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Author : Frank Partnoy
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610390059
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wait written by Frank Partnoy and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2012-06-26 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line? In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Even as technology exerts new pressures to speed up our lives, it turns out that the choices we make––unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years––benefit profoundly from delay. As this winning and provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life … even when time seems to be of the essence. The procrastinator in all of us will delight in Partnoy’s accounts of celebrity “delay specialists,” from Warren Buffett to Chris Evert to Steve Kroft, underscoring the myriad ways in which delaying our reactions to everyday choices––large and small––can improve the quality of our lives.

Author : DeVon Franklin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1501123483
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wait written by DeVon Franklin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-03-28 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors discuss the circumstances that brought them together and their decision to abstain from sex until marriage.

Author : Antoinette Portis
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1596439211
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wait written by Antoinette Portis and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2015-07-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A simple, sweet picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--

Author : Robin Benway
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101610093
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Audrey, Wait! written by Robin Benway and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2009-04-02 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: California high school student Audrey Cuttler dumps self-involved Evan, the lead singer of a little band called The Do-Gooders. Evan writes, ?Audrey, Wait!,? a break-up song that?s so good it rockets up the billboard charts. And Audrey is suddenly famous! Now rabid fans are invading her school. People is running articles about her arm-warmers. The lead singer of the Lolitas wants her as his muse. (And the Internet is documenting her every move!) Audrey can?t hang out with her best friend or get with her new crush without being mobbed by fans and paparazzi. Take a wild ride with Audrey as she makes headlines, has outrageous amounts of fun, confronts her ex on MTV, and gets the chance to show the world who she really is.

Author : Matt Stanton
Publisher : HarperCollins Australia
ISBN 13 : 1460707885
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wait! (Books That Drive Kids Crazy, Book 4) written by Matt Stanton and published by HarperCollins Australia. This book was released on 2018-04-01 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'AN EXCELLENT READ ALOUD, FUNNY, QUESTIONING AND MIND BOGGLING' -- ReadPlus For the Grown-Ups: 'Wait! Just wait!' You find yourself saying this all the time, right? Well, we're sorry, but you're gonna hate this book! This book is going to make you wait too. Once you and the kids start reading it, you can't do anything else until it's finished. You'll just have to ... wait. And the kids will love it! From the brilliant brains behind This Is a Ball, Did You Take the B from My _ook? and The Red Book comes a brand-new giggle-inducing bestseller! PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS THAT DRIVE KIDS CRAZY SERIES 'The kids are having a ball (whoops, having fun) and a discussion is born.' -- 4 stars, Good Reading 'Funny, clever, deliciously dry ... this book encourages kids to think outside the square, and hopefully, somewhere deep in that unlimited subconscious, understand that what we see is all about perception. What a powerful thought.' -- Kids' Book Review

Author : Richard Lawson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0448494124
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All We Can Do Is Wait written by Richard Lawson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debut author and Vanity Fair film critic Richard Lawson makes your heart stop and time stand still in his extraordinary and life-affirming novel that's perfect for fans of If I Stay and We All Looked Up. In the hours after a bridge collapse rocks their city, a group of Boston teenagers meet in the waiting room of Massachusetts General Hospital: Siblings Jason and Alexa have already experienced enough grief for a lifetime, so in this moment of confusion and despair, Alexa hopes that she can look to her brother for support. But a secret Jason has been keeping from his sister threatens to tear the siblings apart...right when they need each other most. Scott is waiting to hear about his girlfriend, Aimee, who was on a bus with her theater group when the bridge went down. Their relationship has been rocky, but Scott knows that if he can just see Aimee one more time, if she can just make it through this ordeal and he can tell her he loves her, everything will be all right. And then there's Skyler, whose sister Kate—the sister who is more like a mother, the sister who is basically Skyler's everything—was crossing the bridge when it collapsed. As the minutes tick by without a word from the hospital staff, Skyler is left to wonder how she can possibly move through life without the one person who makes her feel strong when she's at her weakest. In his riveting, achingly beautiful debut, Richard Lawson guides readers through an emotional and life-changing night as these teens are forced to face the reality of their pasts...and the prospect of very different futures.

Author : James E. Ryan
Publisher : HarperOne
ISBN 13 : 9780062664570
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wait, What? written by James E. Ryan and published by HarperOne. This book was released on 2017-04-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller “What, What? is a welcome—and joyful—reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely.” —Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life? Based on the wildly popular commencement address, the art of asking (and answering) good questions by the Dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Whether we’re in the boardroom or the classroom, we spend far too much time and energy looking for the right answer. But the truth is that questions are just as important as answers, often more so. If you ask the wrong question, for instance, you’re guaranteed to get the wrong answer. A good question, on the other hand, inspires a good answer and, in the process, invites deeper understanding and more meaningful connections between people. Asking a good question requires us to move beyond what we think we know about an issue or a person to explore the difficult and the unknown, the awkward, and even the unpleasant. In Wait, What?, Jim Ryan, dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, celebrates the art of asking—and answering—good questions. Five questions in particular: Wait, what?; I wonder…? Couldn’t we at least…?; How can I help?; and What truly matters? Using examples from politics, history, popular culture, and social movements, as well as his own personal life, Ryan demonstrates how these essential inquiries generate understanding, spark curiosity, initiate progress, fortify relationships, and draw our attention to the important things in life—from the Supreme Court to Fenway Park. By regularly asking these five essential questions, Ryan promises, we will be better able to answer life’s most important question: “And did you get what you wanted out of life, even so?” At once hilarious and illuminating, poignant and surprising, Wait, What? is an inspiring book of wisdom that will forever change the way you think about questions.

Author : Laci Richter
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725275260
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Refuel Your Wait written by Laci Richter and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-09-16 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a world full of waiting, we could all use a little faith. This book speaks directly to the heart of waiting adoptive parents, but could also encourage anyone who finds themselves waiting for that next season of life. The text was originally written by the author as a journal while she and her husband struggled to start a family. This journal is now a book filled with Scripture and devotions of hope. Refuel Your Wait includes heartbreaking and joyful personal stories of infertility, the adoption process, relationships with birthparents, and a medical miracle. This book will encourage the reader to turn their wait from a passage of time into intentional time of prayer, relationship building, and unexpected joy.

Author : Willa Dean Montgomery
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1098053567
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Wait! You're Next in Line! written by Willa Dean Montgomery and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wow! The best is yet to come to those who are willing to wait on God's timing!WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ON GOD FOR A WHILE!WHEN YOUR PRAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN ANSWERED!YOU JUST WAIT!Author Willa Dean Montgomery shares strategies that will change the way you approach troubles in your life, helping you understand the process of you waiting on the manifestation of God's promises in your life.You need to know these five keys to help you to be successful in your wait:*Everything begins with a process.*God does everything with a purpose in mind.*Your waiting on God is not in vain.*Without faith it is impossible to please God.*God cannot lie.Waiting on God will take faith and patience. But when you wait on God, God is building your character so you can become mature to handle the blessings. All blessings and promotions come from God, and God is preparing you to fulfill your destiny. This book will encourage you to remain faithful to God as you wait on Him no matter what troubles you are facing.WAIT! YOU ARE NEXT IN LINE!

Author : John Madden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780345325075
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hey, Wait a Minute (I Wrote a Book!) written by John Madden and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They are memoirs like you've never read before. As broadcaster and pitchman, John Madden has been inside the locker rooms, broadcasts booths, and in front of the camera doing what he does best--being himself. He's seen an awful lot and he wrote a book to prove it. Hey, wait a minute, you'll love it!