Are you tirelessly climbing the ladder of life and career only to discover it’s leaning against the wrong wall? If you find yourself in a cycle of achievements without lasting fulfilment, it’s time to seek true satisfaction. From young professionals to seasoned leaders, this is a universal quest. But what if you could align every aspect of your life—both personal and professional—with your authentic values and purpose? The Better Human Blueprint is your practical guide to personal transformation. Organisational psychologist, Pete Cooper, leverages extensive research and a career dedicated to individual growth to guide you towards living a life of intention and meaning, while thriving in a world of work that values comparison over contentment. It’s not just a great read; it’s a profound journey of self-discovery that will redefine what success means to you. Equipped with profound insights and actionable advice, you’ll learn to: > Establish meaningful foundations by identifying and cementing your core values and purpose, setting a direction that deeply resonates with you. > Align your actions and decisions to bridge the gap between your daily activities and your long-term goals. > Nurture deep, supportive relationships that enrich and accelerate your journey towards personal fulfilment. With The Better Human Blueprint as your companion, embark on a path promising meaningful success in your career alongside deep satisfaction in a fulfilled life, well lived.

Medicine has recently discovered spectacular tools for human enhancement. Yet to date, it has failed to use them well, in part because of ethical objections. Meanwhile, covert attempts flourish to enhance with steroids, mind-enhancing drugs, and cosmetic surgery—all largely unstudied scientifically. The little success to date has been sporadic and financed privately. In How to Build a Better Human, prominent bioethicist Gregory E. Pence argues that people, if we are careful and ethical, can use genetics, biotechnology, and medicine to improve ourselves, and that we should publicly study what people are doing covertly. Pence believes that we need to transcend the two common frame stories of bioethics: bioconservative alarmism and uncritical enthusiasm, and that bioethics should become part of the solution—not the problem—in making better humans.

A top behavioral geneticist argues DNA inherited from our parents at conception can predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses. This “modern classic” on genetics and nature vs. nurture is “one of the most direct and unapologetic takes on the topic ever written” (Boston Review). In Blueprint, behavioral geneticist Robert Plomin describes how the DNA revolution has made DNA personal by giving us the power to predict our psychological strengths and weaknesses from birth. A century of genetic research shows that DNA differences inherited from our parents are the consistent lifelong sources of our psychological individuality—the blueprint that makes us who we are. Plomin reports that genetics explains more about the psychological differences among people than all other factors combined. Nature, not nurture, is what makes us who we are. Plomin explores the implications of these findings, drawing some provocative conclusions—among them that parenting styles don't really affect children's outcomes once genetics is taken into effect. This book offers readers a unique insider’s view of the exciting synergies that came from combining genetics and psychology.

"A dazzlingly erudite synthesis of history, philosophy, anthropology, genetics, sociology, economics, epidemiology, statistics, and more" (Frank Bruni, The New York Times), Blueprint shows why evolution has placed us on a humane path -- and how we are united by our common humanity. For too long, scientists have focused on the dark side of our biological heritage: our capacity for aggression, cruelty, prejudice, and self-interest. But natural selection has given us a suite of beneficial social features, including our capacity for love, friendship, cooperation, and learning. Beneath all of our inventions -- our tools, farms, machines, cities, nations -- we carry with us innate proclivities to make a good society. In Blueprint, Nicholas A. Christakis introduces the compelling idea that our genes affect not only our bodies and behaviors, but also the ways in which we make societies, ones that are surprisingly similar worldwide. With many vivid examples -- including diverse historical and contemporary cultures, communities formed in the wake of shipwrecks, commune dwellers seeking utopia, online groups thrown together by design or involving artificially intelligent bots, and even the tender and complex social arrangements of elephants and dolphins that so resemble our own -- Christakis shows that, despite a human history replete with violence, we cannot escape our social blueprint for goodness. In a world of increasing political and economic polarization, it's tempting to ignore the positive role of our evolutionary past. But by exploring the ancient roots of goodness in civilization, Blueprint shows that our genes have shaped societies for our welfare and that, in a feedback loop stretching back many thousands of years, societies are still shaping our genes today.

The tech revolution will hit us all soon. How can any organisation survive and thrive? Headlines predict that whole industries will be decimated by Artificial Intelligence and automation. Some bosses and bankers are rubbing their hands at the prospect of cost savings and staff cuts. But there is another way. New technology can also empower teams, fuel creativity and make people happier. At Simply Business, twice voted the UK’s best company to work for, big data and automated systems are being harnessed to generate positive growth, staff are currently trialling a four-day week in their Northampton office. In this bold blueprint, CEO Jason Stockwood – named by the Sunday Times as the UK’s best leader – shows how any organisation can think freshly and benefit from technology by putting its people first.

Julie Renee mentors powerful, ambitious leaders who refuse to play small but are being taken out of their game by exhaustion and fuzzy brain. She helps them regenerate the brain, clear blocks and become fully fueled so they can get back to their mission and play full out This feels like it was written for me! Like so many other people, I had reached a certain level of success in my career. But I found myself exhausted and rundown, with never enough me time to recharge. I accepted that as how it had to be until I read this amazing book. It taught me how to clear my blocks so I can work smarter, not harder. I have regained my clarity and power and feel ready to relaunch at my true 100 percent. Thank you, Julie Renee! Barbara Niven, actress, media trainer, speaker, and bestselling author Julie Renee provides a keen perspective on the inner workings of the spirit and body connection and how these inner workings direct and affect each one of us. Her work is for anyone who wants more out of life. James Malinchak, founder of Big Money Speaker, featured on ABCs Secret Millionaire Its rare to meet someone so gifted and clear about who they are and what they are here to do on the planet. Shes bringing a unique body of work to the world that is an important contribution to humanity. Marcie Shimoff, author of four New York Times bestselling books; featured in the film The Secret Want to live the full, luscious life you deserve? Julie Renee Doering offers a clear and delightfully comprehensive road map in her latest masterpiece. Get ready for your ah-ha moments on a journey to joy. Julie Renee skillfully raises our consciousness and rekindles our hope for a life of total health and happiness. For powerful, ambitious women ready to play it big, this book will show you how to energetically give 100 percent and produce a you that shouts your true value to the world! Sharon Frame, former CNN anchor, author, and your Focus and Follow-Through coach

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From the co-author of the international bestseller Who Built the Moon? comes this well-researched scientific study of the possibility of a divine creator – or God This book puts the idea of God on trial. Whilst the case has been hotly disputed over recent generations with scientists on one side and theologians on the other, evidence either way has been thin on the ground. Faith - belief without evidence - has been the basis for the world's major religions. Most scientists reject the notion of God because they require factual, empirical evidence in order to accept any proposition as being real. However, new information has become available, which appears to provide hard-nosed evidence of God's existence. Can faith be replaced by understanding, and can scientists formally embrace, once again, the concept of a supreme being as they did in Isaac Newton's day? Nothing less than God's 'blueprint' appears to have been discovered - found by chance by the author while researching the science of the Neolithic (late Stone Age) people of western Europe. The case will be tried taking the evidence step-by-step. You, the reader, are the jury. You must evaluate the evidence as the proceedings develop and, to aid you, there will be a brief summing up at the end of each section.At the close of the book you are asked to make a judgment as to whether the case is proven or not. Does God exist?

Simultaneously critiquing, historicizing and theorizing prosthetics, this text lays out a balanced and complex picture of its subject, neither vilifying nor celebrating the merger of flesh and machine.