Motivational Psychology

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People Across the Globe Are Unhappier Than Ever Before, Keep on Reading if You Don’t Want to Be a Part of the Shocking Statistic Can you honestly say that you’re a happy person? Do you focus on what you have or are you stuck on the things missing in your life? Unhappiness in today’s world has reached record-high levels. In 2018, 13% of Americans described themselves as unhappy. That’s a significant increase of over 50% from only 8% in 1990. Regardless of the fact that economy improved over that period of time, life satisfaction went down significantly. Why? Satisfaction in life is ...

You wake up tired to a blaring alarm, forcing yourself through your morning routine, feeling like you’re just going through the motions. As you get ready for work, your anxiety builds, dreading the thought of facing your toxic boss and an overwhelming workload. At work, you struggle to focus on tasks and feel easily distracted. The weight of the day and anxiety build, and you worry about your performance and the judgment of your toxic boss and colleagues.

Employing his signature, immersive approach, Bruce Feiler is known for taking complex challenges and converting them into actionable steps that can help each of us live with more fulfillment and joy. From thousands of hours of interviews, Feiler has distilled a powerful new vision of work: The people who are happiest don’t chase someone else’s dreams; they chase their own. Freed from outdated scripts, they identify what brings them meaning and write their own story of success. The Search introduces an all-new toolkit for achieving that goal, 21 Questions to Find Work You Love.

For the first time, sporting legend Dan Carter distils his two decades at the frontiers of high-performance into his 'perfect ten' lessons. You won't find conventional wisdom here, but hard-learned truths. Honest, surprising and inspiring, The Art of Winning converts a legendary career into timeless lessons for listeners in any walk of life. Step inside the unique culture of the All Blacks - and inside the mind of a legend.

It doesn’t really matter how you developed the habit of procrastination, just that you start its demise right now. Time passes quickly and life is short. Tomorrow is now. Life is short and you need to take the 80/20 things you need or want to do to achieve you goals, write them out and start making things happen now, taking the smallest step possible to ensure success can have massive positive effects on your future.

Even before 2020, chronic loneliness was a private experience of profound anguish that had become a public health crisis. Since then it has reached new heights. Loneliness assumes many forms, from enduring physical isolation to feeling rejected because of difference, and it can have devastating consequences for our physical and mental health. As the founder of Project UnLonely, Jeremy Nobel unpacks our personal and national experiences of loneliness to discover its roots and to show how we can take steps to find comfort and connection.

În viața de zi cu zi, trăim o multitudine de schimbări: ne mutăm într-o casă nouă, ne schimbăm jobul, trecem la o altă orientare religioasă sau politică, ni se adâncesc ridurile de pe față sau încărunțim, modul în care percepem schimbările se schimbă și tot așa. Toate aceste schimbări apar de-a lungul vieții, în timp ce noi suntem uneori conștienți și alteori inconștienți de ele. Ce înseamnă, de fapt, schimbarea? Și, oare, avem control deplin asupra schimbărilor din viața noastră? Și de ce ni se întâmplă câteodată să simțim dorința de schimbare foarte acut?

If you struggle with addiction, seeking treatment is a powerful, positive first step toward eventual recovery. But gaining an understanding of the causes of addiction—such as feelings of helplessness or loss of control—is also crucial for recovery. In this book, addiction expert Suzette Glasner-Edwards offers evidence-based techniques fusing cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention to help you move past your addictive behaviors.

A partir de ocho conceptos clave que van desde la motivación y el establecimiento de objetivos hasta la toma de decisiones, Charles Duhigg nos enseña en Más agudo, más rápido y mejor por qué algunas personas y empresas consiguen ser más productivas que otras, y cómo deberíamos actuar para mejorar y conseguir nuestros objetivos con menos estrés y esfuerzo. En definitiva, ser más agudos, más rápidos y mejores en todo lo que hacemos.

El Déficit De Atención e Hiperactividad o TDAH puede llegar a generar una serie de consecuencias que impiden tener buena calidad de vida, esto si no se trata adecuadamente. En este libro vas a conocer no solo la relación entre la dopamina y el TDAH, cómo esta condición puede afectar a este neurotransmisor, también conocerás formas sencillas y muy eficaces de activar la dopamina, regularla, y combatir así de una forma natural y práctica los síntomas del TDAH.

Scott Graham, a member of the Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers, provides a simple five-week program to help you strengthen your skills in motivational interviewing. Focusing on shifting select communication styles, Graham will help you develop half-a-dozen motivational interviewing habits that will improve your effectiveness with your clients. This book includes links to tracking sheets to help you monitor your progress, as well as support from the author as you grow your skills.

Without the right mindset, no one will reach their health and fitness potential, and that's exactly what James Atkinson focuses on in this book. James Atkinson knows what it takes to set a goal, and only through sustained, consistent motivation will that goal ever be met. This book is for anyone who wants to make a change in their life but doesn't know where to start, or doesn't think they have the motivation to meet their goals because after all, motivation is a shared quality in any type of fitness goal.

When any object or purpose is held clearly in thought, its precipitation, in tangible and physical form, is merely a question of time. The vision always precedes and itself determines the realization.

This 10th anniversary edition of the beloved classic features 10 new stories written by Dr. Robbins that help listeners gain deeper insight into the role our brains play in shaping our thoughts and actions, and what we can do to be more curious and open-minded in our diverse world. Based on his study of the fields of behavioral science and cognitive neuroscience, Robbins explores unconscious bias in many of its forms, including availability bias, confirmation bias, anchoring bias, and others.

Today, in sales, business, and life, you need every advantage you can get. In Sell More with Science, David Hoffeld, the world’s leading expert on applying science to selling, shares his revolutionary three-part system to experience surefire success at home, at work, and out in the world. Here, Hoffeld utilizes research studies from social psychology, neuroscience, and behavioral economics to reveal actionable insights you can use to grow your sales, achieve more, and stay ahead of the competition.

Struggling to reignite your inner drive? Trapped in the cycle of procrastination and waning motivation? If so, It's time to transform your life, break free from inertia, and reclaim your motivation. Renowned author and coach, Misako Toro, guides you on an inspirational journey to rediscover your inner fire and sustain long-term enthusiasm. Alchemy Motivation is a clear and concise walkthrough that demonstrates how to regain your motivation. Through Misakostraight-to-the-point instructions, you’ll learn how to build motivation and overcome procrastination. As a result, you will remove ...

Do you crave relief from the constant depression or anxiety that’s exhausted your will to live and made suicide seem the only sensible solution to your unhappiness? Now, you can fight back and win by unleashing the Seven Life Hacks: a “wildly original” and surprisingly simple system to crush your inner demons and make your life worth living again.

One of the most significant names in modern psychological and motivational philosophy is French mind theorist Emile Coué. His simple formula of using mantras or affirmations to reprogram your psyche like confidence, enthusiasm, and wellness inspired many self-help giants like Napoleon Hill, Maxwell Maltz, and Anthony Robbins. Thousands around the world swear by Coué’s approach. Even the Beatles used his key mantra—“Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” In this book, you will determine for yourself if his simple approach works.

When successful people begin to feel uncertain or challenged at work, the one thing they want to know most is why things are going wrong after they have gone right for so long. In The Leadership Gap, Lolly Daskal reveals the consequences highly driven, overachieving leaders face when they continue to rely on a skill set that has always worked for them, even when it is no longer effective.