The Journey Of Not Knowing

Author : Julie Benezet
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780997813913

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The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is NoneBy Julie BenezetThe Journey of Not Knowing is a fast paced, entertaining read that gets to the heart of a critical state in today's business climate and society overall: the constantly changing, ambiguous 21st Century and the uncharted waters ahead. This book will inspire leaders of any size organization to come to grips with the scariness of the unknown while it advances a new approach to leadership that leverages the discomfort of the new as a powerful source of inspiration rather than a deterrent to building a better future.Written by former Amazon executive, coach and lawyer Julie Benezet, the book combines storytelling, business experience and human psychology to create a roadmap through the ambiguity of building something better in the context of the realities of humans in organizational life.The book tells a story of a day in the life at Arrow, Inc., a fictional company. It follows the defended behaviors throughout that day of its eight very recognizable leadership team members as they work first to avoid and then finally to solve the mystery of why a client fired them. The reward of the discovery is a critical piece of new business and substantial personal growth. To get there, each of team members must face their past, present and future. The memorable characters in the book are persons with whom the readers may cringingly identify. The book creates a framework them to confront their own resistance to change, and tools to start them on their way toward pursuing new possibilities for their lives once they can confront and embrace the scariness of the unknown.The author opens the book with a description of an experience at Amazon that led to her belief about leadership and the unknown. It ends with a primer on the Journey of Not Knowingi leadership model, using the Arrow story to illustrate its principles. The Journey of Not Knowing forms the core of a leadership program that been attended by executives from around the world over the past five years. (www.journeyofnotknowing.com)

Author : Julie Benezet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0997813903

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A story about a leadership team that has to embrace the scariness and opportunities of the unknown to win a large project critical to their business.

Author : Alexander Demetrius
Publisher : BalboaPress
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-10-26
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781452559650

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The Reward of Not Knowing by Alexander Demetrius Pdf

The Reward of Not Knowing is for anyone who feels that the life they're currently living isn't the one that has been waiting for them. Learn how to transform doubt and fear into courage and certainty by recognizing the heroic sequence of events in your own life. By sharing some of the most tragic and often wondrous events of my past, I intend to inspire anyone who truly desires positive change now.

Author : Oswald Chambers
Publisher : Our Daily Bread Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781627074391

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Not Knowing Whither by Oswald Chambers Pdf

God’s friend—that’s what the book of James calls Abraham, the father of the Israelite nation. Friendships take time, trust, and sacrifice, and in this insightful study Oswald Chambers examines each step of Abraham’s faith-journey toward intimate friendship with his creator. Chambers shows us how this great pioneer of faith reacted to God’s call, the claims of companions, clashing circumstances, and the terrific cost of God’s friendship. Not Knowing Whither asks Christians today to look each faith challenge in the eye—to face the unknown—and pursue friendship with God.

Author : Christopher Paul Curtis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-30
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781338164008

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The Journey of Little Charlie by Christopher Paul Curtis Pdf

The Newberry Medalist brings humor and heart to this story of a Civil War–era boy struggling to do right in the face of history’s cruelest evils. Twelve-year-old Charlie is down on his luck: His sharecropper father just died, and Cap’n Buck—the most fearsome man in Possum Moan, South Carolina—has come to collect a debt. Fearing for his life, Charlie strikes a deal with Cap’n Buck and agrees to track down some folks accused of stealing from the cap’n and his boss. It’s not too bad of a bargain for Charlie . . . until he comes face-to-face with the fugitives and discovers their true identities. Torn between his guilty conscience and his survival instinct, Charlie needs to figure out his next move—and soon. It’s only a matter of time before Cap’n Buck catches on. Praise for The Journey of Little Charlie A National Book Award Finalist “This is a compelling and ugly story for middle-grade readers told with genuine care. Little Charlie is a product of his Southern upbringing, yet in Curtis’s skillful hands he learns the world is not as he’d thought . . . Christopher Paul Curtis does it again.” —Historical Novel Society “A characteristically lively and complex addition to the historical fiction of the era from Curtis.” —Kirkus Reviews

Author : John D. Suk
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780802866509

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Not Sure by John D. Suk Pdf

In 2002, while touring North America with his wife in an RV, John Suk -- lifelong Christian, longtime pastor, and noted leader in the Christian Reformed Church -- experienced a crippling crisis of faith. He emerged from that dark time with a strange new gift -- doubt. In Not Sure Suk takes readers on an eyes-wide-open, deeply personal voyage through the past and present of Christian belief, reexamining Christian faith -- in his own life and in fifteen centuries of Christian history -- through a skeptic's eyes. He exposes major pitfalls of modern Christian movements and questions what he considers to be faulty paradigms: the "personal relationship with Jesus," the "health-and-wealth gospel," and traditional ethnicity-based belief systems. In the end he is left clinging to what is for him a truer, wiser kind of faith in Jesus Christ -- faith that struggles and lives with doubt.

Author : Gary Geddes
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781772031652

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Medicine Unbundled by Gary Geddes Pdf

"We can no longer pretend we don't know about residential schools, murdered and missing Aboriginal women and 'Indian hospitals.' The only outstanding question is how we respond." —Tom Sandborn, Vancouver Sun A shocking exposé of the dark history and legacy of segregated Indigenous health care in Canada. After the publication of his critically acclaimed 2011 book Drink the Bitter Root: A Writer’s Search for Justice and Healing in Africa, author Gary Geddes turned the investigative lens on his own country, embarking on a long and difficult journey across Canada to interview Indigenous elders willing to share their experiences of segregated health care, including their treatment in the "Indian hospitals" that existed from coast to coast for over half a century. The memories recounted by these survivors—from gratuitous drug and surgical experiments to electroshock treatments intended to destroy the memory of sexual abuse—are truly harrowing, and will surely shatter any lingering illusions about the virtues or good intentions of our colonial past. Yet, this is more than just the painful history of a once-so-called vanishing people (a people who have resisted vanishing despite the best efforts of those in charge); it is a testament to survival, perseverance, and the power of memory to keep history alive and promote the idea of a more open and just future. Released to coincide with the Year of Reconciliation (2017), Medicine Unbundled is an important and timely contribution to our national narrative.

Author : Anthony E. Mansueto
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781556359873

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The Journey of the Dialectic: Knowing God, Volume 3 by Anthony E. Mansueto Pdf

No discipline has been more uniformly derided for a longer period than metaphysics. Of the ancient and medieval sciences now in disrepute, even astrology and alchemy get better press. The most devastating--and currently the most influential--attack on metaphysics has come from a broad spectrum of thinkers including Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Arendt, Levinas, Derrida, and Milbank, who have argued that metaphysics is the root of modern nihilism and totalitarianism. Anthony Mansueto puts this claim to the test, developing a historical sociology of metaphysics that analyzes the social basis and political valence of metaphysical systems. Mansueto does this globally and cross-culturally, engaging not only the Hellenic tradition and its extension into medieval Christendom and Dar-al-Islam, but also the Indian and Chinese traditions. Specifically, Mansueto argues that far from representing the roots of nihilism or modern state terror, metaphysics emerges (and continues to be necessary) as a way to ground meaning and value in societies--especially in market societies in which these have become problematic. Metaphysics tends to restrain exploitation and to encourage the redirection of surplus toward activities that promote development of human capacities. Knowing God: The Journey of the Dialectic concludes with an outline of a new dialectical metaphysics that reconciles a Buddhist metaphysics of interdependence in the Hua-yen tradition with a historicized metaphysics of Esse, yielding results that look startlingly like the dao xue, or neo-Confucianism of Song China. Mansueto shows how such a metaphysics can ground meaning and value while answering postmodern concerns to safeguard difference.

Author : Seung Yeal Lee
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498274029

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Knowing God through Journey and Pilgrimage by Seung Yeal Lee Pdf

The Hebrew/Christian Scriptures include many allusions to pilgrimage customs and practices, yet the information is scattered and requires a considerable amount of reconstruction. It is posited that the pilgrimage paradigm, including the journey motif, has influenced the thought patterns of the writers of both the Old and New Testaments. To follow Jesus' journey to Jerusalem on the three feasts of pilgrimage in Luke-Acts and John, and their relevance to the way he revealed himself and taught his disciples, this work begins with the creation and patriarchal narratives, examining how the pilgrimage paradigm relates to discipleship. Reviewing the history of the people of God including the Exodus, the Exile, and restoration, this book establishes the significance of pilgrimage as a paradigm for Israel that eventually shapes Judaism. Seung Y Lee points us to a neglected fact that the three feasts of pilgrimage have developed their own characters and meanings for the momentous events in the history of Israel, and both Luke-Acts and John reflect the significance of the pilgrimage paradigm for Jesus' self-understanding and his teaching.

Author : Dr. Vida Lynn Asare
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781639036691

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A Journey To Know God by Dr. Vida Lynn Asare Pdf

A journey to know God is written for all children of God who yearn and desire to have a close personal relationship with the Lord. It is for those searching to experience profound encounters and hear His voice in their innermost being, for those who will not be content with anything less than the experience of knowing him in full measure according to his revelation. It is for those who value a relationship with the Lord and are willing to discover the countless ways God has made himself known to humanity in the past, present, and future. The purpose of this book is to expand your knowledge through a systematic discussion of how God has chosen to reveal Himself. It is for those who need help to be confident, authentic, and blessed. Why? You were made in the image of God; the more you mature in the knowledge of Him, the more you discover your true self.

Author : Reginald B. Holmes
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2023-02-09
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781098075231

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A Journey to Know God One Day at a Time by Reginald B. Holmes Pdf

To the Reader, I wrote this book to share with you the love and cleansing power of GodaEUR(tm)s word. My prayer is that together, we will be better servants to God, our brothers and sisters. I hope this book will encourage you to seek the presence of God and submit to his life transforming power and authority. Isaiah 44:22 says, aEURoeI have blotted out, like a thick cloud, your transgressions, and like a cloud your sins, return to me, for I have redeemed you.aEUR If you have not accepted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, pray this prayer, believe, and receive the free gift of eternal life. Heavenly Father, I know that I am a sinner. I believe that you are the Savior, and you died on the cross for my sins, buried and rose from the dead according to the scriptures. I repent and ask you to forgive me for my sins. Come into my heart and take control of my life. By your blood, I am free from the punishment of sin. I am a new creation in Christ, born of God with the life and love of Jesus in me. My salvation has been sealed. Thank you for eternal life in JesusaEUR(tm)s name. Amen.

Author : Sharon Rezac Andersen
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781604948172

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The Burden of Knowing: A journey, a friendship, and the power of truth in Nicaragua by Sharon Rezac Andersen Pdf

Author : Dan Gemeinhart
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-08
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781250196712

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The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise by Dan Gemeinhart Pdf

"Sometimes a story comes along that just plain makes you want to hug the world. The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise is Dan Gemeinhart’s finest book yet — and that’s saying something. Your heart needs this joyful miracle of a book." — Katherine Applegate, acclaimed author of The One and Only Ivan and Wishtree Five years. That's how long Coyote and her dad, Rodeo, have lived on the road in an old school bus, criss-crossing the nation. It's also how long ago Coyote lost her mom and two sisters in a car crash. Coyote hasn’t been home in all that time, but when she learns that the park in her old neighborhood is being demolished—the very same park where she, her mom, and her sisters buried a treasured memory box—she devises an elaborate plan to get her dad to drive 3,600 miles back to Washington state in four days...without him realizing it. Along the way, they'll pick up a strange crew of misfit travelers. Lester has a lady love to meet. Salvador and his mom are looking to start over. Val needs a safe place to be herself. And then there's Gladys... Over the course of thousands of miles, Coyote will learn that going home can sometimes be the hardest journey of all...but that with friends by her side, she just might be able to turn her “once upon a time” into a “happily ever after.” This title has common core connections.

Author : Heinz Janisch
Publisher : NorthSouth Books
Page : 57 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780735843882

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Hans Christian Andersen by Heinz Janisch Pdf

“If you like, I’ll tell you the story of a boy who learned to fly.” Through an enchanted conversation with a young girl in a horse-drawn coach, Hans Christian Andersen shares his life’s struggles, dreams, and triumphs—whose threads can be found woven into his greatest stories. He tells her about the “fairy tale of his life” and how the son of a shoemaker became a celebrated writer. Heinz Janisch paints a sensitive portrait of Andersen and his literary work. Maja Kastelic has developed a well-suited illustration concept for this story that combines sumptuous art of a picture book with elements of a graphic novel. Thus, for the first time, H. C. Andersen’s life and work become a fascinating collage in picture book form. A moving, inventive story about the life of Hans Christian Andersen.

Author : Julie Benezet
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 099781392X

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The Journal of Not Knowing by Julie Benezet Pdf

The Journal of Not Knowing, offers a companion workbook guide to The Journey of Not Knowing: How 21st Century Leaders Can Chart a Course Where There Is None. To be used in conjunction with the Journey book or as a standalone, the workbook provides its readers with questions, exercises and other tools to explore the Journey principles of navigating the unknown, dealing with risk, and the Core Four principles.