Who S Paying Attention

Author : Kenneth Stanford
Publisher : Covenant Books, Inc.
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781643007779

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Who's Paying Attention? by Kenneth Stanford Pdf

The title Who's Paying Attention? focuses on my quest to personally know the God of All Creation and subsequently over the years to aEURoeget to gripsaEUR with the contents of aEURoethe BibleaEUR the way God would want mankind to understand them. Included in the title logic is the use of specific help-aids in the form of Bibles, dictionaries, atlases, etc., and not forgetting prayer to God (the Father of Jesus of Nazareth), who was my most important help-aid, as generically speaking, the Bible is not an easy book to understand. Who's Paying Attention? contains some of my findings; which I can say with confidence that I received divine enlightenment from God; otherwise, I would have remained none the wiseraEUR"even after surfing much topical literature. In a nutshell, the answer to the title of this book requires that any passionately interested Bible student must adopt a role of a focused detective and at the same time rely on God through reverential prayeraEUR"for divine help to solve unclear or confusing sections of Scripture. It is on this basis that Who's Paying Attention? became the prelude to Watchman! Watchman! What of the Night?aEUR"my second book, which further demonstrates the essential reliance on God for divine enlightenment in the Scriptures, rather than skewing the approach towards man and available literature in order to obtain aEURoea correct answer.aEUR Notwithstanding the above, we all still have much to learn about the Bible and the members of the GodheadaEUR"who were instrumental in making the Bible a reality.

Author : John Horgan
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781949597103

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Pay Attention by John Horgan Pdf

A day in the inner and outer lives of a college professor, blogger, divorced father, thinker, and yearner. What would it feel like to wake up inside the head of someone who writes about science for a living? John Horgan, acclaimed author of the bestseller The End of Science, answers that question in his genre-bending new book Pay Attention, a stream-of-consciousness account of a day in the life of his alter ego, Eamon Toole--a blogger, college professor, and divorced father. This work of fact-based fiction, or "faction," follows Toole as he wakes up in his rented apartment in upstate New York, meditates with the mantra "Duh," commutes via train and subway to an engineering school in New Jersey, teaches a William James essay on consciousness to freshmen, squabbles about Thomas Kuhn with colleagues over lunch, takes a ferry to Manhattan and spends the evening with his bossy, Tarot-reading girlfriend, Emily, on whom he plans to spring a big question. Throughout the day, Toole struggles to be rational while buffeted by fears and yearnings. Thoughts of sex and death keep intruding on his ruminations over quantum spookiness, the neural code, the Singularity, and free will. Pay Attention is a profane, profound meditation on the entanglements of our inner and outer worlds and the elusiveness of truth.

Author : Faris Yakob
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-04-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780749473617

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Paid Attention by Faris Yakob Pdf

As ever, the onus is on brands to find compelling ways to earn the attention of the consumer. Yet content scarcity has given way to overload, fixed channels have dissolved into fluid networks, and audiences have become participants in consumer-driven conversations. This shift requires a new course of action for brands; it demands new marketing imperatives. Paid Attention is a guide to modern advertising ideas: what they are, why they are evolving and how to have them. Spanning communication theory, neuroscience, creativity and innovation, media history, branding and emerging technologies, it explores the strategic creation process and how to package ideas to attract the most attention in the advertising industry. Packed with real-world examples of advertising campaigns for companies including Sony, Red Bull, HP and many more, Paid Attention provides a robust model for influencing human behaviour. Referencing a wide body of theory and praxis, from behavioural economics and sociology to technology and even science fiction, Faris Yakob maps advertising onto a wider analysis of culture. Containing practical advertising and branding templates, including a new advertising planning toolkit, it is ideal for students and practitioners looking to get noticed in today's cluttered marketplace. Online resources include additional toolkits with advice, techniques and best practice on brand behaviour, new ideas and effective communication.

Author : Gene A. Hoots
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05
Category : Business enterprises
ISBN : 9781457511479

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Pay Attention to the Thin Cow by Gene A. Hoots Pdf

Since 1979 when Tom Quinn and Gene Hoots began investing together, there have been a major bull market, a gigantic bubble, two major bear markets, and heart-stopping stock market plunges. Through all of this, their firm has adhered to its investment philosophy. Pay Attention to the Thin Cow is a collection of CornerCap's writings through 2005. Running the $4 billion benefit funds of R. J. Reynolds worldwide gave the CornerCap founders an opportunity to study the investment industry "close up and personal." The experience became an investment laboratory where they were exposed to the best of the players in the institutional investment world - the consultants, the banks, and the mutual fund giants, the private advisory firms both in the US and abroad. After a decade of observing what worked and what didn't, they set up CornerCap, a firm that was based on the best practices of the investors they studied. These CornerCap commentaries consistently describe and reinforce those practices to the reader. They explain, in simple understandable terms, straightforward advice - advice that they always point out is "easy to understand, but very hard to do." While it is a collaborative effort, much of the book reflects the personal experiences of Gene Hoots. He has had the unique opportunity to work in the corporate world as a major customer of investment services for twenty plus years and then help create a small, entrepreneurial firm that is a supplier of those same services. He notes that size really doesn't alter the rules; the same investing principles apply to everyone. Along the way, he also offers opinions on the major issues he believes we are facing in America today, and an occasional view of corporate life from the inside. This book will not give the reader tips on becoming an overnight millionaire, or on day trading as a path to fame and fortune, or even how to spot a "hot" stock. Rather, it is a collection of essays from CornerCap's first fifteen years that the CornerCap people hope will make the readers a bit more informed about their own investments, and less vulnerable to all of the missteps that can steadily erode their efforts to accumulate wealth - consistent mistakes that can add up to huge losses over a lifetime. Avoiding these common investing mistakes can greatly increase the prospect of meeting long term financial goals, no matter whether you are saving for a secure retirement or your grandchildren's education. In Pay Attention to the Thin Cow, Gene Hoots shares his experiences from five decades in the corporate and investment worlds, from both the large and small viewpoint, sometimes as a participant and sometimes as an observant bystander.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0022114675

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How to form the Habit of paying attention. To which is added a short Essay upon the prevention of crime in the Educated Classes, etc by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sherrill B. Flora
Publisher : Key Education Publishing
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781602688865

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“Pay Attention, Please!”, Ages 4 - 11 by Sherrill B. Flora Pdf

Help students in grades PK–5 work out their wiggles using "Pay Attention, Please!" This 64-page book helps students with ADHD and students who are otherwise wiggly and overly busy learn how to pay better attention and focus for longer periods of time. It includes games and activities that strengthen listening, concentration, visual, and auditory memory skills; assist students in learning relaxation techniques; provide students healthy ways to burn excess energy; and help students discover ways to control overstimulation and impulsivity.

Author : Walayee C. Whitlock
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 113 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781469189642

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Pay Attention by Walayee C. Whitlock Pdf

Author : Rollie Johnson
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-01-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781512768985

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Paying Attention by Rollie Johnson Pdf

Most of us race through our days at a hectic and frantic pace oblivious to the Godly and divine in our midst. We are tuned in to the latest electronic gizmos and out of tune with the holy and sacred that moves in and around us throughout our days. Journey with Author Rollie Johnson who has a most unique gift for observing and sensing, and recognizing Godly movements and spiritual truths in our ordinary day to day lives. His observations and unique insights from the natural world of creation and ordinary encounters will inspire you to new depths of trust and intimacy in your walk with God.

Author : Matthew B. Crawford
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780374708443

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The World Beyond Your Head by Matthew B. Crawford Pdf

A groundbreaking new book from the bestselling author of Shop Class as Soulcraft In his bestselling book Shop Class as Soulcraft, Matthew B. Crawford explored the ethical and practical importance of manual competence, as expressed through mastery of our physical environment. In his brilliant follow-up, The World Beyond Your Head, Crawford investigates the challenge of mastering one's own mind. We often complain about our fractured mental lives and feel beset by outside forces that destroy our focus and disrupt our peace of mind. Any defense against this, Crawford argues, requires that we reckon with the way attention sculpts the self. Crawford investigates the intense focus of ice hockey players and short-order chefs, the quasi-autistic behavior of gambling addicts, the familiar hassles of daily life, and the deep, slow craft of building pipe organs. He shows that our current crisis of attention is only superficially the result of digital technology, and becomes more comprehensible when understood as the coming to fruition of certain assumptions at the root of Western culture that are profoundly at odds with human nature. The World Beyond Your Head makes sense of an astonishing array of common experience, from the frustrations of airport security to the rise of the hipster. With implications for the way we raise our children, the design of public spaces, and democracy itself, this is a book of urgent relevance to contemporary life.

Author : Daniel Larsen,Sven O. Egenhoff,Neil S. Fishman
Publisher : Geological Society of America
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : Mudstone
ISBN : 9780813725154

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Paying Attention to Mudrocks: Priceless! by Daniel Larsen,Sven O. Egenhoff,Neil S. Fishman Pdf

The case studies included in this volume span two overall thematic blocks: the first one focuses on mudstone deposition in several settings and the second focuses on the diagenetic processes that have affected important mudstone units. The two papers opening the volume describe recent lake sedimentation from South America and Africa, respectively.

Author : Winifred Gallagher
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781101032596

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Rapt by Winifred Gallagher Pdf

A revolutionary look at how what we pay attention to determines how we experience life Acclaimed behavioral science writer Winifred Gallagher's Rapt makes the radical argument that much of the quality of your life depends not on fame or fortune, beauty or brains, fate or coincidence, but on what you choose to pay attention to. Rapt introduces a diverse cast of characters, from researchers to artists to ranchers, to illustrate the art of living the interested life. As their stories show, by focusing on the most positive and productive elements of any situation, you can shape your inner experience and expand your world. By learning to focus, you can improve your concentration, broaden your inner horizons, and most important, feel what it means to be fully alive.

Author : Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D.
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2007-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307416353

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Pay Attention, for Goodness' Sake by Sylvia Boorstein, Ph.D. Pdf

According to the Buddha, the path of kindness is the path of happiness. Now Sylvia Boorstein, nationally bestselling author of It’s Easier Than You Think, has taken the 2500-year-old practice of developing the qualities of a compassionate heart—the core of the Buddha’s own practice—and made it accessible to all. Pay Attention for Goodness’ Sake is the first book ever to guide Western readers on the path of the Buddha’s Ten Paramitas, the Perfections of the Heart. Boorstein combines traditional Buddhist teachings and parables with stories from her own life, as well as easy-to-follow meditations, to show how the practice of Mindfulness—paying attention in everyday life—can lead to these perfections that all of us strive for, including Generosity, Morality, Wisdom, Energy, Patience, Determination, and Equanimity. When we take on this practice, Boorstein notes, “our vision becomes transformed. We see, with increasing clarity, the confusion in our own minds and the suffering in our own hearts. . . . And we also see the extraordinariness of life, how amazing it is that life exists.” Boorstein’s lively and practical lessons about everyday generosity, morality, making and mending mistakes, the bliss of blamelessness, and other human concerns and frailties, help to clarify our distractions and connect us with our own goodness, “the part of ourselves that wishes it had done differently.” For Buddhist and non-Buddhist alike, Pay Attention for Goodness’ Sake is a cheerful, inspiring book that offers the possibility of a transformed life.

Author : Edward Foley
Publisher : Liturgy Training Publications
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781616716370

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Preaching as Paying Attention by Edward Foley Pdf

Author Ed Foley―priest, preacher, and teacher―invites preachers to an awareness of the world and the people around them as a lens for preaching God's Incarnate Word and inviting people into the Paschal Mystery. He maintains that paying attention is a key to theological reflection. When pondering a work of art or a catastrophe, the preacher asks, “Where is God in all of this?” and “How does my preaching invite people to respond to that presence?” Fr. Foley presents excerpts of his own homilies and references to poets, scientists, and other resources―some a bit surprising―as models and suggestions that might draw a preacher’s attention as a sign of God present and active in our midst. In short, this book offers a mindset, not a method, for preachers.

Author : Ann Thomas,Jill Applegate
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2010-05-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470563557

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Pay Attention! by Ann Thomas,Jill Applegate Pdf

Make customer feedback work for your business. Customers are speaking loud and clear through a miriad of mediums. Evidence shows that customers will no longer stand for the hurried and complacent service that has become the norm. They are looking for a positive, memorable experience. Organizations that provide that level of service will earn their loyalty. Customers base their decisions on nothing more than a positive or negative review of your product and/or service. Pay Attention! paves the way. Your company wins when you: Understand Customer Expectations Embrace and implement The RATER Factors Define who you are and what you offer Become E.T.D.B.W. (Easy To Do Business With) Connect with your audience in all mediums React appropriately and respond immediately to customer feedback Recover sincerely when things go wrong All you need is to Pay Attention!

Author : Rebecca Schiller
Publisher : The Experiment, LLC
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-03-28
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781615198818

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A Thousand Ways to Pay Attention: Discovering the Beauty of My ADHD Mind - A Memoir by Rebecca Schiller Pdf

Now in paperback: A captivating, heralded memoir, "unflinching and full of truth" (Katherine May), of a woman making a home on a small farm while grappling with an unexpected ADHD diagnosis “When you think about ADHD . . . do you picture a woman in the bucolic English countryside, raising her children along with an assortment of animals and vegetables? Why not?”—Salon Moving to a small farm is Rebeca Schiller’s dream come true. But as her young family adjusts to a new life in the countryside, her dream is threatened by something within. I’m aware of everything, all at once, which is too much. As Rebecca’s symptoms mount—frequent falls, rages, and strange lapses in memory—her doctors are baffled and her family unmoored. Finally comes a diagnosis: severe ADHD. For Rebecca, it is the start, not the end, of a quest for understanding. As she scrambles to support both family and farm, her focus spirals: from our current climate crisis to long-extinct lynx in the shadows of ancient oaks and the forgotten women who tended this land before her, their stories hidden just beneath the surface of history. In this luminous, heralded memoir of one woman’s newfound neurodivergence, attention is not deficient—but abundant. Publisher’s Note: A different version of this book has been published under the title Earthed in the United Kingdom.