Men's Fitness UK

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At the beginning of 2019, I decided it would be the best year of my life. With a list of New Year’s resolutions nearly as long as the half marathon I'd be signing up for, I set about making ‘Operation Self-Improvement’ a reality. Meditation apps

MASK The Magazine

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To do and not to do. That is the question… Technology has surely shown us all the good and not-so-good sides of it. There is no doubt technology has helped us as a society, especially during COVID-19. Americans who once commuted to office buildings c

Post Magazine

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Self-help author Li Jin's Potential: Awaken the Sleeping Giant in Your Heart (2005) advises readers on how to access their untapped mental potential and to stop being held back by their own expectations and negative thoughts. Soni Cheng, guitarist of

Men's Health Australia

11 min read

THERE ARE a lot of reasons to listen to Mark Manson. He has the unvarnished wisdom of a bartender in a fishing town, for one thing. With his 2016 mega bestseller, The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, Manson set out to contradict everything other self

Literary Hub

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Walk into a contemporary bookstore and self-help manuals are likely to be among the first books you’ll see. In my local Barnes & Noble, a “self-improvement” section is featured in the vestibule, luring customers before they even open the store’s main

Australian Men's Fitness

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I’d be learning a language, naturally ( Japanese couldn’t be that hard, could it?) and while I was at it, why not turn the average two-bedroom house I’d recently bought with my girlfriend into the dream home we’d been planning? Call it post-Christmas

The Atlantic

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New Year’s resolutions are the perfect opportunity for consumer brands to remind you of all the ways you could be better.

New Philosopher

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You would think that the best remedy for the fatigue and stress experienced by two out of three American workers would be better working conditions. But researchers at UCLA’s School of Management have a different solution: a new mindset. Work on a ho

Literary Hub

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Self-help books sell. They regularly top The New York Times bestseller list; they are often adapted into major films and shows in spite of being direct, didactic and without a plot. What they typically offer is transformation, should the reader follo

Literary Hub

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There was a period of my life when, though I defined myself as a reader and a writer, the words I was consuming weren’t what anyone would recognize as having literary merit. I’d lie in bed for hours, querying Google about “anxious attachment” or “how

Essentials South Africa

4 min read

When life gets tough, it’s natural to seek guidance, and that’s when a self-help book can really have an impact on our mental state and day-to-day. ‘Often when we are “stuck” with a problem or are unhappy, it’s because we have limited knowledge, too

Woman & Home Feel Good You

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ABOUT SELF-HELP BOOKS? YOU AREN’T ALONE. REVEAL THE ONES THAT WORKED FOR THEM… When life gets tough, it’s natural to seek guidance, and that’s when a self-help book can really help. “Often when we are ‘stuck’ with a problem or are unhappy, it’s becau

Journal of Alta California

2 min read

For some people, age is just a number. For Molly Shaffer Van Houweling, turning 45 this year heralded a series of numbers: 41 kilometers and 2,397 meters; 2 minutes and 29.161 seconds; 1 minute and 18.435 seconds. Those are Van Houweling’s marks in c

Artists & Illustrators

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“The first art class I attended was a life drawing session with the etcher John T Freeman. I had never been life drawing before, so I was nervous about the idea of working from an unclothed model but that worry dissipated as we began. “Any fears I

Woman's Own

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When life gets tough, it’s natural to seek guidance, and that’s when a self-help book can help. ‘Often when we are “stuck” with a problem or are unhappy, it’s because we have limited knowledge, a too narrow viewpoint or a lack of practical ideas on w

Ultimate Adventure Bike

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For many taking part there is a common theme…they’ve sampled a BMW at a GS Experience event, borrowed a mate’s or simply felt drawn to this style of bike and what it can offer. They may have years of road experience but are looking for more adventure

Literary Hub

2 min read

Mighty Writers, a Philadelphia-based nonprofit, offers free educational programs to kids in seven different neighborhoods in the area. When the coronavirus pandemic forced a halt to in-person instruction, they shifted their focus to educating kids on

Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

1 min read

Department for Transport stats show that 72 per cent of the 44,300 learners who took the practical motorcycle test during the last 12 months passed. Overall pass rates for practical tests have steadily risen from the 61 per cent recorded in 2009-10.

Farmer's Weekly

1 min read

There has been an increase in the enrolment for agricultural subjects among high school students over the past year. Learners in these subjects have excelled, and agricultural schools in particular have seen high pass rates. Weston Agricultural Colle

Autosport

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Motorsport UK’s talent pathway exists to enable drivers to follow in the footsteps of McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris or World Rally winner Elfyn Evans, become the next Jamie Chadwick or navigate their way into the world of co-driving. The Moto

Woman's Weekly

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This is a good week for developing one of your many talents. Anything that boosts your skills will be beneficial. Keep stepping out and trying new things. It might be scary at first, but it will soon feel truly exhilarating. This is a great time fo

Stamp Collector

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A new stamp marks the fortieth anniversary of the adoption of ‘Section E’ a new approach to education in Luxembourg which emphasised the importance of visual communication and creativity in the classroom. This change of focus was tested for the first

Business Traveller Asia-Pacific Edition

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AS BUSINESS TRAVELLER ASIA-PACIFIC enters its 14th year of association with the Chi Heng Foundation (CHF), we are proud that our efforts, and those of our many partners in the hotel and airline industries, are making a real difference to the lives of

Woman's Day Magazine NZ

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With these strange, surreal times our kids are living through, we’re being told by the experts to keep up as much routine for them as possible. To keep the kids busy with books or household chores, or activities like board games, and keep their bodie

Los Angeles Times

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Monday unfolded as exactly the sort of day that we'd hoped wouldn't happen. Frustrated teachers picketed Los Angeles Unified schools in the cold rain. Students who didn't stay home were walking the line in sympathy, or, if they showed up for classes,

The Railway Magazine

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Years active at the SLNRM: 2015 to present Role: Senior Co-ordinator Previously a conservator for all of the Sierra Leone museums, Abu took over the role of co-ordinator from Mohamed Bangura (previously general manager of the works and the man respo

NPR

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The districts cite "skyrocketing infection rates" in the coronavirus pandemic in Southern California.

Outdoor Life

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outdoor life DECEMBER/JANUARY 2O18 EVERYONE HAS A LESSON to learn, but also to teach— and some are better than others at making curriculum stick. That’s the idea behind this roster of “teachers,” who are shaping how we think about our world. Their su

Shooting Times & Country

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A secondary school teacher from Blackpool — who has been in school to look after vulnerable children — has been using lockdown as an opportunity to teach his pupils about the countryside and wildlife management. David Jenkinson, who is assistant dire

Pretoria News Weekend

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FOR the first time in the history of the country’s National Senior Certificate (NSC) exams, there will be a national re-write of two exams. This comes after both the Maths Paper 2 and Physical Sciences Paper 2 were leaked two weeks ago. According to