This is a book about personal mastery for school leaders and their students. It references an ongoing concern about reflection in learning, education, and human development. Innumerable ideas and concepts about this have been advanced in the past; most claim more than they can deliver. The notes and reflections on personal mastery presented here are not intended to be yet another version of such traditional treatments. Rather, this book looks at personal mastery from a new perspective and considers it as the result of self-empowered education and practice.

Do you have an inkling that there is more to your life than you have been told? Well, that inkling is correct. Are you living your life to serve your true self, or are you happy jolting through life like a poorly programmed robot? A robot programmed to fit in, forgo its potential, and collect attaboy participation prizes. THE PATH TO PERSONAL POWER will force you to face the quirks, mistakes and lies that comprise your human nature. Instead of sheepishly apologising for it, you will develop the awareness and skills to overcome your human flaws and not be duped by those trying to exploit them. THE PATH TO PERSONAL POWER is for those who want to live life more fully, who want to wake up and grab life by the horns. It lifts the veil and provides a new perspective on the Game of Life that helps you to bend the odds back in your favour -- instead of being a victim on the sidelines. The Path synthesises psychology, philosophy and aspects of Zen to show you how you unknowingly trip yourself up and how to get out of your own way. The Path provides a balanced approach to mastery, from personal power and working well with (not for!) others, to overcoming your psychological potholes and waking up spiritually. The Path contains the what's, why's and how's that will allow you to achieve escape velocity and break free from the gravitational pull of the average.

Personal. Power. Mastery. What do these mean to you?For Douglas Vermeeren, a highly successful international top performer in the fields of motivational speaking and personal development, these three words are the heart, soul, mind and title of his profoundly impactful leadership program, which was launched in 2010 and is being taught across the globe.Following interviews with more than 400 of the top achievers worldwide, PPM concepts are based on systems that top achievers are actually utilizing in their own lives and the outcomes created from them.With life-changing content based on thorough research, Douglas invites you on this personal journey, to discover and claim your own power and live the mastery for your best life.

Do the things other people say or do cause you to feel hurt or upset? Do you find yourself dwelling on unhappy past experiences? Are those negative past experiences influencing your daily interactions? Do you second guess yourself, wondering if you said or did the right thing? Have you lost your sense of personal power, unable to speak your truth for fear of the ridicule of others? If you answered yes, to even a few of these questions, then your limiting thoughts, beliefs, and feelings are ruining your life - in fact, they are killing your happiness. It doesn't have to be that way! Through the techniques in this book, you will immediately reclaim your power and self-confidence. You will regain control over your thoughts and feelings. You will feel happy and peaceful again. But be forewarned, the contents of this book will forever change your life, in a good way. Emotional Self-Mastery is the best how-to book on mastering the thoughts and emotions that cause grief, frustration, and fear. This book is packed with science and tools to rewire the unsupportive programming that has kept you stuck in patterns of anxiety, fear, and doubt. Before you know it, you'll stop the negative self-talk, worry, and fear, and start chasing your dreams.Isn't time you became a master of your emotions!

What conceptual states do you have and never leave home without? What attitudes do you seem to take everywhere you go? Do you tend to think optimistically? Do you tend to see the dark side of things?

Lead yourself to success—and others are sure to follow “For leaders looking for a plan of ‘Why, What, and How’ to become a better leader, the answer is between the covers of this book.” —Chester Elton, New York Times bestselling author of The Carrot Principle, The Orange Revolution, and All In “Ever wish you could be more confident, more engaged, or more productive in your life? Look no further. All the concepts and tools are right here.” —Ryan M. Niemiec, Psy.D., Psychologist and Education Director, VIA Institute on Character “Self-reliance, courage, confidence, emotional self-awareness, and perseverance encompassed into one leadership concept.” —Garee W. Earnest, Ph.D., Professor, The Ohio State University “Bryant and Kazan’s groundbreaking work challenges us to take the first small steps of what will be for many a lifelong journey of self-discovery from the inside out.” —R. Dale Safrit, Ed.D., Professor, North Carolina State University “Andrew and Ana’s . . . research, insights, and experience provide a practical tool-kit on how you can choose to live your life and your work and influence others to do the same.” —Philip Beck, Chairman, Dubeta “It is generally accepted in the business literature that the heart of leadership is leading self. I believe that leading self is also the path to being a ‘responsible’ leader. The important contribution made by Self Leadershipis that it tells you what to do if you want to get better at leading self. Read this book if you desire to be more effective as a leader and remember, "You don't have to be bad at leadership to get better." —Stephen C. Lundin Ph.D., author of the bestseller, Fish!

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR LIFE? In Secrets of Self-Mastery, Mitch Horowitz, one of today's most literate voices of self-help and practical spirituality, produces a powerful and immensely useful guide to heightening your persuasiveness, abilities, business acumen, charisma, and overall ability to attract backing, money, customers, and clients. Secrets of Self-Mastery, the third volume in the Napoleon Hill Success Course series, highlights, updates, and adds to the most powerful ideas in Think and Grow Rich, while staking out new ground in the field of success philosophy. Mitch provides immensely revealing and actionable ideas that can place you at the gravitational center of your field. Moreover, he explores how to pursue success with nobility, ethics, and a code of honor. "We often hear that a single idea can change a life, or change the world," Mitch writes. "That's an inspiring thought-but it's incomplete." In Secrets of Self-Mastery Mitch probes the lives of entrepreneurs, artists, and military leaders to demonstrate how to bridge the divide that separates ideas from action-and how to unite the two to reach your apex of success. "HOROWITZ COMES ACROSS AS THE REAL DEAL: HE IS AN AUTHENTIC, ADEPT MIND' AND HE KNOWS HIS STUFF." -Boing Boing "ONE OF THE FEW FIGURES TO BREAK THROUGH INTO MAINSTREAM AND NATIONAL MEDIA AS A VOICE OF ESOTERIC IDEAS." -Science of Mind "A NO-NONSENSE HISTORIAN SPECIALIZING IN MATTERS OF METAPHYSICS, NEW THOUGHT, AND THE OCCULT. HIS WORKS DON'T STOP AT MERE DESCRIPTION OF THESE MOVEMENTS BUT OFTEN DELVE INTO METHOD AND EXPERIENCE...A TRUSTED VOICE ON ESOTERIC TOPICS." - Unity Magazine

MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES IN PRINT • “One of the seminal management books of the past seventy-five years.”—Harvard Business Review This revised edition of the bestselling classic is based on fifteen years of experience in putting Peter Senge’s ideas into practice. As Senge makes clear, in the long run the only sustainable competitive advantage is your organization’s ability to learn faster than the competition. The leadership stories demonstrate the many ways that the core ideas of the Fifth Discipline, many of which seemed radical when first published, have become deeply integrated into people’s ways of seeing the world and their managerial practices. Senge describes how companies can rid themselves of the learning blocks that threaten their productivity and success by adopting the strategies of learning organizations, in which new and expansive patterns of thinking are nurtured, collective aspiration is set free, and people are continually learning how to create the results they truly desire. Mastering the disciplines Senge outlines in the book will: • Reignite the spark of genuine learning driven by people focused on what truly matters to them • Bridge teamwork into macrocreativity • Free you of confining assumptions and mindsets • Teach you to see the forest and the trees • End the struggle between work and personal time This updated edition contains more than one hundred pages of new material based on interviews with dozens of practitioners at companies such as BP, Unilever, Intel, Ford, HP, and Saudi Aramco and organizations such as Roca, Oxfam, and The World Bank.

From the bestselling author of The 48 Laws of Power and The Laws of Human Nature, a vital work revealing that the secret to mastery is already within you. Each one of us has within us the potential to be a Master. Learn the secrets of the field you have chosen, submit to a rigorous apprenticeship, absorb the hidden knowledge possessed by those with years of experience, surge past competitors to surpass them in brilliance, and explode established patterns from within. Study the behaviors of Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Leonardo da Vinci and the nine contemporary Masters interviewed for this book. The bestseller author of The 48 Laws of Power, The Art of Seduction, and The 33 Strategies of War, Robert Greene has spent a lifetime studying the laws of power. Now, he shares the secret path to greatness. With this seminal text as a guide, readers will learn how to unlock the passion within and become masters.

An inspiring and insightful guide to solving your problems or changing your life by using the creative powers you already have, the Power of Self. The key to unlocking your creative power is to know the self, including its origin and components. Achieving Self-mastery has been an enigmatic quest for humankind for eons. Yet, a few masters have solved the riddle and completed the path to enlightenment. The Power of Self outlines the secrets and principles that these masters have taught about the human mind. The author guides and inspires, making it easy to see how to unlock the infinite potential of your real Self. He also gives practical advice about how this time-honored wisdom can be applied to daily life. The spiritual masters offer a path of self-mastery, whereby we can gradually attain control over our reactions to the situations we encounter in the material world. Instead of going through life in an unaware way, we can purify the mind from all limitations until we can meet life with a higher form of awareness. The Path to Self-mastery is a process, whereby we gradually cleanse the mind from all of the limited ideas, beliefs, paradigms and assumptions that spring from the material world. We gradually throw out what colors our perception, and one day we will see the light entering the mind without having it colored at all. The real key to unlocking the power of self is not to find some kind of magical formula that forces the light. The key is to empty your mind of the elements in the human kaleidoscope that block the flow of light from your higher Self. This book gives you both the knowledge and the practical tools to master the Self.