Making Sense Of Brief Lives

Author : Phil Smoke
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789048230
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Brief Lives written by Phil Smoke and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2022-04-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'This book changed the way I think, the way I speak, and the way I live.' David Cressey, Amazon and Goodreads There are some questions we can't avoid. Questions about meaning and morality, about belief and evidence and truth - about things that are reflected in our lives, whether or not we ever analyze them explicitly. This is the conviction that drives Making Sense of Brief Lives, first to identify with stark clarity the practical philosophical questions we face in life, and then to drive toward decisive answers.

Author : Oliver Burkeman
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 0374715246
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Thousand Weeks written by Oliver Burkeman and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2021-08-10 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Provocative and appealing . . . well worth your extremely limited time." —Barbara Spindel, The Wall Street Journal The average human lifespan is absurdly, insultingly brief. Assuming you live to be eighty, you have just over four thousand weeks. Nobody needs telling there isn’t enough time. We’re obsessed with our lengthening to-do lists, our overfilled inboxes, work-life balance, and the ceaseless battle against distraction; and we’re deluged with advice on becoming more productive and efficient, and “life hacks” to optimize our days. But such techniques often end up making things worse. The sense of anxious hurry grows more intense, and still the most meaningful parts of life seem to lie just beyond the horizon. Still, we rarely make the connection between our daily struggles with time and the ultimate time management problem: the challenge of how best to use our four thousand weeks. Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. Rejecting the futile modern fixation on “getting everything done,” Four Thousand Weeks introduces readers to tools for constructing a meaningful life by embracing finitude, showing how many of the unhelpful ways we’ve come to think about time aren’t inescapable, unchanging truths, but choices we’ve made as individuals and as a society—and that we could do things differently.

Author : John Aubrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brief Lives, Vol. 1 written by John Aubrey and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Evelyn Fox KELLER
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674039440
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Life written by Evelyn Fox KELLER and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do biologists want? How will we know when we have 'made sense' of life? Explanations in the biological sciences are provisional and partial, judged by criteria as heterogenous as their subject matter. This text accounts for this diversity.

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Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1625091729
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Life and Death written by and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Atkins
Publisher : peter atkins
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life Is Short And So Is This Book written by Peter Atkins and published by peter atkins. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Life is short. You can, if you work hard and are lucky, get more of almost anything, but you can't get more time. Time only goes one way. The average American has a lifespan of less than 30,000 days. So how you choose to live matters. That's the topic of this book. I don't pretend to have all the answers. I'm still learning every day, and many of the good ideas here I've picked up from other people either directly or by reading. But this is what's worked for me. Like life, this book is short. Many books I read could communicate their ideas in fewer pages. So I've tried to be brief in line with the wise person who noted: "If I'd had more time I would have written a shorter letter". I don't think brevity implies lack of content. The concepts here have improved the quality of my life, and I hope they're useful to you as well. Using these concepts, I have created a life I love. My job doesn't feel like work. I love and respect the people with whom I spend time. And I'm also passionate about my life outside work. I've learned how to create a balance that makes me happy between work and other interests, including my family, friends and exercise. Sadly I think that's rare. And yet, while I know I'm lucky, most people can work towards those goals in their own lives. My interest in making the most of my life began when I was just starting college, but when I was in my mid-thirties a boss I admired died of cancer. He was young. He had a great wife; he had three young children; he had a fantastic career -- he had everything in life. He just didn't have enough time. So, while I'd often thought about how to get the most out of life, the death of someone so young and vital increased my sense of urgency to act on it. One of the things I've always wanted to do was to work for myself. As a result, I left an exciting job at Microsoft in 2001 amidst the Internet bust to found the investing firm I now run. It was hard to do, both financially and emotionally. When I left Microsoft, many people - friends, family, and even some of the press - thought I was deluding myself to start a fund focused on Internet-related companies during a market crash. A press quote from the time said: "Call him a little crazy. Call him a little nuts." I'd never seen that type of coverage before. And, in a sense, the press was right; the business wasn't easy to start. Fortunately, from a vantage point of ten years down the road, it's worked out quite well. A key part of my job is reading and thinking about a broad variety of topics. So writing this book was relatively easy. It's even easier to read. But, like many things in life, actually executing each day on these concepts is extremely difficult. With thanks to Thomas Edison, life is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Even so, I hope you have fun perspiring. Peter Atkins Seattle, WA December, 2010

Author : Dr. Herbert L. Green Jr.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543425623
Total Pages : 699 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World and the Word: Making Sense of Social Science in an Age of Conflict, Opposition, and Grace written by Dr. Herbert L. Green Jr. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 699 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jesus very presence as the New Testament age unfolded (1st century A.D.), engendered opposition, created confl ict, while ushering in grace. His ideas were considered radical. Why is this so? The NIV Archeological Study Bible (2005), NIV Student Bible, et al. and corroborating Extra-Biblical evidence provide a context for the Word view about Jesus in Biblical history, and supports aspects of the social and physical sciences in terms of cultural, socio-economic, political, historical, archeological, and philosophical (apologetics) evidence. As the pages of this book unfold, there is an internal consistency with social science and The Bible. However, where such consistency appeared to diverge, this author attempts to fi lter out the noise by applying critical thinking criteria to a Worldview that may not be consistent with the Word view. The goal of this book therefore is to provide some exposition (Greek apologia) of the Word and see how the World fi ts. Born again Christians can be credible scientists and not compromise Gods Word. After thoughtful reading please send refl ective comments to Dr. Herb Green, Jr. at [email protected]

Author : Gerry R Cox
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351843095
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Death written by Gerry R Cox and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The editors of "Making Sense of Death: Spiritual, Pastoral, and Personal Aspects of Death, Dying and Bereavement" provide stimulating discussions as they ponder the meaning of life and death.This anthology explores the process of meaning-making in the face of death and the roles of religion and spirituality at times of loss; the profound and devastating experience of loss in the death of a spouse or a child; a psychological model of spirituality; the dimensions of spirituality; humor in client-caregiver relationships; the worldview of modernity in contrast to postmodern assumptions; the Buddhist perspective of death, dying, and pastoral care; meaning-making in the virtual reality of cyberspace; individualism and death; and the historical context of Native Americans, the concept of disenfranchised grief, and its detailed application to the Native American experience.It also explores: a qualitative survey on the impact of the shooting deaths of students in Colorado; a team approach with physicians, nursing, social services, and pastoral care; a study of health care professionals, comparing clergy with other health professionals; marginality in spiritual and pastoral care for the dying; a qualitative research study of registered nurses in the northeast United States; and loss and growth in the seasons of life.

Author : John Aubrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Brief Lives," Chiefly of Contempories written by John Aubrey and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Aubrey
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book "Brief Lives" written by John Aubrey and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: