Every leader is at some point called upon to manage change-that vast, complex project that could be a game-changer for the organization. Imagine for a moment it's your turn. Chances are you've been selected based upon your reputation, experience, and expertise. But implementing with excellence isn't enough this time. You need your audience to see the value-and you need them to get on board. The Method and the Magic conveys our proven method that ensures the success of challenging organization-wide transitions. It's a proven multi-disciplinary strategy integrating change management and communications, evolved from years of practical experience helping organizations navigate change successfully. Based upon common-sense principles, informed by the best thinking in our field and guided by knowledge of human behavior, it's more than a method. Much more. There's an element of magic that comes from knowing your audience, listening to their needs and being creative in how you reach them. Unlike many magicians, we're willing to reveal in this book how we pull the rabbit from the hat-and share proven strategies to help you confidently lead people through change.

Polly loves words. And she loves writing stories. So when a magic book appears on her doorstep that can make everything she writes happen in real life, Polly is certain all of her dreams are about to come true. But she soon learns that what you write and what you mean are not always the same thing! Funny and touching, this new chapter book series will entertain readers and inspire budding writers.

The word-of-mouth bestseller * Published in more than 30 countries * 3 million copies sold worldwide Are you stressed out, overbooked and underwhelmed by life? Fed up with pleasing everyone else before you please yourself? Finding it hard working from home? Then it's time to stop giving a f**k, and care less to get more. This irreverent and practical book explains how to rid yourself of unwanted obligations, shame, and guilt - and give your f**ks instead to people and things that make you happy. From family dramas to having a bikini body, the simple 'NotSorry Method' for mental decluttering will help you unleash the power of not giving a f**k and will free you to spend your time, energy and money on the things that really matter. 'The anti-guru' Observer 'Absolutely blinding. Read it. Do it.' Mail on Sunday 'Genius' Cosmopolitan 'I love Knight's book even before I start reading . . . Works a charm' Sunday Times Magazine 'Life-affirming . . . The key practice she advocates is devising for yourself a "fuck budget" . . . It's a beautiful way of streamlining your psyche' Lucy Mangan, Guardian ALSO AVAILABLE FROM SARAH KNIGHT: YOU DO YOU: how to be who you are and use what you've got to get what you want AND Get Your Sh*t Together - the New York Times bestseller helping you organise the f**ks you want and need to give

The award-winning New York Times bestseller about the extraordinary things that can happen when we harness the power of both the brain and the heart Growing up in the high desert of California, Jim Doty was poor, with an alcoholic father and a mother chronically depressed and paralyzed by a stroke. Today he is the director of the Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education (CCARE) at Stanford University, of which the Dalai Lama is a founding benefactor. But back then his life was at a dead end until at twelve he wandered into a magic shop looking for a plastic thumb. Instead he met Ruth, a woman who taught him a series of exercises to ease his own suffering and manifest his greatest desires. Her final mandate was that he keep his heart open and teach these techniques to others. She gave him his first glimpse of the unique relationship between the brain and the heart. Doty would go on to put Ruth’s practices to work with extraordinary results—power and wealth that he could only imagine as a twelve-year-old, riding his orange Sting-Ray bike. But he neglects Ruth’s most important lesson, to keep his heart open, with disastrous results—until he has the opportunity to make a spectacular charitable contribution that will virtually ruin him. Part memoir, part science, part inspiration, and part practical instruction, Into the Magic Shop shows us how we can fundamentally change our lives by first changing our brains and our hearts.

Help your teens grow into the very best versions of themselves! From rule-breaking and risk-taking to defensive communication and disrespect, parenting a teenager can feel like modern warfare--but it doesn't have to be that way. In 1-2-3 Magic Teen, Thomas W. Phelan, an internationally renowned expert in child discipline and mental health, explains how to better understand your teenager, which problems are not worth fighting over, and why your child's behavior likely matches the definition of a normal adolescent! With helpful, straightforward advice backed up by research and parent-tested strategies, 1-2-3 Magic Teen will help you establish a calmer, more respectful home and family life and show you how to guide your teenager into healthy, functional young adulthood. This book offers practical strategies to address common issues such as attitude, independence, technology use, academic pressures, and social life. Dr. Phelan provides guidance on fostering open communication, cultivating emotional maturity, and supporting your teen's growth into a responsible, resilient adult. You'll also find tools and advice tailored for the challenges of a teen lifestyle, including: Forgetting to do chores Absence in family outings Drop in grades Missed curfews Parties and drinking Work responsibilities Whether you're trying to navigate daily communication challenges or the larger issues of adolescence, 1-2-3 Magic Teen provides the tools you need to maintain a positive relationship with your teenager and help them navigate their path to adulthood.

What is Mind Magic? "Mind Magic" is a modern system of magick that utilizes the mind-body connection to strike a beautiful balance between conscious thoughts and subconscious feelings with the result of making powerful changes to your reality. Learn real magick easier than ever! Unlike traditional magick, Mind Magic does not require complex rituals, objects or ingredients, astronomical conditions, daily repetition, or the invoking of angels or other beings. It's magick you can learn to do at any time all on your own! How is this book different? Mind Magic Methods doesn't give you specific magick that you must do in a prescribed way. Instead, it teaches you the basic building blocks of real magick and some solid methodologies for working it. Then it instructs you on how to use those building blocks to create your own magick to alter any situation or conditions in your reality. The result: Magick that is both Flexible and Powerful! What's in the book? In Mind Magic Methods, you will learn: * The 4 basic steps of Mind Magic * How to work magick using only your mind and your hands * 5 key methodologies for conducting powerful magick * How to engage the Mind Magic palette to activate the methodologies * How to combine these methods to magnify and complement their power * How to create and protect your magickal working space * How to prepare for, open, carry out, and close a magickal session * 4 exercises for quickly altering your state of consciousness * Powerful strategies for success that will supercharge your magick * 6 methods for deep detachment that allow magick to easily flow * How to remove negative energies from within yourself * How to raise key positive vibrational energies within yourself * How to fix magickal mistakes * Avoiding the biggest pitfall with magick * And much, much more! Can I actually learn real magick? Yes, you can! Merlin Starlight's simple, clear, down-to-earth explanations make Mind Magic quick to learn, intuitive to understand, and easy to practice! Mind Magic Methods is designed to promote your best success with magick! It includes over 400 pages of detailed instructions on working magick, dozens of illustrations, examples of practical magick in a wide variety of areas, a full example Mind Magic Session, and appendices at the back for easy reference. Merlin's love of his readers shines through in this timeless reference guide to a complete system of practical, powerful magick! Begin today, and come to know the magick within You!

This is volume II of “Coral Gardens and Their Magic”, dealing with Kilivila terms related to gardening and agriculture. Kilivila is the language spoken on the Trobriand islands, a group of islands off the east cost of New Guinea. This volume will appeal to those with an interest in anthropology and Trobriand culture, and it would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: “Language as Tool, Document, and Cultural Reality”, “The Translation of Untranslatable words”, “The Context of Words and the Context of Facts”, “Th e Pragmatic Setting of Utterances”, “Meaning as Function of Words”, “The Sources of Meaning in the Speech of Infants”, “Gaps, Gluts and Vagaries of a Native Terminology”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

For forty-five years, Maxine Taylor has counseled people as an astrologer and a spiritual coach. She has devoted her life to helping her clients and students identify and release the subconscious programming that prevents them from leading more successful, fulfilling lives.In Move Into The Magic, Maxine shares the transformational methods she teaches. In part one, she shows you how to uncover and let go of the commitments you unknowingly made as a child. These commitments created your current life 's story.In part two of this insightful book, Maxine empowers you to rediscover your passion, awakening you to the truth of who you are and why you are here on planet Earth.