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A Job to Love - The School of Life by The School of Life
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Library
Alongside a satisfying relationship, a career we love is one of the foremost requirements for a fulfilled life. Unfortunately, it is devilishly hard to understand oneself well enough to know quite where one's energies should be directed. A Job To Love is designed to help us out of some of these impasses ...Show more
Calm: Educate yourself in the art of remaining calm, and learn how to defend yourself from panic and fury (The School of Life) by The School of Life Press (Series editor Alain de Botton)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Series: The\School of Life Library
Few life skills are as neglected, yet as important, as the ability to remain calm. Our very worst decisions and interactions are almost invariably the result of a loss of calm - and a descent into anxiety and agitation. Surprisingly, but very fortunately, our power to remain calm can be rehearsed and im ...Show more
Great Thinkers School of Life (The School of Life) by The School of Life
$45.00 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: The\School of Life Library
Typically, great thinkers have been included in encyclopedic works on the basis of reputation and historic influence. The School of Life takes a different approach, focusing instead on the thinkers whose ideas are the most helpful to our lives now. This is a collection of sixty of the most important and ...Show more
How to Age (The School of Life series) by Anne Karpf
$19.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: The School of Life
As a culture, we are increasingly 'anti-age'. Ageing is either identified entirely with disability, dependency and isolation or, conversely, with the model of the bungee-jumping, jet-skiing, Botoxed baby-boomer who has vanquished age altogether; it is either all-defining or non-existent because powerful ...Show more
How to Be Bored by Eva Hoffman
$19.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: The School of Life | Reading Level: very good
How to embrace boredom and find meaning in doing nothing. Lethargic inactivity can be debilitating and depressing; but for those living in the modern world, the pendulum has swung far in the other direction. We live in a hectic, hyperactive, over-stimulated age. Excessive busyness and overfilled schedul ...Show more
How to Be a Leader (The School of Life series) by School of Life Staff (Compiled by); Martin Bjergegaard; Cosmina Popa
$19.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
No one is born to lead. This is the idea at the heart of this thoughtful book on leadership. Popular culture feeds us images of the square-jawed, strong-armed leader - charismatic, powerful, decisive - but the truth is, with the right amount of self-knowledge and authenticity, anyone can be a good leade ...Show more
How to Change the World by John-Paul Flintoff
$19.99 AUD
Category: Sociology | Series: The School of Life | Reading Level: 16
We all want to live in a better world, but sometimes it feels that we lack the ability or influence to make a difference. John-Paul Flintoff offers a powerful reminder that through the generations, society has been transformed by the actions of individuals who understood that if they didn't like somethi ...Show more
How to Deal with Adversity: The School Of Life by Christopher Hamilton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: The\School of Life Ser.
In How to Deal with Adversity, Christopher Hamilton explores how we face trials and tribulations in everyday life, and why adversity, from small setbacks to larger, more life-defining problems, affects and shapes us so fundamentally. In this book from The School of Life series, drawing upon history, phi ...Show more
How to Find Fulfilling Work - The School of Life by Roman Krznaric
$19.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: The School of Life | Reading Level: 16
This is a book about how to take working life in new directions how to negotiate the labyrinth of choices, how to think about personal ambitions and motivations, and ultimately how to take concrete steps to finding a fulfilling career. It is a self-help book with a difference. Standard career guides are ...Show more
How to Overcome Your Childhood by The School The School of Life
$19.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: THE SCHOOL OF LIFE
When trying to deal with our current troubles and anxieties, it can be deeply irritating to be asked to consider our childhoods. They happened so long ago; we can probably barely remember, let alone relate to, the little person we once were. But one of the most powerful explanations for why we may, as a ...Show more
How to Stay Sane by Philippa Perry
$19.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development | Series: The School of Life | Reading Level: good
There is no simple set of instructions that can guarantee sanity, but if you want to overcome emotional difficulties and become happier, psychotherapist Philippa Perry argues that there are four cornerstones to sanity you can influence to bring about change. By developing your self-observation skills, e ...Show more
How to Think Like an Entrepreneur (The School of Life series) by Philip Delves Broughton
$19.99 AUD
Category: Essays | Series: The School of Life
Explore how entrepreneurial thinking can dramatically improve your work, your life and your relationshipsHaving the drive, ambition and inspiration to start a new business takes a particular mindset - no wonder we regard successful entrepreneurs as modern-day magic-makers. But what if that spirit and dr ...Show more