Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? In this provocative and inspiring book, Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to professional athletes, software billionaires to scientific geniuses, to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and far more fascinating, than we could ever have imagined. He reveals that it's as much about where we're from and what we do, as who we are - and that no one, not even a genius, ever makes it alone. Outliers will change the way you think about your own life story, and about what makes us all unique. 'Gladwell is not only a brilliant storyteller; he can see what those stories tell us, the lessons they contain' Guardian 'Malcolm Gladwell is a global phenomenon ... he has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure' Observer 'He is the best kind of writer - the kind who makes you feel like you're a genius, rather than he's a genius' The Times
In this generation-defining self-help guide, a superstar blogger cuts through the crap to show us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people. For decades, we’ve been told that positive thinking is the key to a happy, rich life. "F**k positivity," Mark Manson says. "Let’s be honest, shit is f**ked and we have to live with it." In his wildly popular Internet blog, Manson doesn’t sugarcoat or equivocate. He tells it like it is—a dose of raw, refreshing, honest truth that is sorely lacking today. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k is his antidote to the coddling, let’s-all-feel-good mindset that has infected American society and spoiled a generation, rewarding them with gold medals just for showing up. Manson makes the argument, backed both by academic research and well-timed poop jokes, that improving our lives hinges not on our ability to turn lemons into lemonade, but on learning to stomach lemons better. Human beings are flawed and limited—"not everybody can be extraordinary, there are winners and losers in society, and some of it is not fair or your fault." Manson advises us to get to know our limitations and accept them. Once we embrace our fears, faults, and uncertainties, once we stop running and avoiding and start confronting painful truths, we can begin to find the courage, perseverance, honesty, responsibility, curiosity, and forgiveness we seek.
Hal Elrod is a genius and his book The Miracle Morning has been magical in my life. What Hal has done is taken the best practices, developed over centuries of human consciousness development, and condensed the 'best of the best' into a daily morning ritual. A ritual that is now part of my day.”
—Robert Kiyosaki, bestselling author of Rich Dad Poor Dad
Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security, is framed for the murder of a chicken and becomes an outlaw with the coyotes.
Zena heard her mother talking about paul Chambers, in the Post Office.
"He looks like a coconut with that new haircut."
"He had really pretty curls when he was a baby", said Mrs Parker, behind the counter.
Bunny, the rabbit didn't feel
very well. His throat hurt
and he felt weak.
Bunny's mother put him into a carriage
and quickly wheeled him to the clinic.
At the clinic, there was a line of mothers
and fathers with their sick children.
An egg cracked and out popped a fluffy yellow
duckling. He looked all around him. He was alone.
"I have to find my mother, "said the duckling.
A dirty mouse found a mirror in the bushes.
He saw himself in the mirror.
His face, nose, ear and hands were dirty.
"How can I look so dirty!" He cried in shock.
"It must be the mirror. "He wiped the
mirror with his dirty paw.
Lion and Poor Slave. A slave, ill-treated by his master, runs away to the forest. There he comes across a lion in pain because of a thorn in his paw. The slave bravely goes forward and removes the thorn gently. ... The master asks for the slave to be thrown into the lion's cage
According to the Chinese Zodiac, 2012 is the
Year of the Dragon. It begins on January 23, 2012
(Chinese New Year's Day) and ends on February 9, 2013.
The year of the Dragon occurs every 12 years.
The date ranges are:
Once there was a little girl called
Dorothy, who lived on the great
Kansas prairie in America with her
Aunt Em, her Uncle Henry and her
dog Toto.
One day, when only dorothy and Toto
were at home, a whirlwind picked up
the house and carried it away to a strange country.
Once upon a time, a beautiful
queen had a baby girl.
The baby's skin was as white as
snow, and she had beautiful blck
hair. The Queen called her baby
Snow White.
Once upon a time a boy named Jack lived with his mother. All they had in the world was one cow.
One day Jack's mother said, "We have no money for food. We shall have to sell the cow".
So Jack took the cow to market.
On the way, he met a man.
Once there was an old woodcarver
called Geppetto who longed to have a
child of his own. So he decided to
make a puppet that would be just like
a real boy.
" I shall call him Pinocchio,"said
Geppetto as he began to carve the
wood. A moment later, he
had a surprise. As soon
as Geppetto carved
Pinocchio...............
It was summer in the country. All the hay had been stacked, and the fields of wheat were yellow. Tall dock leaves grew on the banks of the canals.
Among the dock leaves, on her nest, sat a duck waiting for her eggs to hatch. She had been waiting for a long time.
Peter and Jane are on holiday at the home of their aunty and uncle. They are not going out this morning because it is wet.
"What do you want to do this morning?" Jane asks Peter.
At first Peter says that he does not know. Then says, "I know, let's make a kite, like the one I saw in a book."
Long long ago, about 4000 years ago, in the faraway lands of Iraq a child whose name was Ibrahim (Abraham) was born in the village of Ur.
দুশ্চিন্তামুক্ত জীবন ছাড়াই যে সম্পদ অর্জন করতে পারবেন তাতেই সন্তুষ্ট থাকবেন এ সিদ্ধান্তে পৌছে চাবকে দিন দারিদ্রের ভয়কে। অন্য লোকে আপনাকে নিয়ে কী বলল বা ভাবল তাতে আপনার কিছু আসে যায় না, এ সিদ্ধান্তে পৌছে সমালোচনার ভয়কে দূর করুন। বুড়ো বয়সকে ভয় না পেয়ে চিন্তা করুন যত বয়স বাড়বে ততই আপনার জ্ঞানের পরিধি বৃদ্ধি পাবে, নিজেকে আরো বেশি নিয়ন্ত্রণ করতে পারবেন। ভালবাসা বা প্রেম না পেলেও আপনি একা দিব্যি চলতে পারবেন এ সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়ে ভালবাসা হারানোর ভয় থেকে বেরিয়ে আসুন।
