Fogg, B. J.
Summary: "The world's leading expert on habit formation shows how you can have a happier, healthier life: by starting small. Myth: Change is hard. Reality: Change can be easy if you know the simple steps of Behavior Design. Myth: It's all about willpower. Reality: Willpower is fickle and finite, and exactly the wrong way to create habits. Myth: You have to make a plan and stick to it. Reality: You...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 FOGSummary: The transient nature of the hospitality industry means that employees are often inexperienced, lacking awareness of the basic skills and good customer service techniques that add up to a smooth-running facility. This program uses input from training experts to define the role of the hospitality coach as well as the key factors for effective coaching in this industry. The video lists the main...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Barnard, Robert.
Summary: Seventeen mystery stories feature everyday characters who discover their potential for murder, including a young woman who weds a string of old men and develops a penchant for widowhood.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARContents: Introduction: the Road to Financial Freedom (17:24) -- The Psychology and Mechanics of Lasting Wealth (14:21) -- The Seven Areas for Extraordinary Wealth (19:47) -- Your Assignment: What Makes You Wealthy (8:13).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Robbins Research International 2014
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Summary: From the Publisher: A newly revised edition of the book that helped define the coaching profession, Co-Active Coaching captures the essence of what it takes to design and maintain successful, collaborative, and empowering coaching relationships. The authors describe in detail their flexible and adaptive model-placing the client's agenda at the heart of the coaching partnership, define the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Davies-Black Pub. 2007
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 158.3 WHISwoboda, Kate
Summary: "What kind of life would you live if you didn't allow your fears to hold you back? The Courage Habit offers a powerful program to help you conquer your inner critic, work toward your highest aspirations, and build a courageous community. Are your fears preventing you from living the life you truly want? Do you ever wish that you had a better job, lived in a different city, or had more authentic...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 158 SWOJohnson, Amy
Summary: "Little changes can make a big, big difference! In The Little Book of Big Change, psychologist Amy Johnson shows you how to rewire your brain and overcome your bad habits-once and for all. No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Drawing on a powerful combination of neuroscience and spirituality, this book will show you that you are not your habits. Rather, your habits...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Harbinger Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 153.8 JOHGable, Dan.
Summary: Tells how to develop and communicate a coaching philosophy, plan practices, teach wrestling skills, help wrestlers prepare for matches, and evaluate wrestlers' performances.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.812 GABContents: Stepping into coaching -- Communicating as a coach -- Understanding rules and equipment -- Providing for players' safety -- Making practices fun and practical -- Teaching and shaping skills -- Coaching offense -- Coaching defense -- Coaching special teams -- Coaching on game day -- Developing season and practice plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.332 COAMullem, Pete Van
Summary: "This book combines comprehensive research in coach development and hands-on experience to offer coaches and coach developers concrete, practical suggestions to improve coaching performance in youth sport. It speaks directly to coaches working in community youth sport programs, interscholastic sport, and private youth sport organizations."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rowman & Littlefield 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.083 MULWood, Wendy
Summary: Wood draws on three decades of original research to explain the fascinating science of how we form habits, and offers the key to unlocking our habitual mind in order to make the changes we seek.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 152.3 WOOSummary: A nightclub singer is forced to take refuge from the mob in a convent. While there she turns the convent choir into a "soulful chorus of swingin' sisters." The sudden celebrity of the choir jeopardizes her identity.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Buena Vista Home Entertainment 2000
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1 available in Comedy DVDs, Call number: DVD COMEDY SISDuhigg, Charles.
Summary: Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2012
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Summary: "A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety. Anyone who struggles with overeating knows what it's like to feel out of control-and to feel the guilt attached to it. While ordinary anxiety feels like something that happens to us, the siren song of food cravings feels like something we should be able to control....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2024
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Summary: One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has captivated readers for nearly three decades. It has transformed the lives of presidents and CEOs, educators and parents--millions of people of all ages and occupations. Now, this 30th anniversary edition of the timeless classic commemorates the wisdom of the 7 habits with modern additions...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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Place a hold to request this item.Contents: Stepping into coaching -- Communicating as a coach -- Understanding rules and equipment -- Providing for players' safety -- Making practices fun and practical -- Teaching and shaping skills -- Coaching offense -- Coaching defense -- Coaching on game day -- Developing season and practice plans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.323 COAGreen Day
Contents: Brutal love -- Missing you -- 8th Avenue serenade -- Drama queen -- X-Kid -- Sex, drugs & violence -- A little boy named Train -- Amanda -- Walk away -- Dirty rotten bastards -- 99 revolutions -- The forgotten.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reprise 2012
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Summary: "In this fully revised and updated edition of his best-selling management classic, Bradford D. Smart describes exactly how leading companies have embraced topgrading, and how you can, too. The author spells out his practical approach to the Topgrading Interview, the proven best practice for assessing talent. His intriguing case studies and shrewd advice are based on solid research - more than...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 SMAEarley, Justin Whitmel
Summary: The modern world is a machine of a thousand invisible habits, forming us into anxious, busy, and depressed people. We yearn for the freedom and peace of the gospel, but remain addicted to our technology, shackled by our screens, and exhausted by our routines. But because our habits are the water we swim in, they are almost invisible to us. What can we do about it? The answer to our...
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Publisher / Publication Date: IVP Books an imprint of InterVarsity Press 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 248.4 EARKus, Sally
Contents: Developing a volleyball coaching philosophy -- Communicating your approach -- Motivating players -- Building a volleyball program -- Planning for the season -- Planning for practices -- Technical development of players -- Posture, serving, and passing -- Fundamentals of attacking -- Floor defense and blocking -- Offensive strategies and options -- Defensive alignments and maneuvers -- Preparing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Human Kinetics 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 796.325 KUSRucker, Michael
Summary: "The more we seek happiness, the more elusive it becomes. The Fun Habit shows readers that fun, unlike happiness, is an action you can take almost anywhere, anytime. Fun is connected to behavior and habits rather than goals, which means it's possible to get more fun into your life with intention. Whether you're a frustrated happiness-seeker looking for a new approach, a success-oriented hustler...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A competent coach challenges and inspires athletes to achieve their personal best. This program analyzes the nuanced art of coaching by examining three popular coaching styles: authoritarian, distant yet approachable, and friendly; vital coaching skills in the areas of leadership, management, and communication; essential coaching qualities such as enthusiasm; the wide knowledge of athletics,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2006
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Summary: This program describes and demonstrates specific examples of instructional conversation and other types of cognitive coaching; identifies instructional arrangements that are used to promote active learning by students; models questioning techniques and student interactions, including the ways in which cognitive coaches keep student discussion focused and productive; and considers the role that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007
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Rajan, Rekha S.
Summary: "We have always known that reading aloud is an important way to bond with your baby and develop language skills. Now neuroscience research is showing us the long-term benefit that reading aloud has for children-all the way into adulthood. Author Rekha S.Rajan was part of current research that shows individuals who were read to more frequently as children had a measurably healthier brain in old...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Parenting Press 2023