From Making a Living to Having a Life

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This book is for every dissatisfied worker in the world. If you've been downsized, quit, are disappointed with your current job, frustrated with coworkers or clients, or have no time for a life, you are one of The Working Challenged(TM). Learn how to get a life as well as a paycheck. Throughout the pages of this book you will read stories of how people: Found "wise work" and job satisfaction, changed careers and became happier, discovered latent talents and skills, survived work transitions, and handled job stress.

In addition to sound, practical advice that will tell you how to find satisfying work and improve your life, this book is filled with stories about people who were downsized, rightsized or ostracized. These individuals will inspire you to take charge of your future and find "wise work." The rewards are yours.

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It's Coming Back.......2003-05-26

During the go-go years of the late 1990s, there were plenty of jobs available in a hot economy. For the first time in history, workers had tremendous freedom in choosing the kind of work they would do, where they would do that work, and what employer they would work for. Work was transformed from being a drudgery-something that has to be done-to an experience that could actually be enjoyable and fulfilling. In a sellers' market, workers could actually manage their career destiny...and their personal lives. We began to see a movement toward enriching the balance between work and life.

In 1998, this book was a little bit ahead of its time. People were starting to seek more meaningfulness in their lives, but still weren't quite sure how to define it. Many of us were not even sure we were entitled or deserving of such a life, so different from the work-as-central-to-life core belief.

If the economy hadn't slowed, this book probably would have been a pretty strong seller. If rediscovered, I'll bet it could be a very popular book. The message is right on target and the book itself is very readable and well put-together. The chapters are heavily seasoned with brief stories from workers, identified only by first name. Whether they are true stories or whether they are created by the author to make her points, they are effectively illustrative and add value to the text. The same added value applies to the summaries at the end of each chapter. The table of contents is enhanced to give the reader a strong sense of the messages that are conveyed so well in these pages.

The book is organized into ten chapters that are revealing in their titles: Work is More Than a Paycheck, How Core Beliefs Keep Us Stuck in the Wrong Job, Stress and the Workplace, Finding time to Find Wise Work, When Quitting is the Best Option, What to Do Before You Lose or Leave Your Job, What to Do After You've Lost Your Job, Managing Change, The Heart of Wise Work, and Balance-Working and Having a Life.

For several years, thousands of people have been out of work and/or trapped in jobs they don't like. As the economy picks up, these people will be seeking, searching, wondering...and hoping. If you fit in this category, pick up a copy of "From Making a Living to Having a Life." Your insight will grow, your stress will drop, and you'll be on the way to a new phase of life that will be delightfully different for you and those around you. This book is coming back...and so are you!

Practical and Insightful Book for Anyone Who Works.......2001-11-07

This valuable and practical book is particularly appropriate now more than ever. We've been downsized, rightsized, laid off and demoralized over and over again and it's about time we took back control of our careers and our life. This is book that will help you do just that!

The book begins with a story that tells how the author decided one day to "run away" and follows her through her own discovery of her perfect work and her fulfilling life. The author, Gloria Dunn, has been there and done that and offers in her book the nuggets of wisdom she discovered along the way.

The many topics covered in this book include: how to find the work of your dreams, how to make your current job more fulfilling, how to determine whether to leave or to stay, what to do if you're laid off or fired and how to have a more fulfilling life that is enhanced by your work and not dominated by it.

This book is a not to be missed resource for anyone who works!

Gloria gives permission to actually have a life!.......1999-07-14

With everyone's life racing forward, Gloria's book gave me permission to take a break and find my purpose. When others say stay-put no matter what, Gloria recommends taking risks and even taking time off to cultivate options. She's the greatest!

You don't have to be miserable for this to have value........1999-04-01

I've always told my employees that they're at work more waking hours than anyplace else in their lives, so if they aren't happy, they should move on. Now Gloria Dunn has expanded that thought into easily understood examples, directions, and encouragement that puts a "how" to my admonition. I've already recommended this book to friends all across the nation. What Phil McGraw has done for people in their personal lives, Gloria Dunn does for the workplace.

Helped change my life!.......1999-03-11

Gloria Dunn's book came at just the right time in my life. I had been laid off again (third time in 9 years) and was in the process of starting my own business. Through reading Gloria's book I gained practical tips on how to process old feelings of anger and push on ahead with new found energy. The sample stories interspersed throughout the book made me laugh and cry and gave me great inspiration. I also appreciated how Ms. Dunn clearly organized her information and presented highlights at the end of each chapter. Gloria Dunn's book From Making A Living to Having A Life touched me on all levels---mental, spiritual and emotional---in a powerful way, and has already helped me enjoy success in my business. Thank you Gloria for such an excellent, inspiring book!

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A well-written, well-illustrated survey of the field of finance covering the three major components of the discipline: financial institutions, investments, and financial management. The text is designed for the beginning student with minimal or no background in finance or related topics. Relevant economic and accounting concepts are either reviewed or treated as if the student has no prior exposure. The text is paperback and less expensive than competitors.

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Easy Review for Professional Responsibility And Legal Ethics
Ez Rules , Randy J. Riley , and Kristine L. Havlik
Manufacturer: Law Rules Publishing Corporation
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Randy J Riley
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Development of marginal agricultural land in Asia and the Pacific: Report of an APO seminar, 20th-29th April, 1992, Bangkok, Thailand

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This new edition has been brought completely up-to-date and expanded considerably. It has five new chapters covering visibility, clouds, lightning, atmospheric composition, and the upper atmosphere. The chapter on barometric pressure has been rewritten and expanded, while the chapter on oceans and polar regions has been split into two separate and expanded chapters. In addition, the final chapter--Forward Look--has been rewritten. This volume will be important reading for all professionals involved in pure environmental research or in the day-to-day management of the environment. First Edition Hb (2000): 0-521-57310-6

Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: A Perspective from the Research and Operations Communities, Interim Report

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Assessment of the Benefits of Extending the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: A Perspective from the Research and Operations Communities, Interim Report
Committee on the Future of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission , and National Research Council
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Measuring the Demand for Environmental Quality (Contributions to Economic Analysis)

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Measuring the Demand for Environmental Quality (Contributions to Economic Analysis)

Manufacturer: North Holland
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The theory and practice of measuring consumer demand for environmental quality is comprehensively and practically reviewed in this book. It was perceived that there was a significant need for a book that was both theoretically rigorous yet could address the question of how to actually measure this demand. The volume is divided into two sections. The first section develops theoretical tools and covers the principal methods for measuring demand for environmental goods. The second part of the book is concerned with implementing theory for specific classes of environmental effects.

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Measuring Change
North York Moors National Park
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Edges of Science: Crossing the Boundary from Physics to Metaphysics
Richard Morris
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Richard Morris
Manufacturer: New York Prentice Hall 1990.
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With Los misterios del Plata, published in 1846 (just months after the release of Domingo F. Sarmiento's Facundo), Juana Manso precedes by five years the publishing of Amalia by Jose Marmol, and constitutes the first historical novel with political background ever written in the River Plate. In spite of her express intention of not being in her soul the imitation of Eugenio Sue's "Misteries of Paris", the historical veracity of the episode of Valentin Alsina harassed by Juan Manuel de Rosas does not take it too far appart from the baseness of the imaginary deeds narrated by the french "feuilleton" writer. Treason, ignorance, turpitude and simpleton selfishness conspire to seal the fate of a noble Valentín Alsina, hardly disguised under the name of Valentín de Avellaneda. The episode narrated by Juana Manso falls within the opressive climate so masterfully sketched by Esteban Echeverría in El Matadero (1838), and had it not been for the intervention of Ricardo Isidro López Muñiz, who in his 1924 edition added an (almost happy) ending, the novel would leave a similar bitter aftertaste. The indignation perspired by this writing, released with the author's express intention of "not allowing the executioner and most cruel opressor of this land to be considered a brave and old champion of freedom. It becomes necessary that the entire world learn what the Argentines owe to this Rosas, shame and dispise of the entire humanity" in no way blemishes the fluentness of one of the first argentine women of letters. Not a minor detail is the fact that in Los Misterios... Juana Manso does not relinquish her quest to create a conscience and expand the participative grounds for women, thus she reserves for Adelaida Maza de Avellaneda an essential role in the struggle against fate, with a much more active and energic attitude than her husband's.

Los Misterios Del Plata: Episodios Historicos De La Epoca De Rosas, Escritos En 1846

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Los Misterios Del Plata: Episodios Historicos De La Epoca De Rosas, Escritos En 1846

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Misterio Del Delfin De Plata/the Secret of the Silver Dolphin

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Great Book.......2004-03-22

This book is a must for anyone who is interested in knowing about orders of knighthood and the relationship which the Holy See has on all orders. The book covers Papal Orders of Knighthood, Dynastic Orders like THE SACRED & MILITARY CONSTANTINIAN ORDER OF St. GEORGE, Extinct Catholic Orders, and many more. Also of interest is a section that includes The Procedure for Admission to the Orders of Knighthood. The color plates of the different decorations are beautiful. The author does a great job in giving the reader a history on the different orders. Note: this book also has a supplement "The Cross On The Sword", if you can find it you need to buy. It covers uniforms, investitures, precedent and much more.

Orders of Knighthood Awards and The Holy See

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Orders of Knighthood Awards and The Holy See
Cardinale Hyginus Eugene
Manufacturer: Van Duren
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000UEWTDC

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Is curriculum change possible? Procedures of Power and Curriculum Change provides a provocative new response to this question. Through a case study of a recent major attempt to change high school science, this work reveals the continuing barrenness of modernistic explanations of curriculum change. Revisiting this case study in the light of Foucault's concept of power suggests that curriculum change is not an issue of correct technique but a journey of being. An imaginative weaving of narratives, metaphors and allegory invites readers to join this journey by entering into a postmodern conversation about the possibilities for curriculum change.

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A season-by-season guide to many inspiring natural wonders.

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A Journey for All Seasons.......2000-06-08

Seldom have I read a book which brought me as close to the natural world as John Kinch's A Journey for All Seasons. The prose here is lucid, precise, and beautiful in its evocation of natural phenomena--at times every bit as good as that of Joseph Wood Krutch, Aldo Leopold, Annie Dillard, or Edward Abbey. Nature is good, Kinch tells us--and so is this book.

A Journey For All Seasons.......2000-05-03

Passages from A Journey for All Seasons are beautifully crafted. Learning about the environments throughout the U.S. and the myriad of species that inhabit them has never been so effortless. It reads like a guidebook to protecting both our outer beauty and inner souls.

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