Known to millions as simply "Sister Jean," the Loyola Chicago matriarch and college basketball icon invites you into her remarkable memoir filled with history, wonder, and common-sense wisdom for this century and beyond. As Sister Jean wisely says, "I've seen so many changes in the last 102 years, but the important things remain the same." Part life story, part philosophy text, and part spiritual guide, Sister Jean's wit, wisdom, and common sense has broad appeal and application that transcends religious creed, belief, and even feelings on Loyola's basketball team. Along with her collaborator Seth Davis, an award-winning writer, broadcaster and New York Times best-selling author, Wake Up with Purpose! lets you experience: Sister Jean's words and her spirit. her sharp sense of humor. life lessons gleaned from one hundred years of living. universal themes that connect us all. priceless wisdom. The driving force inside Wake Up with Purpose! is the narrative of Sister Jean's fascinating life--from teaching at a Catholic school during the Second World War to serving on a Chicago college campus in the sixties and beyond to cheering from the sidelines of a men's basketball tournament in March 2018. As you learn about Sister Jean's century-long life, you'll feel just like the Loyola students do when they knock on her office door, plop down in a chair, and ask if she would have time to chat, an activity that she still does daily.

“Awakening Your Ikigai is really quite a delightful look at sometimes mystifying Japanese traditions.”—The New York Times Book Review Introducing IKIGAI: find your passions and live with joy Ikigai is a Japanese phenomenon commonly understood as “your reason to get up in the morning.” Ikigai can be small moments: the morning air, a cup of coffee, a compliment. It can also be deep convictions: a fulfilling job, lasting friendships, balanced health. Whether big or small, your ikigai is the path to success and happiness in your own life. Author Ken Mogi introduces five pillars of ikigai to help you make the most of each day and become your most authentic self: 1. starting small ? focus on the details 2. releasing yourself ? accept who you are 3. harmony and sustainability ? rely on others 4. the joy of little things ? appreciate sensory pleasure 5. being in the here and now ? find your flow. Weaving together insights from Japanese history, philosophy, and modern culture, plus stories from renowned sushi chef Jiro Ono, anime filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, and others, Mogi skillfully shows the way to awaken your ikigai.

Stand Up! How to Get Involved, Speak Out, and Win in a World on Fire A society that actively combats racism, treats climate change as a serious threat, and ensures that all people have a living wage and a decent life for themselves and their families is not a progressive pipe dream. Victories are being won every day, all over the country. But they didn't happen just by clicking “donate” on a website. Gordon Whitman says that fundamental change demands forming the kind of face-to-face relationships that have sustained every social movement in history. For two decades, Whitman has been working with PICO National Network to equip tens of thousands to fight racial discrimination and economic injustice. He brings that experience to this book, describing five kinds of conversations that enable people to create organizations that can successfully overcome the forces of oppression and reaction. The first conversation to have is with ourselves, to make sure we're clear about our purpose and in it for the long haul. Then we need to share the personal story of how we came to this point with others—there is no more powerful way to connect. They in turn will share their stories, and then we can have the third conversation, about becoming a team. This team reaches out to people they know to talk about their concerns and priorities, building a broad base of supporters.. Then, with our base at our back, we can have that final conversation, directly confronting the powers that be. Of course, this isn't as simple as it sounds. Appropriately enough, Whitman uses stories, his own and others, to illustrate how best to handle these conversations and to show how they work together to build a movement. We can't just sit on the sidelines sharing angry social media posts or signing online petitions. We need to get directly involved, reach out, knock on doors, and bring our whole selves to the table if the changes our country so desperately need are ever going to come.

Through a loving and conscious attitude in the here and now, this work invites us to abandon the words that lead us to the ravings of the ego to bet on the awakening of the beauty that comes from humor, affection and passion through emotional communication. Letting go of judging each other to choose to discover ourselves in the depths of our sweet differences. The goal of this work is that we learn to be more creative in our social relationships and transfer that instinct to all areas of our lives. Awakening the artist within us in what we do most: communicating with ourselves and with others. Awaken Beauty is a philosophy that will infect you with a fervent desire to appreciate everything under the protection of courage and love. Bringing out all the beauty that is around us while discovering ourselves within. Seducing ourselves and others without qualms or judgment as we blossom in the beauty of adventure. BE INSPIRED AND LEARN WITH 100 EXAMPLES IN NARRATIVE AND 40 PROSE POEMS: A picture is worth a thousand words! That's why Awaken Beauty is a unique work, loaded with hundreds of examples of conversation in different contexts of seduction, relationships, dating, family, work.... All of them based on the author's own experiences and written as if they were excerpts from a novel. His goal is not only to offer you solutions, but to show you how to apply them while you enjoy an entertaining reading. Because the most important thing is not what we say, but how we behave while we do it and what we are feeling and transmitting when we communicate. Being the narration of those feelings a vital part of the examples of this work. On the other hand, his poems call us to reflection and to the development of our perceptions through his more artistic side. Focusing on bringing out the best in each person and each moment. THIS WORK CAN HELP YOU TO: Increase your emotional and social intelligence by better understanding human behavior. Flow naturally in your present while communicating with intelligence. Communicate with more sensuality, wit and courage. Increase your confidence while letting go of your fears and insecurities. Learn to meditate by modulating your perceptions so that your vision of life becomes more beautiful and enriching. Stop judging others to discover what makes them unique. Seduce by generating positive and artistic sensations. Reflect on whether what you say and do is congruent with your beliefs; motivating you to awaken positive emotions in others. Improve your delivery and your sense of humor from the psychological to the more technical aspects. Connect emotionally with others in any type of relationship. Harness the energetic power of sex to generate sexual tension in your interactions and learn to use it as a link to present awareness. Face rejection with sensuality, wit and persuasion. Develop social skills such as empathy, assertiveness and emotional communication. Live with more creativity and enthusiasm in all areas of your life.

Are you choosing to be, have, and experience more in your life? Whatever you are experiencing in life these heart-felt stories will enlighten, inspire, and motivate you to pursue your passion.

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A new breed of socially conscious companies is changing how consumers shop, where employees work, and the way in which the world does business. Rise Up: How to Build a Socially Conscious Business sets the stage for this optimistic business trend where companies create financial profit for stakeholders through products, services, and business models that create social impact and public benefit. With more than 25 years of experience running a Certified B Corporation (earned by meeting rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency) that has always had social responsibility at its core, Russ Stoddard offers insights and guidance on how to create a socially conscious business, as well as encouraging words for social entrepreneurs of every generation.