You Are The Creator Of Your Life An Operation Manual For The Human Being

A smart and funny book by a prominent Harvard psychologist, which uses groundbreaking research and (often hilarious) anecdotes to show us why we’re so lousy at predicting what will make us happy – and what we can do about it. Most of us spend our lives steering ourselves toward the best of all possible futures, only to find that tomorrow rarely turns out as we had expected. Why? As Harvard psychologist Daniel Gilbert explains, when people try to imagine what the future will hold, they make some basic and consistent mistakes. Just as memory plays tricks on us when we try to look backward in time, so does imagination play tricks when we try to look forward. Using cutting-edge research, much of it original, Gilbert shakes, cajoles, persuades, tricks and jokes us into accepting the fact that happiness is not really what or where we thought it was. Among the unexpected questions he poses: Why are conjoined twins no less happy than the general population? When you go out to eat, is it better to order your favourite dish every time, or to try something new? If Ingrid Bergman hadn’t gotten on the plane at the end of Casablanca, would she and Bogey have been better off? Smart, witty, accessible and laugh-out-loud funny, Stumbling on Happiness brilliantly describes all that science has to tell us about the uniquely human ability to envision the future, and how likely we are to enjoy it when we get there.

Just about everything today comes with an operating manual—from your computer to your car, from your cell phone to your iPad. Is it possible that Life comes with an operating manual as well? That’s the simple but powerful premise of Tom Shadyac’s inspiring and provocative first book. Written as a series of essays and dialogues, we are invited into a conversation that is both challenging and empowering. The question now is, can we discern what is written inside this operating manual and garner the courage to live in accordance with its precepts?

Handbook for Humanity provides you with the resources needed to discover who you are and how to release emotional reactions from your everyday living, bring happiness and love to you and live a good life. From understanding unseen forces to listening to your inner voice, this handbook offers techniques, instructions and insight to help you recognize and use these specific resources and assimilate them into your human being. It teaches what separates you from your wisdom and gives you the instructions, tools and forces to find your fulfillment. Take it in and absorb this wisdom. Attract and integrate the missing parts of you. The wisdom and power you are looking for is inside. This handbook is written for every person living or who will be living on this planet. It is written for you! * * * Dianna Fredericks Handbook for Humanity offers a fresh and elegantly beautiful look into the spirit and soul of why we are really here on earth. Having known Dianna for twenty years, I have seen firsthand her inner growth and spiritual awareness. She is living proof of the power of directly connecting to God and all of the blessings that are bestowed upon ones life. I highly recommend this guide; it will save your life! Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD, CNS, award-winning author of the bestselling Fat Flush Plan and Before the Change; creator of Fat Flush

Are you ready to embark on an inspiring journey to discover one of the greatest, most overlooked superpowers? In Generosity Wins, you’ll follow along with aspiring executive Emily Gardner on her quest to discover the superpower—generosity—and to inspire others to embrace it as well. Written in a business fable style, Generosity Wins blends a page-turning story with an abundance of true-life insights from some of today’s top business and thought leaders. While Emily is a fictitious character, the highly accomplished people she interviews are very real. The hard-won expertise, wisdom, and abundant science they share with Emily are sure to resonate with you as you navigate your own career and personal life journey. Along the way you will discover: Why generosity is a superpower and how to use it. Generosity’s role in fostering purpose-fueled happiness, emotional well-being, confidence, and passion. How generosity, with no expectation of return from the recipient, ignites your success. Why generosity will define the next generation of leaders. How the benefits of generosity compound for the giver, the receiver, and communities. Why technology is accelerating the benefits and power of generosity. Authors Monte Wood and Nicole Roberts passionately believe that generosity is core to who and what it means to be uniquely human. The clear path they chart in these pages begins with one insight; you have the power. Prepare yourself for radical new perspectives and a profoundly positive impact far greater than you imagined. Be courageous!

When you overcome the FEAR of DEATH, You start to LIVE The fear of death stops us from living life. While we are all ‘alive’, we are paralyzed by fear. FEAR is a False Expectation Appearing Real, but when we fear death, we are unable to move. We begin to live with phobias. We become paranoid. Everything we do makes us fear that we will die. And because we fear we will die, we refrain from doing things that otherwise we could do. Unless we overcome the fear of death, we don’t really start to live. Are you living with fear or are you living with faith? This book will help you overcome the fear of death and inspire you to celebrate every moment of life!