Wall Street Journal Bestseller Much of the advice we’ve been told about achievement is logical, earnest…and downright wrong. In Barking Up the Wrong Tree, Eric Barker reveals the extraordinary science behind what actually determines success and most importantly, how anyone can achieve it. You’ll learn: • Why valedictorians rarely become millionaires, and how your biggest weakness might actually be your greatest strength • Whether nice guys finish last and why the best lessons about cooperation come from gang members, pirates, and serial killers • Why trying to increase confidence fails and how Buddhist philosophy holds a superior solution • The secret ingredient to “grit” that Navy SEALs and disaster survivors leverage to keep going • How to find work-life balance using the strategy of Genghis Khan, the errors of Albert Einstein, and a little lesson from Spider-Man By looking at what separates the extremely successful from the rest of us, we learn what we can do to be more like them—and find out in some cases why it’s good that we aren’t. Barking Up the Wrong Tree draws on startling statistics and surprising anecdotes to help you understand what works and what doesn’t so you can stop guessing at success and start living the life you want.

When Dr. Ian Dunbar introduced his SIRIUS® Puppy Training in 1982, dog training mostly comprised punishing adult dogs for bad habits and lack of compliance. Dunbar focused on verbally cuing and creatively luring to achieve desirable behavior and using “life rewards” — sniffing, walking, play with dogs, and interactive games — to reinforce speedy compliance and good habits from the outset. His “dog’s point of view” approach revolutionized the field, and today there are few trainers who have not been strongly influenced by it. While positive reinforcement is now widely adopted, this new book details how other reward-training techniques have strayed from Dunbar’s original, quick and easy, highly effective lure-reward approach for teaching dogs ESL, in which we can verbally cue specific responses, offer heartfelt praise for success, and give guidance when dogs err. With Dunbar’s method, we can teach dogs when and where to eliminate, what to chew, when and for how long to bark, and when and how to appropriately let off steam. Barking Up the Right Tree offers proof that aversive punishment seldom works to eliminate undesirable behavior or to get the dog back on track. Dunbar presents numerous nonaversive yet highly effective solutions for misbehavior and noncompliance — simply by using the words you teach, and without even raising your voice. The culmination of fifty-plus years at the vanguard of dog behavioral science, Barking Up the Right Tree is an indispensable guide for anyone who wants harmonious, two-way communication with a calm, confident, well-behaved, happy canine companion.

Locating, competing for, and obtaining a job in a veterinary care facility--from private clinics and animal hospitals to research facilities--is no easy task. But Patricia M. Lee makes it a lot easier with this guide to landing a job as a veterinary nurse/technician. Drawing on her experience as a career counselor and her expertise of the animal care field, she shares straightforward advice in an organized format. She explains that when going on an interview, prospective employers want to get the answers to key questions such as: Will you do what they want you to do the way they want you to do it? Will you get along with others at work--employees and clients?Will you show up on time, do your work, and leave problems at home? Filled with easy-to-follow examples of resumes, cover letters, and suggestions on answering interview questions specific to the veterinary field, this guide is the perfect resource for anyone starting out in this competitive field.

Have you ever looked at your dog and had half a dozen questions flit through your brain? Dogs have a history as long as humans do and in all that time, they have undergone more changes than a person might expect. From hunting to companionship, these animals have worked alongside people for centuries. Your dog is not just personally significant to you, but culturally, they have even influenced mythologies. So, it makes sense that we have a few questions of our own. Like what does my dog’s bone structure look like? Why are they barking at me in such an erratic way? And, what breeds are there really? If you have asked yourself one of these questions, or perhaps others, then this book is for you. Inside Barking Up the Right Tree: Unleashing Fascinating Dog Facts, discover your dog’s: Ancestry Anatomy and physiology Methods of communication Different breeds Fun facts about your dog, and How they have helped people Learn a variety of interesting details about your dog, like the fact that they don’t have a collarbone. You will be able to learn fascinating details about your dog. This book will help you answer questions you do have and ones you’ve never thought of before. Learn more about your dog while giving them a belly scratch!

A total guide to dog care and training from the man who pioneered Britain's highly successful Guide Dogs For The Blind program.

Despite centuries of attempts, no one has yet to unearth a concrete answer to the age-old question: what is the meaning of life? However, persistently unsolvable does not necessarily mean ultimately unsolvable. Prepare to unravel the truth behind our primacy of consciousness on a journey of pure logic - without a necessary leap of faith or spiritual awakening. In The Meaning of Life, M. H. Forrest culminates of over 15 years of deep philosophical theory and critical scientific research to challenge conventional wisdom and ambitiously decode the mystery of our living existence. With a refreshing new perspective, this pedagogical guide dissects the full spectrum of mind-body-spirit and provides a theory of everything that will inspire debate, enlightenment, and transformation. You'll discover: Why "out there" is nothing like what your 3D mind's eye model tricks you to believe. Evidence spanning science, philosophy, mathematics, and spirituality to prove reality is an agreed-upon hallucination. The roles that beauty, love, and creativity play to help shape reality. The power of optical illusions to reveal errors in physiology and decipher the purpose and mechanics of consciousness. Why linear time is a stubborn illusion that obscures the true self. Challenging and provocative, this book will educate, intrigue, and entertain, while propelling this universal discussion for the ages ever forward. Deconstruct and reassemble the indescribable enigma of the modern human experience with The Meaning of Life.

How often do we overlook bark, a frequently beautiful and always important part of the plant, focusing instead on leaves, flowers, and the shape of the trunk and branches? Stunning for the 561 photographs alone, this book includes more than 440 species and varieties of trees from around the world.

Native Trees of the Southeast is a practical, compact field guide for the identification of the more than 225 trees native to the Southeast. Each profile includes photographs illustrating key features, descriptions, range maps, and keys for both summer and winter conditions.

Other title information from cover: First comprehensive guide to Indian dog breeds in over fifty years.