Bøger af Jack Maguire

Takes us inside the monastery walls to present details of what it''s like: the physical work, common meals, conversations with the monks and other residents, meditation, and other activities that fill an ordinary week.

Exploring the origins of Buddhism's popularity and illuminating its inner simplicity, this book is full of Buddhist tales, scriptural quotes, ancient stories, and contemporary insights.

This fundamental and fun-filled manual for the mind offers a clear and concise explanation of the body’s most extraordinary organ: the brain. We’ve learned more about the brain in the last thirty years than in the rest of human history; and the result has been an explosive growth in our understanding of how to use food, drugs, education, training, and even machinery to make the most of our brain’s potential. Care and Feeding of the Brain is designed to introduce you to this exciting new frontier of brain science and to help you capitalize on its discoveries: • How the Brain Works: an intriguing explanation of the mind’s abstract as well as physiological workings• Consciousness: our mental awareness, and the effects environment, food, and drugs can have on it• Memory: ways to strengthen and sharpen recall; aspects of déjà vu and amnesia• Intelligence: ways to measure and increase it, and tap creative potential• Emotions: how the brain functions affectively, and the scientific bases of fear, love, and sexual attraction• The Mind-Body Connection: the relation of the mental to the physical, and how the mind can overcome stress and infirmity Extensively illustrated and written with keen insight and humor, Care and Feeding of the Brain is an essential examination of the hows and whys of the human mind.

You're stuck in an endless, dull conversation. As the speaker drones on, your mind wanders, until you hear the words, "I remember once when I was.." Your ears perk up. You become engrossed. An anecdote unfolds, and suddenly, the speaker is alive and excited and you know just what he means. He has used the age-old technique of storytelling to powerfully get his point across, capturing your attention through a well-told narrative of personal experience that invited you to relate to his message on an intimate level. In The Power of Personal Storytelling, professional storyteller Jack Maguire explains how to mine your memories to communicate more effectively, enhance personal and professional relationships, and understand yourself better so that you can better understand others. Step by step, he illustrates how shaping and expressing true stories about our lives and those of the people we've known can:* connect us more vitally with others;* develop our creativity;* strengthen our humor, courage, and confidence; and* render our lives more memorable.Whether you're a teacher or a salesman, a minister or a parent, personal storytelling can help improve the key relationships in your life while investing your memories with more meaning.