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Author |
: Frank Partnoy |
Publisher |
: PublicAffairs |
Total Pages |
: 306 |
Release |
: 2012-06-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781610390057 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1610390059 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wait by : Frank Partnoy
What do these scenarios have in common: a professional tennis player returning a serve, a woman evaluating a first date across the table, a naval officer assessing a threat to his ship, and a comedian about to reveal a punch line? In this counterintuitive and insightful work, author Frank Partnoy weaves together findings from hundreds of scientific studies and interviews with wide-ranging experts to craft a picture of effective decision-making that runs counter to our brutally fast-paced world. Even as technology exerts new pressures to speed up our lives, it turns out that the choices we make -- unconsciously and consciously, in time frames varying from milliseconds to years -- benefit profoundly from delay. As this winning and provocative book reveals, taking control of time and slowing down our responses yields better results in almost every arena of life -- even when time seems to be of the essence. The procrastinator in all of us will delight in Partnoy's accounts of celebrity "delay specialists," from Warren Buffett to Chris Evert to Steve Kroft, underscoring the myriad ways in which delaying our reactions to everyday choices -- large and small -- can improve the quality of our lives.
Author |
: Antoinette Portis |
Publisher |
: Macmillan |
Total Pages |
: 34 |
Release |
: 2015-07-14 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781596439214 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1596439211 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (14 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wait by : Antoinette Portis
"A ... picture book about the joys of waiting and taking in what is around you"--
Author |
: DeVon Franklin |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2017-03-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781501123481 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1501123483 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (81 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Wait by : DeVon Franklin
The authors discuss the circumstances that brought them together and their decision to abstain from sex until marriage.
Author |
: Hatsue Nakawaki |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1592701388 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781592701384 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (88 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wait! Wait! by : Hatsue Nakawaki
A young child learns that although creatures that appear can also disappear, parents will always be there.
Author |
: Rebecca Kinskey |
Publisher |
: MIT Press |
Total Pages |
: 119 |
Release |
: 2014-10-24 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780262526920 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0262526921 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Synopsis We Used to Wait by : Rebecca Kinskey
Examines the making of music videos, originally performed by paid professionals, moving through an amateur stage, to a summer camp in 2011, called OMG! Cameras Everywhere.
Author |
: Robin Benway |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 328 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 159514191X |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781595141910 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (1X Downloads) |
Synopsis Audrey, Wait! by : Robin Benway
While trying to score a date with her cute co-worker at the Scooper Dooper, sixteen-year-old Audrey gains unwanted fame and celebrity status when her ex-boyfriend, a rock musician, records a breakup song about her that soars to the top of the Billboard charts.
Author |
: James E. Ryan |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins |
Total Pages |
: 72 |
Release |
: 2017-04-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780062664761 |
ISBN-13 |
: 006266476X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (61 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wait, What? by : James E. Ryan
New York Times Bestseller “What, What? is a welcome—and joyful—reminder that true wisdom comes from asking the right questions. Should you read this book? Absolutely.” —Clayton Christensen, bestselling author of How Will You Measure Your Life? Based on the wildly popular commencement address, the art of asking (and answering) good questions by the Dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education. Whether we’re in the boardroom or the classroom, we spend far too much time and energy looking for the right answer. But the truth is that questions are just as important as answers, often more so. If you ask the wrong question, for instance, you’re guaranteed to get the wrong answer. A good question, on the other hand, inspires a good answer and, in the process, invites deeper understanding and more meaningful connections between people. Asking a good question requires us to move beyond what we think we know about an issue or a person to explore the difficult and the unknown, the awkward, and even the unpleasant. In Wait, What?, Jim Ryan, dean of Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education, celebrates the art of asking—and answering—good questions. Five questions in particular: Wait, what?; I wonder…? Couldn’t we at least…?; How can I help?; and What truly matters? Using examples from politics, history, popular culture, and social movements, as well as his own personal life, Ryan demonstrates how these essential inquiries generate understanding, spark curiosity, initiate progress, fortify relationships, and draw our attention to the important things in life—from the Supreme Court to Fenway Park. By regularly asking these five essential questions, Ryan promises, we will be better able to answer life’s most important question: “And did you get what you wanted out of life, even so?” At once hilarious and illuminating, poignant and surprising, Wait, What? is an inspiring book of wisdom that will forever change the way you think about questions.
Author |
: Amy Schwartz |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 40 |
Release |
: 2015-10-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781442482326 |
ISBN-13 |
: 144248232X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis I Can't Wait! by : Amy Schwartz
Don’t wait to read this picture book about three friends who are each waiting for something worthwhile—and practicing patience while they’re at it! William was waiting on his front porch. Annie was waiting in her backyard. And, in his house on the corner, Thomas was waiting, too. But what are they each waiting for? When will it arrive? These three stories of three eagerly waiting friends come together in the end, where everything—especially friends and family—is worth the wait.
Author |
: Richard Lawson |
Publisher |
: Penguin |
Total Pages |
: 289 |
Release |
: 2019-02-05 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780448494128 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0448494124 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis All We Can Do Is Wait by : Richard Lawson
Debut author and Vanity Fair film critic Richard Lawson makes your heart stop and time stand still in his extraordinary and life-affirming novel that's perfect for fans of If I Stay and We All Looked Up. In the hours after a bridge collapse rocks their city, a group of Boston teenagers meet in the waiting room of Massachusetts General Hospital: Siblings Jason and Alexa have already experienced enough grief for a lifetime, so in this moment of confusion and despair, Alexa hopes that she can look to her brother for support. But a secret Jason has been keeping from his sister threatens to tear the siblings apart...right when they need each other most. Scott is waiting to hear about his girlfriend, Aimee, who was on a bus with her theater group when the bridge went down. Their relationship has been rocky, but Scott knows that if he can just see Aimee one more time, if she can just make it through this ordeal and he can tell her he loves her, everything will be all right. And then there's Skyler, whose sister Kate—the sister who is more like a mother, the sister who is basically Skyler's everything—was crossing the bridge when it collapsed. As the minutes tick by without a word from the hospital staff, Skyler is left to wonder how she can possibly move through life without the one person who makes her feel strong when she's at her weakest. In his riveting, achingly beautiful debut, Richard Lawson guides readers through an emotional and life-changing night as these teens are forced to face the reality of their pasts...and the prospect of very different futures.
Author |
: Matt Stanton |
Publisher |
: HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages |
: 36 |
Release |
: 2018-04-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781460707883 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1460707885 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Synopsis Wait! (Books That Drive Kids Crazy, Book 4) by : Matt Stanton
'AN EXCELLENT READ ALOUD, FUNNY, QUESTIONING AND MIND BOGGLING' -- ReadPlus For the Grown-Ups: 'Wait! Just wait!' You find yourself saying this all the time, right? Well, we're sorry, but you're gonna hate this book! This book is going to make you wait too. Once you and the kids start reading it, you can't do anything else until it's finished. You'll just have to ... wait. And the kids will love it! From the brilliant brains behind This Is a Ball, Did You Take the B from My _ook? and The Red Book comes a brand-new giggle-inducing bestseller! PRAISE FOR THE BOOKS THAT DRIVE KIDS CRAZY SERIES 'The kids are having a ball (whoops, having fun) and a discussion is born.' -- 4 stars, Good Reading 'Funny, clever, deliciously dry ... this book encourages kids to think outside the square, and hopefully, somewhere deep in that unlimited subconscious, understand that what we see is all about perception. What a powerful thought.' -- Kids' Book Review