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Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise August 2020 |
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Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age by Bruce Feiler What it's about: the impact of unanticipated life change events (job loss, death of a loved one, etc.) and the importance of learning how to respond to them.
Why you should read it: The advice is presented in easy-to-digest sections and written in an approachable, relaxed style.
You might also like: The Power of Moments by Chip Heath and Women Rowing North by Mary Pipher. | |
Boundless : upgrade your brain, optimize your body & defy aging
by
Ben Greenfield
What if the ability to look, feel, and perform at peak capacity wasn't the stuff of lore but instead was within easy reach? Sure, some of us find ways to hit peak performance in one area or another--there are professional poker players, computer programmers, and race car drivers hunched over card games, keyboards, and steering wheels with optimized minds; UFC and NFL gladiators fighting for glory on television with optimized bodies; and monks and meditators roaming the planet with optimized spirits. But in a perfect world, you would be able to have it all: complete optimization of mind, body, and spirit. In Boundless, the New York Times bestselling author of Beyond Training and health and fitness leader Ben Greenfield offers a first-of-its-kind blueprintfor total human optimization
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Tiny Habits: The Small Changes That Change Everything by BJ Fogg, PhD What it's about: the scientific underpinnings of habit formation, with insights about how to manage your expectations, motivations, and emotional responses.
Why you might like it: The advice presented here is well-grounded in research but is written in an inspiring tone and broken down into practical, approachable steps. | | When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing by Daniel H. Pink What it is: an accessible and thought-provoking look at how time (and our perception of it) impacts us in unexpected psychological, biological, and economic ways.
Topics include: how the time of day might affect the decisions we make; the wide-ranging ripple effects of afternoon energy drops; how to best harness the power of your own circadian rhythm.
Want a taste? "If you want to measure the world’s emotional state, to find a mood ring large enough to encircle the globe, you could do worse than Twitter." | | Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do by Eve Rodsky What it's about: the unequal expectations faced by many working women and how they spend their "free" time, with a focus on common disparities in household labor and ways to shrink the gap.
Why you should read it: with the rapid increase of people working from home, these issues could not be more important or timely.
Reviewers say: Fair Play is "potentially revolutionary" and gives readers "the right combination of venting and commiserating balanced by practical solutions" (Booklist). | |
Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Culpeper County Library
271 Southgate Shopping Center
Culpeper, Virginia 22701
540-825-8691
www.cclva.org
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