Monday, June 24, 2019

How to Have a Great Career: Find Your Passion, Achieve Your Goals, Love What You Do

Larry Smith
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Whether you are just starting out or are reinventing yourself, Larry Smith will show you how to turn what you love into what you do

For the past three decades, Professor Larry Smith has become something of a “career whisperer” for his students at the University of Waterloo. His guidance has helped steer more than twenty-five thousand students to careers they love at companies like Facebook, Amazon, Tesla and Google, to name just a few. But most of us are left to figure out one of the biggest decisions of our lives on our own. Each year, millions of talented college and university students graduate with little or no real sense of what their next step will be. And shifting economies and life circumstances often send us down the wrong career path, or down one that isn’t a perfect fit for our skills and personalities—even if we are often unaware of it. But it is possible—even if you already have a foothold in a career—to make changes that will result in renewed passion and success that is greater than anything you’ve ever imagined.

With his straightforward, no-nonsense approach, Smith itemizes and dismisses all the usual excuses, fears and worries that people hide behind when trying to find their true direction. He shows how it is possible to change course and get on the right path. It won’t necessarily be easy, but if you follow Smith’s guidance, your career dreams can come true.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

情緒陰影──「心靈整合之父」榮格,帶你認識內在原型,享受情緒自由

許皓宜
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如果說格雷有五十道陰影,你有沒有想過,你的心裡有幾道陰影?
你所有的不快樂,怪別人都沒有用。
抓出陰影背後的形象,讓我們一起學習駕馭他。
面對厭世代,我們都可以自我拯救。
陰影,也是一種力量!

當遇上無法真心擁抱的負面時刻──
看到朋友在臉書曬幸福照,你突然覺得心情低落,就把他封鎖了;
最討厭突然插隊超車的駕駛,總想按喇叭來表達不滿;
上台報告後,覺得台風不夠穩健的自己好糟糕,變得好沮喪;
進入一個陌生團體,身旁的人看起來又厲害又迷人,你開始害怕……
這些,都是「情緒陰影」!

「情緒陰影」,就是讓人在情感暴雨來襲時,常常找不到傘的窘境;是阻礙我們身心能量的「情結」所在,也是我們心靈深處的「雜質」。這些無法被自我所意識到的情感經驗,原來背後,暗藏著許多我們還不夠了解自己的地方。

所以,這本書要帶領你——
覺察「情緒陰影」的存在,把它提取到意識層面反覆思考,轉化成正向的力量。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, June 17, 2019

Resilience: The Science of Mastering Life's Greatest Challenges

Steven M. Southwick, Dennis S. Charney
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Most of us at some point in our lives will be struck by major traumas such as the sudden death of a loved one, a debilitating disease, assault, or a natural disaster. Resilience refers to the ability to 'bounce back' after encountering difficulty. This book provides a guide to building emotional, mental and physical resilience by presenting ten factors to help anyone become more resilient to life's challenges. Specific resilience factors such as facing fear, optimism, and social support are described through the experiences and personal reflections of highly resilient survivors. These survivors also describe real-life methods for practicing and benefiting from the resilience factors. As resilience is the complex product of genetic, psychological, biological, social, and spiritual factors, the authors investigate resilience from multiple scientific perspectives. They synthesize the latest literature on the topic, describe their own research on resilience, and quote from their interviews with highly resilient people.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

品味人生12講

傅佩榮
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品味人生靠自己,追求活得更有智慧的幸福人生

同樣的一生,有人活得多采多姿,有人活得黯然神傷;同樣的一天,有人過得充實美好,有人過得了無生趣。人生際遇各有不同,但是追求幸福之心並無差異。幸福的定義可能言人人殊,但是它與人的自我實現必有密切關係。

現代人的生活充滿逆境,應付每天的困難都措手不及。如何認識及提升自己的抗壓力,使自己擁有百折不回的毅力,努力攀上人生的頂峰?

活著,就須不斷自我超越。經營充實的生活,當務之急是激發潛能、培養創意、堅定信心,才有能力在充滿變化的世局中,讓身體像行雲一般自在,心靈像流水一樣自由,活得灑脫而愉快。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, June 10, 2019

Lunch with the FT: 52 Classic Interviews

Lionel Barber
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A selection of Financial Times interviews with high-profile figures in business, politics, the arts, science and more.

From film stars to politicians, tycoons to writers, dissidents to lifestyle gurus, Lunch with the FT gathers fifty-two fascinating interviews conducted at the unforgiving proximity of a restaurant table.

... This book brings you right to the table to decide what you think of Angela Merkel or Martin Amis, George Soros or Sean “P. Diddy” Combs, Angelina Jolie or Jimmy Carter. Meet not just oligarchs and royals, but the co-founder of Apple, the codiscoverer of DNA, the tycoon who will pay African presidents to quit, and one of the Arab world’s most notorious sons.

Every interview is illustrated with a drawing of its subject, making this collection as visually impressive as it is enlightening and fun to read.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

This Way看電影:提煉電影裡的歷史味

蔣竹山
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電影是一扇窗,打開它,就看見更多故事,更多歷史。

《神鬼獵人》讓人想到北美印第安人與白人的毛皮貿易。《香料共和國》記錄了希臘與土耳其的食物與鄉愁。《吸特樂回來了》把戰後德國的二戰記憶拉回來。《跳舞時代》呈現日治台灣文青的感官世界。《霸王別姬》用咚咚鏘鏘的戲曲看穿近代中國。《日落真相》點出日本天皇從神到人的退位危機。

歷史不單只是讓讀者看到「過去」,歷史不是只有歷史敘事與歷史事實而已,我們還希望以電影為窗口,引導讀者進行一些有關爭議歷史問題的思辨,培養分析與理解事物的技巧。此外,還希望能讓讀者學習到,看事情不用現代的觀點,而是回到當時的脈絡,站在當時經驗與看法的「神入」(同理心)方式來看歷史。

為此,《This Way看電影》這本書, 提出二十五部電影、六大主題、四大能力, 讓我們來提煉電影裡的歷史味。

(摘錄自博客來網路書店)


Monday, June 3, 2019

Psych 101: Psychology Facts, Basics, Statistics, Tests, and More!

Paul Kleinman
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A hands-on approach to exploring the human mind

Too often, textbooks turn the noteworthy theories, principles, and experiments of psychology into tedious discourse that even Freud would want to repress. Psych 101 cuts out the boring details and statistics, and instead, gives you a lesson in psychology that keeps you engaged - and your synapses firing.

From personality quizzes and the Rorschach Blot Test to B.F. Skinner and the stages of development, this primer for human behavior is packed with hundreds of entertaining psychology basics and quizzes you can't get anywhere else.

So whether you're looking to unravel the intricacies of the mind, or just want to find out what makes your friends tick, Psych 101 has all the answers - even the ones you didn't know you were looking for.

(Excerpt from amazon.com)

細味名言100句

李怡
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德國作家赫塞說,名言猶如一段文字甚而是一篇著作的精髓,它因短小而有價值,不能粗略閱讀,而須細細咀嚼才能領悟其真義,並能成為指導生活言行的指針。

本書是李怡從長年閱讀中摘下的100句名言,簡略介紹原作者的生平和成就,對摘錄的句子稍作釋義,但不作詳細發揮。因為李怡相信,每一位讀友都會和他一樣,自己對名言反覆深思,聯繫自己的生活、工作、處事,細察其意,或從迷惘中得到醒悟。

(摘錄自cosmosbooks.com.hk)