Sweetwater County lies in southwestern Wyoming, and has stood as a significant symbolic geography for the "new Western Woman’s" history. As the county in which Elinore Pruitt Stewart (Letters of a Woman Homesteader, Nebraska 1990) said she proved up her homestead in 1913, it is a fitting locale for the study of western gender relations. The Important Things of Life examines women’s work and family lives in Sweetwater County in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The 1880’s discovery of coal caused a population boom, attracting immigrants from numerous ethnic groups. At the same time, liberalized homestead law drew sheep and cattle ranchers. Dee Garceau demonstrates how survival on the ranching and mining frontier heightened the value of group cooperation in ways that bred conservative attitudes toward gender. Augmented by reminiscences and oral histories, Garceau traces the adaptations that broadened women’s work roles and increased their domestic authority. Hers is a compelling portrait of the American West as a laboratory of gender role change, in which migration, relocation, and new settlement underscored the development of new social identities.

Add the perfect touch to a project when you choose from this collection of more than 140 quotations and quips on communication, productivity, and related topics. Spice up your speeches with just the right quotation from an expert in the field. Motivate your staff to share information rather than horde it. Spur your thinking as you draft articles and papers. Inspire your team to improve their speaking, writing skills, or interpersonal skills with these thought-provoking insights on the importance of communication.Browse through dozens of memorable, thought-provoking quotations on writing, speaking, productivity, truth-telling, interpersonal skills, listening, meetings, communication flow, conflict, decisions making, presentation skills, selling, life balance, and inspiration-such as these nuggets: "If you can't write your message in a sentence, you can't say it in an hour."-From Speak with Confidence!"Communicate like you brush your teeth-routinely and often."-From The Voice of Authority"Communication is the soul of management: analysis and solid decisions translated into clear messages that influence people to act and feel good about their performance."-From Communicate with Confidence!Need an insightful quotation on some aspect of communication? Look no further than prolific author Dianna Booher. With more than 40 books with major publishers, Dianna has generated a wealth of insightful comments, the best of which are included in this ebook."

Gratitude is an attitude of the Grateful Heart. Gratefulness starts with you. The greatest gift you can give yourself is the gift of a Grateful Heart. Living with a Grateful Heart and sharing your gratitude with others multiplies the effects. This book helps you to cultivate a Grateful Heart. It generates in you a feeling of gratitude which enhances the desire to give not out of obligation but because you are overflowing with a Grateful Heart for all the encouragements, love and inspiration that you have been receiving from others. The moment you start overflowing with gratitude, your heart is transformed to an Inspiring Heart... Heart is the center of everything and source of all goodness. 101 carefully selected topics illustrate the multi-faceted human life in a day to day basis. Each of these topics conveys the awareness which is forgotten in the routine of a busy life. Grateful Heart imparts the wisdom of the ages from various religious traditions and backgrounds, and is the fifth of a series of books on Personal Power, Spiritual Awareness and Human Values.

Life-Changing Verses about Men is not your typical devotional book. It attempts to answer the question, "How does the Bible describe a real Christian man?" Its objective is to enable Christians to personally apply specific Bible verses to their personal lives. At the same time, you will learn more about your Bible as well as receive an in-depth discussion of the verses selected. You may find yourself greatly challenged with Life-Changing Verses about Men. The objective is to encourage you to become more Christlike in your living. Through reading Life-Changing Verses about Men, you will become very familiar with God's story in the Bible. "This is a great book to have with you when you have a few minutes. It reduces some of your favorite verses into bite-sized chunks that you can absorb. Your life would be better if you took five minutes to read one chapter a day." Josh Hunt, author Teach Like Jesus and Good Questions Have Small Groups Talking

Have you ever wondered why some people seem to have it all and others dont? Do you wish you knew the secrets to success? This book will answer these questions and much more. This book will show you: That its simple to live the life of your dreams That what you need to know to be successful isnt taught in school How life really works and how you can take control of it How the Law of Motion determines the outcome of your life How to define what success means to you An easy to follow, step-by-step process to live a successful life A simple path to better health, relationships, and finances Before he retired, author Michael Weston was the founding CEO of a highly successful business. From a humble start with just four employees and no measurable income, the business grew to over 650 employees and more than $230 million in revenue. Along the way, the company became one of the fastest-growing and most widely recognized and awarded organisations in its industry. Over the years, he has discovered, refined, and simplified the practices that separate those who create successful lives from those who dont. By following a few simple principles, Michael has been able to create the life of his dreams. Now his guide puts to work his three decades of professional and personal successesand failuresto help teach you how to realize your goals. You can seize control of your life and live the life you deserve to live. Michaels simple, no-nonsense system helps you create the life you desire.

Though clinical aspects of epilepsy such as seizure control are crucially important to its management, increasing attention is being given to wider quality of life issues. Epilepsy continues to be an often misunderstood and stigmatising condition; for the vast majority of people whose seizures can be well controlled, the social and psychological repercussions are often of greater significance than the seizures themselves. The increasing emphasis on the importance of non-clinical outcomes in the assessment of new treatments and management strategies for chronic conditions such as epilepsy has stimulated interest in methodological issues in assessing quality of life. This book reviews the recent literature on the impact of epilepsy on everyday experience and the methodological issues involved in assessing that impact. It also considers the perspectives of a range of health professionals involved in caring for people with epilepsy and how, through appropriate management, the impact on their lives can be minimised.

This is a choice. A choice you should make sooner or later. Just like the choice Neo is offered between a red pill and a blue pill to go out of the Matrix. This is the moment of truth and you have to decide now. Will you take the red pill and reject to be prisoned in the Matrix like all the other people in order to walk on your own path? Or will you take the blue pill and stay in the comfortable simulated reality of the Matrix, like all the other silent and obedient millions of people. In other words will you reject the chance of building your own life and walking on your own path easily? Yes, this is just up to you. Every single human being is unique and equipped with different abilities. Each single person has his own way, his own project and his own mission in this world. All you need to do is to think and find that project of your own. One man’s life cannot be simply consisted of eating, drinking, sleeping, populating the world, gathering wealth and prosperity and just living among the given boundaries. Your life should have a more significant purpose and you are probably meant for something bigger. You should get rid of your mood being unhappy for the weekdays but just happy for the weekend. Waiting for weekend, holiday or retirement to live is big nonsense. In fact, you are continuously postponing your life without being aware of that. As if you have an evidence for more enough time to come. You prefer to define your happiness under specific circumstances, and most of the time postpone your happiness instead of living the moment. However, the happiness or unhappiness is actually in your hands. Now, move on. Get into action and stop postponing yourself and your life. Take a step. Today or even right now. Otherwise pour tears after 5 or 10 years for your time and dreams which you could not make come true. Crash your head on the walls as you haven’t done anything about what you could. Whine to your close friends. Get sad. Listen to melancholic music. Complain about the time which is passing so fast. Continue to postpone your goals and dreams to the next years. If you really want to be successful then for sure you will be. You are the only one who can prevent yourself being as successful as in your dreams. Means, you are the only who can stop you.

Life Illuminated by Regina Chandler Tolbert __________________________________