Zen: Ancient and Modern-The Way to the Heart-Mind – Ama Samy

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Collection of talks and articles by Ama Samy – a Jesuit priest and a Zen Master.

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Girls on the Edge: The Four Factors Driving the New Crisis for Girls-Sexual Identity, the Cyberbubble, Obsessions, Environmental Toxins – Leonard Sax

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Surprising conclusion at the end of the book: teenage girls need first of all some spiritual development.

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The Greengage Summer – Rumer Godden

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Story about children in foreign country without adults’ supervision.

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Let’s Get Real or Let’s Not Play: Transforming the Buyer/Seller Relationship – Mahan Khalsa & Randy Illig

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Emphatic communication is the best selling tool.

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Your Child’s Strengths: Discover Them, Develop Them, Use Them – Jenifer Fox

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It is time to build on children’s strengths, instead of constantly eliminating weaknesses.

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Boys Adrift: The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Young Men – Leonard Sax

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Video games keep boys in the virtual world; less practical and more abstract school teaching made learning unattractive; ADHD drugs changes the brains ares responsible for motivation; environmental estrogens from PET bottles might modify various functions of the boys’ organisms; male role model radically changed.

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Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? – Seth Godin

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Build your job on your unique superpower.

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The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business Is Selling Less of More – Chris Anderson

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In the new market paradigm everyone can find his own niche.

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Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation – Daniel J. Siegel

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Step back and analyze your thought processes.

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Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die – Chip Heath & Dan Heath

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To me the book was a set of well summarized basics about impactful presentations. Let me summarize the key ideas of the book:
You want people to pay attention, then say something unexpected; to understand and remember – be concrete; to believe and agree – be credible; to care – be emotional; to act – tell stories. What sticks? SUCCES: Simple, Unexpected, Concrete, Credible, Emotional, Stories.

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