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Amy Croft writes about her complicated childhood and fraught adulthood to bring to life the cultural chains operating in all aspects of the patriarchal society. She understands the pressures on women having worked in social services for the majority of her working life, and hopes that her story will encourage women to find their way out of outmoded patriarchal arenas and move toward a more matriarchal vision.

The Emotionally Intelligent Salesperson explores how our emotions impact the decisions we make, the behaviors we display, and our performance in a sales environment. By understanding our emotions and the emotions of others, we are in a better position to positively influence the sales conversation to achieve sales success. In this sales guide, learn how to: - improve sales performance from an individual and organizational perspective; - listen attentively to clients and prospects and become aware of their feelings; - express how you feel in appropriate ways to avoid derailing the sales process; - bring your attention to the present moment and focus truly on their needs. Sales is fundamentally about positively influencing relationships with clients and prospects to deliver mutually beneficial outcomes. As a salesperson, you must understand emotional triggers that cause productive and unproductive behaviours in the sales process-then develop strategies to recognise and manage them. It all links back to the science of emotions and the relationship between your emotional brain, which encompasses the amygdala, and your thinking brain, which houses the prefrontal cortex. This is more than just a moral compass; it's also a recipe for sales success. Take a step back and examine situations from a client's perspective to develop emotional skills, resilience, and authenticity to develop a high-performance sales culture to boost sales.

Trevor Wrightson continues the story he began in Growing up in Berrima with this second volume of his life story. After marrying, he moved to the South Coast of New South Wales to start his new life, joining the Electricity Commission of New South Wales. Of course, his mind kept wandering back to the little town of Berrima that he had just left, the town where he grew up. But with his beautiful bride, Helen, by his side, he was energized to start a new life. In short order, he landed a job as an electrician at a steel works, which turned out to be a tough job. When he went to a toilet, there was a timekeeper at the entrance, timing the men as they entered and came out. Luckily, he found another job in the same field. Join the author as he shares his ambitions, achievements, promotions, and the many events that happened during his life, including his experience teaching electrical apprentices, high school students, and electricians.

This book is a collection of poems written in everyday language which can be easily understood and what is learned can be applied. Described within are events most people can relate to, though very seldom speak openly about and carry the weight of it on their shoulders, believing its just their "e;lot in life"e; and continue to struggle.

Most contracts are "e;simple contracts"e; that can be created by any adult without legal guidance. But that doesn't mean you can overlook risks. Consumer law tends to automatically manage common risks to consumers, but it can add to the unmanaged risks for businesspeople. This book gives you the insights you need to create and administer contracts, and to enable informed discussion with business managers, project managers, contract managers, and lawyers. Learn how to: write contracts that are easy to understand; navigate concerns about intellectual property; identify core components of larger contracts; determine when a contract ends. Every business transaction you make has a contract, but not all contracts are written-and so risk can be hard to manage. When there is important risk to manage, you should put the contract into writing. Whether you are working locally, nationally, or internationally, this book will help you understand, write, and manage contracts.

This treasure cove is filled with beautifully encouraging and inspirational poems to inspire and motivate the body, mind and soul. This collection of poems is for the avid poetry reader who enjoys beautiful descriptions and vivid images of life in its many intricate forms. I hope to immerse my readers in my thoughts, descriptions and experiences.

When you swim with Dolphins in the wild, they uplift your spirit, heal you in ways you had never thought possible, and leave a lasting impression on you that you will treasure forever. In this book, Olivia recounts her personal and professional adventure in Australia with the Dolphins. She describes the different methods she has used to study what she calls the Dolphin Within, that uplifting effect wild Dolphins have on humans. As a Neuroscientist, she studied human brainwaves, but also human heart rhythm before and after Dolphins encounters. She has found scientific evidences of and possible explanations for changes in human mind, body and spirit after such experiences. Reaching your Dolphin Within could free yourself of fears, phobias, addictions, grief, depression and more. Could the Dolphins be Doctors of our Soul? Could the Dolphins show us a way to speed up our evolution and live in a world of peace, love and respect for the planet?

This story describes the development of a child from a poor, working class background in a coal mining village into a confident teacher in London. Taking the path of leaving home, living in France and studying for five years to achieve her primary goals in life, she faces a choice: whether to marry and leave both her profession and her family for a new life in the Middle East, or whether to stay on her career path in the UK. Although this decision was difficult to make, she hopes that the job which awaits her will provide some continuity as she adapts her social self to a new culture and a new family and geographical environment.

Join Beth the butterfly and Dan the dragonfly as they treat children to a magical journey, teaching them how to visualise the majestic colours in rainbows and how to direct the colours to specific parts of their bodies. Each colour performs a different task to help ease anxiety and provide inner strength. They'll show you how to try new things when you are feeling nervous, feel loved even if loved ones can't be with you, to be creative, to cope with the unkindness of others and even how to get some energy when it is chore time! Children can then take Beth and Dan's lessons out into the world, equipping them with a powerful visualisation tool and making their world more magical.

If the stewards of religion would allow people to communicate with whatever they believe in, humanity would be a lot better off. That's the bold assertion from Quincy Jones, who examines everything from terrorism, Islamophobia, Armageddon, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, and metaphysics in this book. Jones argues that humanity has moved away from spirituality in recent years and that there's too much emphasis on material wealth. This answers questions such as: - What is the role of the media in how we view various religions? - How do individuals embrace religious beliefs? - Why do people leave their faith? - What are the origins of religion? Good and evil exist in every human soul, but there are factors that determine which path a person takes. Discover what makes a person believe what they believe and why members of different faiths are so often at odds with each other with the wisdom in this book.

Change your focus. Change your focus to change your thoughts that will change your feelings that change how you emote to the world out there, and your choice for your change will change what you attract back at you. If you focus on thinking that everything will go wrong, it will. So if you can change your focus to believe that you can choose to take 100% responsibility for yourself, you can decide to back yourself to choose the thoughts that create the feelings that empower you to feel confident to influence your work choices. You choose. "e;What was I thinking to attract yet another intimidation experience in the workplace?"e; Giselle quietly asks herself, "e;I love the excitement of adventure in my life, but choosing another workplace with narcissistic behaviour is a bit too much of an adventure for me right now. As much as I try, I can't connect with Delilah, and then the other staff become afraid of connecting with me because they fear her wrath. Your choice. You can choose to change your focus from what others think of you to focus on what you choose to feel about yourself. You can choose to be who you need to be. You can decide to change the meaning of how you react to how you will respond. You can change how you think to change your feelings that will change your perception of your world, and you can choose how to respond to the world out there. Your change. Quantum Physics says that we are the past, we are the future, and we are endless moments of now that are filled with endless possibilities. If endless possibilities are available to everyone, then they are available to you.

From my personal experience learning how to see wounded areas of the soul with its abnormal coping mechanism and How GOD and YOU are able to over come and heal.

Under a totalitarian regime, life is cheap and people are shot for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Resistance is unthinkable while people scramble to survive, praying that things will change. Sameria and Jacob are children growing up in Daesh-controlled Iraq and are blessed with well educated and forward thinking parents. As their world implodes under Daesh, things begin happening behind closed doors. These children's minds are fertile grounds for new information, Sameria with her mathematics and science and Jacob with his computing and languages. It's not long before they realize they are exceptional and have moved beyond what their parents can teach them. Through clever hacking, they open up a world of knowledge, crack artificial intelligence, and build their first supercomputer. However, Daesh is the ever-present threat to their community's existence. Sameria and Jacob are now in direct confrontation, and there can be only one survivor. They can no longer wait for the outside world; change must start with them.

Rebecca McBride, forced into a marriage to save her child sees her daughter Mary sold of in marriage to a passing settler. Determined to save her only reason for living she sets off to find Mary in the Australian bush and will do anything to get her-even murder.

These are easily the most challenging essays on the planet. Pinwill is an original conceptual thinker with a dry sense of humor and turn of phrase. Whether its politics, national economics, history, theology or money his writing all comes from somewhere different. You'll need to buy his essays to discover whether you love or hate them. He has even thrown in the first Profit and Loss Account ever done for the United States, and the first Comprehensive Balance Sheet ever done for Australia, to show us that he is not just a pretty face and a comedian. His "e;Mongrel Dog"e; articles are all at the expense of politicians. His pieces on money leave all bankers' ears burning. He proves with very scholarly accounts that modern nations are profitable, and suggests that the profit might be distributed as a National Dividend rather than a National Debt. Yes, he certainly comes from another place and is going to a different one as well. Walk with him for a mile and you will feel the seductive attraction of his destination.

Based on psychological theories of mindfulness and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, as well as concepts from Cognitive Behavioural therapy and psycho-education, Mr Wiggles takes children on a journey as he goes through the loss of a pet and all the emotions associated with it. Pets are often a big part of a child's life and losing them stirs up many questions and emotions for a child. This book is aimed to help children name and express emotions and can help teach them about the cycle of life and death. It is also a tool for parents and professionals to assist children to be mindful of their sadness, to notice but not stay in it. It teaches children to find healthy ways to express emotions about any loss in their lives and develop coping skills for managing grief.

Sometimes the events of life can leave us resigned to feeling trapped within a seemingly inescapable maze of intolerable suffering. A constant struggle with challenges can be a sign of living from the ego. The good news is that there are ways to transform an attitude from ego limitation to one of infinite possibilities and abundance. In a guide to improving the whole self, Geoff Keall interweaves personal stories inspired by his family's recovery from generational childhood sexual assault with practical wisdom to guide others through a simple formula that encourages a change in perspective to escape limiting views and constant mental chatter and move toward greater self-awareness in all areas of life. Through his insight and tips, others will learn how to: overcome early misunderstandings to eliminate anxiety, fears, and frustration; quiet self-defeating mind chatter; create abundance from thoughts; and live in a state of grace and calm. The Semantics of i AM shares personal anecdotes, tips, and revelations that reveal a different way of thinking that leads to inner peace and a better view of what it means to be alive.

As the Bennet sisters prepare to simultaneously marry their respective significant others in a simple ceremony, Lizzy begins laying the groundwork to assume her new role as Mrs. Darcy, mistress of Pemberley and Darcy House while Jane busily plans to become Mrs. Bingley. Amid the frenzied preparations, the sisters must find a way to carve out some semblence of independence while attending family dinners, purchasing wedding clothes, and dealing with their mother's excessive boasting. When the big day finally arrives, the sisters travel to the church where Mary and Kitty await to assist them with their gowns and flowers as dutiful maids of honour. With Lizzy on her father's left arm and Jane on the right arm, the young women walk down the aisle to marry their loves, enjoy a wedding breakfast, and open a ball at Netherfield. After Lizzy and Darcy move into Pemberley and Jane and Bingley set up residence at a nearby estate, now only time will tell where life will lead the sisters. In this imagined sequel to Pride and Prejudice, the fascinating story of Lizzy and Darcy continues, detailing their experiences both before and after they marry the love of their life.

After seeing how Jessie always gets what she wants Jasmine wants to learn how she can also make her dreams come true. Watch as Jessie teaches Jasmine all about the law of attraction and how to manifest her dreams and make them a reality.

From the moment Squeaky hatched, his family realised there was something different about him. His reaction to everyday events was not at all like the other Purple Swamp Hens. Little did they realise that this late hatch-ling was going to change the way they had always done things, and bring the whole family closer together.

In "e;Walking Through Rain"e; the author John Martin Pryde shares his experiences of his life journey. The poetry together with each reflection, takes the reader on a voyage through childhood and adult experiences and explains the impact that childhood abuse has had in shaping and challenging his life experiences as both a child and as an adult. His story serves as a backdrop for the discussion of a serious issue which has impacted millions of people across all countries and cultures. Pryde takes the crime of abuse and offers a personal insight into coping and managing the issue as a victim. He offers strategies whch have worked for himself and shows how poetry can be a sanctuary and a form of comfort to heal and cope with pain. The book concludes by acknowledging the love and support he has received from family and the important role they have played in his healing.

Are you tired? Tired of the daily rat-race of juggling a corporate job (which let's be honest you don't really enjoy) whilst running a household and trying to spend time with your family, let alone having any time to yourself?Are you fed up that the higher you try to climb the corporate ladder, the harder it gets, the more politics you encounter and the rewards seem even further away? Are you tired of feeling you are taking one step forward and three steps back with your finances, freedom and life?Have you tried network marketing in the past and failed? You made lists, you contacted everyone you knew and yet your result was a big, fat ZERO?Or perhaps you have never heard of network marketing and if you have, you have a poor opinion of it.Victoria has been there and done that! Climbing the corporate ladder for years only to be dumped on the scrap heap made her search for an answer to the niggling thought inside her head that 'there has to be more to life than this'. Her search led her on a personal journey of discovery which resulted in overcoming beliefs which were limiting her success, to now earning multiple income streams.The focus of this book is on network marketing, dispelling the myths and rumours which surround this industry and showing how with the right mindset, you too can achieve success.

In this book, Rozak Tatebe reviews the conflict between science and religion through history, recognizing that notions of God and the soul were devalued with the rise of scientific materialism in the 19th century. Tatebe offers an alternate vision of a future where the soul in each of us recognizes its rightful place as our life guide, and shows us how be free from the domination of greed and self-interest. One way to this new path is through the spiritual transformation offered by the Latihan - a simple yet profound spiritual exercise accessible to all of humanity.