The Busyness Delusion

2018-06-17

Author : Chris Gardener
Release : 2018-06-17
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Book Rating : 214/5 ( reviews)

Book Synopsis The Busyness Delusion by : Chris Gardener

Download or read book The Busyness Delusion written by Chris Gardener. This book was released on 2018-06-17. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When your business is a "job in disguise" and feels like a hamster wheel it's time to get smarter. How to have financial security, freedom and fulfilment ... without being so stupidly busy. When people find out you run your own business you know what they'll ask: "How's it going? Are you busy?" Somehow, "busy" has come to mean "successful." But you didn't wake up this morning thinking "my main aim today is to be as busy as possible!" You don't have your business "to be busy" ... so why DO you work so hard? We all have our businesses for the same reason. The same three reasons actually - to have financial security, freedom and fulfilment - the 3Fs. But these aren't the outcomes for most small businesses. Instead, the common experience feels like you're on a hamster wheel, where the hours are long and the rewards mediocre. Self-esteem is threatened and life, love and relationships impacted. This book explains why this happens and how to approach work in a smarter way, to have a better business with less busyness and more certain results, so you can get back to living and loving life again. How, by climbing off the hamster wheel and escaping The Busyness Delusion, you can take the easier, more certain route to turn your own business into one that does give you all 3Fs. It covers: Why the hustle method is seductive but flawed, and how to use a smarter approach Why most self-employed people unwittingly choose the hardest way to earn, and what the easier options are. How to overcome the biggest obstacle to a smarter business and better life. What financial security really means and how to achieve it quicker and more easily. How to get better results by applying a simple model of how the brain works to give you more control. How to eliminate your competition to make it easier to get better results. Providing a new framework, illustrated in clear diagrams and told through a compelling story, this book reveals why copying others creates the hamster wheel effect, and precisely what to do to have a business and life you deserve. "This book nails the problem with most small businesses. The solutions are time-tested principles, for the first time pulled together in an original and enjoyable way that's easy to understand and implement." Dan Sager

DELUSION

2011-12-20 Fiction

Author : Terry K. Rodgers
Release : 2011-12-20
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 729/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book DELUSION written by Terry K. Rodgers. This book was released on 2011-12-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Delusion is the story of a farm boy left with no choice but to flee his confusing and dysfunctional family and strike out on his own. All he needed was space, time to think, a chance to clear the dross of his life from his mind. The independence he sought and the free life he craved was so close he could taste it, then the girl came along. Riding a trail bike in Coringup National Park, black gown flowing behind her and, from what he could see, intricate designs painted on her neck and her face. He wasn’t to know it at the time, but that was the moment an ethereal, mystical, persuasive new force took a hold on his life. If he’d had just a little more fire in his belly, a little more steel in his spine, was less of a fantasist and dreamer, the bizarre beauty who appeared out of nowhere may not have taken over his life quite as easily as she did. But from the moment he stumbled across her his unmaking had begun. And he could do nothing to stop it, like she’d gone inside his head and controlled him. Even when she rebirthed him and renamed him as Draigh, the Dragon, her Protector, he missed his chance to put a stop to her theatrics and nonsense. The question is, had he known what a train wreck she was going to make of his life, could he have done anything about it? Guilty, the foreman had droned over and over to each accusation, spoken with a malevolence he could taste. And yet he’d done none of it, not that anyone cared. It was her, Arachne, who created the trail of carnage left strewn in their wake. Why would they want to blame him? Right from the outset he was against taking GranJude’s little yellow car. GranJude was in Summerland and would be back soon and would need it, but Arachne prevailed and that was the key to what happened, the beginning of the end. Once he slid behind the wheel and headed north from Coringup there was no turning back. He was Draigh now, Draigh the Dragon, Arachne’s companion and protector and dupe, riding with an exotic who reckoned she owned him and probably did. She knew every thought he was having, she pushed him to corners he didn’t want to go. Never mind her clear rules of distance and non-engagement, when a bloke’s stricken it’s too easy to be swept up in the flurry and be carried along. Stricken or smitten, he could never be sure. Arachne, the Weaver of Webs, the writer of Scripts. Love-hate, no doubt about it. He wanted her and needed her, he didn’t want her and didn’t need her. But it was like she was him, it was like he was her. Oh, the places she led him. The people whose lives they impacted and meshed with. And yet, whatever she was doing, whatever she was plotting, he knew none of it. Like helping a geriatric bank robber finance his simple daughter’s wedding and his overdue retirement. Like witnessing her own death in a previous time. Helping the beautiful but melancholic Levis Bretherland dispose of his demons and burdens and possessions. Loving Pet Picolla. Bringing new dimensions to the mundane lives of Fatarse and Shortarse The Dwarf.

Mindfulness for Busy People

2017-12-20 Self-Help

Author : Michael Sinclair
Release : 2017-12-20
Genre : Self-Help
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 925/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Mindfulness for Busy People written by Michael Sinclair. This book was released on 2017-12-20. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mindfulness for Busy People will show you how to apply the transformative power of mindfulness to your busy life, helping you to de-stress, find your own unique space of calm, and ready yourself for whatever challenges you face. Helping you to cultivate and practice mindfulness straight away, you’ll discover: A no-nonsense, light-hearted, and clear introduction to mindfulness and its benefits Unique and clever ‘I-haven’t-got-time-for-this’ exercises that you can do anywhere, anytime A fulfilling way to feel less stressed with immediate effect A new found confidence, resilience and a greater sense of optimism Improved focus, energy, efficiency and creativity The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Rest

2016-12-06 Psychology

Author : Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
Release : 2016-12-06
Genre : Psychology
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Book Rating : 59X/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Rest written by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang. This book was released on 2016-12-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Rest is such a valuable book. If work is our national religion, Pang is the philosopher reintegrating our bifurcated selves."---Arianna Huffington, New York Times Book Review Overwork is the new normal. Rest is something to do when the important things are done—but they are never done. Looking at different forms of rest, from sleep to vacation, Silicon Valley futurist and business consultant Alex Soojung-Kim Pang dispels the myth that the harder we work the better the outcome. He combines rigorous scientific research with a rich array of examples of writers, painters, and thinkers—from Darwin to Stephen King—to challenge our tendency to see work and relaxation as antithetical. "Deliberate rest," as Pang calls it, is the true key to productivity, and will give us more energy, sharper ideas, and a better life. Rest offers a roadmap to rediscovering the importance of rest in our lives, and a convincing argument that we need to relax more if we actually want to get more done.

Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing

2021-12-13 Education

Author : Stephen Tierney
Release : 2021-12-13
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 878/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing written by Stephen Tierney. This book was released on 2021-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an increasingly frenetic world too many leaders have lost sight of the simple yet profound wisdom associated with practical action, otherwise known as phronesis. Phronesis is an ancient Greek word associated with good judgement and good character. At its core, it is about the ability to discern how best to act. Practical wisdom involves acting thoughtfully and virtuously and encouraging others to do the same. Stephen Tierney describes virtue, thought and action – which coalesce in effective leadership – as the Way of Being, Way of Knowing and Way of Doing. Each of the three Ways consist of a number of elements termed the Basics. The Ways of Being: Purpose & Introspection The Ways of Knowing: Specialism & Strategy The Ways of Doing: Implementation, Networking, Guardianship & Expertise Structuring the book around these eight Basics, readers will be challenged and supported to explore each of the Basics from a theoretical perspective and then provided with real world examples of how they were applied by Stephen in his own career in educational leadership. In writing Leadership: Being, Knowing, Doing, Stephen seeks to help leaders explore their own capabilities and potential. Leadership can be learnt. The three Ways with their constituent Basics represent a mirror to help leaders reflect upon and improve their practice. In turn, current leaders are called upon to accept the responsibility to grow the leaders of the future.

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