Books for Adults

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  • 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

    13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

    The ultimate guide to mastering your mental strength with revolutionary new strategies that work of everyone.

    Everyone knows that regular exercise leads to physical strength. But how do we strengthen ourselves mentally for the truly tough times? Or as psychologist Amy Morin asks, what should we avoid when we encounter adversity?

  • Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Hardcove

    Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones Hardcove

    The #1 New York Times bestseller. Over 10 million copies sold!

    Tiny Changes, Remarkable Results

    No matter your goals, Atomic Habits offers a proven framework for improving–every day. James Clear, one of the world’s leading experts on habit formation, reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.

  • Be Your Own Leadership Coach: Self-Coaching Strategies To Lead Your Way

    Be Your Own Leadership Coach: Self-Coaching Strategies To Lead Your Way

    Leadership is challenging. There are many complex problems to work through, decisions to be made and priorities to juggle. And, by the time you are in a leadership role, there seems to be an expectation that you should know exactly what to do and how to do it. It’ s not that simple. Often leaders are overwhelmed and confused by their responsibilities and are still discovering how to lead in a way that positively impacts others.

  • Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

    Bounce: The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice

    From the author of You Are Awesome: Find Your Confidence and Dare to be Brilliant at (Almost) Anything

    Essential reading for an astounding summer of sport; If you’ve ever wondered what makes a champion, Bounce has the answer.

  • Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds – Clean Edition

    Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds – Clean Edition

    New York Times Bestseller

    Over 4 million copies sold

    For David Goggins, childhood was a nightmare – poverty, prejudice, and physical abuse colored his days and haunted his nights. But through self-discipline, mental toughness, and hard work, Goggins transformed himself from a depressed, overweight young man with no future into a U.S. Armed Forces icon and one of the world’s top endurance athletes. The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force Tactical Air Controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events, inspiring Outside magazine to name him The Fittest (Real) Man in America.

  • Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

    Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead

    he #1 New York Times bestseller. More than 2 million copies sold!

    Look for Brené Brown’s new podcast, Dare to Lead, as well as her ongoing podcast Unlocking Us!

    From thought leader Brené Brown, a transformative new vision for the way we lead, love, work, parent, and educate that teaches us the power of vulnerability.

  • Developing Employability and Enterprise Book

    Developing Employability and Enterprise Book

    Coaching Strategies for Success in the Workplace

    By Doug Strycharczyk & Charlotte Bosworth

    Published by Kogan Page

  • Developing Mental Toughness

    Developing Mental Toughness

    Coaching Strategies to Improve Performance, Resilience and Wellbeing

    By Peter Clough & Doug Strycharczyk

  • Developing Mental Toughness In Young People – Approaches to Achievement, Well-being and Positive Behaviour

    Developing Mental Toughness In Young People – Approaches to Achievement, Well-being and Positive Behaviour

    By Doug Strycharczyk and Peter Clough

    Published by Karnac Books

  • Developing Resilient Organizations – How to Create an Adaptive, High-Performance and Engaged Organization

    Developing Resilient Organizations – How to Create an Adaptive, High-Performance and Engaged Organization

    Much of the fear and uncertainty surrounding the global recession is concerned with the adverse impact it will have on organisations and society. However, recessions are nothing new. We know from past experience that when a recession is over, there always emerge organisations and individuals who have not only survived but have thrived.

  • Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

    Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us

    Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people – at work, at school, at home. It’s wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his new and paradigm-shattering book DRIVE: THE SURPRISING TRUTH ABOUT WHAT MOTIVATES US, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today’s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to learn and create new things, and to do better by ourselves and our world.

  • Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

    Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

    A 25th anniversary edition of the number one, multi-million copy international bestseller that taught us how emotional intelligence is more important than IQ – ‘a revolutionary, paradigm-shattering idea’ (Harvard Business Review)

  • Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

    Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win

    Sent to the most violent battlefield in Iraq, Jocko Willink and Leif Babin’s SEAL task unit faced a seemingly impossible mission: help U.S. forces secure Ramadi, a city deemed “all but lost.” In gripping firsthand accounts of heroism, tragic loss, and hard-won victories in SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser, they learned that leadership―at every level―is the most important factor in whether a team succeeds or fails.Willink and Babin returned home from deployment and instituted SEAL leadership training that helped forge the next generation of SEAL leaders. After departing the SEAL Teams, they launched Echelon Front, a company that teaches these same leadership principles to businesses and organizations.

  • Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance

    In this instant New York Times bestseller, Angela Duckworth shows anyone striving to succeed that the secret to outstanding achievement is not talent, but a special blend of passion and persistence she calls “grit.” “Inspiration for non-geniuses everywhere” (People).

  • How to Create a Resilient and Positive Culture in the Workplace

    How to Create a Resilient and Positive Culture in the Workplace

    How can consultants, managers and practitioners of all types help organisations understand how to develop their resilience to setback to obstacles and be positive in embracing challenge and opportunity?

  • How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry

    How to Stop Worrying and Start Living: Time-Tested Methods for Conquering Worry

    Through Dale Carnegie’s seven-million-copy best seller (recently revised) millions of people have been helped to overcome the worry habit. Dale Carnegie offers a set of practical formulas you can put to work today, formulas that will last a lifetime! Discover how to:

     

    • Eliminate 50 percent of business worries immediately
    • Reduce financial worries
    • Turn criticism to your advantage
    • Avoid fatigue and keep looking young
    • Add one hour a day to your waking life
    • Find yourself and be yourself – remember, there is no one on earth like you!
      How to Stop Worrying and Start Living deals with fundamental emotions and ideas. It is fascinating to listen to and easy to apply. Let it change and improve you. There’s no need to live with worry and anxiety that keep you from enjoying a full, active, and happy life!