Aspirations of Greatness: Mapping the Midlife Leader's Reconnection to Self and Soul by Jim Warner, ISBN 0471443980
Are You Living the Illusion of Success?
Many successful people find themselves rudderless and joyless once they reach midlife.Their race for success– often defined as the accumulation of wealth and power– has dulled their sense of purpose. It’ s undermined their happiness and crippled their relationships with their families.
The passion of youth exhausted, many midlife achievers run their lives on a treadmill of activity, haunted by unresolved baggage from their past, constantly trying to outpace their fears. Often having no friends or mentors to guide them, many seek to escape rather than face their issues about money, identity, sexuality, and love. Most are open to spiritual connection, but don’ t know how or where to begin. They feel alone and scared.
Jim Warner writes with the authority of one who has been there and worked his way through to clarity and a rediscovery of self and purpose. In Aspirations of Greatness, he shares the inspiring life stories of eight high-profile people. These business and professional leaders typify the disillusionment of people in midlife who appear to " have it all, " yet yearn for purpose, connection, inner peace– along with a renewed energy and " aliveness." Like many others, they have attained affluence and power, but confess to little sense of mission or meaning in their lives. These eight stories, backed by research conducted by Warner in intimate retreat settings with hundreds of other " successful" midlif
leaders, amplify the piercing questions of people in midlife: Who am I outside of my vocation? What is my destiny? What is the role of money in my life? How do I achieve greater intimacy andcommunion with my spouse, family, friends, and God?
Warner introduces several models for navigating the treacherous rapids of midlife, with principles that apply to anyone who feels lost, lonely, or unloved.
A Story of Suffering and Hope: Lessons from Latino Youth
This amazing book captures one Catholic nun's compelling story about her work with young people who are growing up poor and tough in a Mexican barrio in California. In 1993, a sixteen year-old was shot and killed in a gang-related incident behind Sister Eileen McNerney's residence. Deeply affected by the tragedy, Sr. McNerney gathered support and began Taller San Jose (St. Joseph's Workshop) in 1995. Taller San Jose is a successful, non-profit, continuing education project for mostly Latino young men and women in crisis. The stakes are high and the future often seems grim, yet when Sr. McNerney enters the world of Latino youth at risk, she lets them teach her about life--theirs and hers.
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Austism: Teaching Does Make a Difference by Brenda Scheuermann, ISBN 1565938941
This practical, accessible text was written for practitioners who work with children and youth with autism. It presents the vital material required by special educators to plan and implement effective programs to meet the needs of students with autism. It begins with an overview of autism, including etiology, characteristics, diagnosis, and definition, followed by in-depth coverage of teaching methodologies. Throughout the book, the authors present state-of-the-art information in a step-by-step user friendly format. The book's optimistic viewpoint is grounded in the premise that well-planned and accurately implemented applied behavior analytical interventions will increase the potential for more independent and mainstream functioning.
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High and Low - Criterion Collection (DVD)
Based on KING'S RANSOM, a crime novel by Ed McBain, HIGH AND LOW stars Toshiro Mifune as Kingo Gondo, a wealthy, hardworking businessman. As Gondo plans a coup that will secure his position as the head of his Yokohama shoe company, he is contacted by a criminal who informs him that he's kidnapped his son. The crook demands a huge ransom for the boy's return--an amount that has taken Gondo 30 years of labor to amass. As the worried industrialist prepares to pay the ransom, he discovers that his son...
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El Dia de la Luna
In this translation of her dramatic work, The Day of the Moon, novelist Graciela Limon tells a story of forbidden loves. The novel spans the twentieth century, the Southwest from Mexico to Los Angeles, skin clors, the sexes, religious boundaries, life and death, and four generations of a family named Betancourt. Among its members: Don Flavio, who believes that chance may win one a fortune, but only ruthlessness can hold onto it... his secretive sister, Brigida ... and his beautiful, golden-haired...
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