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CrazyBusy: Overstretched, Overbooked, and About to Snap! Strategies for Handling Your Fast-Paced Life
Look at what's happened to the usual how-are-you exchange It used to go like this: "How are you?" "Fine." Now it often goes like this: "How are you?" "Busy." Or "Too busy." Or simply "Crazy." Without intending for it to happen or knowing how, when, or why it got started, many people now find that they live in a rush they never wanted. If you feel busier than you've ever been and wonder how this happened and how you can keep up the pace much longer, you are hardly alone. Crazy? Maybe not. Dysfunctional? Yes, indeed. We all have more to do than ever before -- and less time to do it. In this highly listenable audiobook, the foremost expert on ADD, Ned Hallowell, explores the society-wide phenomenon of culturally induced ADD. Being busy may very well keep you from doing what matters most, or it may lead you to do things you deem unwise (like getting angry, for example). Being busy is a problem for almost all of us. This audiobook is about both the opportunity and the problem -- where this peculiar life comes from and how to turn it to your advantage. Offering solutions to this difficult, complex problem that might work for you, most importantly, Crazybusy may prompt you to create solutions of your own. From the Compact Disc edition..
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The Brethren
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion Another, for skimming bingo profits And the third, for a career-ending drunken joyride. Meeting daily in the prison law library, taking exercise walks in their boxer shorts, these judges-turned-felons can reminisce about old court cases, dispense a little jailhouse justice, and contemplate where their lives went wrong. Or they can use their time in prison to get very rich -- very fast. And so they sit, sprawled in the prison library, furiously writing letters, fine-tuning a wickedly brilliant extortion scam ... while events outside their prison walls begin to erupt. A bizarre presidential election is holding the nation in its grips -- and a powerful government figure is pulling some very hidden strings. For the Brethren, the timing couldn't be better. Because they've just found the perfect victim....
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Taking Back Childhood: Helping Your Kids Thrive in a Fast-Paced, Media-Saturated, Violence-Filled World
An innovative road map to help parents bring creative play, quality relationships, and a sense of confidence and personal safety back into their kids’ lives One only need turn on the TV, stroll the aisles of any toy store, or visit any American elementary school to witness the formidable social trends that, over the past few decades, have begun to erode the quality of kids’ lives—from media violence and rampant consumerism, to overly structured school days and overly wired (yet emotionally disconnected) relationships. What parent doesn’t think back longingly to a time when carefree play with other kids and a simpler life was the norm? Childhood should be a precious time of oasis from the realities of the adult world, yet in today’s fast-paced, achievement-obsessed, ever-more-dangerous society, this is increasingly not the case. Based on renowned early childhood development expert Nancy Carlsson-Paige’s thirty years of researching and writing about young children, this groundbreaking book helps parents navigate the cultural currents shaping, and too often harming, the lives of kids today and restore childhood to the very best of what it can and should be. There are three attributes critical to all children’s healthy development, Carlsson-Paige explains: time and space for creative play, a feeling of security in today’s often frightening world, and strong, meaningful relationships with both adults and other children—attributes that we, as a society, are failing to protect and nurture. Grounded in child development theory and research, Taking Back Childhood reveals practical, hands-on steps parents can take to create a safe, open, and imaginative environment in which kids can relish childhood and flourish as human beings..
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Lifestyle Priorities: Living with Purpose in a Fast-Paced World (Fisherman Bible Studyguides)
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Working the Skies: The Fast-Paced, Disorienting World of the Flight Attendant
”Debunks popular myths that portray the profession as glamorous, exotic, and sexually freeing by taking readers through a typical journey; with interviews and profiles of flight attendants.”
—Foreword ”In Working the Skies, Whitelegg takes the interviews and study of a multitude of flight attendants and creates a readable, enjoyable tale of the perils and possibilities flight attendants face.”
—Feminist Review ”But mythological ‘stews’—young women living a life of sex, drugs and never-ending voyage—is a far cry from the well documented realities presented in Whitelegg’s new book. . . . Using a series of interviews and focus groups with flight attendants of all ages, Whitelegg charts the arc of a profession barely seven decades old.”
—Dallas Morning News ”A balanced inquiry into the lives of these long-overlooked professionals...Sharing a wealth of interesting, entertaining, and dramatic anecdotes...Rich enough to satisfy the most curious reader.”
—Booklist ”While also providing some history, Whitelegg mostly takes a contemporary look at the lives of flight attendants, drawn from interviews with over 60 current and former flight attendants and other airline workers. . . . Whitelegg's observations and use of candid, day-in-the-life snapshots are interesting.”
—Library Journal “A fascinating study that draws on the voices of flight attendants to poignantly reveal the changing nature of this 24/7 occupation. After reading this important book, one will find it difficult to observe flight attendants without concern for the vulnerability of their careers and for the complex ways they juggle space and time along with work and family. A great read.”
—Harriet B. Presser, author of Working in a 24/7 Economy: Challenges for American Families "A well-written and thorough treatment of the occupational demands and biography of the flight attendant. Working the Skies describes both how the work shapes the personal lives of those in the profession, as well as how work can be 'chosen' in an effort to craft a particular kind of life. The book also illustrates how the process of globalization has moved the profession 'backwards' in terms of working conditions and compensation-challenges faced by workers in numerous other professions."
—Veronica Jaris Tichenor, author of Earning More And Getting Less Get ready for takeoff. The life of the flight attendant, a.k.a., stewardess, was supposedly once one of glamour, exotic travel and sexual freedom, as recently depicted in such films as Catch Me If You Can and View From the Top. The nostalgia for the beautiful, carefree and ever helpful stewardess perhaps reveals a yearning for simpler times, but nonetheless does not square with the difficult, demanding and sometimes dangerous job of today's flight attendants. Based on interviews with over sixty flight attendants, both female and male labor leaders, and and drawing upon his observations while flying across the country and overseas, Drew Whitelegg reveals a much more complicated profession, one that in many ways is the quintessential job of the modern age where life moves at record speeds and all that is solid seems up in the air. Containing lively portraits of flight attendants, both current and retired, this book is the first to show the intimate, illuminating, funny, and sometimes dangerous behind-the-scenes stories of daily life for the flight attendant. Going behind the curtain, Whitelegg ventures into first-class, coach, the cabin, and life on call for these men and women who spend week in and week out in foreign cities, sleeping in hotel rooms miles from home. Working the Skies also elucidates the contemporary work and labor issues that confront the modern worker: the demands of full-time work and parenthood; the downsizing of corporate America and the resulting labor lockouts; decreasing wages and hours worked; job insecurity; and the emotional toll of a high stress job. Given the events of 9/11, flight attendants now have an especially poignant set of stressful concerns to manage, both for their own safety as well as for those they serve, the passengers. Flight attendants, originally registered nurses charged with attending to passengers' medical needs, now find themselves wearing the hats of therapist, security guard and undercover agent. This last set of tasks pushing some, as Whitelegg shows, out of the business altogether. .
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The Attention Deficit Workplace: Winning Strategies for Success in Today's Fast-Paced Business Environment
"An eye-grabbing, page-turning book, The Attention-Deficit Workplace is immediately relevant and essential A must-read that's certain to educate, and enlighten." --Dr. Tom Hill, author of Living at the Summit and co-author of Chicken Soup for the Entrepreneurial Soul "The Attention-Deficit Workplace is nothing short of a revelation. Mitch Thrower represents a new breed of business leader with tremendous vision, compassion, stamina, and laser-like focus. He has written the pre-eminent playbook for thriving and winning in the turbo-charged world of 24/7 companies." --Jonathan Spalter, Chairman, Vox Pop Media, Former Senior Vice-President, Vivendi Universal Are you looking for competitive advantages in today's fast-paced business environment? Are you seeking new and innovative ways to successfully navigate through the time- and attention-deficit maze? The Attention-Deficit Workplace offers over 50 concise and entertaining experience-based parables and lessons for anyone, from working executives and managers to home-based business owners, from job-seekers to people who never have to work again. The author, Mitch Thrower, has provided us with essential insights into our working lives from the front lines of sports, start-ups and serial entrepreneurship. Chapter topics include: * How to manage your personal "ATM" (your Attention Time Machine). * How to turn attention-deficit into attention-surplus by having others listen, accept and implement your ideas.. * How to make multitasking work more effectively for you, * How to handle office nuisances such "spam people:" * How to get your resume noticed. * How to managing the onslaught of e-mails, faxes, junk mail and other correspondence. * How to avoid those time-consuming and money-draining pitfalls of workplace conflict. * How to handle office romances. * How to negotiate, command attention, and maintain your focus. .
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Big City Cooking: Recipes for a Fast-Paced World
"You know why this cookbook is such a kick? Because if you want restaurant food you should eat it in a restaurant Why put Matthew Kenney out of work? What Kenney thinks makes more sense, however, is to show you how you can cook deliciously and smart for the life you lead, in the city you live in, in that kitchen you hate, with the little time you have, using the best stuff from the market down the block. If you already know all this, we'll all be over tonight at about 7:30." --Hal Rubenstein, New York Magazine Matthew Kenney is a shining star at his big city restaurants. He's also a big city home cook. This fabulous cookbook is as stylish as it is practical, and it's the perfect solution for anyone who's ever tried to rustle up dinner for eight in a small apartment kitchen or attempted to barbecue on a 3-inch balcony. But the best thing about cooking in the big city is that the world's produce markets and delicious gourmet ingredients are right at your doorstep. Using simple, efficient techniques like grilling, searing, roasting, and stewing, these recipes have plenty of downtown clout-without uptown fuss. There' s advice on stocking the pantry, buying just the right pans for a limited workspace, and plenty of menus to make entertaining easy. Plus, the eye-catching PVC cover is a cinch to wipe clean. Big City Cooking is sure to keep busy city slickers at home on the range..
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Raising Faithful Kids in a Fast-Paced World
Paul has spoken several times at Wal-mart meetings. One day Suzan Allford - (while head of human relations at Wal-mart) ask Paul if he "had something on achieving success without failing your family." This book is the result of Paul's research of 30 great Christian Leaders including leaders from Wal-mart, IBM, Rosewood, Purity Dairies, Texas Instruments, Ford Motors, Dupont and a football coach who has won the NCAA national championship..
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Swing: A fast-paced guide with production-quality code examples
Intended for intermediate to advanced Java developers, this book contains real-world examples and detailed discussions of Swing..
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