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Three things make the difference in becoming a leader and being led - product quality, customer service, and productivity. While managers have made great strides in the first two factors, improving productivity remains a major challenge for many organizations. John H. Zenger, a leading authority on organizational change and high performance systems, discusses practical methods to help an organization shed its past, raise its standard for higher performance, and give employees specific tools required to excel in the workplace.

Life may be difficult at times, but when we surrender our ego to the divine, all kinds of wonderful things can happen. This collection of guided meditations and visualizations was created by stress management expert and bestselling author, Brian Luke Seaward. They were inspired by the many people who attended his classes and workshops who repeatedly asked that they be recorded for use at home.

Negative Nine is intended to plant the seed of the negative numbers concept in the minds of children 0-10. Follow this "negative" negative number as he quests for his place on the great number line. Children will learn the basic concept of negative numbers along with valuable lessons in perseverance. Opposites abound as you pass zero into the realm of negatives, leaving the positive numbers behind. See if you can find them all!

Studies have shown that 20 minutes of meditation twice a day are actually more effective than drugs in reducing mild hypertension. In this audio version of her book How to Meditate, the author reviews both the spiritual and physical benefits of meditation.

Refresh Your Spirit brings you four techniques for focusing attention inward, imagining a peaceful natural setting, and listening to a nourishing inner voice.

Are you ready to put your best foot forward in your personal and professional life? Hailed by academia and the media as "The successor to positive thinking", Optimal Thinking is the language of your best self. Now Dr. Rosalene Glickman, the best-selling author of Optimal Thinking, introduces you to the life-optimizing thought process that has replaced the "Think Positive" motto all over the world.

Angry feelings arise when you feel helpless, threatened, deprived, or unfairly treated. You feel angry when you take offense at being hurt or experiencing loss. Anger is a physiological sensation created by the production of adrenaline in the body, and a protective mechanism that prepares your body to fight against attack. Learn how to best resolve helplessness and anger as Dr. Rosalene Glickman, the best-selling author of Optimal Thinking, introduces you to the life-optimizing thought process.

When you're too busy to relax, just take Time Out from Stress by listening to this audio. In just ten minutes, you can relax tight muscles, calm anxieties, and reduce pressures to a more tolerable level.

Your emotional life is a natural and sacred part of you. When you understand your disturbing emotions, you can interpret your responses, make sense of the world around you, and employ them to optimize your life.

Maximize your talents, resources, and time. Make the most of every opportunity and achieve optimal personal and professional satisfaction. The successor to positive thinking, Optimal Thinking is the mental tool you need to achieve your ultimate life. This revolutionary, life-optimizing audio book shows you just how simple it is to sweep past the ordinary and even the extraordinary into the world of the highest and the best. You will never settle for second best again!

Relieve Your Worry brings you four techniques for letting go of anxious or negative thoughts, freeing yourself from worry, and finding joy in the here and now.

The quality of the questions you ask determines the quality of your life. When you ask the best questions of yourself and others, you invite the best answers. You can discover what "the best" means in whatever context you choose. You can also create the best path to your most desired outcomes.

The Institute team gets it's first item from the secret warehouse, another crystal ball, and the team discovers the secret of the crystal balls.

In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, Daniel Goleman recasts the uproar over global warming and the assault of man-made toxins into our bodies in terms of the collective self-deception which both created this crisis and holds a key to...

In the three years since the publication of the first volume of 101 Questions & Answers about Standards, Assessment, and Accountability, Dr. Reeves and the Center for Performance Assessment have continued to receive and respond to real-world questions from teachers, school leaders, parents, students, and educational researchers.

Pay close attention as Dr. Grow, former host of Northwest radio’s popular show, "Personal Best Radio", shares what he learned as host of the show. In You Know You Want It, Here’s How to Get It, Dr. Grow draws from his conversations with highly successful individuals in fitness, finance, and relationships to teach how to use their proven pattern for success to help you achieve your dreams.

This audio reference book provides clear answers to commonly asked questions about the most pressing issues in education today. Standards and standardized tests, writing and student achievement, accountability systems, interventions for under-performing students, standards and the arts, motivation, leadership issues, plus many more topics are addressed in this handbook for educators.

Educational accountability is here to stay. Comprehensive educational accountability, if designed and implemented effectively, can be the one initiative that helps schools create sustained and meaningful reform.

The course will begin by focusing on the reasons which gave rise to Vatican II, it will continue by examining the common misconceptions regarding the council, move on to general principles and themes, and lastly consider the key documents which emerged from the council. Some questions that will be considered: Why study Vatican II? What is the relationship between the Church and the Modern world? How can the Church defend the deposit of faith given the rise of science and the loss of religiosity? What is the essence of the Sacred Liturgy and how can it be most faithfully preserved?

These three guided meditations take you deep into your energetic body where you purify and heal. Meditation and yoga teacher Alejandro Chaoul guides the three meditations, which are accompanied with a supplemental PDF to support the practice. In the first meditation, the energetic landscape of...