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Elastic Habits: How to Create Smarter Habits That Adapt to Your Day , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 396min
Habits that bend don’t break.Why do so many sincere attempts to build good habits fail?We try our best to be consistent, but some days are better than others. Inevitably, we fail when "life happens", because each day we try to hit the same targets regardless of the situations we face. How, then, can we make our habits more resilient to the turbulence of life?By making them elastic.Most people associate "elastic" with yoga pants and rubber bands. But the word also means "resilient" - the ability to withstand pressure. Elastic materials are far more durable than rigid and brittle ones, which will shatter under pressure. The same is true for habits.A traditional habit is unchanging: The same behavior is done at the same time to the same level every day. It works well until the pressures of modern life break its rigid and brittle shell. Elastic habits are fluid: They can change their form and intensity to suit each unique day. They survive busy, tired, bad days. They thrive in better days.A standard habit has one win condition. An elastic habit has nine. If traditional habits are a hammer, elastic habits are your grandfather’s garage. When you’re working on a house project, it’s not a burden to have a hammer, a wrench, and a screwdriver - you just select the one you need when you need it. Elastic habits are the same.If you’re tired of the repetitive and exhausting grind to develop good habits, it’s time to give your habits the refreshing superpower of elasticity. Listen to Elastic Habits now, and you’ll soon discover the life-changing difference of good habits that adapt to your day. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Daniel Penz. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/176207/bk_acx0_176207_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Halftone: Stories and Essays from The First Three Collections: James Wolf's Seven , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 277min
Film festivals. Disruptive elections. Train wrecks. Suburban cults. Empty mansions. Digital dating.In Halftone, new author James Wolf uses a lavish and broad stroke of fiction and non-fiction to discuss feelings of worth, fears for the future, and visions of a new Americana in six stories / essays.In a buckshot-style prose scattering across a wide breadth of genre, Wolf's writings are both touching and hard-nosed, blunt yet pastoral - they are deliciously entertaining and wholly necessary. For those unfamiliar with Wolf, these stories give perspective on a young writer's voice as he questions the changing (or stubbornly unchanging) world: What does it mean to be an "outsider" at a festival that celebrates "independence"? What does it mean to reject a political identity that was assigned to you from birth, and how does it feel to be the butt of a joke you don't understand? How does one cope with misery in a time that documents your every moment, and how do we mutually grow with someone without feeling that innate connection other generations have gone on and on about? How can we calculate pain in such a way as to detach ourselves from the inevitable, and what does that have to do with a train going 20 miles too fast around a corner? What does it feel like to get punched in the nose, and how do we express that we really love it? How does one “start” writing after finishing a project that consumed them entirely? Or, more importantly, how do we begin again?All these pieces are compiled from collections that Wolf has published over the course of the last 3 years independently, and now come to you, read by the author himself. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Wolf. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/162712/bk_acx0_162712_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Plato’s Republic, Apology, and Phaedo: The Grandfather of Metaphysics, Ethics, Epistemology, and Political Philosophy , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1000min
Plato was one of the first Greek philosophers to make a great impact on the way we look at the world. He was a student of Socrates, and a mentor to Aristotle. Plato's most notable work was his Theory of Forms, Theory of Knowledge, and political philosophy.This audio program is comprised of Plato's three most noteworthy books: Republic, Phaedo, and Apology.Inside, you will discover....Metaphysics: In Plato's dialogues, Socrates and his company of disputants had something to say on many subjects, including several aspects of metaphysics. These include religion and science, human nature, love, and sexuality. More than one dialogue contrasts perception and reality, nature and custom, and body and soul.The Forms: "Platonism" and its theory of Forms (or theory of Ideas) denies the reality of the material world, considering it only an image or copy of the real world. The theory of Forms is first introduced in the Phaedo dialogue. According to this theory of Forms there are at least two worlds: the apparent world of concrete objects, grasped by the senses, which constantly changes, and an unchanging and unseen world of Forms or abstract objects, grasped by pure reason.Epistemology: Several aspects of epistemology are also discussed by Socrates, such as wisdom. More than one dialogue contrasts knowledge and opinion. Plato's epistemology involves Socrates arguing that knowledge is not empirical, and that it comes from divine insight. The Forms are also responsible for both knowledge or certainty, and are grasped by pure reason.Ethics: Several dialogues discuss ethics including virtue and vice, pleasure and pain, crime and punishment, and justice and medicine. Plato views "The Good" as the supreme Form, somehow existing even "beyond being".And much, much more....Begin listening today and learn how Plato lived a truthful and ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Bob Neufeld. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/209253/bk_acx0_209253_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality, Hörbuch, Digital, 378min
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene uses these questions to guide us toward modern science's new and deeper understanding of the universe. From Newton's unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein's fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics' entangled arena where vastly distant objects can bridge their spatial separation to instantaneously coordinate their behavior or even undergo teleportation, Greene reveals our world to be very different from what common experience leads us to believe. Focusing on the enigma of time, Greene establishes that nothing in the laws of physics insists that it run in any particular direction and that "time's arrow" is a relic of the universe's condition at the moment of the big bang. And in explaining the big bang itself, Greene shows how recent cutting-edge developments in superstring and M-theory may reconcile the behavior of everything from the smallest particle to the largest black hole. This startling vision culminates in a vibrant eleven-dimensional "multiverse," pulsating with ever-changing textures, where space and time themselves may dissolve into subtler, more fundamental entities. Sparked by the trademark wit, humor, and brilliant use of analogy, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world. Language: English. Narrator: Erik Davies. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/000381/bk_rand_000381_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 1356min
Space and time form the very fabric of the cosmos. Yet they remain among the most mysterious of concepts. Is space an entity? Why does time have a direction? Could the universe exist without space and time? Can we travel to the past? Greene uses these questions to guide us toward modern science's new and deeper understanding of the universe. From Newton's unchanging realm in which space and time are absolute, to Einstein's fluid conception of spacetime, to quantum mechanics' entangled arena where vastly distant objects can bridge their spatial separation to instantaneously coordinate their behavior or even undergo teleportation, Greene reveals our world to be very different from what common experience leads us to believe. Focusing on the enigma of time, Greene establishes that nothing in the laws of physics insists that it run in any particular direction and that "time's arrow" is a relic of the universe's condition at the moment of the big bang. And in explaining the big bang itself, Greene shows how recent cutting-edge developments in superstring and M-theory may reconcile the behavior of everything from the smallest particle to the largest black hole. This startling vision culminates in a vibrant eleven-dimensional "multiverse," pulsating with ever-changing textures, where space and time themselves may dissolve into subtler, more fundamental entities. Sparked by the trademark wit, humor, and brilliant use of analogy, Brian Greene takes us all, regardless of our scientific backgrounds, on an irresistible and revelatory journey to the new layers of reality that modern physics has discovered lying just beneath the surface of our everyday world. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Michael Prichard. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/bkot/000174/bk_bkot_000174_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Culture Solution: A Practical Guide to Building a Dynamic Culture so People Love Coming to Work and Accomplishing Great Things Together! , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 542min
Culture is about creating empowerment, not entitlement...Culture is not about bringing your dog to work, free lunches, unlimited vacation, or even casual Fridays. Culture is not a collection of personal preferences. Our thinking about culture has been kidnapped and polluted by the spectacular, attention-grabbing fads that 99 percent of organizations cannot implement. It is time to get beyond these "here today, gone tomorrow" illusions that foster entitlement, complacency, and mediocrity, so we can start implementing the timeless principles that make up the culture solution.The six foundational principles of a dynamic culture are universal and unchanging. In The Culture Solution, business consultant and The New York Times best-selling author of The Dream Manager and Off Balance presents the six enduring principles of a dynamic culture, designed in a way that is both intensely practical and inspiring. If you want to grow your business; attract, grow, and retain top talent; learn the key to hiring in the 21st century; teach every person in your organization that they have a role to play in making the culture better today than it was yesterday, this book is for you and every person on your team.The thing is - and it's quite simple - really, everybody wants to belong to a dynamic culture. That's why, today more than ever before, organizations are searching for a culture solution. Too many books are written just for the leaders of an organization. Finally, we have a definitive and authoritative book about culture that everyone in your organization can and should listen to.Perhaps, you don't believe it is possible to create a dynamic culture in your particular type of business. Prepare yourself to be convinced that the culture of any organization can be transformed using the six principles outlined in this audiobook.As an author, speaker, and consultant, Matthew Kelly has become a once-in-a- ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: James Naughton. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/175254/bk_acx0_175254_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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The Naked Communist: The Naked Series, Book 1 , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 878min
A timely update to the phenomenal national bestseller. Soon after its quiet release during the height of the Red Scare in 1958, The Naked Communist: Exposing Communism and Restoring Freedom exploded in popularity, selling almost two million copies to date and finding its way into the libraries of the CIA, the FBI, the White House, and homes all across the United States. From the tragic falls of China, Korea, Russia, and the UN, to the fascinating histories of Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers, Elizabeth Bentley, and General MacArthur, The Naked Communist lays out the entire graphic story of communism, its past, present, and future. After searching unsuccessfully for a concise literature on the communist threat, W. Cleon Skousen saw the urgent need for a comprehensive book that could guide the American conversation. So he distilled his FBI experience, decades of research, and more than one hundred communist books and treatises into one clarifying, readable volume that became a touchstone of American values and earned praise from the likes of President Ronald Reagan, Glenn Beck, and Ben Carson. Lauded by one reviewer as “the most powerful book on communism since J. Edgar Hoover’s Masters of Deceit,” this text draws a detailed picture of the communist as he sees himself: stripped of propaganda and pretense. Readers gain a unique insight into the inner workings of communism - its appeal, its history, its basic and unchanging concepts, even its secret timetable of conquest. Among the many questions The Naked Communist answers are: * Who gave the United States’ nuclear secrets to the Russians?* How did the FBI fight communism after it was forced underground in 1918?* Why did the West lose 600 million allies after World War II? * What really happened in Korea?* What is communism’s great secret weapon?* What lies ahead?* What can I do to stop communism? * How can we fight communism without a major war? Now updated for 20 ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Mark Deakins. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/047435/bk_acx0_047435_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Your Customer Rules!: Delivering the Me2B Experiences That Today's Customers Demand , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 424min
What you need to know about your customers. Now more than ever, every interaction you have with customers is critical. Customers today have unlimited information at their fingertips - and can influence the purchase decisions and behaviors of millions of others. With this comes a shift in the balance of power, and every company must come to terms with the fact that the customer is in control. Interacting with customers in the way they want is an essential business strategy and, in many industries, the key to business success. Executives still refer to B2B and B2C business models, as though companies control demand by going to customers with products and services. But as Bill Price and David Jaffe (authors of The Best Service Is No Service) show, a new business model is emerging in which the customer directs the relationship. It is becoming a world of "Me2B" - one in which the customer, not the business, dictates the terms of engagement. In order for your business to thrive, you must create positive experiences to fulfill a range of customer needs. Though the mediums for customer engagement continuously evolve, Price and Jaffe show that customer needs remain unchanging. In Your Customer Rules!, they define a critical hierarchy of seven needs that your company can meet and apply as a methodology. Throughout this practical guidebook, Price and Jaffe share examples of companies that succeed by meeting these seven needs, including Amazon, Apple, IKEA, Nordstrom, USAA, Shoes of Prey, Vente-Privee, and Yamato Transport, as well as those that didn't. Your Customer Rules! offers tailored advice for companies at every stage, from nimble startups to legacy firms with established customer service practices - and everyone in between. With a simple, elegant solution for driving lasting value for customers, Your Customer Rules! is a clear guide for strengthening customer relationships and competing on more than price ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Steven Cooper. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/022460/bk_adbl_022460_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Infinitesimal: How a Dangerous Mathematical Theory Shaped the Modern World , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 735min
Pulsing with drama and excitement, Infinitesimal celebrates the spirit of discovery, innovation, and intellectual achievement - and it will forever change the way you look at a simple line. On August 10, 1632, five men in flowing black robes convened in a somber Roman palazzo to pass judgment on a deceptively simple proposition: that a continuous line is composed of distinct and infinitely tiny parts. With the stroke of a pen the Jesuit fathers banned the doctrine of infinitesimals, announcing that it could never be taught or even mentioned. The concept was deemed dangerous and subversive, a threat to the belief that the world was an orderly place, governed by a strict and unchanging set of rules. If infinitesimals were ever accepted, the Jesuits feared, the entire world would be plunged into chaos. In Infinitesimal, the award-winning historian Amir Alexander exposes the deep-seated reasons behind the rulings of the Jesuits and shows how the doctrine persisted, becoming the foundation of calculus and much of modern mathematics and technology. Indeed, not everyone agreed with the Jesuits. Philosophers, scientists, and mathematicians across Europe embraced infinitesimals as the key to scientific progress, freedom of thought, and a more tolerant society. As Alexander reveals, it wasn’t long before the two camps set off on a war that pitted Europe’s forces of hierarchy and order against those of pluralism and change. The story takes us from the bloody battlefields of Europe’s religious wars and the English Civil War and into the lives of the greatest mathematicians and philosophers of the day, including Galileo and Isaac Newton, Cardinal Bellarmine and Thomas Hobbes, and Christopher Clavius and John Wallis. In Italy, the defeat of the infinitely small signaled an end to that land’s reign as the cultural heart of Europe, and in England, the triumph of infinitesimals helped launch the island nation on a course that would make it the w ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Ira Rosenberg. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/adbl/019843/bk_adbl_019843_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Mystery, History and Future: A Parable of Objective Truth
Every day, in many ways, we use self-evident truth known as axioms. Yet such truth, discovered not invented, unchanging for all time, foundational to all of nature and the sciences, is little understood. Whether understood or not, we obey the quantitative axioms of nature in order to survive. As well, axioms form our way of thinking, establish the starting place of every theory, and are embedded in the many business rules by which we work and live. Here, we tour in conceptual terms everywhere and everywhen-throughout all time-the mystery, history and future of these tiny grains of objective truth, finding by their wonderful characteristics that they point to intelligent design, and by implication to an Intelligent Designer. After touring nature and the sciences to uncover our exemplary "slice" of objective truth, and after our virtual Meeting of the Dream Team of Discovery where past and current great scientists and technologists bestow their ideas, each reader may attain or strengthen positional freedom. This is the freedom found by many scientists who searched for the mind of God and by myriad everyday persons through their straightforward appreciation of the wonders of nature. Such freedom is to hold sensible belief in science and faith! Our story on the road to this freedom is for the atheist, agnostic and believer; indeed that should cover about everyone! Truth is overwhelmingly more important than the name of any discoverer or taleteller. As well, a story about objective truth dictates all of the objectivity one can muster, including absence of self. This author has insignificant standing with respect to the discoveries described; he only relates the truths discovered and hinted of for our future, the great scientists who searched and found them, and the other things they learned. The adopted pen name keeps the author out of the way of the story about objective truth. There is a more wide-reaching purpose for the pen name, and one will need to examine the- Shop: buecher
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