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Carregando... A year of living kindly : choices that will change your life and the world around youde Donna Cameron
   Nenhum(a) Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro.  RoseCityReader | Apr 13, 2019 |   Perhaps this is my bias rearing it's ugly head - I'll get to that in a moment - or maybe it's that I read WAY too many self-help books. (I do. Several hundred a year). Either way, I bristle when a book starts with a premise that I can't ascribe to being True. With a capital T. What do I mean? First sentence of the book: "Kindness is in short supply these days". Is it really? Is that true, 100% of the time, always, for everyone? It sure isn't in my life. Can I be more kind? Definitely, that's why I wanted to read this book. Yet when I read a first paragraph that purpots to have me on board that kindness is hidden, elusive and difficult... well you've already lost me. Chapter One starts with a variation of, "Kindness is everywhere, if you look for it". Well, that's a bit better, I would have preferred that the book start there. Again.... I'm biased.... :) Each chapter, all 52 of them, reflects on a certain frame of kindness, and then has a "kindness in action" section at the end. Some chapters resonate way more than others, but for the most part, I felt disjointed and without purpose as I read. I didn't feel the author truly embodied kindess in action, other than perhaps a lot of paying for things (nice vs kind, which she covers at the start). Again, my perception and bias. Perhaps I'm kinder than I realize, or maybe this isn't the book for me. It felt a bit like this was a blog turned into a book - and then I read, it was. So if you like that sort of thing, perfect! (  ) bonnyadventures | Feb 3, 2019 | sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
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Being kind is something most of us do when it's easy and when it suits us. Being kind when we don't feel like it, or when all of our buttons are being pushed, is hard. But that's also when it's most needed; that's when it can defuse anger and even violence, when it can restore civility in our personal and virtual interactions. Kindness has the power to profoundly change our relationships with other people and with ourselves. It can, in fact, change the world. In A Year of Living Kindly-using stories, observation, humor, and summaries of expert research-Donna Cameron shares her experience committing to 365 days of practicing kindness. She presents compelling research into the myriad benefits of kindness, including health, wealth, longevity, improved relationships, and personal and business success. She explores what a kind life entails, and what gets in the way of it. And she provides practical and experiential suggestions for how each of us can strengthen our kindness muscle so choosing a life of kindness becomes ever easier and more natural. An inspiring, practical guide that can help any listener make a commitment to kindness, A Year of Living Kindly shines a light on how we can create a better, safer, and more just world-and how you can be part of that transformation. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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The book grew out of her year intentionally trying to live kindly, researching kindness, and blogging about her experience and observations on her Year of Living Kindly blog. She has it organized to read through in 52 weeks, ruminating on each chapter a week at a time for your own year of living kindly. But reading it straight through, or dipping in here and there, is also a pleasure. Each chapter is a reminder of how and why it is best to be kind. (