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Finish First: Winning Changes Everything

Scott Hamilton · Thomas Nelson
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover

Go for the win! Achieve excellence and be better than you've ever been!In his years as a professional ice-skater, Olympic Gold Medalist Scott Hamilton learned to embrace the mind-set of working hard to "beat" the competition. But it seems competition has gotten a bad rap these...
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How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits

Anne Berest · Doubleday
Format: Hardcover

From four stunning and accomplished French women -- at last -- a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne how they dress, entertain, have fun and attempt to behave themselves. In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style,...
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Peaks and Valleys: Making Good And Bad Times Work For You--At Work And In Life

Spencer Johnson · Atria Books, 2009.
Pages: 103
Format: Print book

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments.A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak....
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Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough

Lori Gottlieb · Dutton
Pages: 322
Format: Hardcover

Lori Gottlieb discusses Marry Him in a video on The Atlantic website.You have a fulfilling job, a great group of friends, the perfect apartment, and no shortage of dates. So what if you haven't found The One just yet. Surely he'll come along, right? But what if he doesn't?...
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Every Day a Friday: How to Be Happier 7 Days a Week

Joel Osteen · FaithWords; 1ST edition
Format: Hardcover

The title comes from research that shows people are happiest on Fridays. Pastor Joel Osteen writes how we can generate this level of contentment and joy every day of the week. Known as a man who maintains a constant positive outlook in spite of circumstances, Osteen has described this...
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There's a Better Day A-Comin': How to Find the Upside During the Down Times

Ronda Rich · Running Press
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

In a time when all the news seems bad, people are searching for a little dose of hope. For those in the thick of troubling times, Ronda Rich offers heaping helpings of comfort and sound advice in There's A Better Day A-Comin'. Here Rich shares stories of courage, spunk, and perseverance...
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Callings: Finding and Following an Authentic Life

Gregg Levoy · Harmony
Pages: 339
Format: Paperback

How do we know if we're following our true callings? How do we sharpen our senses to cut through the distractions of everyday reality and hear the calls that are beckoning us? is the first book to examine the many kinds of calls we receive and the great variety of channels through which...
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The Marriage Book: Centuries of Advice, Inspiration, and Cautionary Tales from Adam and Eve to Zoloft

Lisa Grunwald · Simon & Schuster
Format: Hardcover

The definitive anthology of wisdom and wit about one of life's most complex, intriguing, and personal subjects.When and whom do you marry? How do you keep a spouse content? Do all engaged couples get cold feet? How cold is so cold that you should pivot and flee? Where and how do children...
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The 1% Rule: How to Fall in Love with the Process and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams

Tommy Baker · CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Pages: 290
Format: Paperback

In a highlight reel, microwave world - we're led to believe success is right around the corner. It's not working. Not only is it not working with our ability to achieve our goals, we've never been more frustrated, stuck and unfulfilled. But what if there was a way to shut...
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The Noticer Returns: Sometimes You Find Perspective, and Sometimes Perspective Finds You

Andy Andrews · Thomas Nelson
Format: Hardcover

Perspective is a powerful thing.Andy Andrews has spent the past five years doing a double take at every white-haired old man he sees, hoping to have just one more conversation with the person to whom he owes his life.Through a chance encounter at a local bookstore, Andy is reunited with...
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The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking

Edward B. Burger · Princeton University Press; 7.7.2012 edition
Format: Hardcover

The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking presents practical, lively, and inspiring ways for you to become more successful through better thinking. The idea is simple: You can learn how to think far better by adopting specific strategies. Brilliant people aren't a special breed--they just...
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The Road Less Traveled And Beyond : Spiritual Growth In An Age Of Anxiety

M Scott Peck · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 314
Format: Book

The founder of the Foundation for Community Encouragement shares his insights into life, drawing on his counseling experience to lead readers to the spiritual simplicity that lies on the other side of complexity and explaining how to cope with the fears, shortcomings, and foibles of life....
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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart: Thirty True Things You Need to Know Now

Gordon Livingston · Da Capo Lifelong
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

After service in Vietnam, as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1968-69, at the height of the war, Dr. Gordon Livingston returned to the U.S. and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their lives-what works, what doesn't,...
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