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The world faces a 'giant storm' of stress and burnout that is exacerbated in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Learning how to navigate the world going forward is something that everyone has to do. How can leaders help themselves, their employees and their businesses to thrive in the face of these and other challenges?
Stressproof speaks to the crisis currently facing the professional landscape. It outlines the conundrum of stress and its performance advantage versus its destructiveness; and it focuses on the stress-related challenges facing decision makers in the world of business today.
Practical, insightful and based on case studies and real-world examples, Stressproof provides a game-changing action plan to help managers, leaders and those who are making decisions.
We live in a world that demands perfection. Big data, analytics, trend lines and averages bind us to a set of norms and values that assign a numeric worth to who we are and what we are capable of. Should we not meet established milestones or targets, not conform to the appropriate curve, or fail to live up to pre-established societal expectations, we invariably experience a sense of personal failure, worthlessness and fears and anxiety about a tenuous future. Added to this is the struggle with growing poverty and widening gaps in inequality, fractured family units, chronic stress and mental health challenges overlaid with the uncertainty and complexity of a rapidly changing world.
Yet, in truth it doesn't matter where we come from and what our historic circumstances and achievements might be. We are all capable of extraordinary lives and should not be bound by limitations, whether self-imposed or from external sources. What can unlock our fullest potential is resilience, a consummate skill that can be developed and grown throughout our lives. This reality is echoed by the likes of Albert Einstein, Oprah Winfrey, JK Rowling, Billy Jean King and Siya Kolisi, who all struggled in some way or another and overcame the restraints of their circumstances through resilience in various forms.
In addition, many resilience 'lessons' and how these are applicable to everyday life are taken from a fusion of cutting-edge science and learnings from some of the most recognizable figures in world sport, including Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, Michael Jordan, Martina Navratilova and Novak Djokovic.
Thrive is a resilience manual, a practical, step-by-step guide to help you realise your fullest potential.
Stress impacts all facets of our lives and has devastating effects on the global economy, including reduced productivity and the burden it places on healthcare systems. Decades of research show that chronic stress severely compromises our physical and mental health. More recently, it has been revealed that stress can destabilise our DNA and affect our genetic integrity. This promotes many of the diseases that societies are currently grappling with and could potentially impact future generations.
Yet stress has two faces: ongoing stress is one of the biggest challenges faced globally, but short intervals of stress can actually offer tremendous potential to grow, break personal barriers and excel.
Turning the traditional stress paradigm on its head, The Stress Code does not advocate stress avoidance, but rather aims to create an adaptable strategy to better manage stress. Supported by extensive scientific research, the book offers readers tools and skills to help buffer the adverse effects of chronic stress, enhance functionality and health, and help us to thrive in situations of adversity.
We live in a world that demands perfection. Should we fail to live
up to societal expectations, we experience a sense of failure, and
fears and anxiety about a tenuous future. Added to this is the
struggle with financial pressures and widening gaps in inequality,
chronic stress and mental health challenges. Yet, in truth, it
doesn’t matter where we come from and what our historic
circumstances and achievements might be. We are all capable of
extraordinary lives and should not be bound by limitations, whether
self-imposed or from external sources. Resilience can help you to
unlock your fullest potential; it is a consummate skill that can be
developed and grown throughout your life. This book reveals all the
practical tools you need: Discover the 8 secrets of neuroscience
that will unlock your increased resilience Take a masterclass
in behavioural science designed for Olympic athletes, by learning
the 7 key skills that give you the mindset of a champion Take the
tests provided to understand your personal resilience scores
and reveal where you can develop and grow Be inspired
by the stories of real people, including Michael Phelps,
Michael Jordan, Usain Bolt, Martina Navratilova and Sifan
Hassan, who have used these same techniques to achieve success
Thrive is a rich source of unique and practical skills and tools
that are easy to apply in everyday life to help you
develop and harness your resilience, and to realise your fullest
potential.
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The Yukon Illusion (Paperback)
Richard Sutton; Contributions by W. L. Bertsch; Robert Davidson
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R395
Discovery Miles 3 950
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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Troll (Paperback)
Richard Sutton
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R280
Discovery Miles 2 800
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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At what point did humanity learn to fear each other? To hate?
Paleo-Anthropologist Ariel Connor thinks she knows. She just can't
prove it yet, but her newest find, high in a Norwegian Valley may
give her the proof she needs. Those scary stories we've told our
children to keep them from roaming too far outside the gleam of the
porch light may have come from real incidents, many, many years
ago. While Dr. Connor's excavation continues, the story of what
happened is slowly revealed. Two clans are converging on the
remaining game lands. One will have to leave their homes, one will
tell stories and sing songs of their own bravery. A simple hunter
and his young daughter stand in the way. They undertake a desperate
journey to heal the enmity and fear, to share their knowledge, to
bring lasting peace. One people will disappear while the other will
bring their own history into the modern world. One way of life will
be lost, but does the better way endure? What have we learned from
the ancients that would have been better forgotten?
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Home (Paperback)
Richard Sutton
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R291
Discovery Miles 2 910
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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A thought-provoking story in a scifi setting. Forty-two teachers,
scientists, engineers and their children, have just completed a
twelve year deep-space journey to escape the war and drought
ravaged Earth. A carefully selected band of hardened survivors,
they are to be colonists on the planet Nakis. Lying at the edge of
the galaxy, it's a new world that they hope will let them build a
safe life together. Unfortunately, within two days, their ship, all
their supplies, tools and technology are destroyed in an unforeseen
melt-down of the crystalline core of their laser-driven vehicle. As
they scramble up to take shelter in a rough cave above the valley
floor, those watching the melt-down find that survival will mean
resurrecting the ancient technology and forgotten skills of their
Paleolithic ancestors. If dodging the lurking predators isn't hard
enough, soon they discover the uninhabited planet they are marooned
on, isn't exactly uninhabited. Nakis has not provided the home they
had willingly traded their old lives for. They have been reduced to
foraging for subsistence. No strength, no defenses and now:
powerful, potential enemies waiting in the darkness. If lasting
peace with the native humanoid species eventually comes, it will
not be without incidents that try their empathic hosts' patience.
Rigid, bunker-mentality and religious stubbornness prevails among
many of the original mission founders and a growing anger emerges
that may doom the human colony. But a breakthrough cooperative
experience binds them all together in a completely unexpected way
from a source no one considered. Will this illuminate their path to
finally finding the home they had hoped for, or will it drive a
deeper and darker wedge between them and the Naku?
An unexplained drowning...a muddy fall. A chain of unexpected
events, a discovery and an ancient secret threaten the future. The
story begins with a rainy funeral in Dublin in 1912. It tells how a
very traditional, Western Irish sheep raising family learn of a
secret holding them to their land and to an ancient promise. In the
process of unexpected discovery they must put aside personal
insecurities and failings and open up their lives to defend
themselves. A devious plan hatched by a greedy academic attempts to
reveal their secret to the world for his own gain. This they must
prevent at all cost. Their good humored manner of removing
obstacles, both figurative and solid, reminds the reader that not
all sources of strength are apparent. Despite loss and fear, they
learn that help can come from sources seen and unseen, as they
discover their place in the greater world. Listed as an Awesome
Indie title, and recipient of the 2013 Book Reader's Appreciation
Medallion. Be sure to follow the O'Deirg family's adventures in The
Gatekeepers, the sequel, published 2010
How do you keep a secret from family? Is there any point in trying?
The O'Deirgs must protect their ancient Irish legacy. But with
their family growing steadily and Civil War violence creeping
closer, their happy life is upended again as lost family returns
from America. The Irish Civil War, raging in the cities, now
threatens to engulf another family member in it's terrible
struggle. Maybe the blame lies with the local butcher, his shady
secrets and his well-spiced sausages, or on the O'Deirgs' long
history, or on the cousins from America, or on the practices of the
Church, or on the local Innkeeper's past, or on the sheep - or
maybe not. The Gatekeepers is the sequel to The Red Gate, which
introduced the O'Deirg Secret to the world.
Full Title: "Argument of John K. Porter on Trial of John C.
Mather"Description: "The Making of the Modern Law: Trials,
1600-1926" collection provides descriptions of the major trials
from over 300 years, with official trial documents, unofficially
published accounts of the trials, briefs and arguments and more.
Readers can delve into sensational trials as well as those
precedent-setting trials associated with key constitutional and
historical issues and discover, including the Amistad Slavery case,
the Dred Scott case and Scopes "monkey" trial."Trials" provides
unfiltered narrative into the lives of the trial participants as
well as everyday people, providing an unparalleled source for the
historical study of sex, gender, class, marriage and
divorce.++++The below data was compiled from various identification
fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is
provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition
identification: ++++Court RecordYale Law Libraryc.1853
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This
IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced
typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have
occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor
pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original
artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe
this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections,
have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We
appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the
preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
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