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Este livro traz uma coletânea de pensamentos simples e profundos do Papa Francisco dedicados a Maria, projetados para o mês de maio, tradicionalmente dedicada a Nossa Senhora. É um instrumento de med

"A Estrada para Oz" acompanha Dorothy Gale em uma jornada sinuosa de volta à mágica Terra de Oz. Ao longo do caminho, ela faz amizade com companheiros excêntricos, enfrenta desafios divertidos e se d

O pensamento teológico-moral de Francisco foi abordado, nesta obra, através de temas que adentraram as discussões concernentes à Doutrina Social da Igreja: culturas do descarte e culturas do encontro

Everything is urgent. Every email demands immediate response. Every notification screams for attention. Every deadline is labeled critical. But urgency is a manufactured emotion, and you are being manipulated.This book reveals how false urgency is weaponized to control your time, money, and decisions. Marketers create artificial scarcity to trigger panic buying. Managers declare arbitrary deadlines to extract overwork. Media outlets sensationalize stories to hijack your focus.We explore the psychology of urgencyhow time pressure shuts down deliberation and activates fight-or-flight responses. Learn to distinguish real emergencies from manufactured ones. The antidote to manufactured urgency is not slow living. It is intentional living. Decide what matters. Let everything else wait.

Com pesquisa profunda e linguagem coloquial, o livro investiga a relação das temáticas foliãs com os diferentes contextos de época, já que processam diretamente os acontecimentos de entorno ao longo

Os textos aqui reunidos foram extraídos de livros apócrifos e referem-se aos três períodos mais representativos da vida de Maria: nascimento e vida em Nazaré, sua apresentação no templo, o casamento

Esta obra, destinada a todos os professores cristos, independentemente da instituiço em que lecionam, busca propor reflexes que ajudem a adquirir uma consciencia mais profunda a respeito da misso docente. O livro divide-se em quatro partes. A primeira aborda a identidade do professor cristo e suas implicaçes no ensino. Em seguida, o autor apresenta uma analise em uma perspectiva mais antropologica da docencia crist em relaço aos alunos. A terceira parte considera como o professor cristo pode acompanhar o aluno, espiritual e religiosamente, e como o professor se torna um evangelizador. Por fim, a obra trata do modelo de sociedade para o qual educamos e dos sinais de esperança que o professor cristo pode realizar e promover para recriar uma cultura e uma sociedade em chave evangelica.

Efficiency kills creativity. When everything is optimized, there is no room for serendipity, experiments, or mistakes. This book argues that peak efficiency is a trap that suffocates innovation and makes organizations fragile.Just-in-time supply chains save moneyuntil a pandemic destroys them. Maximum utilization increases outputuntil one employee quits and everything stops. The problem with optimization is that it eliminates buffers. Buffers look like waste, but they are resilience.We examine the value of slack. Why Google gives employees 20% time for side projects. Why the best ideas emerge in unplanned moments. Why tightly scheduled days are unproductive. Stop optimizing every minute. Leave room for chaos. Innovation needs air to breathe.

Why chasing pleasure guarantees misery. You are running on a hedonic treadmill that leads nowhere. You chase the next highthe next promotion, the next date, the next purchasebut the joy vanishes instantly. This book explains the science of why pleasure-seeking reliably produces suffering.The problem is adaptation. Your brain normalizes every pleasure. The first bite of chocolate is ecstasy. The twentieth is boring. Your first million feels incredible. Your third feels ordinary. The evolutionary design made sense: satisfied hunters stop hunting.We examine the way out. Not through ascetic denial, but through meaning. Pleasure is fleeting. Purpose is lasting. Learn to distinguish between hedonic happiness (which fades) and eudaimonic happiness (which stays). Stop chasing. Start building.

This book examines the compressed timeline dynamics of launching new business ventures with deliberate speed and constrained resources. It explores how entrepreneurs navigate the tension between thorough preparation and market entry velocity, revealing patterns in how early-stage founders validate assumptions, construct minimal viable offerings, and secure initial revenue within accelerated timeframes. Through analysis of decision-making frameworks, resource allocation priorities, and customer acquisition mechanics, the book investigates what separates rapid launchers from perpetual planners. It addresses the friction between perfectionism and pragmatism, examining how successful founders determine which elements require refinement before launch and which can evolve through market feedback. Readers will explore systematic approaches to identifying viable market opportunities, structuring initial offers that generate revenue without extensive infrastructure, and establishing feedback loops that inform early iteration. The book navigates challenges in maintaining focus amid competing priorities, managing the psychological pressure of public launches, and building momentum through early customer interactions. It reframes assumptions about what constitutes readiness for market entry and reveals how constrained timelines can catalyze clarity rather than compromise quality in foundational business decisions.

Why we overvalue what we have. An experiment: You receive a mug as a gift. Instantly, it is worth more to you than the identical mug in the store. This is the ownership effecta cognitive bias that makes you poor and inflexible.This book explains why people demand irrational prices for their possessions, hold bad investments too long, and miss opportunities because they cannot let go. The mechanism is loss aversion. Losing hurts twice as much as winning feels good.We analyze how to overcome the effect. Learn to see ownership as temporary. Understand opportunity costs. Every thing you own also owns you. It costs space, time, mental energy. Freedom is not having more. Freedom is needing less.

As a gay man working as a nutritionist, Daniel OShaughnessy knows that the LGBTQ+ community has specific dietary and health needs. Yet while there is huge demand for this kind of information in his private practice, there is very little reliable public information for the community to access and not everyone can afford a Harley Street nutritionist like him.Naked Nutrition seeks to change that: it is the first LGBTQ+ focused guide to diet and lifestyle, taking an honest, inclusive and non-judgemental approach to the questions Daniel is asked most frequently.It covers a wide range of subjects, giving detailed, practical advice on matters including: weight loss and muscle gain, digestive health issues, addiction, sex, fertility, nutrition for balancing hormones while transitioning, how to eat if you have a chronic condition, and how to mitigate against the party lifestyle.

This book examines the structural and psychological dynamics that transform ordinary customer bases into passionate brand communities characterized by voluntary advocacy and sustained loyalty. It explores how businesses cultivate emotional connections that transcend transactional relationships, revealing patterns in how distinctive brands create belonging, shared identity, and tribal affiliation among their audiences. Through analysis of community-building frameworks, brand narrative construction, and engagement ritual design, the book investigates what separates brands that inspire devotion from those that generate mere satisfaction. It addresses tensions between commercial objectives and authentic community development, examining how successful brands maintain integrity while strategically fostering fan culture. Readers will explore systematic approaches to defining brand values that resonate emotionally, creating participation opportunities that deepen customer investment, and building feedback loops that make customers feel genuinely heard. The book navigates challenges in scaling community without diluting intimacy, managing passionate audiences whose expectations intensify with connection, and distinguishing authentic loyalty from manufactured enthusiasm. It reframes assumptions about what customers actually commit to when they become brand advocates and reveals how deliberate community architecture transforms casual buyers into voluntary promoters. The focus remains on constructing loyalty systems grounded in genuine value delivery and shared purpose rather than manipulation.

Why seeking new experiences never satisfies. You buy a new car, and after two weeks it is just a car. You get a raise, and after a month you feel poor again. You move to a bigger apartment, and after a year it feels too small. This is the novelty treadmillthe psychological trap that keeps you forever dissatisfied.This book explains the science of hedonic adaptation. Your brain is programmed to return to baseline states. No matter what you achieve, after a short time you feel the same as before. The evolutionary advantage was clear: satisfied people stop hunting. Unsatisfied people survive.We examine how to step off the treadmill. Not through deprivation, but through awareness. Learn to distinguish between real needs and artificially created cravings. Invest in experiences that do not fade. Build habits that create lasting satisfaction. The treadmill stops when you stop running.

Speed without direction is chaos. The modern hustle culture glorifies busyness, celebrating those who work the hardest and move the fastest. But motion is not progress. You can climb the ladder with incredible speed only to discover it is leaning against the wrong wall.This book argues that direction is the most undervalued asset in both business and life. Entrepreneurs burn themselves out building products nobody wants. Professionals climb corporate ladders that lead to empty victories. Students pursue degrees that trap them in careers they hate. All because they never paused to ask the fundamental question: where am I actually going?Learn the art of strategic stillness. Understand opportunity cost. Master the skill of saying no to good options so you can say yes to the right ones. Direction does not guarantee success, but lack of direction guarantees regret. Before you run, make sure you know which way is forward.

This book examines streamlined planning methodologies that enable entrepreneurs to establish strategic direction without elaborate documentation or analysis paralysis. It explores how businesses construct focused planning frameworks that prioritize critical assumptions, actionable decisions, and adaptive iteration over comprehensive forecasting. Through analysis of lean planning principles, hypothesis-driven strategy, and minimal documentation approaches, the book reveals patterns in how effective entrepreneurs distinguish essential strategic elements from planning theater. It addresses tensions between thoroughness and agility, investigating how successful founders maintain strategic coherence while remaining responsive to market feedback and emerging opportunities. Readers will explore systematic approaches to identifying core business hypotheses that require validation, structuring planning documents that facilitate decision-making rather than compliance, and building review rhythms that keep strategy relevant without consuming operational capacity. The book navigates challenges in satisfying stakeholder expectations for formal plans while avoiding over-specification that constrains adaptation, balancing structure with flexibility in uncertain market conditions, and maintaining strategic focus amid competing priorities. It reframes assumptions about what constitutes adequate planning and reveals how disciplined simplicity in strategic frameworks often produces better outcomes than elaborate projections. The focus remains on constructing planning systems that serve operational clarity and informed decision-making rather than demonstrating analytical sophistication.

A vicious comedy about disinformation and dinosaurs.A late-night screening of a certain Spielberg classic triggers carnage on a university campus. What starts as a misunderstanding about the film quickly spirals into mass redundancies and outlandish conspiracies. The fight for academic survival is on.Jurassic, Tim Foleys satire about fake news and fossils, was premiered at Soho Theatre, London, in 2025, produced by Ransack.

O livro reúne textos que começaram a ser escritos durante a pandemia. Os títulos seguem a ordem de A a Z, como os populares ABCs de Maria. É uma coletânea de reflexões sobre a grandeza de Maria Santí

This book examines the structural dynamics that separate premium freelance practices from commodity service providers. It explores how independent professionals recalibrate their positioning, refine their service delivery models, and navigate client relationships when transitioning from time-based to value-based pricing frameworks. Through analysis of pricing psychology, market positioning, and operational systems, the book reveals how freelancers construct sustainable premium practices. It addresses the tension between accessibility and exclusivity, investigates the mechanics of client qualification processes, and reframes assumptions about what constitutes valuable professional service. Readers will explore patterns in how successful independent consultants define their offerings, communicate expertise, and establish pricing structures that reflect strategic value rather than hourly effort. The book examines challenges in transitioning existing client relationships, managing capacity constraints, and maintaining service quality at premium price points while building systematic approaches to business development and client delivery.

In the aftermath of the Great War, Clarissa Dalloway prepares for an elegant party in her London home. As she moves through the city streets, the sights and sounds of a June morning trigger a cascade of memories, bringing her past and present into a singular, vivid moment.But as Clarissa prepares her celebration, another life unfolds in the shadows: Septimus Warren Smith, a war veteran haunted by shell shock, struggles to find meaning in a world that has moved on without him. Over the course of a single day, Woolf weaves together their disparate lives, creating a haunting tapestry of regret, desire, and the fleeting beauty of existence.Mrs. Dalloway is a revolutionary work of English literaturea delicate, shimmering portrait of the human soul that changed the way we perceive time and identity.A masterpiece of psychological depth and the quiet power of a single day.