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Green Goldfish 2.0 is based on the simple premise that employees are the key drivers of customer experience and that “Happy Employees Create Happy Customers.” The book focuses on 15 different ways to drive employee engagement and reinforce a strong corporate culture. It's the second color in the goldfish series. The first book was Purple Goldfish which focused on customers, whereby Green focuses on employees. The book is based on the findings of the Green Goldfish Project, an effort which crowdsourced over 1,001 examples of signature added value for employees. Key themes emerged from ...

Cutting-edge studies in neuroscience have in recent years proved what many doctors, therapists, and other health professionals had long suspected: Simple, repetitive tasks, performed with focus and attention - mindfulness - can not only quieten our noisy thought processes and help us relax but also improve our outlook on life and protect us against life-threatening illnesses. A cognitive neuroscientist and a leading authority on mental performance, Stan Rodski sets out the science behind these remarkable discoveries in simple terms and explains how you in turn can benefit from them.

In 1979, the seeds of social media were sown by Tom Truscott and Jim Ellis, and the result of that action would give rise to a monster that would not only change the world of communication forever, but also have great impact in all our lives. In this audiobook, the author takes you back in time to where it all started: a brief history of human communication, from yelling and cave writings up to the birth of social media. He elaborates on the significant and obvious benefits of social media as well as its drawbacks.

A poignant, true-survival story of a young boy who hid for years underground in Holland during World War II. A Boy In Hiding sheds a light on the difficult road that laid ahead for Anne Frank – had she survived. Now, 60 years later, Rubens gives a voice to the young boy, who – despite the hard time and difficulties he encountered, never lost his positive view on life.

Stan Paregien's "Oklahoma Almanac of Facts & Humor: Part 2 - Okarche to Zafra" contains lots of historical information about the state of Oklahoma and its people. Part 1 covers the towns of Achilee to Nowata. Be sure to download both Parts. However, this ain't your grandpa's dry, boring history book. No, siree. The author tells the unique stories of Oklahoma's cities and towns and villages (148 of them, in both Parts). All of the towns which are county seats in Oklahoma's 77 counties are covered in the 2 Parts, plus 71 others. And he writes about each town with a conversational style which ...

Stan Paregien began collecting family history and photos in about 1970. He and his wife, Peggy, became frequent visitors to county court houses, history centers, and cemeteries in Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. Then, as he acquired home computers and better access to internet resources, he spent countless hours of the day and night doing genealogical research far and wide. He published his work in 1974. That was a 118 page collection titled, A Paregien History. Thirty-two years after that, having collected a mass of information and photos, he self-published Paregien ...

Jerry Russell Paregien had a good life, in fact, a really good life. He and I, as cousins in Ventura County, Calif., grew up among immigrants from Oklahoma. That would include his father, Marvin and his wife Wanda, and my father Harold and my mother Evelyn, who all grew up as children of dirt poor sharecroppers who lived lives of desperation due to the worn-out, poor soil. By 1942, they and most of their kin had moved to California for steady checks and electricity. They were still poor, by their neighbors’ standards, but were honest and happy folks. That was the situation when Jerry was ...

Don and Judy Betts are Florida treasures. She was born in Miami and he was born and reared on Longboat Key (parallels the shores of Bradenton down to Sarasota). Each has made significant contributions to their community and their church. He is a walking-talking almanac of old-time Florida history. His father was the chief horticulturalist for John Ringling of the Ringling Brothers Circus fame. And Don grew up on a virtually deserted southern end of Longboat Key. He and his siblings spent their time fishing and/or swimming in the Gulf of Mexico on the west side of the Key or in Sarasota Bay ...

In this book, Stan Paregien’s goal is to instill hope in those who feel unspiritual, depressed, and defeated because they are caught up in the web of do-it-yourself, every-man-for-himself religion. Both ultra-liberalism and ultra-conservatism fall into the burdensome trap sometimes called Churchianity. That happens when clergymen or others set themselves up as infallible guardians of their sect’s warped idea of religious orthodoxy. Churchianity demands obedience to the “authority” of the clergy or to denominational rule books rather than the Bible. Loving obedience to God is ...

This is the 2022 Yearbook of the Americana.Wiki Journal. Stan Paregien is the Editor of the monthly Americana.Wiki Journal and of this 2022 Yearbook which contains all 7 issues of Volume 1. Our United States is in fact a great tossed salad of different and sometimes conflicting races, sexual preferences, social standings, and levels of economic opportunities. We have a lot to talk about and in our Journal we are working with a base commitment to inclusiveness, transparency, and truthfulness. None of that will advance far unless our writers . . . and our readers . . . communicate with old-...

The cover itself shouts out, “This ain’t your Grandma’s poetry book.” No, it is not. Not by a long shot.It was written by two certified common guys for other common folks. The poems deal with the issues, stresses and pleasures of daily living. Part 1 is filled with “Patriotic Poems.” Part 2, “Inspirational & Religious Poems.” Part 3, “Poems of the Genus Cowboicus Poeticus,” which being interpreted means “Cowboy Poetry.” Part 4, “Americana, Floridianna & Such.” Part 5, “Fun Poems with Few Redeeming Virtues.” Part 6, “Odds and Ends and Such,” has Stan’s ...

Don and Judy Betts are Florida treasures. She was born in Miami and he was born and reared on Longboat Key (parallels the shores of Bradenton down to Sarasota). Each has made significant contributions to their community and their church. She worked in a bank in Sarasota, then - with kids at home - she became a school bus driver, and then a mortgage loan officer. She also became an advocate for abused children, working with the courts, lawyers and parents. He organized a "Night Out" program where parents could bring their children to a church building and leave them for 2 or 3 hours to have ...

Stan Paregien first wrote this religious/inspirational book in 1970. It has been out of print for some 30 years before being published as an eBook. However, the topics discussed in the lavishly illustrated book are just as current as today's morning newspaper. One of the most important of the 18 chapters deals with "The Problem of Unbelief". The author examines the meanings of "unbelief" and "faith," and talks about ways that Christians and unbelievers can better communicate and help each other to understand their respective positions. Two other challenging chapters discuss the various ...

THE CAJUN COWDOG: 15 COWBOY STORIES FOR ADULTS is a collection of 15 of Stan Paregien's best cowboy stories. They are "for adults" only in the sense that the stories are probably above the reading levels of most children under 12 years of age. These 15 stories are just a few of the stories which he has written and performed, starting in 1991. This eBook contains such storytelling jewels as "What Dead Cowboys Do," "My Most Unforgettable Christmas," "The Story of Juan Cordova," "The Angel & the Bad Man," "The Urge to Kill," "Romeo & Juliet: Cowboy Style," "Cowboys & Parrots Don't Mix," "How ...

Dominic had a hard start to life with strict parent who did not let him have time to play with his friends. Instead he had to work in their shop. His marriage was a mistake and there were no children. He decided to help out at a football club and did so for a number of years, much to his wife's annoyance. Later in life when he was now running the shop he was arrested for historic offences against boys. He thought nothing of it as it was all lies but when he ended up in prison and his wife divorced him a normal might have felt low. Dominic knew that he was innocent and decided to prove it ...

A RAINY DAY READER contains 100 poems by Stan Paregien. The poems range from the serious to the hillariously funny, from those with an academic bent to those with little redeeming social value (except for a smile or two). Great for that rainy day read. Poems include "N. Scott Momaday: A Literary Legend," "Had Any Lately?," "My Banker Ain't No Friend of Mine," "Cat Heaven," & "Smart Pills."

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Dive into the Timeless Wisdom of History's Luminaries From the meditative alleys of Eastern philosophy to the resilient spirits of modern visionaries, "Wisdom of the Ages" offers a curated exploration into the profound insights and lessons from some of the most esteemed minds in human history. Why Read This Book? Universal Teachings: Traverse through time, uncovering the ageless truths that resonate even in today's complex world. Diverse Perspectives: Engage with a plethora of voices, from ancient philosophers like Plato to trailblazing scientists like Marie Curie, and from spiritual ...

Psychiatrist Jack Rackham has spent years helping others cope with their emotional pain while struggling to bury his own trauma: the suicide of his twin brother. When a patient hangs himself, Jack’s control begins to break dragging him deeper into a guilt that he still tries to ignore. As Jack persists in denying his inner turmoil, his marriage teeters on the edge when his wife, Bonny, gives him an ultimatum: confront his demons or leave. Jack lacks help from any of his colleagues who are dealing with their emotional burdens. A psychoanalyst drowns in marital misery, a devout Evangelist ...

FROM THE FOREWORD BY MILLIE STEVENTON My Uncle Stan was a grumpy man when he began to write to me from Spain and he can’t be said to have mellowed much with age. This book contains only his letters to me, as his old-school habit of always referring to my missives removes the need to include my supportive, and sometimes censorious, replies which possess little of the descriptive power and mostly unintentional humour of his own copious correspondence. In a way I suppose that in the last few years I have been his only constant and empathic contact with the rest of humanity and this first ...