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Focuses on and teaches positive peer interaction by using motivational readers to teach children the importance of character-building values, while promoting beginning reading skills and strategies.
Social and emotional learning (SEL) requires students to develop critical skills that will help them thrive in any environment and build healthy relationships. With a focus on the SEL concept of self-management, this book introduces students to impulse control and self-regulation, two skills that align with the CASEL critical competencies. Told through an age-appropriate lens of support and encouragement, this guide helps students understand impulse control and why it is an important skill. It also provides various strategies they can use to practice impulse control in real-life situations. Students are encouraged to think first on their way to building advanced social and emotional skills.
The quotes in this book are designed to help you avoid self-imposed adversities by always thinking first of your options before your actions, in order to avoid permanent irreversible adverse consequences. The choices you make or fail to make will always impact the outcome of your future. A thousand thoughts before you act, is better than a thought after the fact, because it will be too late to react. Too many people impose adverse consequences on themselves and others by failing to think before they act. When you create a world of hate, you create a world stage for others to react in kind. You should always be mindful of your irreversible social media content before it is sent because it will be too late to retract after the fact. You will always have failure when you resort to inappropriate behavior. The best way to avoid self-imposed adversities is to think before you act, because your adverse past will always last, and impact the outcome of your future. When the gun becomes your voice it always sends a deadly message with innocent victims paying the ultimate price because of your gun vice. Distracted driving cost too many lives whether your own or others unknown. Stop and think before you indulge in this victimization process. If you wait for the fall to feel the pain, you have had one too many preventable falls. You will always increase your separation gap with others when you burn your bridges in life. When you think the world is all about you, you only become an island on to yourself. When you think you are too big to fail, remember the Titanic ship's last sail. For additional self-preservation guidance, refer to adversity avoidance tips.
A new edition of the bestseller that has helped aspiring leaders worldwide advance their careers and step up to larger leadership roles. You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from your "day job" to build your leadership skills, but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old mindsets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra—one of the world's foremost experts on leadership—shows how individuals at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks, and themselves. In Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, Ibarra offers advice to: Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributions Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a wider range of stakeholders Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar—and possibly outdated—leadership style to evolve Ibarra turns the usual leadership advice—generate insight about yourself through reflection and analysis of your strengths and weaknesses—on its head by arguing that you must first act and experiment your way into trying new things. The valuable external perspective you gain from direct experiences and experimentation—which Ibarra calls outsight—provides new and critical information on what kind of work is important to you, how you should invest your time, why and which relationships matter, and, ultimately, who you want to become. Updated with new examples and self-assessments, this book gives you the tools to start acting like a leader and advancing your career to the next level.
Stop, Think, Act: Integrating Self-regulation in the Early Childhood Classroom offers early childhood teachers the latest research and a wide variety of hands-on activities to help children learn and practice self-regulation techniques. Self-regulation in early childhood leads to strong academic performance, helps students form healthy friendships, and gives them the social and emotional resources they need to face high-stress situations throughout life. The book takes you through everything you need to know about using self-regulation principles during circle time, in literacy and math instruction, and during gross motor and outdoor play. Each chapter includes a solid research base as well as practical, developmentally-appropriate games, songs, and strategies that you can easily incorporate in your own classroom. With Stop, Think, Act, you’ll be prepared to integrate self-regulation into every aspect of the school day.
Finally - a book which succeeds in addressing the area most other diet, health and exercise books miss - your thoughts! What's the same thing about every diet, health or exercise book you've ever tried?............YOU! And have you noticed that time after time, you get the same results? Well, the reason is that you haven't addressed the key to all change first. Your thoughts. Before trying to change your diet or embark on a new health regime, you must first look at changing the thoughts that go into your mind. Otherwise you almost guarantee a huge disappointment. The Thought Gym gives you workable and proven methods for addressing what goes into your mind, so that the results that you want are now achievable. Not only will you understand how to alter your thoughts, but you'll understand how your beliefs and values shape your results, how language is vitally important to your success and also how to really make sure that the right motivation for you to succeed is in place from the start. The Thought Gym will give you tools, strategies and techniques to enable you to succeed where once you may have failed. Supporting the information you will get from reading this book are on-line guided support modules consisting of both downloadable audio support and video streaming, so it's like the author is in the room with you helping you achieve your health dreams.
Third-grader Braden loves to be the center of attention. His comic genius, as he sees it, causes his friends to look at him in awe. But some poor decisions, like ill-timed jokes, forces the adults in Braden's life to teach him about impulse control.
A pair of herons are dismayed when a snake makes its home in the same tree as their nest of eggs. The father heron listened to the advice of his friend and seeks the help of a mongoose to drive the snake away. But are the eggs really safe now?
'The Dynamic Introvert: Leading Quietly with Passion and Purpose' shows readers how to excel as quiet leaders and how to succeed in their careers. This expanded 2nd edition features, --New Research --Updated stories --Checklists, tools, and additional resources. "In The Dynamic Introvert, leadership coach Lesley Taylor artfully integrates findings from a variety of sources, providing fresh perspective on what it means to be a leader, and presents her insights in a clear and accessible manner." Laurie Helgoe, Ph.D., author of 'Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life is Your Hidden Strength' "How can an author pack so much wisdom and common sense into one book?" Well, Coach Lesley Taylor has done a beautiful job of it and has made a major contribution to advancing the introvert conversation...I plan on sharing this book with all of my clients." Jennifer B. Kahnweiler, Ph.D., CSP, author of 'The Genius of Opposites, Quiet Influence and The Introverted Leader' Discover how you too can succeed!
Praise For Think Smart--Act Smart Avoiding the Business Mistakes That Even Intelligent People Make "Increased productivity and optimizing efficiencies...start with this book. Think Smart--Act Smart is a must-read for anyone concerned with the optimal operation of any organization...and all management personnel." --Travis AlexanderCEO, Alexander Worldwide Protection Services "This book should be mandatory reading for any of us in the leadership business. It exposes the fallacies of decision making that have become so endemic in organizations today. Jim's style of writing seamlessly translates sound theory into practical application--making it perfect for both the student and managerial practitioner. A welcomed addition to the decision-making literature." --Philip T. Anderson, PhDDirector, Organization Effectiveness, JohnsonDiversey, Inc. "Think Smart--Act Smart is a book that walks you through the 'how to' of thinking outside the box in your everyday approach to problem solving and how to avoid the old patterns buried in society's IQ-driven approach to problem solving. A very refreshing and mind-opening journey that shares a wonderful look into a number of startling truths about the way we think." --C. Brandy DouglasPresident, The Douglas Group, Inc. "Jim Nightingale provides a new and unique perspective on organizations today. The thesis of his books...is basic to working and managing in today's knowledge economy. Anyone who is responsible for making complex organizational decisions should benefit from this book." --Peter SorensenDirector, Organization Development PhD Program, Benedictine University, Illinois "We have all seen really smart, successful people do really dumb things. We have all asked the question, 'what was he/she thinking?' Jim Nightingale has taken an interesting, cerebral look at why this might be. His views are thought-provoking for those interested in getting the most out of their organization." --Spencer Clark IIIFormer Chief Learning Officer, Cadence Design Systems Why do smart people sometimes do such stupid things? In 1720 Isaac Newton lost a fortune in a stock market crash that he had personally predicted. How could this happen? Since the discoverer of gravity and the inventor of calculus can hardly be accused of stupidity, we must seek other reasons for this, and other, high-profile judgment errors by very smart people. Whether you are a CEO, a business manager, or simply a student of human behavior, Think Smart--Act Smart reveals why smart people make costly mistakes and provides you with a realistic plan to think smart in your life and on the job.
