![]() ![]() When you get to the 40%, you need to tap into a hidden reserve or energy and motivation. When your mind is telling you that you’re done, completely exhausted and not able to go any further, you’re only at about 40% of your potential. Most of us tap into only 40% of our capabilities. Instead of focusing on what you think you deserve, figure out what you want and be willing to pay the dues required to get it. Being entitled is a disempowering mindset. Life won’t always go your way, so if you start thinking that it will, you’ll be disappointed and less effective. Key Takeaways It doesn’t always go your way □ If you enjoy this summary and want to get access to a growing and searchable digital collection of 100+ book summaries like this, check out Foundations. His story reveals how mastering your mind, hard work, and becoming friends with pain can help you achieve the unimaginable. David Goggins shares how he transcended poverty and abuse to become one of the world’s top endurance athletes. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The feeling of having one’s rightful position usurped stands as a tremendous insult to the honor and dignity of people who believe this. Cutting in LineĪ major driver of the resentment felt by many Tea Party members is the belief that undeserving “others” have cut in front of them in the line to the American Dream. By understanding their culture of honor, we can gain deep insight into how members of the right view themselves as losing status and position in the world-critical if we are to overcome the empathy wall and find common ground. Now, we need to expand upon that analysis and explore a key theme that runs through much of right-wing politics: honor. So far, we’ve examined some of the deeper attitudes that underlie the political conservatism of Tea Party supporters. More than environmental concerns, many conservatives claim that their faith in God and their belief in traditional family values are most important to them-and that their commitment to these values is what cements their loyalty to the Republican Party.įor them, the federal government is the far bigger threat to their way of life, with liberal politicians like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton representing a direct affront to their values. ![]() While many Louisiana Tea Party members may lament the loss of the natural environment and the old Cajun way of life at the hands of the petrochemical industry, they insist that they are grateful for the jobs and economic opportunity that these companies bring. ![]() ![]() ![]() It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl - Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra - until a rumor places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor. While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times.īut now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries. The Wizards Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. This Booktrack Edition adds an immersive musical soundtrack to your audiobook listening experience!*Ī deadly coup within the Wizard's Guild leaves the Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, gravely injured, and his ward Ciri missing in the third book of the New York Times best-selling series that inspired the Netflix show and the hit video games. ![]() ![]() ![]() The title of the anthology is taken from David Levithan's short story, "A Word From the Nearly Distant Past," which is the first short story in the book: "He has no idea how beautiful the ordinary becomes once it disappears." ![]() Most of the stories are written from the perspective of people in their late teens or 20s. Three stories feature transgender characters, and two explore how nationality and language barriers interact with sexual orientation. Cart's six-page introduction declares the theme of the anthology to be "what it might mean to be gay, lesbian, or transgender." The introduction introduces each author, briefly describes their story entry, and provides a very brief note about how the story confronts the concept of sexual identity. The anthology contains an introduction by editor Michael Cart, and the 12 stories. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Making friends was difficult for James then, partly because she was a Black goth nerd who loved Harry Potter and Xena: Warrior Princess, and partly because she’d been raised with incorrect perceptions about other Black people. This made James a legacy student, and she was used to being at Taft, she even knew some of the teachers.Įven so, private school was an adjustment. ![]() That had been a natural conclusion: after the school began accepting African Americans, James’ father was of the first Black graduates. She spoke from experience: James had graduated from Taft, a private high school in Connecticut. Do-able, as in the new book “Admissions” by Kendra James, if you didn’t have other frustrations to deal with.įor three years after college, Kendra James’ Saturday mornings were set: she spent them speaking to low-income parents and prospective students at a private high school on the upper east side of Manhattan, talking about the benefits of private school and the “golden tickets” that would pay for this opportunity. Do-able, if you could run fast, leap over crouching freshmen, and dodge slow-moving teachers. A hundred-eighty seconds to rush from room to room, always on the opposite sides of campus – do-able, as long as you didn’t have to fetch something from a locker or another spot. ![]() ![]() ![]() Nightmares! (Bk 1) is a Texas Bluebonnet Nominee And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. well, that’s something only Charlie can face. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world. ![]() What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. He had to move into her purple mansion-the creepiest place in Cypress Creek.ģ. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.Ģ. The hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares! is a Texas Bluebonnet nominee and the first book in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.ġ. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor Segel and co-author Miller."- Publishers Weekly ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Throughout his book, Alcorn presents facts, logic, and helpful Bible passages. He begins with the statement, “It’s uncertain when human life begins….” And he follows with this response: if we aren’t sure when human life begins, “shouldn’t the benefit of the doubt go to preserving life?” He then goes a step further, quoting prominent scientists and physicians who agree we do know when human life begins: conception. Why are you personally against it? And isn’t the only good reason to be against abortion a reason that would dictate you would be against other people having an abortion? Because if it doesn’t take a human life, then what’s the big deal?Īlcorn’s book contains roughly 40 pro-choice arguments followed by detailed rebuttals. ![]() Here’s Alcorn discussing the book in 2017 at Veritas Evangelical Seminary.ĪLCORN: When somebody says, ‘I’m personally against abortion but I still think others have the right to choose,’ they think they’re taking the moral highground. Wade, author and pastor Randy Alcorn published his book, ProLife Answers to ProChoice Questions. To mark that grim milestone, Emily Whitten has a very helpful recommendation that tackles the most common pro-abortion arguments.ĮMILY WHITTEN, REPORTER: In 1992, 20 years after Roe v. January 22nd marks the 49th anniversary of the Roe v. Thank you for turning to WORLD Radio to help start your day. MARY REICHARD, HOST: Today is Tuesday, January 4th. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Starring Anna Chancellor and Michael Perceval-Maxwell. Starring Caroline Martin, Robert Glenister and Roger Allam.įrom the moment their eyes meet across a packed gaming room, Gwendolen Harleth and Daniel Deronda are irresistibly drawn to one another - and their fates become eternally and tragically entwined. In 1830s England, passionate idealist Dorothea Brooke yearns to right society's wrongs. Starring George Costigan and Rebecca Callard. Reclusive, embittered miser Silas Marner finds salvation when he fosters a little foundling girl - but his life with Eppie is threatened when her biological father makes a claim on her. This classic tale of rejection and reconciliation stars Deborah Findlay, Jasmine Hyde, Tom Goodman-Hill and David Tennant. Eliot's haunting story of love betrayed and rewarded stars Thomas Arnold and Victoria Liddelle.įree-spirited country girl Maggie Tulliver must look outside the love of her own family to find the fulfilment she craves. ![]() Summer, 1799, and in the Staffordshire village of Hayslope, one of Lisbeth Bede's sons has marriage on his mind. This BBC Radio collection presents dramatisations of her five most famous novels, as well as an exploration of her life through her fictional characters. One of the greatest English authors of the 19th century, George Eliot is renowned for her realistic storytelling and insight into the human psyche. ![]() ![]() ![]() He sits on Willy's drawings, he stalks Bobo from outside the tent, and he finds a way to collapse the whole fantasy along with Willy's tent. There's a jungle (where monkeys come from, he points out) and a snake that scares the illustration of Earl away.Įarl obviously wants to be part of this jungle adventure. Willy gathers paper, pencils, and crayons and stretches out on the floor and begins illustrating and narrating his story for Bobo as he draws. YOU'LL HAVE A SCARY ADVENTURE, AND I'LL SAVE YOU." ![]() Willy finds the ending very unsatisfactory. Willy manages to get to the book's conclusion as Earl sits to the side, contemplating his next move. He jumps on Willy's head, and when Willy shoos him away, he jumps on the back of the chair, leans over, and puts his paws on the open book. But things just aren't working out.Įarl the Cat obviously feels left out, and keeps trying to work his way into that cozy storytime setting. Willy is all settled in a comfy armchair, his sock monkey Bobo beside him, and a book about a really big dinosaur open on his lap. ![]() ![]() Items in order will be sent as soon as they arrive in the warehouse. The Enemy is a closed door romance, perfect for readers who love lots of sizzle but no explicit content. Ha! Who am I kidding? This is Ryan we're talking about. His interest in me is nothing but a continuation of the games we played in high school.right? But the longer he stays, the more I wonder if I'm wrong and his tender smile and heated attentions are genuine. I must stay strong until the wedding is over and Ryan scurries back into whatever alternate universe he escaped from. He wasn't supposed to look like this or pursue me like a sexy guided missile. ![]() I'm a successful bakery owner now, and I plan to rub every delicious detail of my life in his ugly face. But tonight.I resurrect the battle.Ryan Henderson is back in town for our best friends' wedding, and I plan on showing him exactly how much I don't care about him-or the almost kiss he ruthlessly dangled over me after graduation.A lot has changed since our feuding days. Twelve years since he won our war of wits by outsmarting me with a tactic I didn't even know was allowed. It's been twelve years since I've seen him. ![]() |