Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr

Download or read book Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr written by Sarah Wells and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2011-03-15 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take comfort in cynicism? Find pleasure in pessimism? Think the high road is unscenic at best? Then this desktop display of affirmations-gone-wrong will speak to the true you. Flip through various mantras that celebrate the impressive ways we distress ourselves, then display your particular paranoia, mood, or obsession of the day. Everyone who passes by your desk will consider themselves warned. Of course, these affirmations will give you new ways to pity and excuse yourself, but you might also learn to actually appreciate something: that your mind isn’t as unhealthy as it could be.

Download or read book Today I Will Nourish My Inner Martyr written by Sarah Wells and published by Crown. This book was released on 1998-09-30 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tonight, by moonlight, I will rake my leaves into my neighbor's yard. Had it up to here with sugary-sweet affirmation books that ignore the pleasures of resentment and mean-spiritedness? Tired of the self-helpaholics who've been sipping too much chicken soup? Then this book is for you. Here are 365 splendidly bitter daily meditations that will appeal to the cynic in you. Nowhere else will you find such odes to self-absorption as: ·Today I will equate material possessions with love. ·Today I will taunt others until they cry, then tell them they are too sensitive. ·Today I will make a new friend based solely on how he or she can further my career. ·Today I will respect my need to sabotage everyone else's success.

Download or read book Daily Afflictions written by Andrew Boyd and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revolutionizing a bestselling genre, this thinking man's parody hijacks the format of "daily affirmations" by offering "daily afflictions" to give readers inspiration, practical advice, and food for thought.

Download or read book The Greek Praise of Poverty written by William D. Desmond and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Desmond, taking issue with common popular and scholarlyviews of the ancient Greek Cynics, contends that early Cynics likeAntisthenes and Diogenes were not cultural outcasts or marginal voicesin classical culture; rather, the Cynic movement through the fourthcentury B.C. had deep and significant roots in what Desmond calls theGreek praise of poverty. Desmond demonstrates that classical views ofwealth were complex and allowed for the admiration of poverty and thevirtues it could inspire. He explains Cynicism's rise in popularity in theancient world by exploring the set of attitudes that collectively formedthe Greek praise of poverty. Desmond argues that in the fifth and fourthcenturies B.C., economic, political, military, and philosophical thoughtcontained explicit criticisms of wealth and praise of poverty.

Download or read book Thoughts on Vision written by Stephen R. Covey and published by Mango Media. This book was released on 2000-04-04 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is part of a seven stand-alone book series of books called the Portable 7 Habits. They are easy to read books that quickly and effectively offer supporting quotes and thinking that support and reinforce The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. In Vision: Defining Your Destiny in Life, you will discover a collection of writings and quotes that support Covey’s Habit 2: Begin with The End in Mind. This book teaches you how to develop a clear picture of who we want to be and what we want to accomplish.

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