"Everyone dies, but no one is dead, " goes the Tibetan saying. It is with these words that Advice on Dying takes flight. Using a seventeenth-century poem written by a prominent scholar-practitioner, His Holiness the Dalai Lama draws from a wide range of traditions and beliefs to explore the stages we all go through when we die, which are the very same stages we experience in life when we go to sleep, faint, or reach orgasm (Shakespeare's 'little death").

The stages are described so vividly that we can imagine the process of traveling deeper into the mind, on the ultimate journey of transformation. In this way, His Holiness shows us how to prepare for that time and, in doing so, how to enrich our time on earth, die without fear or upset, and influence the stage between this life and the next so that we may gain the best possible incarnation. As always, the ultimate goal is to advance along the path to enlightenment. Advice on Dying is an essential tool for attaining that eternal bliss.

Release your imagination and recognise your creative intelligence.

Creativity is a major economic force of the 21st century. In concise steps, Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas explain what 'creativity' is and how creative thinking can be learned. Making use of exercises and case studies, the authors demonstrate essential skills for the workplace and show how developing creative ability can help us achieve harmony, balance and personal
success in our lives.

With Be Creative you'll learn techniques to free your creativity - and become inspired.

Based on the BBC book of the same name, this audio version is written and presented by the authors. Guy Claxton is a renowned consultant and lecturer and the author of Hare Brain, Tortoise Mind. Bill Lucas is a sought-after speaker and strategist, and is the author of Power Up Your Mind.

The BBC Personal Development series is aimed at anyone eager to develop and improve their skills and self-confidence. Written and presented by experts, the easy, step-by-step techniques will help generate self-confidence in an ever-competitive and pressurised society.

Other titles in the audiobook series include Get Up and Do It!, The Confidence Plan and Find The Balance.

This audiobook contains relaxation techniques which should not be practised while driving.

"Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal is a fresh, informative, and entertaining guidebook that's a must read for every young woman in America. I believe parents should read it, and then give it to their daughters. This book tells your daughter what you so desperately want her to know, but yet can't get her to hear when it comes from you." ---Dr. Phil McGraw

Life can be pretty tricky when you're a teenage girl. New things matter: Clothes. Parties. Boys. Suddenly being liked and being popular don't mean the same thing. Your parents get completely bizarre when the subject of dating comes up. A friend you've had forever stabs you in the back for no good reason. Everybody you know seems to feel free to comment on your constantly changing body. Drugs and alcohol go from being what you see "bad" kids doing on television shows to what you see your friends doing when no adults are around. How are you supposed to deal?

Since life doesn't come with a set of instructions, it helps to turn to people who have been through the stuff that you're facing. Even parents can help. (Really!) In Boys Will Put You on a Pedestal (so they can look up your skirt), former teenage boy—and current dad of two daughters —Philip Van Munching helps guide you through some of life's most confusing topics. From Beauty to Grief, from Sex to Fate, Van Munching covers the things you most want to know about and, in his wise, warm, and funny way, offers advice on how you can become the young woman you most want to be.

Most people need help to stop smoking and this CD is one of the easiest and most relaxing ways to do it!

Helps increase motivation, boost confidence and will power. Induces a deep state of relaxation and should be used once a day for three weeks. Quitting smoking is made much easier when you dissolve the habits that have been built up over the years.

Allow yourself to slip into a lovely state of relaxation as you are given positive suggestions of health and well-being. This CD has been used to help many hundreds of people successfully regain control over their health, and stop smoking for good.

All of us are looking for practical ways to take control of our lives, whether in our personal relationships, our families, our work, our health, or our future plans. Daily challenges have a way of overwhelming us, making life harder than it needs to be. The good news is that the answers are out there. And they are Easier Than You Think.

In the phenomenal bestseller Don't Sweat the Small Stuff, Richard Carlson taught millions of readers how to stop the little things in life from driving them crazy. Now, in Easier Than You Think, Carlson demonstrates how making simple yet effective changes gets our lives back on course. With his unique brand of storytelling and advice, Carlson offers proven ways that even the smallest amount of change can add up to a fortune of difference in our lives.

This is an audio book summary of Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
Goleman argues that our emotions play a much greater role in thought, decision making and individual success than is commonly acknowledged. He defines "emotional intelligence" as a set of skills, including control of one's impulses, self-motivation, empathy and social competence in interpersonal relationships. Although his highly accessible survey of research into cognitive and emotional development may not convince readers that this grab bag of faculties comprise a clearly recognizable, well-defined aptitude, his report is nevertheless an intriguing and practical guide to emotional mastery. In marriage, emotional intelligence means listening well and being able to calm down. In the workplace, it manifests when bosses give subordinates constructive feedback regarding their performance. Goleman also looks at pilot programs in schools from New York City to Oakland, Calif., where kids are taught conflict resolution, impulse control and social skills.

Transform your working and personal lives with these strategies for personal and business success.

Sometimes our goals seem like unobtainable fantasies, but the key to success is making motivational thinking part of everyday life. In Get Up and Do It! the authors explain how to develop a plan to achieve your goals by planning, practising and adopting positive thinking, as well as other problem-solving skills.

With Get Up and Do It! you'll be able to decide what you want to achieve and why, and then create a "can do" frame of mind.

Based on the BBC book of the same name, this audio version is written and presented by the authors. Beechy and Josephine Colclough are chartered psychotherapists. Beechy is well known for his work with celebrities, including Elton John, Robbie Williams and Caroline Aherne.

The BBC Personal Development series is aimed at anyone eager to develop and improve their skills and self-confidence. Written and presented by experts, the easy, step-by-step techniques will help generate self confidence in an ever-competitive and pressurised society.

Other titles in the CD series include Be Creative, The Confidence Plan and Find The Balance.

This audiobook contains relaxation techniques which should not be practised while driving.

In this audio, bestselling author Marianne Williamson delves deeply into the powerful role of change in our lives today. Far from something to fear and avoid, she says, every change -- even the most difficult and painful -- gives us an opportunity to receive the miraculous gift of personal transformation into what we are capable of becoming. The only real failure in life is the failure to grow from what we go through.

Williamson leads us across key bridges of transformation including:

-From Forgetting Who We Are to Remembering Who We Are
-From Negative Thinking to Positive Love
-From Asking God to Change the World to Praying That He Change Us
-From Living in the Past and Future to Living in the Now
-From Separation to Relationship
-From Your Plan to God's Plan
-From Who We Were to Who We Are Becoming

These simple but profound changes empower us to see life's transitions as opportunities for growth and rebirth, providing not only keys for shaping our lives today, but also hope for transforming our world into a place of greater love and peace.

For over 60 years the rock-solid, time-tested advice in this audiobook has carried thousands of now-famous people up the ladder of success in their business and personal lives.

With this truly phenomenal audiobook, learn:

* THE SIX WAYS TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU
* THE TWELVE WAYS TO WIN PEOPLE TO YOUR WAY OF THINKING
* THE NINE WAYS TO CHANGE PEOPLE WITHOUT AROUSING RESENTMENT

And much, much more!

There is room at the top, when you know...How to Win Friends and Influence People

Les Brown is one of the most popular motivational speakers in the world today. In It's Not Over Until You Win!, Brown offers a powerful and inspirational plan to help people overcome any obstacle in their lives.

Les Brown has been through countless ups and downs, suffering through personal and career crises including the cancellation of his television show and the death of his beloved mother. In this unique audio program, Brown tells you how he rose from those depths and how you can, too. It's Not Over Until You Win! demonstrates:


• How to cope with the loss of a loved one
• How to recover self-esteem when you lose your job
• How to keep away from self-destructive behavior

It's Not Over Until You Win! captures the amazing spirit of Brown's electric speaking style in a sure-fire empowerment audiobook that will help you take your life to a higher level of satisfaction and fulfillment.

Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner , internationally recognized experts in the field of leadership and authors of the best-selling Leadership Challenge , explore the important notion of legacy and the critical questions any leader must ask him or herself in order to leave a lasting impact.

 

 In a series of 22 short essays, grouped into four parts: significance, relationships, aspirations, and courage, the authors explore the thorny and often ambiguous issues that today’s leaders grapple with including why:

· People don't commit to plans, they commit to causes
· It's not the leader's vision, it's the shared vision
· There is no silver bullet
· How leading changes who you are
· How the legacy you leave is the life you lead

In what is their most personal work to date, Kouzes and Posner zero in on the core challenges leaders face and offer up a thoughtful and reassuring perspective any leader, or aspiring leader, will learn from and enjoy.

“ Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner have done it again! In clear, concise essays filled with wisdom and insight, they set the standard of what leaders need to be in order to excel in the twenty-first century, starting with the legacy that they want to leave behind. A Leader's Legacy is a must-read, not just for those at the top of organizations but for anyone at any level who aspires to be a leader .”

-Bill George, former chairman and CEO, Medtronic; author, Authentic Leadership

James M. Kouzes is chairman emeritus of the Tom Peters Company, a leadership development firm. A popular seminar and conference speaker, he has been cited by the The Wall Street Journal as one of the twelve most requested "non-university executive-education providers" to US companies.

Barry Z. Posner is Dean of the Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University. He has served on several boards (both corporate and non-profit) and on the faculty of numerous executive education programs. He has published over 80 articles and sits on the editorial boards of several journals.

You can acquire optimism and significantly improve your life.

Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How often do you take on exciting new projects or celebrate your successes ? Now psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, one of the world's experts on motivation, shows you how to chart a new approach to living with "flexible optimism." Dr. Seligman's principles of reasoned, flexible optimism will help you rise above pessimism and the depression that accompanies negative thoughts.

LEARNED OPTIMISM shows you how to:

• Attain maximum personal achievements

• Boost your mood—-and your immune system—with healthful thoughts!

• Help your children by practicing the patterns of thought that encourage optimism at an early age. Change your interior dialogue and experience the astonishing positive results.

When you know how to choose the power of optimism, you'll gain an essential new freedom to build a life of and lasting fulfillment.

NOTE:

The Learned Optimism test referred to in this title can be accessed via:

http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande271/onlinetools/LearnedOpt.html 

 

Millions of people throughout the world have improved their lives using The Magic of Thinking Big. Dr. David J. Schwartz, long regarded as one of the foremost experts on motivation, will help you sell better, manage better, earn more money, and—most important of all—find greater happiness and peace of mind.

The Magic of Thinking Big offers useful methods, not empty promises. Dr. Schwartz presents a carefully designed program for getting the most out of your job, your marriage, family life, and your community. He proves that you don't need to be an intellectual or have innate talent to attain great success and satisfaction—but you do need to learn and understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that will get you there. This audiobook will give you those secrets!

• Believe you can succeed and you will
• Cure Yourself of the Fear of Failure
• Build Confidence and Destroy Fear
• Use Goals to Help You Grow
• Think Like a Leader

I have also read this book in hard copy, however the conveinience of being able to listen to it whilst doing other things is fantastic. As for the book itself, it is a very inspiring book that leaves you feeling very positive after only listening for a short time. You get a sence being able to achieve anything you dream for and shows you ways it can happen. Thanks

I have also read this book. This is so inspiring that you get positive energy immediately. As if he has written all secrets to success. Every sentence of the book is worth quoting. If you are failure, read it to gain immediate sucess and if you are a success read it to sustain. With Lots of Regards and Love to David Schwartz.

Give yourself the present of a better, more productive future with the Your Coach in a Box series of affordable, life-changing self-help seminars on CD

Each Coach in a Box life course empowers you to open your mind and expand your horizons under the guidance of a bestselling author or establish personal development speaker. Thees are the topics and teachers that achievement-oriented individuals have long travelled hundreds of miles and paid thousands of dollars to hear, now made available to fit any schedule and budget. Whether you're at home, in your car, or on the treadmill, Your Coach in a Box turns those empty hours into time you can devote to your most valuable asset - you!

Stop wondering what you need to do to get ahead. The skills and success secrets you need to reach your fullest potential are within your reach presented by experts who have demonstrated their ability to inspire, instruct and encourage listeners to be their best.

Achieve your dreams at your pace, your place and at a price you can't resist, with Your Coach in a Box.

Do you get bogged down with memos and email at the office? Is there never enough time for those books you've bought to get ahead? Are you always falling behind with your work, your studies or even just your newspaper and magazine subscriptions?

For years, speed-reading techniques have been reserved mostly for people who can afford the investment of an expensive course. But now you can learn to read faster in the privacy of your own home - without having to mortgage that home to pay for it!

The highly effective techniques in Master Reader will cut your reading time in half - or more - while dramatically increasing your recall and understanding of everthing you read. Drawing on years of research and experience, the reading experts who developed Master Reader have created a reading program that really works. Rather than teaching only one of two techniques, Master Reader teaches you how to:

-Read faster that you ever thought possible - in any environment.
-Eliminate wasteful, non productive reading time.
-Remember more of what your read - and be able to recall it immediately.
-Shift gears and increase comprehension for those especially difficult reading tasks.
-Listen, speak and write better, whatever the situation.
-Zip through the mountains of printed and electronic information you have to deal with every day.

"Positive Words, Powerful Results is a delight. Don't miss buying it." — Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One-Minute Manager®

Although we live in an ocean of words, we rarely acknowledge their power to uplift or put down, to inspire or discourage, to help or hurt. But in this jewel of an audiobook, Hal Urban—parent, award-winning teacher, and author of the classic Life's Greatest Lessons—shows us simple and immediate ways that we can use language to change lives—both our own and those around us.

Translated into fifteen languages with more than 7 million copies sold, The power of Positive Thinking is unparalleled in its extraordinary capacity for restoring the faltering faith of millions. In this insightful program, Dr. Peale offers the essence of his profound method for mastering the problems of everyday living. You will learn:

• How to eliminate that most devastating handicap—self doubt
• How to free yourself from worry, stress and resentment
• How to climb above problems to visualize solutions and then attain them
• Simple prayerful exercises that you can do every day, throughout the day, to reinforce your new-found habit of happiness

Eliminating all the negative thoughts that prevent you from achieving happiness and success, The Power of Positive Thinking is an inspiring program that will help you create a positive change in your life.

A Proven-Effective Program From One Of The Internet's Most Popular Motivation Coaches

Are you really motivated to achieve your dreams? The answer may surprise you. Research shows that as many as 80% of us over-estimate our level of motivation. No wonder so many dreams die unfulfilled, so many goals remain forever out of reach. Think about the important goals you could achieve if you were truly motivated. Don’t you owe it to yourself to give them your best possible shot?

Motivation expert Todd Beeler has drawn on the latest findings on motivation from over 100 researchers to develop his proven-effective program, which has helped thousands of clients finally unlock their full potential. THE SEVEN HIDDEN SECRETS OF MOTIVATION combines the insight and wisdom of psychology, philosophy and spirituality into a one-of-a-kind program that harnesses the power of cutting-edge theory and distills it into down-to-earth, pragmatic applications.

Open your mind to these breakthrough ideas, and you will:

-Learn 10 ways to uncover the unconscious beliefs that have been stopping you
-Discover the secret of the world’s top salesperson
-Master the mystery of charisma
-Find out how helping others can inspire you to help yourself
-See why the biggest problem you have right now is not really your problem
-Gain insight into the motivation habits of millionaires, and make them work for you

Packed with exercises and inspiring examples, THE SEVEN HIDDEN SECRETS OF MOTIVATION is designed to start benefiting you right away. Whatever your goal — from losing weight to saving money, from stopping procrastination to making cold calls and closing the sale—these priceless skills can help you jump - start your motivation quickly and effectively, bringing you closer to the life you know you deserve.

Two business classics, or one business classic and his new book, or two business books - however you want to describe it - here is Stanley Bing at his best - giving you the ying and the yang of the business world.

If What Would Machiavelli Do? was the meanest business book in recent history - Throwing the Elephant provides the yang to that yin.

Throwing the Elephant: Zen and the Art of Managing Up artfully, clearly, and concisely provides a thorough grounding in the Zen Buddhist attitude you will need in order to move forward and control the people you work for. This book guarantees personal enlightenment while providing literally dozens of helpful, specific exercises and solutions to the most common problems of professional life.