" From dawn to Dusk, winter to spring, summer and autumn; the contrasts of nature refresh the mind and renew our sense of balance. "

“Anne Lamott is my Oprah.” -Chicago Tribune From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow comes an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives. In Dusk, Night, Dawn, Anne Lamott explores the tough questions that many of us grapple with. How can we recapture the confidence we once had as we stumble through the dark times that seem increasingly bleak? As bad newspiles up—from climate crises to daily assaults on civility—how can we cope? Where, she asks, “do we start to get our world and joy and hope and our faith in life itself back . . . with our sore feet, hearing loss, stiff fingers, poor digestion, stunned minds, broken hearts?” We begin, Lamott says, by accepting our flaws and embracing our humanity. Drawing from her own experiences, Lamott shows us the intimate and human ways we can adopt to move through life’s dark places and toward the light of hope that still burns ahead for all of us. As she does in Help, Thanks, Wow and her other bestselling books, Lamott explores the thorny issues of life and faith by breaking them down into manageable, human-sized questions for readers to ponder, in the process showing us how we can amplify life's small moments of joy by staying open to love and connection. As Lamott notes in Dusk, Night, Dawn, “I got Medicare three days before I got hitched, which sounds like something an old person might do, which does not describe adorably ageless me.” Marrying for the first time with a grown son and a grandson, Lamott explains that finding happiness with a partner isn't a function of age or beauty but of outlook and perspective. Full of the honesty, humor, and humanity that have made Lamott beloved by millions of readers, Dusk, Night, Dawn is classic Anne Lamott—thoughtful and comic, warm and wise—and further proof that Lamott truly speaks to the better angels in all of us.

Way to live

Dusk, Night, Dawn

" ﻿If your actions inspire others to dream more,learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. "

We gathered a few quotes about leadership from noteworthy leaders, helping us define what separates good leaders from great ones. Read the Top 10 today!

Leadership

10 Powerful Quotes on Leadership for Your Organization

" More than anything, it was the blue dolphins that took me back home. "

Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind.

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

Improving your attitude and living a more positive life overall can take a lot of time and effort. But a part of it can also be simple. You can spread positivity around you with your small actions. <ol><li>Smile</li><li>Give a genuine compliment</li><li>Hugs</li><li>Encourage someone</li><li>Change the way you feel</li><li>Help someone out in a practical way</li><li>Just listen</li><li>Put things into perspective</li><li>Play positive music</li><li>Perform a random act of kindness</li><li>Pay it forward</li></ol>

How To Spread Positivity In Your World Today?

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insomnia90/ / CC BY-ND 2.0 “You must be the change you want to see in the world.” Mahatma Gandhi “Though I might travel afar, I will meet only what I carry with me, for every man is a mirror. We see only ourselves reflected in those around us. Their attitudes and action

Self improvement

How to Spread Positivity in Your World Today

" ﻿Practice hope. As hopefulness becomes a habit, you can achieve a permanently happy spirit."

When life’s circumstances, drop us to our knees, we feel a loss of hope. To keep hope alive, we can practice ways to increase it in our lives.

10 Ways to Keep Hope Alive in Hard Times - Virtues For Life

Start your daily journal off on the right foot by scheduling your writing for a set time every day. The time of day doesn't matter, as long as it's a time that's convenient for you. If you find your mind is most active in the morning, wake up 15 to 20 minutes earlier and jot down your thoughts then. This is also a great time to record your dreams from the previous night before you forget them.

How To Start Journaling?

Do you want to know how to start journaling? Discover the simple habits and strategies you can use to build the journaling habit.

How to Start Journaling (and Make It a Daily Habit)

<ol><li>Don't pick goals where the stakes are low</li><li>Nobody is rooting for you to fail</li><li>Just because you don't like where you have to start from doesn't mean you shouldn't get started.</li><li>Stop making uncertain things, certain.</li><li>The only real failure is not taking any action in the first place.</li></ol>

How To Overcome Fear And Self Doubt? 

Overcoming fear and self-doubt can be tough. Read this article to learn 5 strategies for building confidence and beating fear.

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5 Thoughts on Overcoming Fear and Self-Doubt

Having a sister is like having a best friend you can't get rid of. You know whatever you do, they'll still be there.

Best Friend

The author of The Mother-in-Law delivers a new novel of breathtaking suspense about the secrets and lies that bond two sisters. Meet Rose The responsible sisters with a home, a husband, and a fierce desire to become a mother. Meet Fern The introverted librarian who avoids social interaction as much as possible. They are as close as two sisters can be. But they couldn't be more different. What are they hiding from each other? Utterly compelling, unpredictable, and addictive, The Good Sister is about the ties that bind...and the darkness that lives where you least expect it.

The Good Sister

<ol><li>Sharpen the saw</li><li>Be productive</li><li>Begin with an end in mind</li><li>Put first things first</li><li>Think win-win</li><li>Seek first to understand, then to be understood</li><li>Synergize</li></ol>

What Are The Habits Of Highly Effective People?

A leading management consultant outlines seven organizational rules for improving effectiveness and increasing productivity at work and at home.

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

" Champions don't do extraordinary things. They do ordinary things, but they do them without thinking, too fast for the other team to react. They follow the habits they've learned"

Champions

Groundbreaking new research shows that by grabbing hold of the three-step "loop" all habits form in our brains--cue, routine, reward--we can change them, giving us the power to take control over our lives. "We are what we repeatedly do," said Aristotle. "Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit." On the most basic level, a habit is a simple neurological loop: there is a cue (my mouth feels gross), a routine (hello, Crest), and a reward (ahhh, minty fresh). Understanding this loop is the key to exercising regularly or becoming more productive at work or tapping into reserves of creativity. Marketers, too, are learning how to exploit these loops to boost sales; CEOs and coaches are using them to change how employees work and athletes compete. As this book shows, tweaking even one habit, as long as it's the right one, can have staggering effects. In The Power of Habit, award-winning New York Times business reporter Charles Duhigg takes readers inside labs where brain scans record habits as they flourish and die; classrooms in which students learn to boost their willpower; and boardrooms where executives dream up products that tug on our deepest habitual urges. Full of compelling narratives that will appeal to fans of Michael Lewis, Jonah Lehrer, and Chip and Dan Heath, The Power of Habit contains an exhilarating argument: our most basic actions are not the product of well-considered decision making, but of habits we often do not realize exist. By harnessing this new science, we can transform our lives.

Dusk, Night, Dawn

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Island of the Blue Dolphins

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