring story of beating the odds and learning to overcome--no matter what life hands you. After starting a family and flourishing in his career, Tim Hague was struck by misfortune. The irritating tremor in his foot turned out to be early onset Parkinson's disease. He was only 46 years old. But what seemed to be an end became a new beginning. Just three years later, Hague won the inaugural The Amazing Race Canada (with his son, Tim Jr., as his teammate). His remarkable life story shows that perseverance is not just a matter of willpower: it is a skill that can be learned and honed. And perseverance is the theme of his life. From the day he was born, Hague has gone from one struggle to another. Yet, remarkably, he doesn't have a trace of self-pity. In fact, he feels blessed. From his tough start in life as an unwanted mixed-race baby born in Texas in 1964, to his eventual move to the unforgiving climate of Winnipeg, Canada, to start a family under difficult circumstances, and his continuing battle with Parkinson's--Hague's life is a roadmap of perseverance. Parkinson's has forced him to retire early from the work he loves as a registered nurse. But as a healthcare professional, and now suffering from a challenging disease himself, Hague discusses living with Parkinson's like no one else could. He now works with charities to help promote Parkinson's awareness and his "Live Your Best" message. Drawing on his experience winning The Amazing Race, and referencing cutting-edge research and studies, Hague weaves a moving story of failure and success, outlining the elements of his philosophy that anyone can apply to their own lives, including: * The nature of luck: Luck comes to those who keep trying until the end--never stop until the race is over. * Find community: As a nurse, a husband and father, and a man living with Parkinson's, Hague knows better than most that we all need to ask for help sometimes, and that's a good thing. * Accept limits: By focusing on what we can do, we accomplish more than we ever thought possible. * Cease striving: We think of striving as a positive attribute, but all we end up doing is banging our heads against the wall. Have goals, but have fun. Do not create anxiety out of nothing and maintain perspective. * Live Your Best: No such thing as giving 110%--can only do your best. Inspirational and entertaining, Hague's message is both simple and profound: perseverance isn't just something a person has, or a trait we admire in others. Hague's book, like his life, is a guide to how we can all learn to persevere in the face of daily struggles--or even life-changing illness.

Author : Raymond Antrobus
Publisher : Tin House Books
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781951142438

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The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus Pdf

Featured on NPR's Morning Edition A Best Book of the Year at The Guardian, The Sunday Times, Poetry School, New York Public Library, and Entropy Magazine Winner of the Ted Hughes Award, Rathbones Folio Prize, and Somerset Maugham Award; finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and Reading the West Book Award In the wake of his father’s death, the speaker in Raymond Antrobus’ The Perseverance travels to Barcelona. In Gaudi’s Cathedral, he meditates on the idea of silence and sound, wondering whether acoustics really can bring us closer to God. Receiving information through his hearing aid technology, he considers how deaf people are included in this idea. “Even though,” he says, “I have not heard / the golden decibel of angels, / I have been living in a noiseless / palace where the doorbell is pulsating / light and I am able to answer.” The Perseverance is a collection of poems examining a d/Deaf experience alongside meditations on loss, grief, education, and language, both spoken and signed. It is a book about communication and connection, about cultural inheritance, about identity in a hearing world that takes everything for granted, about the dangers we may find (both individually and as a society) if we fail to understand each other.

Author : Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030921187

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Perseverance and the Mars 2020 Mission by Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried Pdf

This is the comprehensive story of NASA’s pioneering Mars 2020 mission, which at this moment continues to break ground on the surface of the Red Planet. The book takes readers through every stage of the Mars mission, describing its major goals and objectives, the cutting-edge technology and instrumentation onboard the Perseverance rover and other spacecraft components, and the members of the scientific team who steered the mission along the way. Mars 2020 is the first to actually take samples of the Red Planet and prepare them for subsequent return to Earth. The chapters therefore delve into how and why Jezero Crater was selected as the optimal landing and sample collecting site to meet the mission objectives. Featuring dozens of high-resolution images of the mission, this book gives readers a deeper understanding of the technology underlying Mars 2020 and why its work is so important for planetary science and space exploration.

Author : Guillaume Teasdale
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780773555754

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Fruits of Perseverance by Guillaume Teasdale Pdf

Founded by French military entrepreneur Antoine Laumet de Lamothe Cadillac in 1701, colonial Detroit was occupied by thousands of French settlers who established deep roots on both sides of the river. The city's unmistakable French past, however, has been long neglected in the historiography of New France and French North America. Exploring the French colonial presence in Detroit, from its establishment to its dissolution in the early nineteenth century, Fruits of Perseverance explains how a society similar to the rural settlements of the Saint Lawrence valley developed in an isolated place and how it survived well beyond the fall of New France. As Guillaume Teasdale describes, between the 1730s and 1750s, French authorities played a significant role in promoting land occupation along the Detroit River by encouraging settlers to plant orchards and build farms and windmills. After New France's defeat in 1763, these settlers found themselves living under the British flag in an Aboriginal world shortly before the newly independent United States began its expansion west. Fruits of Perseverance offers a window into the development of a French community in the borderlands of New France, whose heritage is still celebrated today by tens of thousands of residents of southwest Ontario and southeast Michigan.

Author : Henry Gariepy
Publisher : Victor
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0896937046

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Portraits of Perseverance by Henry Gariepy Pdf

100 meditations from the Book of Job. The trials of life come to us all, often when we least expect them. And when these unwelcomed guests w ill not go away, we can quickly become physically, emotionally and spiritually handicapped.

Author : Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781614298977

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Perseverance by Lama Zopa Rinpoche Pdf

"This is Lama Zopa Rinpoche's commentary on perseverance (virya in Sanskrit; tsöndrü in Tibetan), the fourth of the six bodhisattva perfections and the subject of the seventh chapter of Shantideva's Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life (Bodhisattvacharyavatara), which was written about 1,300 years ago. Rinpoche would often use the text to emphasize how we need to overcome our attachment to the samsaric pleasures of this life-what are called the eight worldly dharmas or worldly concerns. These are our big addiction and the reason this realm we live in is called the desire realm. Our senses constantly reach out for pleasurable objects: sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and so forth. As long as chasing our desires dominates our life, we not only have no freedom to become a better person but we are also assuring ourselves (and our planet) great suffering in the future. Breaking this addiction is not easy. We need great determination, great perseverance. This is the subject of Shantideva's seventh chapter, where he explores in detail the effort we need to move from a selfish nonvirtuous attitude to one that serves others. Of A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, Rinpoche says, "The whole of Shantideva's wonderful text is like an elaborated commentary on the lamrim [the graduated path to enlightenment]. In the monasteries, A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life is not used much as a text for debating, but students constantly refer back to it, quoting from it often. Many great teachers, such as His Holiness the Dalai Lama, quote extensively from it for many different subjects. It is so practical that we can use whatever Shantideva says as everyday advice, showing us how to conduct our lives.""--

Author : William G. Covington Jr. PhD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-28
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781663215574

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Perseverance by William G. Covington Jr. PhD Pdf

With the current social upheaval in the world today, some individuals seem to become exhausted with life choices and goals, leading people not to pursue their dreams. Grit is missing from our society. However, there is an answer to achieving one's objectives and improving as individuals. Indeed, the answer is God, who helps us, as Christians, overcome obstacles, and reach our full potential, to serve God, who gives us the perseverance in overcoming earthly barriers. Dr. William G. Covington, Jr, provides a template to follow, which combines Bible teachings and other forms of application, such as extensive research, theory, and real-world applications, to negate the psychological noise that continues to impede our progress as both Christians and Homo Sapiens. Dr. Covington's book, Perseverance: The power that gets results, he challenges the reader to remove toxic thoughts through Biblical readings, which transform individuals in reaching their full potentials through the Word of God. The book highlights how by submitting to God, we as Christians, develop into warriors on earth, who can both design, and transform ourselves and others, through perseverance, which allows us to be free, and practice Christian principles, thus overcoming earthly obstacles. Implementing these practices allows for a paradigm shift in a world that tells us we can achieve goals without effort. This is especially valid in our modern-day world of social media technologies, which informs society; technology can take something complicated and make it accessible by only exerting minimal effort. Dr. Covington's timely book showcases that through the combination of God's Word's and principles, and incorporating these principles into His followers' lives, Dr. Covington creates a reality that develops character and submission to God. This is an inspirational book that is timely for a generation that needs God's teachings. These principles, which urge us, as individuals, to preserve through this world and develop our characters, by changing the template, from instant gratification to working diligently to overcome roadblocks, which produce success. Dr. Covington's book helps to create people equipped to sustain and prosper in modern society, thus building a robust, Christian world, where individuals are unafraid of meeting this legacy, by removing toxic thoughts through perseverance.

Author : Elijah C.
Publisher : Xspurts.com
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-13
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781779700155

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Perseverance Through Patience by Elijah C. Pdf

Final Thoughts on Embracing Patience and Perseverance in Your LifeStep into a world of self-discovery and transformation with "Perseverance Through Patience: Overcoming Life's Challenges." This comprehensive guide is designed to assist you in understanding the crucial roles that patience and perseverance play in tackling life's many challenges. It meticulously unpacks the art of patience, providing helpful insights on how to develop and incorporate it into your day-to-day life. As you delve into its chapters, you'll explore step-by-step guides on how to build patience, employing techniques such as deep breathing and mindfulness. Practical advice on fostering patience in everyday circumstances will become your new arsenal. Gain a deep understanding of perseverance as the book expounds its meaning and origin, and reveals the profound impact it has on success.Mastering perseverance is within your reach as this book guides you through the process of developing mental toughness and cultivating a habit of perseverance even through failures. Discover the fascinating interplay between patience and perseverance and tap into the transformative power that both can bring about in your personal growth.The book extends its teachings to your personal relationships and career, helping you understand how to use your newfound skills of patience and perseverance to enhance your connections and succeed in your profession. Benefit from a compassionate exploration of the associated challenges in cultivating patience and perseverance. Those inspiring pages filled with infamous historical tales of patience and perseverance will leave you inspired and motivated. The book also connects these concepts with elements of spirituality and navigates their role in today's digital age, a fitting discourse for our fast-paced times."Perseverance Through Patience: Overcoming Life's Challenges" transcends its affinity with self-help as it seeks to make a substantial contribution to your overall well-being, especially stress management and mental health. It guides you through a transformative journey offering you not just patience and perseverance as virtues, but as essential life skills. Let this book be your compass, guiding you through the often thorny paths of life armed with patience and perseverance. Start the journey today.

Author : Don Garlington
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606088258

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Faith, Obedience, and Perseverance by Don Garlington Pdf

Intended as sequel to the author's early study 'The Obedience of Faith': A Pauline Phrase in Historical Context, this book explores the interlocking themes of faith, obedience, and perseverance in the letter to the Romans. Don Garlington argues that Paul's phrase the obedience of faith is designed to say two things at the same time, that is, an obedience which consists in faith and which is the outgrowth of faith's commitment to Jesus Christ. The obedience of faith thus articulates both the inception of Christian existence and its continuation in the perseverance of the believer. The author reflects on Romans 2:22's allegation of disobedience (sacrilege) on the part of Israel. Since Paul's conception of (faith's) obedience stands in stark relief to the (unbelieving) disobedience of his Jewish contemporaries, it is only against the backdrop of his indictment of Israel that aspects of his teaching emerge with tolerable clarity. Garlington also examines Romans 2:13: only the doers of the law will be justified in eschatological judgment. Thus, there is in Paul's theology the idea of a future justification of the people of God, which forms an analogue to their present justification. And it is none other than the obedience of faith which provides the link between the two moments of justification. Romans 5 is focused on its portrayal of Christ as the obedient last Adam, who ensures the obedience of faith of his people. An exegesis of Romans 7:14-25 approaches the obedience of faith from the angle of the Christian's experience of the onslaught of the powers of this present evil age. The ideals of the age to come, as set out before, are seen to be tempered by the realism of this period of overlapping aeons. Finally the author reflects on the theological and practical significance of the exegetical materials, including a discussion of justification and sanctification in Christian thought.

Author : Priyambada Mishra
Publisher : Australian Self Publishing Group
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781922618320

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Journey of Perseverance by Priyambada Mishra Pdf

In the 'Journey of Perseverance' Priya Mishra recounts how she tore through all odds to become the leader that she is today. With powerful learning’s and messages across every page, the author has infused several personal examples of perseverance that can be used in our daily lives. She strongly paints a picture of culture and how a culturally conditioned individual can achieve the unthinkable with the right kind of support from other members.

Author : Pierre Johnson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 099927970X

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Pulse of Perseverance by Pierre Johnson Pdf

What drove three young black men, each from America's most urban environments, to achieve their dreams of becoming doctors? The answer is in the Pulse of Perseverance. In 1998, Max Madhere, Pierre Johnson, and Joe Semien were three young, black, premedical students at Xavier University of Louisiana. Each was struggling with the demands of Xavier's rigorous curriculum, yet each was determined to succeed, even if the statistics, or the stereotypes about black men, said otherwise. By drawing on each other's determination and individual strengths, they forged a brotherhood and created a bond so strong that it would carry them through college, medical school, and well beyond. Now they've come together in Pulse to share their stories and encourage young people of color to pursue high-level careers. Max grew up in New York City and Washington D.C., Pierre in Chicago, and Joe in New Orleans. Underperforming schools, instability in the home, the trappings of street life, or simply being "expected" to fail could have derailed their aspirations, yet all three men refused to accept failure as an option. No obstacle was too great, no ambition too high.Today, Dr. Maxime Madhere, Dr. Pierre Johnson, and Dr. Joseph W. Semien Jr. are each board-certified physicians, as well as fathers and community mentors. Their message in Pulse is both simple and complex: no matter where you're from, no matter what "society" tells you, you can realize your dreams with hard work, determination, and God's guidance.

Author : Margaret J. Wheatley
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781523083640

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Who Do We Choose To Be? by Margaret J. Wheatley Pdf

On the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of her classic Leadership and the New Science, bestselling author Margaret Wheatley once again turns to the new science of living systems to help leaders persevere in a time of great turmoil. I know it is possible for leaders to use their power and influence, their insight and compassion, to lead people back to an understanding of who we are as human beings, to create the conditions for our basic human qualities of generosity, contribution, community and love to be evoked no matter what. I know it is possible to experience grace and joy in the midst of tragedy and loss. I know it is possible to create islands of sanity in the midst of wildly disruptive seas. I know it is possible because I have worked with leaders over many years in places that knew chaos and breakdown long before this moment. And I have studied enough history to know that such leaders always arise when they are most needed. Now it's our turn.

Author : John Owen
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781773561516

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The Doctrine of the Saints' Perseverance Explained and Confirmed by John Owen Pdf

Author : Shepard Kosciuszko Kollock
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1837
Category : Perseverance (Theology)
ISBN : UOM:39015063633831

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The Doctrine of the Perseverance of the Saints, Illustrated, Proved and Applied by Shepard Kosciuszko Kollock Pdf