Highly reviewed development books

I’m not a master for performance and productivity. I am a author, a husband, a believer and a father with many duties and new challenges that always come to me. I’ve written this short, fast-paced, pragmatic efficiency guide to share what I’ve learned to do in the digital modern times. It’s very easy to lead a peaceful and organized life, assured of your obligations and sure of your success.

Not long ago, Christine Carter, a wellbeing consultant at the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and a lecturer, author, and mom, found herself exasperated by the business of daily life: so many competing responsibilities and not enough space, resources, and stamina to get anything accomplished. Determined to build a less difficult life for herself, she tried every research-based tactic that aimed to make her life more enjoyable. Based on her thorough knowledge of the latest studies on satisfaction, efficiency, and elite success, she pursued any tactic that aimed to give her more power and make her more effective, innovative, and wiser. Carter shares in The Sweet Spot the mix of activities that turned her life from feeling exhausted and stressful to being content, confident and successful. Along with the best tips for immediate relief, this uplifiting book will make you “overwhelm-resistant” and bring you Peace and Happiness away from perfectionism.

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do focuses on families, showing them how to raise mentally stable and flexible children. Amy Morin, the writer who defined the characteristics that mentally powerful people share, is now providing adults the resources they need to become teachers for mental power. Although other books tell parents what to do, Amy tells parents what not to do, which she believes is just as necessary to raise mentally stable children. Children will thrive psychologically, mentally, behaviorally, and academically if they have the resources they need to cope with difficulties in their daily lives.

This revised and extended translation of the seminal reflection on Pope John Paul II’s Love and Responsibility by Edward Sri includes a new introduction, new chapters for single persons and engaged couples, and the stories of people whose lives have been changed by the profound teaching on relationships of Pope John Paul II. Karol Wojtyla (Pope John Paul II) wrote Love and Responsibility in 1960, unveiling a fully developed marital philosophy in which total integration can only be accomplished by prioritizing the well-being and self-realization of each other. His study of human love’s actual nature is life-changing and pragmatic, throwing light on couples issues. Edward Sri unpacks the contents of this wonderful work in Men, Women and the Mysteries of Love, making it available to every reader.

The bestselling writer Michael Hyatt, explains why, too often, our big are pushed away and get slowly forgotten, but he has a counter method. Yes, he thinks readers will eventually close the distance between fact and their fantasies. Yes now is the perfect time. Hyatt offers a strong, tested, research-driven framework to set and accomplish targets in Your Best Year Ever. Readers know in just five hours how to plan their best year ever. Anyone tired of not seeing change in their social, academic, career, friendship, or financial goals would enjoy the field-tested information found on these pages.

Becoming Whole, overflowing with love, compassion, and hope, consistently shows you how to relieve psychological distress in your life and in lives of loved ones. Becoming Whole is committed to healing people who are suffering from mental trauma. Becoming Whole is not only a soothing companion, but also a beneficial life partner, thoughtful, strong and revealing.

It can be truly intimidating to speak in public. The thought of appearing before an audience is more terrifying for David Nihill than cliff diving into a thorny pit of snakes and mothers-in-law. Some change was needed. David wanted to conquer his doubts by pretending to be an experienced comic named Irish Dave for a whole year, attending as many comedy clubs, concerts, and events as possible in what doesn’t seem like the best idea ever. At least one part of the strategy is logical: he was still Irish and was already named Dave. Within one year, David went from being mortally scared of talking to holding a business event, doing stand-up comedy on a weekly basis, and winning storytelling contests in front of packed audiences. So he did so by reading from one of the world’s best public speakers: stand-up comedians. Do You Talk Funny? reveals that the main concepts of stand-up humor can be adapted to your talks and speeches to make you more entertaining, fascinating and attractive. Whether you’re planning for a speech on trade, delivering a wedding toast, defending your dissertation, collecting money from investors, or even trying to bring something you’re scared of, this book will take you from sweaty to stage-ready.

What successful people have in common ? HOW SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE THINK, a bestseller of the Wall Street Journal, is a perfect fir for our fast-paced world. John C. Maxwell, an American leadership pioneer, will show you when to be more innovative and how to challenge common wisdom. You’ll learn how to catch the larger picture while easing your thoughts. You will learn how to take advantage of your imaginative abilities, create common ideas and learn from the experience to help understand the future. You can easily see the road to individual achievement with these eleven keys to more successful thinking.

Melissa Ambrosini’s career has gone beyond her wildest expectations, all through overcoming her Mean Girl, busting through restrictive values and fears that kept her captive for years. Melissa offers a realistic roadmap in this inspiring, optimistic guide to build your own vision of a kick-ass life that is incredibly rich, fabulously happy, and lovingly bursting. It is a must read when you’re prepared to let go of your Mean Girl and start living the life of your dreams, built to drive you out of stuckness. Be ready to live the life of your dream.

The bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick are discussing how such fleeting encounters can wake us up and uplift us and transform us and how we can continue to construct these exceptional moments in our life and work. Although human experience is continuously complex, four factors dominate our most unforgettable optimistic moments: height, perspective, confidence, and attachment. We can keep more memories that matter simply by being aware of these concepts. The book delves into many interesting myths of memory: how we prefer to recall, or forget the rest, the best and worst moment in an experience. How do we feel more relaxed when things are clear, but if they aren’t, we feel most alive. Readers learn that fleeting encounters can transform lives, such as the experiment in which two strangers meet in a room, and they leave as best friends forty-five minutes later. Some of the key moments of our lives are the product of tragedy and misfortune, but could we get more control over the good unforgettable memories of our life? The Power of Moments teaches us how to become the creator of richer and deeper experiences.