Products tagged with: practical
Baby-led Weaning: Helping Your Baby to Love Good Food
Contrary to popular belief, there is no research that supports the current mainstream view that babies should be weaned by being spoon-fed purées. Self-feeding allows babies to use their natural abilities to explore taste, texture, colour and smell. It encourages independence and confidence by allowing them to experiment with foods at their own pace and helps to develop hand
Being Confident: Tips and Techniques to Help You Unlock Your Potential
Would you like the confidence to achieve your goals and go for whatever you want?The good news is that anyone can learn how to be more confident and assertive. All it takes is some simple techniques and a change of attitude.Body language expert and motivational speaker Judi James reveals the secrets to transforming your confidence. Learn how to:- master the art of small talk- be assertive in the workplace- make a great impression on a first date- impress others with your public speaking or performing- be ready to crack any social sceneThis is an empowering guide that will give you the confidence to impress in any social situation.
Confidence In Just Seven Days
Some people are just plain shy but, amazingly, some of the seemingly most confident and successful people find certain areas of their life difficult to negotiate. This may be at work; it may be about finding the right partner; it may be about speaking in front of 100 people. The aim of the book is to provide the tools to improve your overall confidence and self-esteem. The book elaborates on the techniques shown on the primetime BBC 2 series, Confidence Lab, in which 12 people are taken to a country house hotel and 're-educated' over a week. The results were even better than expected, with all 'Labees' reporting significant improvements to their lives.
Courage And Confidence
'To a large extent our lives are made by thoughts and ideas . . It is my sincere hope that this book will inspire you and lift your spirit. ' Norman Vincent Peale in the Introduction. Norman Vincent Peale's anthology includes the works of inspired writers, the thoughts of great men, and anecdotes about remarkable people. From The Bible of Shakespeare, Theodore Roosevelt to Helen Keller, George Eliot to Walt Whitman. The result is truly a treasury of courage and confidence. The material in this book is arranged in twelve sections. Each offers a different approach to dealing with concerns such as: how to banish fear; loving and being loved, the art of thankfulness, the power of prayer and how to find happiness. There is something for everyone in the anthology. Like Norman Vincent Peale's bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking, it will guide you toward peace of mind and the will to live the fullest possible life.
Creating Self Esteem
Creating Self-Esteem, from the bestselling author of 60 Ways to Feel Amazing, is a practical and inspirational approach to developing self-awareness and confidence. Expert counselor Lynda Field shows with warmth and humour how to balance the self at every level
Dyslexia: How to survive and succeed at work
Dyslexic people face many problems in the workplace: difficulties with reading and writing, memory, organisation and time management, and a recent TUC report on dyslexia in the workplace estimates that 3 million people are affected.Dyslexia: How to survive and succeed at work is written by a leading expert in the field for people of all backgrounds and abilities and will help you to master complex organisational skills, deal with a large workload and cope with the demands of deadlines. It also shows how to improve confidence, deal with stress, and build on the creative talent that many dyslexics possess.Dyslexia: How to survive and succeed at work:- Explains what dyslexic and dyspraxic difficulties are- Describes how they affect workplace efficiency- Offers strategies to manage dyslexic difficulties and reduce their adverse effect on work efficiency- Provides information about ways in which employers can help dyslexic employees
Fat Is A Feminist Issue
THE ORIGINAL ANTI-DIET BOOK IS BACK - In one volume together with its bestselling sequelWhen it was first published, Fat Is A Feminist Issue became an instant classic and it is as relevant today as it was then. Reflecting on our increasingly diet and body-obsessed society, Susie Orbach's new introduction explains how generations of women and girls are growing up absorbing the eating anxieties around them. In an age where women want to be sexy, nurturing, domestic goddesses, confident at work, and feminine too, the twenty-first-century woman is poorly armed for survival. Never before has the Fat Is A Feminist Issue revolution been more in need of revival.Exploring our love/hate relationship with food, Susie Orbach describes how fat is about so much more than food. It is a response to our social situation; the way we are seen by others and ourselves. Too often food is a source of anguish, as are our bodies. But Fat Is A Feminist Issue discusses how we can turn food into a friend and find ways to accept ourselves for who and how we are. Following the step-by-step guide, and you too can put an end to food anxieties and dieting.
Fat Is A Feminist Issue
THE ORIGINAL ANTI-DIET BOOK IS BACK - In one volume together with its bestselling sequelWhen it was first published, Fat Is A Feminist Issue became an instant classic and it is as relevant today as it was then. Reflecting on our increasingly diet and body-obsessed society, Susie Orbach's new introduction explains how generations of women and girls are growing up absorbing the eating anxieties around them. In an age where women want to be sexy, nurturing, domestic goddesses, confident at work, and feminine too, the twenty-first-century woman is poorly armed for survival. Never before has the Fat Is A Feminist Issue revolution been more in need of revival.Exploring our love/hate relationship with food, Susie Orbach describes how fat is about so much more than food. It is a response to our social situation; the way we are seen by others and ourselves. Too often food is a source of anguish, as are our bodies. But Fat Is A Feminist Issue discusses how we can turn food into a friend and find ways to accept ourselves for who and how we are. Following the step-by-step guide, and you too can put an end to food anxieties and dieting.
How To Become A Great Boss: Winning rules for getting and keeping the best employees
The workplace is now smarter and more competitive than ever, so it pays for managers to be alert to the ways that good staff can be attracted and motivated. Bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox has created How To Become A Great Boss for anyone who manages staff and wants to inspire excellence and loyalty. It demonstrates how fostering teamwork within a network of support will create the workforce you want and help you to stay on top. The great boss simple success formula includes:--Hire only top-notch people--Put the right people in the right job--Listen to your staff--Remove frustration and barriers that fetter the people--Say 'thank you' publicly and privatelyJeffrey J. Fox, renowned for his innovative approach to business, has pondered the problem of acquiring great workers and motivating them to excel, and come up with this pithy and effective collection of rules to achieve these aims.
How To Become A Great Boss: Winning rules for getting and keeping the best employees
The workplace is now smarter and more competitive than ever, so it pays for managers to be alert to the ways that good staff can be attracted and motivated. Bestselling author Jeffrey J. Fox has created How To Become A Great Boss for anyone who manages staff and wants to inspire excellence and loyalty. It demonstrates how fostering teamwork within a network of support will create the workforce you want and help you to stay on top. The great boss simple success formula includes:--Hire only top-notch people--Put the right people in the right job--Listen to your staff--Remove frustration and barriers that fetter the people--Say 'thank you' publicly and privatelyJeffrey J. Fox, renowned for his innovative approach to business, has pondered the problem of acquiring great workers and motivating them to excel, and come up with this pithy and effective collection of rules to achieve these aims.
How To Become A Marketing Superstar: Essential Rules of Business Success
The idea of marketing is simple. The doing of marketing is hard. It is the marketer's job to generate revenue, to ring the cash register. Recent studies show that at least 90% of ads are not read or are unintelligible. Money is squandered because of weak messages, cluttered images and poor creative strategy. In addition, selling is one of the least efficient and effective parts of the marketing mix - 95% of all salespeople never ask for the order. If you want to find out how to get and keep customers and make that cash register ring, How to Become a Marketing Superstar is the book for you.
How To Develop Self-Confidence
Drawing on Dale Carnegie's years of experience as a business trainer this book will show you how to overcome the natural fear of public speaking, to become a successful speaker and even learn to enjoy it. His invaluable advice includes ways to: - Develop poise - Gain self-confidence - Improve your memory - Make your meaning clear - Begin and end a talk effectively - Interest and charm your audience - Improve your diction - Win an argument without making enemies
How To Enjoy Your Life And Job
Life is very much what we make it, and since most of us spend the greater part of our lives at work, it follows that we should be making the best of our working lives. This book demonstrates that anyone can achieve greater satisfaction in both their home life and their job by learning to integrate business, social and personal fulfilment. It includes: - Seven ways to peace and happiness - Fundamental techniques for handling people- Ways to win people to your way of thinking - Ways to change people without giving offence or arousing resentment Dale Carnegie isolates and explores the feelings of harmony, excitement and purpose that will enable us to transcend boredom, frustration and fatigue - making the best of our inner resources and realising our full potential.
How To Get What You Want And Want What You Have
OPRAH WINFREY LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH SHE ASKED JOHN GRAY TO TAKE OVER AN ENTIRE EPISODE OF HER SHOW TO TALK ABOUT IT! Millions of readers have experienced John Gray's healing advice through his Mars & Venus series. Now this master therapist takes therapy to the next level with a brilliant new personal success programme. Combining Western healing techniques with Eastern Meditation, Gray presents an innovative and proven method to become happy, confident, and at peace through his five steps to personal success. This book shows you how to: *Identify and take responsibility for the blocks to your personal success. *Understand your soul's desire *Release negative emotions *Identify needs and take action *Decide what you want each day and put your life together in order to achieve it. John Gray's book allows you to acknowledge, forgive and transcend the pain of the past in order to recognise & achieve your soul's desire
How To Stop Worrying And Start Living
Worry affects everyone and descends with ease upon work, money, family life and relationships. This book offers practical strategies for breaking out of this destructive habit, before it breaks you. Dale Carnegie shows how worry has been conquered by thousands, some famous, but most just ordinary people, and offers practical suggestions for leading a more positive and enjoyable life. Worry-free tips include: - Fundamental facts you should know about worry - A magic formula for solving worry situations - How to eliminate fifty per cent of your business worries - Seven ways to cultivate a mental attitude that will bring you peace and happiness - How to keep from worrying about criticism - Six ways to prevent fatigue and worry - Personal tips from those who have conquered worry Try his methods today and this book could change the way of your future.
Instant Confidence
Would you like to have the confidence to go for anything you want in life?Paul McKenna Ph.D. is the world
Instant Life Coach: 200 Brilliant Ways to be Your Best
Instant Life Coach is packed full of excellent ways to enjoy and take charge of your life. In it, bestselling author Lynda Field offers simple and direct advice that can be taken on board at a glance, but which will help you change your life for the better. You will discover instant tips on how to have fantastic relationships, make the most of each day, look good, deal with your finances and career, increase your personal power, create self-esteem, and fulfil your true potential. Easy to follow, but brimming with helpful ideas, however busy you are, Instant Life Coach will help you to make the most of every single day of your life.
Lend Me Your Ears: All you need to know about making speeches and presentations
The past twenty years has seen the emergence of an industry standard model of presentation - the slide show. Yet research has shown that audiences are deeply dissatisfied with this mode of public speaking. In Lend Me Your Ears Max Atkinson - a highly experienced speaker and trainer, having been involved in speech writing for business, politics and the arts for 30 years - uses the findings of recent scientific research combined with the rules of classical rhetoric to highlight the secrets of successful persuasion. Using extensive research based on empirical evidence, Max has developed a new and provocative way of looking at speech making, providing the reader with practical and simple guidelines, exercises and tips to improve performance, including:--advice on the use of classical rhetoric--how to prepare speeches when in a rush--the myths surrounding visual aids --the use of body language. And much more! This is destined to be the definitive text in this area.