How Ancient Rhetoric, Taylor Swift and your own soul can help you change your life. Show yourself who's in charge using the original art of persuasion, backed by contemporary pop culture examples that make transforming your habits and achieving goals easy, even fun-from the New York Times bestselling author of Thank You for Arguing. Rhetoric once sat at the center of elite education. Alexander the Great, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther King, Jr., used it to build empires, write deathless literature, and inspire democracies. Now it will help you to take leadership over yourself; not through pop psychology or empty ... |
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How to Make Sense in a World that Doesn't. For thousands of years, mathematicians have used the timeless art of logic to see the world more clearly. In The Art of Logic, Royal Society Science Book Prize nominee Eugenia Cheng shows how anyone can think like a mathematician - and see, argue and think better. Learn how to simplify complex decisions without over-simplifying them. Discover the power of analogies and the dangers of false equivalences. Find out how people construct misleading arguments, and how we can argue back. Eugenia Cheng teaches us how to find clarity without losing nuance, taking a careful scalpel to ... |
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For two and a half thousand years The Art of War has been the core text of military strategy and planning, providing leaders with enduring insights into tactics, psychology, discipline and the nature of power. Favoured by countless great generals and military tacticians throughout history, over the last century the book has found a new lease of life, inspiring business leaders, politicians and sporting figures, and offering a profound understanding of such diverse topics as managing others and outwitting competitors. Thoroughly edited version of acclaimed Lionel Giles's translation. This edition contains textual ... |
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Today more than ever, love is the answer. Here is the classic instruction manual. Now reissued with a beautiful new cover, here is Erich Fromm's ground-breaking international bestseller that has shown millions of readers how to achieve rich, productive lives by developing their hidden capacities for love. Most of us are unable to develop our capacities for love on the only level that really counts-a love that is compounded of maturity, self-knowledge, and courage. Learning to love, like other arts, demands practice and concentration. Even more than any other art it demands genuine insight and understanding. In this ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This is a fresh, contemporary translation of Sun Tzu 's "The Art of War" for the 21st century. As well as its historical importance, it is one of the most influential political and business books of our era. This edition rediscovers the essential clarity of the ancient masterpiece, cited by generals from a dozen Chinese dynasties, international business leaders, and modern military field manuals. It also contains a full commentary on Sun Tzu, the man and his ideas, contemporary of Confucius and Buddha; and a critical guide to further reading. ... |
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In a world where we're more connected than ever, why is it that we're also more lonely? Dip into this anthology of classic writing to reclaim the pleasure of your own company. Part of the "Macmillan Collector's Library", a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold-foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is edited and introduced by writer and academic, Zachary Seager. "The Art of Solitude" shows some of the myriad ways in which people throughout history have understood their experiences of ... |
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A world-class thinker counts the ways-100 in all-in which humans behave irrationally, showing us what we can do to recognize and minimize these thinking errors for better decisions and a better life Despite the best of intentions, humans are notoriously bad-that is, irrational-when it comes to making decisions and assessing risks and tradeoffs. Psychologists and neuroscientists refer to these distinctly human foibles, biases, and thinking traps as cognitive errors. Cognitive errors are systematic deviances from rationality, from optimized, logical, rational thinking and behavior. We make these errors all the time, in all ... |
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The foundational and wildly popular go-to resource for influence and persuasion-a renowned international bestseller, with over 5 million copies sold-now revised adding: new research, new insights, new examples, and online applications. In the new edition of this highly acclaimed bestseller, Robert B. Cialdini - New York Times bestselling author of Pre-Suasion and the seminal expert in the fields of influence and persuasion-explains the psychology of why people say yes and how to apply these insights ethically in business and everyday settings. Using memorable stories and relatable examples, Cialdini makes this ... |
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Тази книга е неизмеримо богатство за всеки човек, търсещ свобода, щастие, лично израстване и просветление. Всички книги на Гурудев Шри Шри Рави Шанкар са уникални и специални, изпълнени с изключително дълбока и практична мъдрост. Но ако има една книга, която се откроява от всички със своята всеобхватност и необятно знание, това е Лични бележки за искрения търсач. Тя също е и единствената, която лично Гурудев препоръчва да се чете ежедневно. Гурудев не пише книги и всичките му творби са компилация от неговите беседи на различни теми. Но Лични бележки за искрения търсач е различна от всички останали с това, че съдържа ... |
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"Постоянно ни вълнува какво мислят хората за нас. Но забележи как мислите и идеите на всеки се променят само за няколко минути. Някой, който те възприема за добър човек, може да дойде и да нарече лош. Някой, който те мисли за добър човек и да те нарече лош. Някой, който те мисли за добър човек, в следващия момент ти казва, че си лош. Колко време мислите, че е необходимо, за да се промени мнението ни? Само няколко минути!" Шри Шри Рави Шанкар ... |
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Коментари от Гурудев Шри Шри Рави Шанкар. Бащата на йога Патанджали в своите легенадарни сутри е систематизирал цялото познание за йога. Сутрите са кратки стихове или сентенции, които съдържат практическата и философската мъдрост на йога. Сутрите на Патанджали помагат да преодолеем собствените си бариери, изчистват ума ни от погрешните представи и разкриват пред нас един нов хармоничен свят. Когато човек се освободи от всичко ненужно, стига до истинската си природа, основана на мир и любов към себе си и към всичко и всички. Макар и йога сутрите да са древни афоризми, датиращи от хилядолетия, те носят в себе си ... |
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Практични съвети за родители. ... "Опознай детето си" е богата компилация от лекции на Шри Шри Рави Шанкар на теми, свързани с изкуството да отгледаш дете. Тази уникална сбирка е безценен подарък за родители и педагози, които желаят да вникнат във фините аспекти на детската психология. Книгата включва безценни практични съвети - древни и революционни истини, толкова актуални за нашето време - за това как да насочваме цялостното развитие на децата ни в израстването им като пълноценни и уверени човешки същества, имащи силата на човешките ценности, здрав дух и здраво тяло. Шри Шри Рави Шанкар по много обикновен ... |
