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What will humanity look like in twenty years . . . in fifty? Which skills should we be cultivating in an age of ceaseless technological progress? Finnish inventor, composer, and futurist Perttu Plnen argues that the next revolution is a human revolution. To counterbalance the world we digitalized, we need to develop creativity, perseverance, compassion, and curiositythose same soft skills that give our lives meaning and set us apart from machines. What can we get from you that we can't get from Google? Join Plnen as he takes a practical, personal look at our ever-changing technological landscape while investigating our ability to respond, adapt, and evolve as a society. In the end, his curriculum for the future will empower you to use your uniquely human skills to master a decidedly uncertain future.

Nick Marshall was not exactly your average twenty-one-year-old from New Jersey. After committing armed robbery, he served three years in prison. Still fairly young upon his release, he wondered what kind of fruitful life he could lead as an ex-con. As he soon came to find, life on parole had its limits, but he was fortunate enough to have a salaried job, a roof over his head, and a car. Yet something still tugged at him: his yearning to be an artist. Aware of the immense time and effort it would take to fulfill such a dream, he gave up his safety net and took his place at the bottom of the totem pole in the hospitality industry. What Nick did not expect was for a series of jobs in bars and restaurants to catapult him into the exciting yet treacherous world of New York City nightlife. By connecting with all of the right movers, shakers, gatekeepers, and the like, he began to blaze a new trail. Before he knew it, he was a power player who had it all—or so he thought. He began to question if trips to Saint-Tropez, infinite freebies, and celebrity-like treatment were enough to let the dream that started it all take a backseat. Yet again, he found himself ready to make a major sacrifice. Try Again: An Ex-Con's Path from Prison to Prosperity is the inspirational story of one man’s climb back into society as the woes of post-prison life kept kicking him down. It is a recount of the lessons he learned—how being blinded by the limelight cost him everything he worked so hard for, as well as his mental health and stability. Try Again won’t just speak to the formerly incarcerated; it is for anyone looking to start anew when it feels utterly impossible. This must-read is proof that sometimes reckless mistakes are the ones that can change our lives indefinitely.

FOX News co-host and radio personality Eboni K. Williams believes that women shouldn't hide their beauty. Instead, they should embrace it as a positive and powerful asset. Williams describes how her own career has been positively influenced by making strategic and intentional decisions about her appearance, what works best and when, all while staying true to her own personal style and values. Regardless of the decade, whether they were entering the workforce, seeking a leadership role, or looking to ascend to the C-suite, women (and even men) have always felt the professional need to embody a certain aesthetic appeal and individual personal power. Women, especially, have been sold the lie that being "pretty" comes at the expense of being taken seriously and that being "pretty" and being capable are mutually exclusive. In PRETTY POWERFUL, Eboni K. Williams encourages readers to reject the knee-jerk reaction to be shamed by this potential advantage and to stop leaving this incredibly powerful asset unused. In each chapter, Williams is joined by other powerful women like Meghan McCain, Marcia Clark, and Desiree Rogers and explores how many others have learned to balance their "prettiness" with substance--to both look the part and express their intelligence in a way that is authentic and respected. While opinions may have differed through time, one fact remains: a personal "pretty" brand is perhaps the most immediate and obvious tool in a woman's professional arsenal.

Dietitian and health coach Jessica Cording had always thought that she''d be prepared to cope if a loved one were to become ill, but when her father was diagnosed at age 61 with advanced pancreatic cancer, she quickly realised she had a lot to learn as her family turned their lives upside down to care for him. A veteran of the music industry with an irreverent sense of humour, Cording''s father referred to the last months of his life as ''The Farewell Tour.'' With Cording''s warm sense of humour, personal anecdotes, and tips from a range of wellness experts, this is a resource all caregivers can benefit from.

From the office of a seasoned grief counselor, this book is an essential guide to grief. It shines a light into the darkness and illuminates the lifelong journey of integrating loss into life. It is a spiritual companion to higher healing that offers a shift, a redirection from pain and suffering to the sacred qualities of compassion, love, connection, gratitude, and transformation. This book takes Ashley Davis Bush's seminal Transcending Loss grief model and elevates it to a new level by providing a light-filled lens with which to process and metabolize loss. Bush describes a dimension of higher healing which provides an essential balm to the shattered heart. She will lead you to a broad experience of support, to a source of light within and beyond the self that is essential to a healthy grieving process. A guide on your journey from shock to transcendence, this book shows you how Love, Connection, Compassion, Faith, and Transcendenceorient and soothe a broken spirit. At the end of each chapter, you will be introduced to five specific ';Light-Shift Practices' that integrate the chapter's concepts and facilitate the healing process. Grieving is a universal yet disorienting and devastating experience. But like the ancient Japanese art form of kintsugi which repairs broken pottery with golden lacquer, grief is healed by filling the cracks in your life with light, creating beauty from brokenness. Embracing a higher perspective makes the journey more bearable, the experience more meaningful, and the future more expansive.

Let hilarious canine author Bark Twain get you off the couch and back to the office with this hilarious full-color guide to the new normal for you and your dog.The pandemic has been with us for what seems like forever. And every day seems like Groundhog Day! You wake up. You eat. You Zoom with colleagues. You send emails. You binge watch television. You feed the dog. You ponder buying bitcoin or dogecoin for your four-legged best friend. And then the next day you do it all over again. This is not the life you or your dog expected. You both need more. Your lab, pug, or poodle was happy when you stopped going to the office. But, frankly, after all these months of having you home, he is over it. He needs some alone time! What does your dog think? Probably just what laugh-out-loud canine humorist Bark Twain thinks: *Go the Bark to Work. You've been home for months and you're cramping my style. *Go the Bark to Work. I need to get with the poodle next door! *Go the Bark to Work. You need a shave-I'm afraid you have fleas! *Go the Bark to Work. Our money won't last forever. I need food and toys, you know! *Go the Bark to Work. You need a girlfriend. I know what you watch on your computer! With this funny opus, Bark Twain joins the pantheon of famous dogs who bring joy to our lives. Move over Snoopy, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Benji, Beethoven, and Lassie; Bark Twain is funnier, snarkier, and more street savvy than you'll ever be. So, buy it for yourself or as a gift book for a friend. And you just need to . . . Go the Bark to Work!

If only you could meet your younger, greener self, what might you say? Terry Helwig explores this perennial question and how the human heart, tested by time and adversity, broken open by love and beauty, ripens and bears fruit. Her lyrical and compelling reflections awaken us to our place in the vast universe, to the currents of joy and loss, and to the sacred treasure of being alive. Inspired by her beloved Florida barrier island, Helwig discovers a landscape of fierce beauty within as well as without. She uncovers the solace of following the phases of the moon, the curve of a shell, and the solstice path of the sun. Nature reconnects us to our true centerthat place where wisdom blooms. In the end, the sea's tides mirror the ebb and flow of life. The dance of these perpetual tides changes the contour of our livescontinually shifting the shoreline of who we are and, more importantly, who we will become.

Mark Nepo, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Book of Awakening," has been called "one of the finest spiritual guides of our time," "a consummate storyteller" and "an eloquent spiritual teacher." Now in his sixties, he has written "Reduced to Joy," a book of seventy-three poems about the nature of working with what we're given till it wears us through to joy. Nepo says, "Poetry is the well from which all my books rise. It's where I always go to listen, always stunned by what arrives. I bring these poems back from the deep like shells from the sea that we can look at together." Profound and accessible, Nepo's poems are tools for staying close to what matters.