The Bard's Library

The Right to Write

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Now in paperback, the national bestseller that is breaking down the mythology behind the "writing life."

What if everything we have been taught about learning to write was wrong? In The Right to Write, Julia Cameron's most revolutionary book, the author asserts that conventional writing wisdom would have you believe in a false doctrine that stifles creativity.

With the techniques and anecdotes in The Right to Write, readers learn to make writing a natural, intensely personal part of life. Cameron's instruction and examples include the details of the writing processes she uses to create her own bestselling books. She makes writing a playful and realistic as well as a reflective event. Anyone jumping into the writing life for the first time and those already living it will discover the art of writing is never the same after reading The Right to Write.

Honoring the Self

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"Tell me how a person judges his or her self-esteem," says pioneering psychologist Nathaniel Branden, "and I will tell you how that person operates at work, in love, in sex, in parenting, in every important aspect of existence—and how high he or she is likely to rise. The reputation you have with yourself—your self-esteem—is the single most important factor for a fulfilling life."

The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

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What would happen if a top expert with more than thirty years of leadership experience were willing to distill everything he had learned about leadership into a handful of life-changing principles just for you? It would change your life.

John C. Maxwell has done exactly that in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership. He has combined insights learned from his thirty-plus years of leadership successes and mistakes with observations from the worlds of business, politics, sports, religion, and military conflict. The result is a revealing study of leadership delivered as only a communicator like Maxwell can.

The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader

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"Everything rises and falls on leadership," says Dr. Maxwell, "but knowing how to lead is only half the battle. Understanding leadership and actually leading are two different activities." Dr. Maxwell explains that the key to transforming yourself from someone who understands leadership to a person who successfully leads in the real world is chracter. Your character qualities activate and empower your leadership ability, or they can stand in the way of your success! In his latest book, Dr. Maxwell disucsses several other key attributes to being a good leader including:

• Charisma: The First Impression Can Seal the Deal
• Courage: One Person With Courage Is a Majority
• Problem Solving: You Can't Let Your Problems Be a Problem
• Teachability: To Keep Leading, Keep Learning
• Vision: You can Seize Only What You Can See

If you look at all great leaders of the past and present, you'll find that they possess the 21 qualitities that are discussed in The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader. If you can become the leader you ought to be on the inside, you will be able to become the leader that you want to be on the outside. "If you are able to do that," says Maxwell, "you'll find there's nothing in this world you cannot do." WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Developing the Leader Within You

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In this repackaged bestseller John Maxwell examines the differences between leadership styles, outlines principles for inspiring, motivating, and influencing others. These principles can be used in any organization to foster integrity and self-discipline and bring a positive change.

Developing the Leader Within You also allows readers to examine how to be effective in the highest calling of leadership by understanding the five characteristics that set “leader managers” apart from “run-of-the-mill managers.”

In this John Maxwell classic, he shows readers how to develop the vision, value, influence, and motivation required of successful leaders.

Dale Carnegie's Lifetime Plan for Success

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Dale Carnegie's motivational and practical teachings are as sound today as when they were first written. Bestsellers for more than 60 years, How to Win Friends & Influence People and How to Stop Worrying & Start Living, have taught millions how to achieve the pinnacle of personal and professional success. They're now together in one must-have volume. How to Win Friends reveals fundamental techniques for handling people, six ways to make others like you, tricks for becoming a better speaker, and how to be a leader. In How to Stop Worrying, Carnegie offers proven formulas for eliminating 50 percent of your business concerns immediately, suggestions for lessening financial fears, ideas for avoiding emotional upset, and much more. It's the key to exchanging self-consciousness for self-confidence.

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind

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Zen mind is one of those enigmatic phrases used by Zen teachers to throw you back upon yourself, to make you go behind the words themselves and begin wondering. " I know what my own mind is, " you tell yourself, " but what is Zen mind?" And then: "But do I really know what my own mind is? Is it what I am doing now? Is it what I am thinking now?" And if you should then try to sit physically still for a while to see if you can discover just what your mind is, to see if you can locate it---then you have begun the practice of Zen, then you have begun to realize the unrestricted mind.

The Code of the Samurai

This modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu is well done in modern english, yet still conveys all the original meaning. For those who are looking for an example of a code of honor and behavior that still has a great deal of merit in the modern age, this book will be of interest to you. It is a quick read and is split into three sections that provide convenient breaks for the fast reader, and also has shorter chapters for the slower reader.