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When something goes wrong, why do many people unconsciously justify their actions to themselves and reject the idea it is their fault? What kind of influences does such unconscious self-justification bring to our work and lives? How can we avoid falling into the trap of self-justification? This book will reveal the mechanism of unconscious self-justification to prevent you from falling into its trap.

In nearly all sci-fi movies, robots share the same conscious feeling of independence as humans, who ironically have lost control of it themselves. Is this an inevitable outcome of robotic development? Yes, the book Out of Control will show you that out-of-controlness is the final destiny and outcome of human development. This prophetic book discusses concepts that are immensely popular today, such as virtual reality and network economy. Also, there are hidden prophecies to learn about the future...

This book is a memoir by Howard Schultz, former CEO and now chairman emeritus of Starbucks. From an insider’s point, he recounts how Starbucks developed from a local business to a multinational enterprise “one cup at a time.” This book illustrates the various approaches that Starbucks took to expand its business and Schultz’s management principles. It aims to demonstrate that a company can lead with its heart and nurture its soul and still make money.

Many would say that it is difficult to build a good corporate culture. Netflix, however, has done an extraordinary job creating its culture, and many companies in Silicon Valley have followed its example. So, what is it about the Netflix culture that makes it so unique? This book examines the key features of the Netflix culture and introduces its revolutionary approaches to building it. Whether you are a business owner or a team leader, this book will surely offer inspiration that can help you b...

From small conflicts among colleagues, relatives, and friends, to significant setbacks such as unemployment and marital breakup; pain and failure often come unexpectedly into our life. It is human nature to run away from pain, hide one's fragile but genuine emotions, and makeup stories and excuses for failure. Drawing on her own experience, Dr. Brené Brown reveals a fact: If you need more love and belonging, you have to be brave enough to look squarely at your emotions in a difficult situation. ...

Some people work hard for money all their life. However, in the end they are still short of money. Even if by chance they make a small fortune, the money won’t stay with them for long. Why is that? It is actually because of poor thinking. A person who always thinks about money with the mind of a poor person will never become truly rich. This book teaches you how to observe your own thinking modes about money, challenge entrenched negative thoughts, think like a rich person, and build wealth that...

Using a wealth of research and real-life cases, this book provides us with a guide to the life skills we need to control and change our behavior in order to achieve our goals. Starting from easy changes and proceeding to more difficult ones, the book equips us with step-by-step improvement plans, and illustrates abstract psychological principles with real-life cases, making this book both a reference for professional therapists and a self-guide for the general readers.

Every parent wants to give their kids a head start in life, so they create a busy schedule for them every day and enroll them in all kinds of enrichment courses and activities. However, research shows that children in more developed regions are more likely to suffer from the side effects of modern society. They often exhibit attention deficits, behavioral disorders, and psychological issues. Contrary to common belief, many well-meaning parental efforts at improvement can disrupt the innocence o...

Life is about making choices. Who you will become. What will you do? Your success and if you will find happiness depends on your decisions. Although decision-making is inevitable, the skill of decision-making is never taught at school nor in the home. This book shows us how to make smart choices. It provides a scientific decision-making process that you can use to make better decisions quickly, economically, and efficiently.

With an increasing emphasis on education, teachers are hankering for ways to improve teaching quality and improve the teacher-student relationship. Teaching Outside the Box provides tips to save teachers’ time and energy, solutions to reduce students’ resistance to schooling, steps to maintain order in classes, and so forth. As a training manual for American elementary and secondary school teachers, it will positively influence your teaching style and concepts to make miracles happen together wi...

Nonfiction writing is also called “narrative journalism.” With a history of less than 100 years, it emerged between the 1950s and 1960s and was heavily influenced by the development of the Pulitzer Prize. In 2001, the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University established the “Nieman Program on Narrative Journalism.” They collected the scripts from 51 writers’ speeches to create the book Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writers’ Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard Universit...

In real life, many people are afraid of asking for help. Some people even think that asking for help is an admission of failure. However, Palmer was not scared of asking, and she achieved unexpected success as a result. She asked for help online and slept on the couches of her fans. She even asked her fans to finance her new album through crowdfunding and eventually raised $ 1.2 million. Palmer benefited a lot from asking. In this book, the author shares many things about asking and love through...

How can a team of committed staff members with individual IQs above 120 have a collective IQ as low as 63? Why did one-third of the firms in the Fortune 500 in 1970 vanish by 1983? It is because most firms are “controlling organizations.” They emphasize individual work rather than teamwork, fragments rather than the whole picture, and the present rather than the future. So, modern firms need to adopt the conceptual framework of “systems thinking” to transform into “learning organizations.”

Many people think that marriage is the grave of love, and a lot of couples fight with each other or have marriage crises because of trivial things. But they are always close to each other when they are in love. So what turns these intimate relationships into ones ripe with conflict? This book will tell us why as well as discuss the primary reason why communication is so important, and how we can express love in proper ways. It also provides effective ways that will point us in the direction of h...

Too often, we are plagued by negative emotions, such as shame, fear, and low self-esteem. We even think that this kind of vulnerability hinders our progress in life. But in Dr. Brené Brown's view, our vulnerability grants us strength and provides us love and a sense of belonging. This book once stayed at #1 on the New York Times bestseller for more than 18 weeks and sold more than 1 million copies. The Gifts of Imperfection is a profound work that will show you how to lead a Wholehearted life.

In contemporary society, people who are overwhelmed by workload, pressure and negative emotions expect to be happy after becoming successful. As a result, they constantly sacrifice happiness for achievement. However, psychological research has found that putting success before happiness makes it harder to achieve our goals. On the contrary, if happiness comes first, it gives us an enormous competitive edge on the path to success. A positive mindset, thinking pattern and behavior can help us achi...

What’s the key to winning a game when you meet your opponent on the tennis court? How can someone with the best physique and the highest technical skill still lose the game? This book reveals that every game comprises two parts, an outer game and an inner game. Players play an inner game within their minds as they play the physical outer game against their opponent. Peak performance occurs only when the mind is calm and at one with the body. This book will give you a glimpse into the psychology ...

In building relationships, listening is more important than speaking. The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships has been rated as a classic bestseller in the communication category of the Amazon Bookstore in the United States. This book has become a classic instruction manual on interpersonal relationships. Over 125,000 readers said that the book had improved their interpersonal relationships. This book can help you discover the reasons for the "failure to be un...

Everyone looks forward to a successful and happy life, but we are often misguided by lies that are seemingly true. For example, each and every thing we do is important, you can multitask, and you can achieve work-life balance, and so on. This book tells us to narrow down your goals and focus on the most important thing at the moment. Only then will you live a successful and efficient life.

Are you staring at your food calorie chart and ingredient list to decide what you should eat for your next meal? Have labels such as "Organic Food" and "Additive-Free" become your yardsticks for food quality? A plethora of food innovations has greatly enriched our menus. Meanwhile, it's easy to feel trampled by the diversification of choices. The progress of technology shocks food cultures and makes people think more about food. This book will take us on a journey to discover what it takes to ge...

Who is the greatest CEO of the last 50 years? What is the most important job for a CEO? This book profiles eight “outsider” CEOs who have led companies that outperformed the S&P 500 index by more than 20 times and their peers by more than seven times. Despite their different industries and backgrounds, their grasp of the nature of business is surprisingly consistent. In this book, the author details these shared characteristics in operation management and capital allocation, which are of referen...

The Read-Aloud Handbook is a classic reading guidebook that brings together concrete and credible case studies that aim to exhaustively discuss the role, methods, and considerations of reading aloud. Meanwhile, the book touches on issues such as home, school, and the building of community libraries . Furthermore, it covers topics such as dealing with Internet addiction , television addiction, and e-book reading. This book has been used as a textbook at more than 60 colleges and universities in t...

According to the World Health Organization, a child with ASD is born every 20 minutes worldwide. Most people on the autism spectrum have difficulty interacting with others because those people cannot express themselves in a way that’s perceived as proper in our society. “The Reason I Jump” is the first book written by an autistic teenager who talks about his experience living with ASD, giving us a new understanding of ASD. So, how does the inner world of a person with ASD look like? This bookey ...

Why do some couples stay happily married for a lifetime while others have many crises in their marriage? Based on the data accumulated through years of marriage research, this book analyzes people's common misunderstandings about marriage, reveals the meaning of marriage, summarizes seven principles for making marriage work, and teaches us how to repair the relationship between husband and wife to ensure a long and happy marriage.