The EQ Difference : A Powerful Plan for Putting Emotional Intelligence to Work

By Adele B. Lynn
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Emotional intelligence can make a huge difference in both our personal lives and our work satisfaction and performance. Emotional intelligence is the distinguishing factor that determines if we make lemonade when life hands us lemons or spend our life stuck in bitterness. It is the distinguishing factor that enables us to have wholesome, warm relationships rather than cold and distant contacts. EQ is the distinguishing factor between finding and living our life’s passions or just putting in time. EQ is the distinguishing factor that draws others to us or repels them. EQ is the distinguishing factor that enables us to work in concert and collaboration with others or to withdraw in dispute …

This book is not to change who you are, but to allow more of your ideal self to come through in daily living. The fact is everyone has gaps between their true intentions and reality. If, however, you are serious about bridging this gap and living your greatness, this book will not only inspire you to do so, it will provide a plan to examine and confront the very issues that are standing in the way …
(From the Preface: Your Inner Bird Dog)

中國四大名著的人生智慧

胡斯琴 編著
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《三國演義》紅臉關雲長千里走單騎，義薄雲天；白臉曹操陰險狡詐，心狠手辣；諸葛亮羽扇綸巾，運籌帷幄，劉備三顧茅廬，白手起家而三分天下。《水滸傳》梁山一百零八條好漢，生死之交一碗酒，路見不平一聲吼，該出手時就出手，忠義兩全、除暴安良的俠義之舉，令人看了忍不住拍案叫好。《西遊記》肥頭大耳豬八戒、機智聰明孫悟空、慈悲為懷唐三藏、踏實沉默沙悟淨，師徒四人歷經十四寒暑、八十一難，一次次鬥智鬥勇，嘻笑怒罵，帶領我們走進一個離奇而有趣的神話世界。《紅樓夢》問世間情為何物，只看嬌滴滴淚盈盈的林妹妹，癡呆呆傻乎乎的寶哥哥，二人纏綿悱惻的愛情喚醒了無數人青澀的「愛情」萌芽，也勾起了無數人對「愛情」的最初回憶。
...... 四大名著做為凝結中國傳統文化人生智慧的集大成者，無論其蘊涵的形而上、儒、釋、道思想，還是勾心鬥角、雞生蒜皮人生百態，抑或是指點江山、激揚文字的大智慧、大才華，義薄雲天、肝膽相照的氣魄胸襟，堅韌執著、義無反顧的拚搏精神，都是寶貴的精神財富，值得我們細細品味。
(摘錄自內容簡介及序)

Easter : Its History, Celebration, Spirit, and Significance as Related in Prose and Verse

By Susan Tracy Rice; edited by Robert Haven Schauffler
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Of all the festivals of the Christian year, Easter is the most important and most joyful. From of old it has been known as “the happiest of days,” “the bright day,” “the Sunday of joy” and “the festival of festivals.” The early fathers used to speak of it as “the feast of feasts,” “the queen of days,” “the desirable festival of our salvation.” And Pope Leo I called it “the day alone great.”
The names Easter and Ostern, the English and German names for the feast of the resurrection, were once thought to be derived from Ostara (Eostre), an ancient teutonic goddess mentioned by the historian Bede in the seventh century. She was the personification of the Spring, of the rising sun, of all things new and fresh and full of hope. To her the month corresponding to our April, Eostur-monath, was supposed to be dedicated.
This is all very romantic and beautiful; but it is not true. Recent research has shown that Ostara, the goddess of the vernal equinox, originated nowhere but in the brain of the venerable Bede; …
(From the Introduction of the book)

一生要去的60個地方

張玉斌 編著
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古代西方哲學家聖奧古斯丁曾說過：「世界就像一本書，不去旅行的人唯讀到了其中的一頁。」雖然為世俗所羈，我們不能走遍世界的每一個角落，但我們可以做出一種個性化的、富有魅力的選擇，讓每一次出行都成為一次心靈的歷險、一次文化的探索、一次對歷史的追尋。在我們身居的世界中，有許多地方，靜靜地豎立在遠方地平線上，如美麗與哀愁共存的耶路撒冷、普度性靈的聖地拉薩、濃縮了印度古文化的「愛情豐碑」泰姬陵、美麗的童話王國哥本哈根、見證華夏古國所走過非凡歷程的長江、黃河……這些地方的價值不在於其物質的豐盈，而在於其厚重的文化蘊涵。走近這些一生至少應去一次的人間勝地，我們可以感受到靈魂的顫慄，被現代生活節奏所壓抑的心靈也會得到撫慰、安寧和滿足。
每個人的生命中都有一種本能的渴望，既尋找物質的豐裕，也尋找精神的樂土。有鑒於此，美國《國家地理雜誌》曾歷時兩年的時間進行調查，在廣泛徵詢了社會各界人士的意見後，選出了60個「一生中必須看一次」的地方，其中以文明和大自然的和諧結合、最後的伊甸園、優美寧靜的人間天堂等景觀類型分類。本書在此基礎上，在全世界範圍內精心遴選了60個生命里程中不容錯過的地方。……
(摘錄自序言"尋找你的香格理拉")

Influencer : The Power to Change Anything

By Kerry Patterson, et al.
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• An INFLUENCER motivates others to change.
• An INFLUENCER replaces bad behaviors with powerful new skills.
• An INFLUENCER makes things happen.
This is what it takes to be an INFLUENCER.
Whether you're a CEO, a parent, or merely a person who wants to make a difference, you probably wish you had more influence with the people in your life. But most of us stop trying to make change happen because we believe it is too difficult, if not impossible. We develop complicated coping strategies when we should be learning the tools and techniques of the world's most influential people.
You'll learn how to:
• Identify a handful of high-leverage behaviors that lead to rapid and profound change.
• Apply strategies for changing both thoughts and actions.
• Marshall six sources of influence to make change inevitable.
Influencer takes you on a fascinating journey from San Francisco to Thailand where you'll see how seemingly “insignificant” people are making incredibly significant improvements in solving problems others would think impossible. You'll learn how savvy folks make change not only achievable and sustainable, but inevitable. You'll discover why some managers have increased productivity repeatedly and significantly-while others have failed miserably.
(From the Overview of the book)

九型人格：成就自我與他人的竅門

孫天倫, 黃俊華 著
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我是誰?
我有我的標準——我公平正直、講究原則，做事嚴謹認真，有條有理，井然有序，凡事力求完美，但別人却說我吹毛求疵、愛挑毛病。
我要幫助所有的人——我富有愛心、善解人意、熱情付出、總是優先滿足他人的需求，可別人却常常忽略我的存在。
我要出人頭地——我追求個人成就，渴望比他人更成功，喜歡成為別人關注的焦點，希望被人尊重、肯定和羨慕，很多人却說我是個“工作狂”。
我是獨一無二的——我注重感覺，敏感而多夢，我渴望別人能夠了解我的內心感受，注意到我的獨特與非凡之處，但是這個世界好像沒有人能夠真正明白我。……
你到底是一個甚麼樣的人?
主宰你人生的力量是甚麼?
(摘錄自書中的“開篇有語”)