The Wheel of Wisdom Series

IF TODAY WERE THE LAST DAY OF YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU WANT TO DO WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO DO TODAY? Steve Jobs asked this question a few years ago. What is your answer? Like most people, you certainly would answer with a big ‘no.’ So what is preventing you from doing the things you love, the things that exhilarate you, the things you should do before you kick the proverbial bucket? This book is not your usual ‘bucket list’ book. It will blow your mind with items as easy-to-implement and original as sending a love letter and flowers to your future self; writing sycophantic letters to the President of the United States; shower in a waterfall with your lover; and finishing a 1,000-piece Jigsaw Puzzle. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> Who will benefit from this book? You!

THE DAYS OF LIFETIME EMPLOYMENT ARE LONG GONE, BUT A NEW PARADIGM CAN SOW HOPE IN THE HEARTS OF MILLIONS OF JOB SEEKERS. This book sheds light on that new paradigm. In 2013, management theorist Andrew McAfee gave a brilliant TED talk about what future jobs will look like, expounding the skills, mindset and verve that workers need to be productive in the long term. This book goes further and proposes a job-search blueprint that the unemployed, and active workers thinking about career moves, can use to get back to work or blaze new professional trails. It also deploys a lexicon of smart networking and effective interviewing, sketching out a clear professional vision that rewards boldness, preparation and intellectual brilliance. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will understand: * How to suitably use your time when you don’t work; * How to engineer a successful professional-networking strategy; * Why an atypical résumé yields more interviews; * How to take charge of an interview using authenticity, relevance, scarcity and audacity; and * Why you need T.A.L.E.N.T. to find work, keep it and be promoted. >>> Who will benefit from this book? * People looking for work; * Students and recent graduates; * Professionals contemplating a career shift; * U.S. Department of Labor experts; * Policymakers at state and local employment offices; * HR managers and headhunters; * Personnel in career services at colleges and universities; and * Labor economists and thought leaders in employment dynamics.

DID YOU KNOW THAT COURTESY COSTS NOTHING, BUT BUYS EVERYTHING? You certainly knew that already! But what you may not know are the countless and effective tactics that highly considerate people use to show respect to others, get what they want, and thrive in nearly everything they undertake. Through empirical research, personal testimonies and everyday observations, I have seen that exceedingly chivalrous people typically are flexible and always signal a greater openness to finding a middle way in every situation. Let me tell you how they do it. The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: Use contextual awareness to your benefit Show measured care to anybody you come across Communicate effectively and appreciate the value of patience Transform empathy and sympathy into telepathy >>> Who will benefit from this book? You.

HAS TRADITIONAL EDUCATION BECOME AN UNHAPPY AND IRREPARABLY UNPRODUCTIVE PASSAGE FOR MOST CHILDREN? The answer is not clear-cut, but the question’s social and economic overtones are. At a time when policymakers, social commentators and parents burst beyond the public-education system’s boundaries to make topics of teacher accountability, school performance and federal subsidies a source of unending socioeconomic debate, traditional education is gradually denying students a key ingredient for existential fulfillment: creativity. The book explains why creativity and imagination are as momentous as math, reading and science, excavating new ground in the debate for a better school and supplying a theoretical foundation for the solving of some of the most vexing problems faced by modern-day educators, policymakers, social scientists and businesspeople. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will understand: * Why schools kill creativity; * Why experts think that creatively oriented curricula can help balance the current didactic gap; * The upsetting detriments that children – and society as a whole – bear as a result of this gap; and * The comprehensive yet feasible solutions that policymakers can implement to fix the creativity quandary and align academic objectives with the goals of businesses and society as a whole. >>> Who will benefit from this book? * Federal education officials, including policymakers and specialists at the Department of Education; * State and local policymakers; * Teachers; * Teacher unions; * Education support professionals; * District and school leaders; * Students; * Families; and * Business and community leaders

REMEMBER THERE’S NO GATE, NO LOCK, NO BOLT THAT ANYONE CAN SET UPON THE FREEDOM OF YOUR MIND. This clever phrase by Virginia Woolf rightly sums up the essential traits you will find in mindful people, a behavioral profile this book attempts to deconstruct. In a category-by-category analysis, the book explains why the very few – the mindful few – can easily whip audiences and followers around the world into a frenzy of adulation, simply by being in tune with themselves and their environment. At a time when millions, if not hundreds of millions, of people ponder the meaning of life, the book comes as a welcome reprieve that can elicit empathy, provide solace and gradually expand the relatively barren field of people with a proclivity for mindfulness. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: * Use a mindful approach to succeed in life; * Deploy a perceptive ability in to reach personal aspirations ranging from employment and inner peace to marriage and spiritual comfort; * Maintain levelheaded expectations under all circumstances; * Blend inner voice and open-mindedness to become a better, more mindful person; and * Follow a paradigm of lifelong learning to gain experience and improve your life. >>> Who will benefit from this book? * You.

TRANSFORMING SMALL RESOLUTIONS INTO GRAND RESULTS IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK. Recent research in psychophysiology, computational neuroscience and holistic medicine has illuminated motivations about such aspects of everyday life as personal success, professional achievement, level of motivation, and academic triumph or failure. This book rummages through comprehensive data of more than 100 successful individuals – including social activists, businesspeople, politicians and top athletes – to field a simple question: How to turn a small resolution into a big result? The answer is enlightening, heartening and inspiring, especially when it comes to taking a fledgling routine and making it a strong, enduring and pleasant wellspring of human creativity. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know: * How the brain works and how to calibrate neuronal activity for greater efficiency; * How a habit is formed, and what pushes it to become a long-lasting routine; * What makes a G.R.E.A.T. resolution; * The power of the VSR+KPI model in relation to setting resolutions and reaching goals; and * The tiny habits you can convert into big results >>> Who will benefit from this book? * You.

Do you want to LIVE to your FULLEST potential...or do you want to just live your life? This book teaches you practical and surprisingly easy ways to unleash your inner talent and LIVE fully. Granted, this is not the first book — or the last — you’ll read about happiness and success, but it approaches these subjects from a unique perspective. It gives you clear keys you can apply to your daily life, unlocking your full potential right away. You don’t need to enlist the help of a specialist, commit a lot of time and money to something, or study anything. Just make a few adjustments in your life...and voila! >>> In this book, you will discover many things, including: * How to live fully while being truly in sync with what you want and need; * How to softly influence people and make them do what you want; and * How to achieve more with the little you already have. >>> Who will benefit from this book? Everyone, really — but more importantly: * People working in the health care industry, including hospices, hospitals and mental-health centers * Relationship counselors, workers in the correctional system, and spiritually oriented people * People seeking inner peace, entrepreneurs and professionals, and business executives * Youth camp organizers, politicians and government officials, and social activists

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN GOOD SPIRITS...FOR NO (CLEAR) REASON? This book shows you potent techniques and affirmations to awaken the happier, crazier, more jovial you — the inner you, the child in you. Life isn’t quite easy these days, is it? Every day we are bombarded by cues and clues that gradually and ultimately depress us: bills, the news, relationships, politics, unemployment, parenting, neighborhood violence...well, you get the idea. Surprisingly, there are people who can smartly isolate themselves from this collective feeling of gloom and doom — and live a happier, simpler and fuller life by reciting regularly a number of specific affirmations. Let us share them with you! >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it — alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: * Establish a happy mindset and a happiness mindset on a daily basis; * Apply a jovial personality to succeed in life, business, careers and relationships; and * Understand non-verbal communication in general and grasp etiquette faster wherever you go. >>> Who will benefit from this book? Everyone who likes to be happy all the time...and fool around every now and then :)!

LEARN THE EXTRAORDINARY SECRET LYING IN THE WORDS ‘THANK YOU’. This book shows you the power of gratitude and how every day the most successful people use it to thrive, seek happiness and help others. Most of us say ‘thank you’ reflexively to show good manners, appreciate favors received, enjoy serendipity or comply with etiquette. But research has shown that properly applied gratitude (not automatic or fake gratefulness) can exponentially improve your life and help you succeed in everything – yes, EVERYTHING – you undertake. The key lies in constantly following several things discussed in the book. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through thought-provoking questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: * Identify where your passion truly lies, and how to effectively follow your heart; * Use gratitude to succeed in every activity you undertake; and * Communicate and negotiate more effectively (the ‘promise in compromise’) >>>Who will benefit from this book? You.

WHAT WORD COMES TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT DEATH? The truth is, everyone has a single word in mind when he or she thinks about the “Great Equalizer,” regardless of his or her spiritual bent, social position or moral viewpoint. Dying is like being at the airport waiting for your flight – and when the moment is right, you should peacefully and confidently catch your plane. No muss, no fuss, no fear, no regrets...but pure bliss!. This book airs unconventional yet reassuring guidance on what is widely viewed as one of the most momentous questions for mortal humans: How to cope with death? In a rational, unbiased and nonreligious way, the book offers a clear picture of decease, providing a supportive voice to millions of mourners and terminally ill people who adopt myriad approaches to grapple with the question of death, the process of dying, and the ancillary phenomena that revolve around mortality (survival, guilt, grief, loss, etc.) >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will: * Understand why it makes sense to fear death * Grasp the true meaning of dying and know why you should never be scared of death * Find effective and efficient ways to overcome thanatophobia, or the fear of death * Know how to comfort the terminally ill * Understand the best way to appease mourners * Find new inspiration on life and death, and live more fully than ever. >>> Who will benefit from this book? * Everyone seeking a truthful and peaceful conversation around death and dying, especially: * Professional caregivers working with the dying * Workers in hospice care centers, nursing homes, hospitals, terminal-care facilities and assisted-living centers * Health care professionals, alternative-medicine specialists and occupational therapists * Religious leaders, spiritual healers and end-of-life counselors * Workers in the carceral system, death-penalty lawyers, and death row inmates

WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE INEXPLICABLY LUCKY THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES WHILE OTHERS SEEM ILL-FATED FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE? The answer to that question is not as sibylline as you might think. In fact, it is very easy to attract good luck. The book reveals easy yet powerful ways to set your life in motion and invite positive karma in your life, helping you understand that sometimes serendipity is shrouded in bad luck initially. It also explains, through specific tips, that good fortune can be cultivated. The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: *Chart the proper life course to attract good luck *Thrive in everything you undertake *Use key success factors in your relationship and social affairs *Jumpstart your life using powerful affirmations. >>> Who will benefit from this book? You.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT POLITICIANS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, MILITARY COMMANDERS, LAWYERS AND MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS HAVE IN COMMON? This book gives you the key to oratorical dexterity, showing you how to use seductive communication to impress your listeners and make them do what you want. Effective communication helps you reach your goal quicker, saving you time, energy and resources in the long term. For centuries, individuals from lawyers to philosophers and politicians have honed their rhetorical craft to control their listeners’ minds. Whether it is political propaganda or business communication, seductive talk helps people convey all kinds of information, from sensitive to trivial. This book lifts the veil on the most enduring techniques of seductive communication. >>> The book contains a helpful Discussion Guide. Through burning questions, the book gives extensive advice on how to use the discussion guide, how to inform decisions related to the topics at hand, and how to best read it – alone, in reading groups, with your partner, or as part of learning activities, among others. >>> After reading this book, you will know how to: * Use nonverbal communication effectively * Perceive real-time feedback clues when talking to someone; * Understand the key ingredients of effective public speaking; * Use seductive communication to make people do what you want >>> Who will benefit from this book? * Business executives, entrepreneurs and professionals in communication-heavy fields, like sales and marketing; * Lawyers, politicians, military commanders and religious leaders; * Motivational speakers and social activists * Executive coaches and public-speaking professionals * Entertainers and journalists