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This is an audiobook about everything you were never taught at school. It's about how to understand your emotions, find and sustain love, succeed in your career, fail well and overcome shame and guilt. It's also about letting go of the myth of a perfect life in order to achieve genuine emotional maturity. Written in a hugely accessible, warm and humane style, The School of Life is the ultimate guide to the emotionally fulfilled lives we all long for - and deserve.

In ancient Greece or Rome, philosophers were seen as natural authorities on the most pressing questions. However, since then, the idea of finding wisdom from philosophy has come to seem bizarre. Enter a university department today and ask to study wisdom, and you will politely but firmly be shown the door. The Consolations of Philosophy sets out to refute the notion that good philosophy must be irrelevant and gathers together six great philosophers who were convinced of the power of philosophical insight to work a practical effect on our lives.

Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the acts of selfcare or therapy in which we find respite; and the days we finally reclaim a sense of stability. Written with understanding and kindness, it is both a source of companionship in our loneliest moments - whether it's a relationship breakdown, a career setback or anxiety around the everyday - and a practical guide that will help us find reasons for hope.

View your sex life in a different light and learn how it can make you happier. Sex is the most intimately human experience there is. It is can also be the most confusing. Our desire to be together conflicts with our desire to avoid vulnerability and appear ‘normal’, leaving us detached, desensitised or embarrassed. Covering topics including adultery, lust, pornography and impotence, Alain de Botton argues that 21st century sex will always be a balancing act of trust versus risk, and of primal desire versus studied civility.

Aside from love, few actvities seem to promise us as much happiness as going traveling: taking off for somewhere else, somewhere far from home, a place with more interesting weather, customs, and landscapes. But although we are inundated with advice on where to travel, few people seem to talk about why we should go and how we can become more fulfilled by doing so.

For anyone who ever wondered what Marcel Proust had in mind when he wrote the one-and-a-quarter-million words of In Search of Lost Time (while bedridden no less), Alain de Botton has the answer. For, in this stylish, erudite and frequently hilarious book, de Botton dips deeply into Proust’s life and work - his fiction, letter, and conversations – and distils from them that rare self-help manual: one that is actually helpful.

We spend vast amounts of time acquiring confidence in narrow technical fields: quadratic equations or bioengineering; economics or pole vaulting. But we overlook the primordial need to acquire a more free-ranging variety of confidence - one that can serve us across a range of tasks: speaking to strangers at parties, asking someone to marry us, suggesting a fellow passenger turn down their music, changing the world. This is a guidebook to confidence, why we lack it and how we can acquire more of it in our lives.

How to Get Out of This World Alive is an unique synthesis of psychology, philosophy, mysticism, and metaphysics. It provides practical tools for the listener who wants to be truly alive at all levels. Techniques developed and tested over 30 years are clearly set out to help you shift from making losing choices to winning ones.

We all worry about what others think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. For the first time, Alain de Botton gives a name to his universal condition and sets out to investigate both its origins and possible solutions. He looks at history, philosophy, economics, art, and politics - and reveals the many ingenious ways that great minds have overcome their worries. The result is a book that is not only entertaining and thought-provoking - but genuinely wise and helpful as well.

Yes, success can be scary. Fortunately, you can make sure to fail at everything you undertake. In this book, you will discover the 7 habits of people who fail at everything they attempt. And the good news is that it won't require too much effort from you.

Too Big To Fail è un podcast di finanza personale pressapochista, lazzarone, disordinato, pigro ed anche un po' antipatico.Proprio come te.Parliamo di soldi, come farli (in teoria), come spenderli (in pratica) e come risparmiarli ed investirli quando le mucche sono grasse e le cavallette son state uccise dal DDT.Parliamo (senza dare consigli finanziari, sia mai che ci arrestano) di come investire i tuoi soldi. E di come investiamo i nostri.Parliamo di carriera, d'imprenditoria, di politica solo quando ci scappa, di religione praticamente mai. Di sesso parliamo di rado ma ci pensiamo spesso, ...

Algunas personas nunca parecen heridas por la desgracia. Están volviendo, pero se levantan y miran resueltamente hacia el futuro. ¿Quiénes son estas aves raras? Y, sobre todo, ¿cómo hacer como ellos?

Déterminé à contrer tous les ennemis et à améliorer la vie d’autrui? Eh bien, que vous le croyiez ou non, ce livre vous démontrera que vous pouvez aspirer au même statut. Vous pouvez, dans votre vie, devenir un super-héros.

Manche Menschen scheinen nie von ihrem Unglück erdrückt zu sein. Nach einem großen Misserfolg oder dem Verlust eines Arbeitsplatzes oder geliebten Menschen heben sie sich einfach selbst auf und wenden sich entschlossen der Zukunft zu. Es gibt ein Wort für die Qualität, die diejenigen, die überleben und sich erholen, von denen unterscheidet, die aufgeben: Resilienz. In diesem Buch stellt uns der Autor die 10 Schlüssel zur Widerstandsfähigkeit vor und verwendet Dutzende von Beispielen aus dem wirklichen Leben, um zu zeigen, wie auch wir die Gewohnheiten lernen können.

Ce qui importe, c’est que vous vous remettiez au diapason de votre vie. Vous n’avez pas à y jouer les figurants ou les faire-valoir. Vous devez reprendre le rôle qui vous est destiné : celui du héros qui fera que votre vie aura valu la peine d’être vécue. Pour cela, vous devrez, tout au long de ces pages, vous inspirer de ces merveilles que sont les plantes qui nous entourent.

Certaines personnes ne semblent jamais meurtries par le malheur. Elles écopent, mais se relèvent et se tournent résolument vers l’avenir. Qui sont ces oiseaux rares? Et surtout, comment faire comme eux? Les scienti ques les ont examinés sous toutes les coutures. Leurs conclusions sont étonnantes : les individus les plus solides ne sont pas spéciaux. Ils ne possèdent pas un gène particulier. Ils ne sont pas plus intelligents que les autres.

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As experts in true healthcare, we’re called to share our story powerfully. ‘From Inside-Out’ guides you through the ‘4 Levels of Influence’ so you can lead yourself, your family, community, and world. Through conversations with leaders in chiropractic and beyond, you’ll gain the Perspective, Purpose, and Power to live a meaningful story and tell it well. Learn to communicate influentially, inspire action, and master the keys to persuasion—starting with persuading yourself to lead from within. Brought to you by the TRANSFORM Speaking Academy. Hosted by Alain Desaulniers, DC

Dive into a world where your personality becomes the mirror of legendary characters. Which Fairy Tale Character Are You? is not just a book; it's an intimate adventure at the heart of your being. Imagine wandering through the mystical forests of your mind, discovering whether your essence resonates with the wisdom of an old sage or the vivacity of a fearless hero. This journey is not yours alone. It offers a prism through which to see your friends, your family, revealing how, together, you form a rich and complex tapestry of living archetypes.

For many, the population is divided into two groups: lucky and unlucky people. The former obtain satisfying jobs, happy relationships, and appear never to be bored. The latter group seems to have little other than plenty of reasons to complain! Not so fast! Of course some people have an enviable circumstance but their luck has nothing to do with fate; they have simply developed behaviors that enable them to seize the opportunities that they are presented with. Alain Samson helps you to acquire the six habits of people that make their own luck.