The Book of Joy: Lasting Happiness in a Changing World is a book by the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu published in 2016 by Cornerstone Publishers. In this nonfiction, the authors discuss the challenges of living a joyful life.
I recently got this book from the free online library. It was very interesting and I really enjoyed it. https://dcl.overdrive.com/media/152401 It follows this book researched and written on flow. https://dcl.overdrive.com/media/171077 I loved both of these books and strongly recommend them. They can teach you how to be content with your role in the universe, how to find flow, or being present in most any activities or thoughts. Best takeaways from the books: Choose to be happy every day, as 40% of happiness lies in everyday activities and very little is derived from what you would think, which is your situation and material successes, which we become habituated to, for better or worse, and which provides little happiness by even radical improvements or downturns in our luck. Happiness is found in flow. Flow is activities between a challenge and something we are skilled at. Flow is between boredom and anxiety, and flow causes intrinsic rewards. We continue to challenge our skills, striving, growing learning. We cannot rely on extrinsic events to be happy. Meaning provides happiness. Be open to new experiences and learning. Savoring life’s experiences, past, present and future brought into the present moment. People who strive for a project or goal, which vary across time. Reflect, relish and share with others through writing but don’t savor through writing. Live more in the moment. Approach goals are better than avoidance goals, and are not negatively biased. Regard happiness as a surprise activity. Diversify. Social support is important. And, for even more information read the book or at least this executive summary from: “The How of Happiness” by Sonja Lyubomirsky (Book Summary) NOTE: If you're into the science of happiness and positive emotions, check out our
The secret behind France's astonishingly well-behaved children. By Pamela Druckerman We found this book a great read and very accurate to our experiences with both American parents and French ones. It has been criticized as the French version of "Tiger Mother" which I think is a great analogy and while they are both perhaps a bit overgeneralizing, they are for the most part, right on! I never realized how much the French way is a part of our parenting methods, nor why our daughter always picks the blue cheese from the others on the platter or in the refrigerator! The introduction to the book on Amazon reads: When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn't aspire to become a "French parent." French parenting isn't a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren't doing anything special. Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or three months old while those of her American friends take a year or more. French kids eat well-rounded meals that are more likely to include braised leeks than chicken nuggets. And while her American friends spend their visits resolving spats between their kids, her French friends sip coffee while the kids play. Motherhood itself is a whole different experience in France. There's no role model, as there is in America, for the harried new mom with no life of her own. French mothers assume that even good parents aren't at the constant service of their children and that there's no need to feel guilty about this. They have an easy, calm authority with their kids that Druckerman can only envy. Of course, French parenting wouldn't
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34630/34630-h/34630-h.htm The Project Gutenberg EBook of Some Experiences of an Irish R.M., by E. OE. Somerville and Martin Ross This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. Author: E. OE. Somerville Martin Ross Release Date: January 15, 2011 [EBook #34630] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. *** Produced by Al Haines SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. by E. OE. SOMERVILLE and MARTIN ROSS THOMAS NELSON & SONS LTDLONDON EDINBURGH PARIS MELBOURNETORONTO AND NEW YORK Reprinted by permission ofMessrs. Longmans Green & Co., Ltd. CONTENTS I. GREAT-UNCLE MCCARTHYII. IN THE CURRANHILTY COUNTRYIII. TRINKET'S COLTIV. THE WATERS OF STRIFEV. LISHEEN RACES, SECOND-HANDVI. PHILIPPA'S FOX-HUNTVII. A MISDEALVIII. THE HOLY ISLANDIX. THE POLICY OF THE CLOSED DOORX. THE HOUSE OF FAHYXI. OCCASIONAL LICENSESXII. "OH LOVE! OH FIRE!" SOME EXPERIENCES OF AN IRISH R.M. I GREAT-UNCLE McCARTHY A Resident Magistracy in Ireland is not an easy thing to come by nowadays; neither is it a very attractive job; yet on the evening when I first propounded the idea to the young lady who had recently consented to become Mrs. Sinclair Yeates, it seemed glittering with possibilities. There was, on that occasion, a sunset, and a string band playing "The Gondoliers," and there was also an ingenuous belief in the omnipotence of a godfather of Philippa's—(Philippa was the young lady)—who had once been a member of the Government. I was then climbing the steep ascent of the Captains towards my Majority. I have no fault to
This changed my life, I got it during law school and did all of the exercises, which requires listening to the material, timed tests, writing out things in a workbook, etc. It took about a week. Then I felt like I was slowing down, so I did it about 5 years later. I have it on cassette tape. It’s $199 online MP3 download, but they have it on CDs on ebay, which is better, assuming you have a way to play CDs for like $30. Libraries should also have it. It was very famous in the 1970-80’s with business executives, even Presidents of the United States. It quadrupled my reading speed and increased my comprehension. I can read a book a night, in 1-3 hours, with 90-95% comprehension, which is fine for the non-fiction type books that I enjoy. Here is my copy of the workbook below, but you really need the tapes, CDs, or MP3 downloads to go along with it. This will change your life and make you a much faster reader than you were before taking the course. Evelyn-Woods-Reading-DynamicsDownload
Are You Ready to Become a Side by Side Wingshooting Predator? If so, order Buz Fawcett's Instinctive Shooting book today. For many decades, Buz taught over 500 graduates to shoot side by side shotguns and he guaranteed to get you shooting 75-99% accuracy or your money back. This is the method to up your side by side game, in a way that is purely instinctive shooting, and which follows in the long shooting traditions of many before him such as Robert Churchill, although they never knew of one another's works in the field of shotgunning. https://smile.amazon.com/Instinctive-Shooting-Making-Fawcett-Hardcover/dp/B011MC485M/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1537998830&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Instinctive+Shooting+-+Trade+Cloth
This was an excellent book for anyone who wishes to improve their ability to communicate in person with real people, an essential skill in life that many are lacking. Maxims – Hold solid eye contact with everyone as much as possible. – Speak with sincerity and passion Notes The way you move is your autobiography. Part 1: How to intrigue everyone without saying a word You only have 10 seconds to show your somebody First nine techniques–come across as a special person without saying anything Smile big at the right time. Women who were slower to smile in the corporate world are perceived as more credible. The flooding smile: when meeting someone, don’t smile right away. Pause for a moment, then let a big flooding smile go over your mouth and eyes. This will give them the impression that the smile is more genuine Use your eyes–strong eye contact gives the impression of respect and affection. It also gives the impression of being an abstract thinker. The sticky eyes technique: hold your gaze as much as possible. When talking about personal matters with another men, hold your gaze a little less. The epoxy see eyes technique: hold gaze on the subject even when another party is speaking. Conveys intense confidence and interest in the subject. Use with caution. Watch your posture whenever you walk through a doorway. Hold your head high, your shoulders back, and your torso out. This will convey confidence and command respect. the big baby pit it-turn your full body toward a new acquaintance and smile Hello old friend-pretend that the person you are meeting is an old friend When you act as though you like someone, you actually like the more.
Any equestrian knows that the following excerpt "that a human's stride is longer than a horse's stride" is an exaggerated claim by the author who loves urnning, but I loved the book, Born to Run, anyway, as it well written and has great tips on diet and science which are fascinating for all athletes, not just runners. But ask any horse person, and they will tell you that a horse has a 12-foot stride at a hand canter and scientists have shown, for instance, that Secretariat (24.5 ft) had a foot shorter average stride length than American Pharoah (25.23 ft) at the gallop, but was able to run faster. When a human runs, if he has a 12-foot stride, let alone a 25-foot one, I'd love to see that human. I think he was referring to the length of stride of a horse's trot, which is about 4-4.5 feet. When exercise physiologist, Jack Daniels, analyzed human runners' stride lengths at the 1984 Olympics, he found that women distance runners had an average stride length of 58 inches, while women sprinters averaged strides of 80 inches. For men, the average stride was 74 inches for distance runners and 93 inches for sprinters. So he got it right if that is what he meant. Anyway, it is a great book, and be sure and try the pinole recipe. In BORN TO RUN: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen Christopher McDougall writes: Together, Dr. Bramble and David Carrier began putting their World’s Greatest Marathoner model to the test. Soon, evidence was turning up all over, even in places they weren’t looking. One of their first big discoveries came by accident when David took
The Food Lover's Guide to Denver features our favorite Braised Colorado Goat Taco recipe and loads of other Denver foodie secrets. We like to buy our goat meat at Arash International Marker, 2720 S. Parker Road, Aurora, 303-752-9272 (where we also stock up on other Middle East ingredients. Serve it up with New Mexico green chile pico de gallo and corn tortilla chips. Goat is not very popular in European and North American cuisine. Probably because it is not available in tenderloin or steak form. However, goats are not confined, less likely to be fed grain, not implanted with growth hormones or antibiotices, and not castrated. Further, it has more iron and protein than most meats, and less cholesterol and saturated fats. Goat meat, also known as chevon, is actually one of the cleanest, healthiest meats available. FOOD-LOVERS-GUIDE-TO-DENVER
Gary Ruppel of Kiowa, Colorado, has been helping me train my bird dogs for 20 years at his Kiowa Creek Kennels and before that at some local gun clubs. I remember calling him when I got my first 8-week old Brittany puppy from a famous field trial lines, and the field trailer had asked to bring him back for summer camp when he was four months old. I asked Gary, “When should I come out and start training with you, in two months?” I’ll never forget Gary saying, “You are already four months late, I start training them in the womb, bring him out tomorrow.” Gary says that he starts training in the womb, like mother’s read to their unborn children. He first bonds with the bitch, which is the foundation of all of his training. “If the dog doesn’t do it because he loves you, you’ll never really get the full potential out of that dog. You can do all the old methods of force breaking and whatever else you can think of, but a dog that it is doing something out of fear, rather than love, will never be performing at full potential.” He says, “My pups already have heard all of the whistle commands when they are born, as they have head them in the womb.” Books Featuring Gary Ruppel Training the Versatile Retreiver to Hunt Upland Birds By Bill Tarrant Bill Tarrant has authored the first book designed to show the retriever enthusiast how to train his dog to hunt upland birds. Bill got together with the four top retriever trainers in America today: Mike Gould, shooting Labs; Gary Ruppel, pointing Labs; Butch Goodwin, Chesapeakes; and Jim Charlton, Golden
