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The millionaire dropout : fire your boss, do what you love, reclaim your life! / by Stanzione, Vince.(CARDINAL)419204;
Part I. Taking control of your life. Getting started ; Let's talk about you ; What do you want out of life? ; How to reprogram your mind for success ; Making decisions, dealing with problems, and taking action ; Your worst enemy and your best friend ; Magic words or tragic words? ; Associate with eagles, not turkeys ; Personal relationships ; Getting it done now ; Food and exercise ; Smart education and investing in yourself ; Summary to section one -- Part II. Making money. Making money ; Increase your income right now ; Starting your own business ; Finding products to sell ; The ideal mail-order product ; Advertising and marketing ; Become an expert by writing articles and press releases ; Why back-end selling leads to big profits ; Learning to invest, but keeping costs down ; Summary to making money -- Part III. Saving money. Saving money ; Buying designer clothes for less ; Buying from auctions and wholesale ; Getting cheaper calls ;Credit cards, cash back, and points ; How to get a discount on anything ; Making your money work hard by saving and investing ; Time to say goodbye--where do we go from here?If like millions of others you know deep down that you deserve to do better than where you are today, then this book is for you. Not a book based on old fashioned theories or textbook scenarios, The Millionaire Dropout is instead based on tried and tested methods of increasing personal skills, increasing your wealth, improving your life-style and releasing all the personal power that is locked up inside you. Based on the author's firsthand experience of bootstrapping himself out of failure, The Millionaire Dropout is for anyone who wants to learn the secrets for increasing their income and their standard of living. Divided into three sections, readers will walk through the stages for taking control of their life, learning how to make more money, and learning how be smart with their successes. Everyone owes it to themselves to invest a little time and effort into increasing their standard of living and releasing the personal power that is locked up inside of us all.--Publisher's description.
Subjects: Success.; Success in business.; Self-actualization (Psychology); Job satisfaction.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 8
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How to design self-directed and distance learning : a guide for creators of web-based training, computer-based training, and self-study materials / by Harrison, Nigel,1957-(CARDINAL)202478;
Includes bibliographical references (page 353) and index.1. Analysis. 1. How to analyze a performance problem. 2. How to get inside the heads of your target group. 3. When is self-directed learning appropriate? 4. How to get your subject matter expertise -- 2. Design. 1. How to write measurable objectives. 2. Pyramid analysis. 3. Selecting appropriate media. 4. Starting the detailed design. 5. Test question design -- 3. Development. 1. Clear, effective writing. 2. Page design. 3. Screen design for CBT and multimedia. 4. Programmer-ready material. 5. Design for Web-based training -- 4. Testing and improvement -- 5. Implementation. 1. Implementation support. 2. Project management -- 6. Evaluation."With this guide, you can design any type of Web-based, self-directed, or distance learning program to maximize learner participation and retention. This book gives you structured directions for the entire process of designing a training program, from assessing the need for training to evaluating the results."--Jacket
Subjects: Distance education.; Instructional systems; Computer-assisted instruction.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Teaching with the brain in mind by Jensen, Eric,1950-(CARDINAL)723228;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-179) and index.Meet your amazing brain. Basic brain anatomy ; How the brain changes over time ; Cooperation and competition in the brain ; How the brain learns -- Preparing the brain for school. What to do to get a child's brain ready for school ; Sensitive periods in brain development ; Developing social and emotional skills ; The importance of nutrition ; The dynamic teenage brain -- Rules we learn by. How to increase student engagement ; Variations on repetition ; The importance of prior knowledge and mental models ; Ways to take advantage of the body's natural rhythms ; The role of hormones ; Trial-and-error learning ; How positive and negative emotions affect the brain -- Movement and learning. The mind-body link ; How exercise affects cognition ; The importance of play, recess, and physical education -- Emotional states. Why emotions are now "mainstream" ; How emotions are processed in the brain ; The power of emotional states ; How to influence emotional states -- Physical environments for learning. Neuroscience's new interest in physical environments ; How seating, temperature, lighting, noise, and building design affect learning ; Factors to consider when designing smarter schools -- Managing the social brain. How social interaction affects the brain and cognition ; The effect of stress, bonding, bias, and peer pressure ; How to make school a more positive social experience -- Motivation and engagement. Common causes of demotivation ; The brain's reaction to rewards ; The nature of intrinsic motivation ; Tools for motivation ; The SuperCamp model -- Critical thinking skills. How gender, culture, disorders, and life experience shape a unique brain ; How the brain tackles problem solving ; How the brain's maturation process affects learning ; How the brain adapts to changing circumstances -- Memory and recall. Links between memory and survival ; How the brain encodes and maintains memory ; The different kinds of memory ; Ways to enhance memory retrieval -- Brain-based teaching. What to do before, during, and after teaching to take full advantage of what we know about the brain and learning -- Schools with the brain in mind. Connecting brain research to curriculum, assessment, and staff development ; Supporting good instruction and good instructors ; Effecting change with the brain in mind.When the first edition of Teaching with the Brain in Mind was published in 1998, it quickly became a bestseller, and it's gone on to inspire thousands of educators to apply the latest brain research in their classroom teaching. Now, author Eric Jensen is back with a completely revised and updated edition of his classic work. In easy to understand, engaging language, Jensen provides a basic orientation to the brain and its various systems and explains how they affect learning. After discussing what parents and educators can do to get children's brains in good shape for school, Jensen goes on to explore topics such as motivation, critical thinking skills, environmental factors, the social brain, emotions, and memory and recall. He offers fascinating insights on a number of specific issue, including, how to tap into the brain's natural reward system, critical link between movement and cognition, impact on learning of environmental factors such as, lighting, temperature, and noise, value of feedback, importance of prior knowledge and mental models, why stress impedes learning, how social interaction affects the brain, how to help students improve their ability to encode, maintain, and retrieve learning. The repeated message to educators is simple: You have far more influence on student's brains than you realize. And you have an obligation to learn as much as you can to take advantage of the incredible revelations that science is providing. The revised and updated Teaching with the Brain in Mind, 2nd edition helps you do just that.
Subjects: Brain.; Learning, Psychology of.; Teaching;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Understanding the dreams you dream : biblical keys for hearing God's voice in the night / by Milligan, Ira L.(CARDINAL)469195;
Through scripture-based meditation, much can be understood about your dreams; but many Christians don't know how to meditate. This problem is addressed in three different ways: specific, detailed directions are given on how and upon what to meditate; personal examples of dreams from the author's own experiences; practical dictionary of symbol definitions is included. This book presents both normal and not-so-normal dream situations. You will learn that to apply only one type of dream interpretation to all dreams is restricting each symbol to only one possible definition, which is incorrect. And you will learn how to tell the difference between a dream from God and those from evil sources--P. [4] of cover.Part I: Dreams: God's primary means of communication. God's communication -- Interpreting your dreams. Part II: Key word dictionary of dream symbols with scriptural illustrations. Animals/birds/fish/insects -- Buildings/rooms/places -- Colors -- Directions -- Metals -- Numbers -- People/relatives/trades -- Vehicles and parts -- Miscellaneous.
Subjects: Dreams; Dream interpretation.; Christian life.; Spiritual life.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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How to start a home-based catering business / by Vivaldo, Denise.(CARDINAL)377017;
Includes bibliographical references and index
Subjects: Caterers and catering; Home-based businesses;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Overcoming binge eating : the proven program to learn why you binge and how you can stop / by Fairburn, Christopher G.(CARDINAL)726452;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-235) and index."This book has already offered tremendous help to more than 100,000 readers struggling with out-of-control eating. Christopher G. Fairburn presents a scientifically based blueprint for breaking free of unhealthy eating patterns and finding new ways to deal with the emotional triggers that lead to binges. Packed with step-by-step instructions and straight-talking advice (for example, strict dieting does more harm than good), the book cuts through the stigma and shame surrounding binge eating. The fully updated second edition incorporates important advances in eating disorders treatment. It features a new module on body image issues and enhanced strategies for achieving--and maintaining--a transformed relationship with food"--
Subjects: Compulsive eating;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The dyslexia guide for adults : practical tools to improve executive functioning, boost literacy skills, and develop your unique strengths / by Peterson, Marci,author.;
Learn how to thrive with dyslexia as an adult. No matter when you're diagnosed, living with dyslexia can be a challenge -- but it can also make you a unique and creative thinker. The Dyslexia Guide for Adults helps you boost your confidence with advice for embracing your greatest strengths. With these proven strategies and exercises, you'll learn to understand yourself better as you navigate social situations, the workplace, and beyond. Dyslexia in adulthood: Find out how dyslexia looks different in adults than in children and the impact it can have on your life as you get older. Proven strategies: Learn evidence-based techniques for coping with dyslexia and identifying what you need to succeed in any environment. You're not alone: Discover stories from other adults with dyslexia and see how they've used these strategies in their own lives to find greater self-confidence. Take control of your dyslexia with guidance for improving literacy and executive function in adults. -- Publisher's description.
Subjects: Problems and exercises.; Dyslexia.; Dyslexia; Reading comprehension.; Reading disability.; Reading;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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How to start a home-based catering business / by Vivaldo, Denise.(CARDINAL)377017;
Includes bibliographical references and index
Subjects: Caterers and catering; Home-based businesses;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Coding for kids / by McCue, Camille.(CARDINAL)655996;
A guide for kids who want to learn coding Coding is quickly becoming an essential academic skill, right up there with reading, writing, and arithmetic. This book is an ideal way for young learners ages 8-13 who want more coding knowledge than you can learn in an hour, a day, or a week. Written by a classroom instructor with over a decade of experience teaching technology skills to kids as young as five, this book teaches the steps and logic needed to write code, solve problems, and create fun games and animations using projects based in Scratch and JavaScript. This 2nd Edition is fully updated to no longer require any limited-time software downloads to complete the projects.
Subjects: Computer programming; Coding theory;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Learning adventure! [video-enabled device] : STEAM SuperPack - Ages 5+ by Findaway World, LLC.(CARDINAL)345268;
Earth Day Daniela's way -- Pluto the lonely dwarf planet -- Space Captain Diana -- Ting and Chi grow a garden -- Sid the science kid : reused robot -- Tiki beach battle -- Environmental Responsibility -- Earth 'n' seasons -- Robot in space -- Space dweebs 2 -- Animal second grade math games for kids -- Pango Kumo weather -- Mozart and Beethoven rock! -- My planet and me -- The adventure machine -- The galactic rock collectors 1 : Tony's new friend -- Carl the submarine : ocean exploration for kids -- Honey Tina and bees -- Music -- The rainy day -- The whale.Join Emma in an all new adventure as she helps Oleg the Owl, Chloe the fox, and all her animal friends to complete over 100 second grade math challenges and find their way through the forest! Children can practice algebraic thinking, signs and operations, equations, word problems, and much more.An explorer app for toddlers to discover the ocean as a magical, open-ended play experience. Use your finger to create shapes, count by number and more!This app is designed to help children to explore and learn about the revolution of the earth and different seasons in a fun way.Daniela knows there are many things we can do to keep Earth happy and healthy. Read about them!Help Tina the Bee and learn why bees are so important in this educational game.These two young musicians really know how to rock! But will they learn how to share the spotlight? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.A fun story centered around being in and around music and frequency with highlighted text and independent reading modes. eKidz is an award-winning language learning application that helps kids develop reading skills. Each title features interactive listening and reading practice, simultaneous narration adapted by level, reading comprehension, and much more, while providing the opportunity for children to celebrate culture and heritage through exclusive content.You are never too young to help the planet. This story for early readers has great Earth Day ideas! Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.Watch the world change before your eyes! by Become Kumo the cloud and create different weather conditions and learn about the water cycle.Poor Pluto has been kicked out of the planetary system. But Pluto learns that, big or small, his size is just right.Robot is looking for his robot friend, Melody. Her spaceship broke down somewhere in space, and he doesn't know where to find her! Will you help? Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with this story and others like this!Sid the science kid finds out that you don't always have to throw trash away. Speakaboos' parent app, HOMER, is a proven early learning program that builds personalized learning plans for children ages 2-8 - complete with stories like this!Join Diana on her first day as a spaceship captain in this storybook from FarFaria.A game to challenge memory by repeating patterns that get more complex with each level!A tiny bit scary and a lot of fun, the adventure machine is a great, rhyming story with an important lesson. Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.Tony is excited to meet a new friend. But, Toxu is just well... weird. Will Tony and Toxu learn to get along? Like every FarFaria ebook, this title includes professional audio narration with word highlighting and a standards-aligned reading level, independently measured using the Lexile framework.A fun story centered around the weather! Introducing compound sentences and cordinating conjunctions with highlighted text and independent reading modes. eKidz is an award-winning language learning application that helps kids develop reading skills. Each title features interactive listening and reading practice, simultaneous narration adapted by level, reading comprehension, and much more, while providing the opportunity for children to celebrate culture and heritage through exclusive content.A fable telling how whales got their baleen plates (feeding filters), with highlighted text and independent reading modes. eKidz is an award-winning language learning application that helps kids develop reading skills. Each title features interactive listening and reading practice, simultaneous narration adapted by level, reading comprehension, and much more, while providing the opportunity for children to celebrate culture and heritage through exclusive content.This story teaches kids the importance of cleaning up our trash in a fun way!Celebrate Earth Day with Ting and Chi as they and their parents learn all about growing a garden in this book from FarFaria."Interactive science, technology, engineering, art and math based games will help children develop their imagination, creativity, thinking skills, and so much more! - This SuperPack contains 2X as many apps as the standard Launchpad - Learn about science through seasons, animals, and the environment - Explore machines and space - Develop creative thinking skills"Grades K - 2.
Subjects: Children's audiobooks.; Educational games.; Animals; Bees; Earth Day; Electronic books.; Environmental responsibility; Gardening; Mobile apps.; Music; Video games.; Weather;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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