![]() ![]() ![]() For me, great is better than terrible, and terrible is better than mediocre, because terrible at least gives flavor. I also feared boredom and mediocrity much more than I feared failure. ![]() Since I was both an investor and an entrepreneur, I developed a healthy fear of being wrong and figured out an approach to decision making that would maximize my odds of being right. Think about the people who are closest to you: Are their values aligned with yours? Do you even know what their values or principles are? People who don’t will suffer through constant misunderstandings and conflicts. People of who have shared values and principles get along. ![]() If you can think for yourself while being open-minded in a clear-headed way to find out what is best for you to do, and if you can summon up the courage to do it, you will make the most of your life. Without principles we would be forced to react to all the things life throws us individually, as if we are experiencing each of them for the first time. Principles are fundamental truths that serve as the foundations for behavior that gets you what you want out of life. Whatever success I’ve had with my in life has had more to do with my knowing how to deal with my not knowing than anything I know. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Well, I didn’t see that ending! I’m still in a daze how this series ended up…especially with Thanos’s story. In an instant, Vasilios’s hand was gone, and when he stood, he said, ‘I believe you are going to enjoy our young Eton. ![]() Was he really going to say yes to this? But when Vasilios drew his upper lip back and those wicked teeth came into full view, the most depraved side of him, the part of his soul that Thanos had always been led to believe was rotten to the core, roared to life and he heard him saying, ‘Yes. “‘Are you curious to see the one you would be tasked to tame?’ The story continues as events are set into motion with no clear remedy to stop the end of the vampires or save everyone involved. Paris, one of the three created to bring down the vampires, is shocked by his attraction to this man that seems tragically flawed but compelled to talk with him. When he is scarred by one of the three sent by the gods to end his race, he is ready to end it all. Thanos has always been the handsome charmer out of the three bonded with the Ancients. ![]() ![]() ![]() From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor and from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon-from the beginning of this paragraph to this final sentence. ![]() She has seen both these dreams come true.Īt last, Tina Fey’s story can be told. ![]() She also had a dream that one day she would be a comedian on TV. Theme: Being comfortable with oneself, Impossible Standards for Women Due to Patriarchyīefore Liz Lemon, before “Weekend Update,” before “Sarah Palin,” Tina Fey was just a young girl with a dream: a recurring stress dream that she was being chased through a local airport by her middle-school gym teacher. ![]() ![]() ![]() With humor and simple analogies, Seth leads us beyond our ordinary level of awareness into a spectacular discovery of the multidimensional nature of the self, including: - Consciousness units as the basis of our universe - The relevance of extrasensory perception in understanding our world - The worlds we visit in dreams and out-of-body states - Dreaming as a science to create present and future realities - Families of consciousness we choose to belong to - Practical methods for exploring your own unknown reality There is an unknown reality. In a far-reaching exploration of the dynamics of desire and free will, he asserts that each atom, molecule, and cell has its own consciousness and powers of choice. He discloses precisely how probable realities combine to create our waking lives, and how our higher selves make decisions regarding our everyday existence. ![]() Book Synopsis From the Bestselling Author of Seth Speaks In this second volume of The Unknown Reality, Seth radically expands our conceptions of self, by showing us that the human personality is literally infinite in its scope and potential. About the Book Previously published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1979. ![]() ![]() But when Gaelan must take a job hunting down the world's finest assassins for the beautiful courtesan-and-crimelord Gwinvere Kirena, what he finds may destroy everything he's ever believed in. Over the centuries, he's worn many faces to hide his gift, but he is a man ill-fit for obscurity, and all too often he's become a hero, his very names passing into legend: Acaelus Thorne, Yric the Black, Hrothan Steelbender, Tal Drakkan, Rebus Nimble. ![]() He's also an immortal, peerless in the arts of war. Gaelan Starfire is a farmer, happy to be a husband and a father a careful, quiet, simple man. ![]() Also includes the short story, I, Nightangel. For the first time as an Orbit special edition, Brent Weeks's blockbuster novella Perfect Shadow tells the origin story of the Night Angel trilogy's most enigmatic character: Durzo Blint. ![]() ![]() ![]() Once unleashed, the Arctic Plague will reshape life on earth for generations to come, quickly traversing the globe, forcing humanity to devise a myriad of moving and inventive ways to embrace possibility in the face of tragedy. In a theme park designed for terminally ill children, a cynical employee falls in love with a mother desperate to hold on to her infected son. A heartbroken scientist searching for a cure finds a second chance at fatherhood when one of his test subjects-a pig-develops the capacity for human speech. ![]() For fans of Cloud Atlas and Station Eleven, a spellbinding and profoundly prescient debut developed over ten years that follows a cast of intricately linked characters over hundreds of years as humanity struggles to rebuild itself in the aftermath of a climate plague-a daring and deeply heartfelt work of mind-bending imagination from a singular new voice.īeginning in 2030, a grieving archeologist arrives in the Arctic Circle to continue the work of his recently deceased daughter at the Batagaika crater, where researchers are studying long-buried secrets now revealed in melting permafrost, including the perfectly preserved remains of a girl who appears to have died of an ancient virus. ![]() ![]() Hazel and Ben were both in love with him as children. It rests right on the ground and in it sleeps a boy with horns on his head and ears as pointed as knives. Or she did, once.Īt the center of it all, there is a glass coffin in the woods. The faeries’ seemingly harmless magic attracts tourists, but Hazel knows how dangerous they can be, and she knows how to stop them. Hazel lives with her brother, Ben, in the strange town of Fairfold where humans and fae exist side by side. She can believe she’s found the thing she’s been made for. A girl can look at her brother and believe they’re destined to be a knight and a bard who battle evil. Children can kill a monster and feel quite proud of themselves. ![]() ![]() Tags: YA contemporary fantasy, fae, sleeping fairies, knightsįind: Goodreads | Amazon | B&N | The Book DepositoryĬhildren can have a cruel, absolute sense of justice. Published: Januby Little, Brown Books for Young Readers ![]() ![]() ![]() So Vitruvius was really (1500 years) ahead in the architecture game. Because think of the fact that the next major book on architecture, Leon Battista Alberti's “ De re aedificatoria” or “ On the Art of Building” was not written until 1452! And Alberti only expanded on the writing of Vitruvius … Also, one of Leonardo da Vinci's best known drawings, the Vitruvian Man, is based on the principles of body proportions developed by Vitruvius in the first chapter of Book III, On Symmetry: In Temples And In The Human Body. Through his treatises, he aimed to provide Emperor Caesar Augustus with personal insight into the quality of building.Įmperor Augstus should have been happy with this. Vitruvius dedicated his life's work to understanding the principles of building design and construction. His work is the only surviving major book on architecture from classical antiquity (the period of cultural history between the 8th century BC and the 5th century AD). He was an architect and engineer in ancient Rome. 2000 years ago Marcus Vitruvius Pollio better known as “Vitruvius” wrote the book “De architectura, libri decem” known today as “ The Ten Books on Architecture”. ![]() ![]() ![]() Joe Dispenza believes that many of us are living in a state of constant anxiety. At the end, we’re going to give you a 7-day challenge to help you do exactly that.ĭr. I’m telling you, these four points are huge, and will help you change your life and achieve greatness. We talk through the four elements of healing your body with your mind. ![]() It might sound crazy, but I promise this episode will blow your mind. You heard me right - the mind can heal the body. Joe Dispenza has done a lot of incredible research, and he’s one of the world’s foremost authorities on how the mind can heal the body. Joe Dispenza is joining me on this very special episode of the podcast. And man, do we have an inspiring person today! What’s up, guys? Welcome back to The School of Greatness podcast, where each week, we bring you an inspiring person or message to help you discover how to unlock your inner greatness. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In a way, Ruth's struggle to settle into a marriage has elements in common with both of her brothers. Her divorces are evidence that she is not emotionally confident yet or well. What is her career for her? It is simultaneously an automatic identity and a crutch, because she uses hard work to distract her from chronic emotional pain that should be addressed. We learn that she is in her third marriage before she finally feels connected to someone emotionally. The daughter is also given over to intimacy issues and broken relationships. Ezra on the other hand connects very deeply with anyone he talks to, but underneath this dynamic is the divorce and the way it influences each son. For instance, the competition between Cody and Ezra is complicated by the divorce because Cody has become skilled in obtaining sexual partners, but he struggles to feel that he earns the trust or adoration of a woman. The plot structure revolves around the ways in which Pearl and Beck's divorce shapes the lives of their children. This is not exactly a happy novel, but it is rather cathartic and insightful. Written by people who wish to remain anonymous We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]() |