Creative Life

All fiction is character-driven, according to William Bernhardt, despite what you might have heard elsewhere. If your characters don’t interest readers, even the most exciting plots will fail. “Action is character,” Aristotle wrote, but what does that mean, and how can you use that fundamental principle to create dynamic fiction that will captivate readers? This audiobook explains the relationship between character and plot, and how the perfect melding of the two produces a mesmerizing story.

You already have the key to unlocking your real personality and fearlessly creating your authentic life free of labels and comparisons–you just need to be shown how. Whether you’re a nerd or a jock, an overachiever or an underachiever, a loner or an outcast, that is not your entire identity. It’s just one tiny part of the vast you.

Retirement is your time to shine. After years of hard work, this is your chance to embrace freedom, discover new passions, and build a life that excites and fulfills you every single day. But figuring out where to start and how to avoid wasting time or money can feel overwhelming. That’s where "Retirement Reinvented" comes in.

The Power of Self Discipline will help you truly understand the underlying reasons why people succumb to their worst temptations and impulses, despite being rational humans. This book will equip you with actionable strategies to strengthen your willpower. You will find the strategies that are fully backed up by neuroscience and psychological researches conducted by self-control experts in the world.

We all know what is healthy to think and what is not, much like we know that eating an apple is better than gorging on donuts. But once we start thinking anxious thoughts, it is tough to move from disaster to reality. Our brain can ruin our day. The road map to happiness can be found in Freeing Yourself from Anxiety. Unlike most guides, Dr. Tamar Chansky’s book explains that the solution is not positive thinking but possible thinking. Armed with her strategies, listeners can achieve accurate perceptions of their lives that can liberate them from fear and perfectionism.

A strategy for writers to leverage the 80/20 rule (Pareto Principle) to focus their writing, improve their speed and productivity. Ultimately, enabling writers and authors to more efficiently provide high quality meaningful written works.

Are you approaching retirement with excitement and uncertainty? Wondering how to stay engaged and make the most of your newfound freedom? Concerned that finances might hold you back? You’re not alone. Retirement is a major life transition, but it can be the most fulfilling phase yet. With the right approach, you can create a life filled with meaning, adventure, and connection—without overspending. The Affordable Retirement Bucket List is your guide to discovering purpose, exploring new passions, and embracing exciting experiences while staying within your budget.

Some of us will go through one or more traumatic experiences. Others may simply have a negative belief system that’s created a sense of fear, uncertainty, scarcity, and lack. It’s not that these experiences happen to us that’s the problem; it’s what we do with them. They can make us bitter and resentful, or they can help us become healed and transformed. Have your experiences left you healed...or hardened? No matter where you are on the “healed-or-hardened spectrum”, the good news is, the tools you need for your transformation are here for you in this audiobook.

This book shows you how you can put your life into high gear, manifesting what you want so you can live a life of fulfillment, abundance, joy, peace and happiness. It is not about "programming," or even "deprogramming" your subconscious mind as it is with many other approaches. It's about coming from a totally different paradigm and doing an end run around the mind altogether.

Get in the driver's seat of the rest of your life. A practical, step-by-step guide to letting go of the past, getting over a breakup, and being your best self, more quickly than you thought possible. Written by a man who made all the mistakes following his own separation and eventual divorce, you will find everything you need in this one book to allow you to lead a more exciting and fulfilled life after a long-term relationship breakup.

The Career Manifesto presents an inspiring and refreshingly simple approach to finding your passion and purpose and then jump-starting a dream career to achieve those, by asking three essential questions: What do you want your impact to be? What are the potential pathways that move you toward your purpose? How can you hold yourself accountable for your goals?

Each of this book's four chapters covers one of the most important questions a person must ask themselves: What is the purpose of my life? How can I best realize the purpose of my life? Who do I want to be? How do I want other people to think of me? Rather than give you answers to these questions, this guide provides a framework that helps you develop your own answers while equipping you with the neuroscientific tools necessary to transform yourself into whomever you choose to be.

Your habits will either MAKE or BREAK you! No single factor is more important in your life than the habits you have chosen. With the wrong habits, the rough paths ahead become even tougher. The obstacles you dread will eventually defeat you! That is because the wrong habits weaken your body, heart, mind, and soul. These four crucial elements require attention and care to stay in great shape. If even one of them takes a hit, our entire existence will feel the impact of that blow. Most people are unsuccessful and unhappy today because they have failed to look after their bodies, minds, hearts...

There are nine million women-owned businesses in the United States; they account for $1.3 trillion in revenue. American women are starting businesses at a rate twice that of men. Most of these women are also moms. What does it take to be successful as both a mom and as an entrepreneur? Moms Mean Business gives existing and potential mom business owners the encouragement, advice, and healthy dose of "how-to" they need.

Women experience 350-500 menstrual cycles in their lifetime. But your period is way more than PMS, carb cravings, and lady rage. It's actually a four-part code that, once cracked, will uncover a series of monthly superpowers, and working with your menstrual cycle is a key to wellness, self-esteem, and empowerment. In Code Red, Lisa Lister shares how to live and work in complete alignment with the rhythms of nature, the moon, and your menstrual cycle.

Where did I come from? Why do I have two arms but just one head? How is my left leg the same size as my right one? Why are the fingerprints of identical twins not identical? How did my brain learn to learn? Why must I die? Questions like these remain biology's deepest and most ancient challenges. They force us to confront a fundamental biological problem: How can something as large and complex as a human body organize itself from the simplicity of a fertilized egg?

Overhaul your approach to concentration and productivity using strategic, science-proven methods to save hours a day and achieve twice as much. Your current focus and productivity tactics might be "adequate." But they will never be great or reach their potential if you don't understand how your psychology and physiology work together to affect your focus. Short circuit your brain into instant focus. The Science of Powerful Focus looks at focus in a revolutionary new way, and sheds light on studies both new and old.

In Love for No Reason, transformational expert Marci Shimoff offers a breakthrough approach to experiencing a lasting state of unconditional love—the kind of love that doesn't depend on another person, situation, or romantic partner, and that you can access at any time and in any circumstance. This is the deepest and truest form of love and is the key to lasting joy and fulfillment in life.

In recent years, there has been an overwhelming interest in the science of happiness and positive psychology, and many books on the subject. There is a good reason for this: It is a core, universal human drive. And while happiness has opened the door for many to move forward, there is a burgeoning curiosity about the full range of human emotions, all of which factor into the human experience. What do we do when life does not go as planned?

From the author of The Richest Man in Direct Sales comes a step-by-step guide on how to unlock the 12 superpowers that will help you remove limits, crush barriers, smash through ceilings, afford anything, and become a truly invincible force. You'll reinvent your mindset, dig through the layers of grime your past has heaped on you, and reveal the superpowers to ensure that nothing will ever hold you back again.