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Authentic : the myth of bringing your full self to work / by Burey, Jodi-Ann,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."From the creator of a viral TED talk comes a bold call to rethink authenticity at work Workplace dynamics in recent years have been a dizzying storm of broken promises. Companies that once encouraged employees to "come as you are" and bring your full, authentic self to work are now shutting down initiatives, part of an ongoing cycle of trading on our identities when it's convenient and profitable. Those calls for authenticity were never honest and are actually harmful. Jodi-Ann Burey, writer and critic known for her TED talk "The Myth of Bringing Your Full, Authentic Self to Work," delves into the dangers of disclosure in environments that aren't built for our well-being. With insights from pop culture , academic research, and interviews with other professionals of color, Burey argues that we can do better than shallow ploys for representation. Our physical and emotional health are at risk, and too much is sacrificed-for ourselves and for collective progress-when our full potential is blocked by racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and ableism. Authentic is a powerful reckoning-and now is the time to reclaim our agency. Even at work"--
Subjects: Authenticity (Philosophy); Diversity in the workplace.; Multiculturalism.;
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How to be : life lessons from the early Greeks / by Nicolson, Adam,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests, in a life ruled by imagined metaphysical monsters. 2,500 years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities, that way of thinking began to change. Men (and some women) decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own worrying and thinking minds to the conundrums of life. These great innovators shaped the beginnings of philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus in Ephesus was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. In Lesbos, the Aegean island of Sappho and Alcaeus, the early lyric poets asked themselves 'How can I be true to myself?' In Samos, Pythagoras imagined an everlasting soul and took his ideas to Italy where they flowered again in surprising and radical forms. Prize-winning writer Adam Nicolson travels through this transforming world and asks what light these ancient thinkers can throw on our deepest preconceptions. Sparkling with maps, photographs and artwork, How to Be is a journey into the origins of Western thought. Hugely formative ideas emerged in these harbour-cities: fluidity of mind, the search for coherence, a need for the just city, a recognition of the mutability of things, a belief in the reality of the ideal--all became the Greeks' legacy to the world. Born out of a rough, dynamic--and often cruel--moment in human history, it was the dawn of enquiry, where these fundamental questions about self, city and cosmos, asked for the first time, became, as they remain, the unlikely bedrock of understanding."--
Subjects: Heraclitus, of Ephesus.; Homer; Sappho; Civilization, Western;
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I'm not small / by Crews, Nina.;
A young boy can feel small in a world made up of big, big things, but when he takes a closer look, he discovers that he is big, too.LSC
Subjects: Body size; Perspective (Philosophy);
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Seeds of hope [sound recording] : wisdom and wonder from the world of plants / by Goodall, Jane,1934-; Brychta, Edita.; Hudson, Gail E.;
Read by Edita Brychta."Renowned naturalist and bestselling author Jane Goodall examines the critical role that trees and plants play in our world"--Provided by the publisher.
Subjects: Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Goodall, Jane, 1934-; Audiobooks.; Hope.; Human-plant relationships.; Philosophy of nature.; Plants.; Trees.;
© p2014., Hachette Audio,
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The hidden reality : parallel universes and the deep laws of the cosmos / by Greene, B.(Brian),1963-;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Cosmology.; General relativity (Physics); Physics; Quantum theory.;
© c2011., Alfred A. Knopf,
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The Seven Cycles of Life : Seeking Healing, Connection and Justice in Anishinaabe Teachings. by Borrows, John.;
From John Borrows, a pioneering legal scholar, educator and mentor to Michelle Good, comes a heartfelt book of transformative wisdom on how to achieve the loving life and deep and lasting connections we all yearn for. Borrows is a member of the Chippewas of the Nawash First Nation. He lives in Neyaashiinigmiing, ON.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth; PHILOSOPHY; RELIGION;
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The Philosopher’s Toolkit. by Grim, Patrick,actor.; The Great Courses (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Patrick GrimOriginally produced by The Great Courses in 2013.THE PHILOSOPHER'S TOOLKIT: HOW TO BE THE MOST RATIONAL PERSON IN ANY ROOM, taught by award-winning Professor Patrick Grim of the State University of New York at Stony Brook, arms you against the perils of bad thinking and supplies you with an arsenal of strategies to help you be more creative, logical, inventive, realistic, and rational in all aspects of your daily life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Instructional films.; Health.; Documentary films.; Philosophy.; Life skills.;
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Progress : how one idea built civilization and now threatens to destroy it / by McDonald, Samuel Miller,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Progress is power. Narratives of progress, the stories we tell about whether a society is moving in the right or the wrong direction, are immensely potent. Progress has built cities, flattened mountains, charted the globe, delved the oceans and space, created wealth, opportunity, and remarkable innovation, and ushered in a new epoch unique in our planet's 4.5-billion-year history. But the modern story of progress is also a very dangerous fiction. It shapes our sense of what progress means, and justifies what we will do to achieve it -- no matter the cost. We continue to subscribe to a set of myths, about dominion, growth, extraction, and expansion, that have fueled our success, but now threaten our -- and all species' -- existence on a planet in crisis. In Progress, geographer Samuel Miller McDonald offers a radical new perspective on the myths upon which the modern world is built, illuminating its destructive lineage and suggesting an urgent alternative. Drawing on interdisciplinary research across anthropology, history, philosophy and geography, McDonald argues that if humanity is to thrive, then we must dismantle, reimagine, and create anew what progress means"--
Subjects: Progress; Progress; Progress;
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Like streams to the ocean : notes on ego, love, and the things that make us who we are / by Jenkins, Jedidiah,author.;
"A moving meditation on the hidden, sometimes difficult topics we must consider to live an authentic life, from the New York Times bestselling author of To Shake the Sleeping Self. We aren't born into a self. It is created without our consent, built on top of our circumstances, the off-handed comments we hear from others, and the moments that scared us most when we were young. But in the busyness of our daily life, we rarely get the chance to think clearly about the questions that matter most. Who am I? Where do I belong? How much of who I am and what I do boils down to avoiding the things that make me feel small? We tuck these questions into the corner of our minds, but they drive our behavior far more than we give them credit for, even after we become adults. Writing with the passion and clarity that made his debut, To Shake the Sleeping Self, a national bestseller, Jenkins makes space to explore the seven topics we must think about in order to live a deeply considered life: ego, family, work, love, nature, death, and the soul. He considers the experiences that shape us into who we are, whether they're as heart-pounding as a rafting trip through the whitewater of the Grand Canyon, or as ordinary as the moment when we look in the mirror each morning. Through it all, Jenkins leads readers on a wide-ranging conversation about finding fulfillment in the people and places around us, and discovering the courage to show our deepest selves to the world. Like Streams to the Ocean is a profound reflection from one of our most original writers, a necessary read for anyone seeking a companion on the road to understanding"--
Subjects: Jenkins, Jedidiah.; Conduct of life.; Introspection.; Self (Philosophy); Self.;
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Don't push the button! / by Cotter, Bill.;
The only rule in Larry's book is that the reader not push the button, but when no one is looking, it may be irresistible.
Subjects: Board books.; Books and reading; Rules (Philosophy);
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