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In Praise of Failure

Author : Costica Bradatan
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674287363
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Failure written by Costica Bradatan and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-03 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Squarely challenging a culture obsessed with success, an acclaimed philosopher argues that failure is vital to a life well lived, curing us of arrogance and self-deception and engendering humility instead. Our obsession with success is hard to overlook. Everywhere we compete, rank, and measure. Yet this relentless drive to be the best blinds us to something vitally important: the need to be humble in the face of life’s challenges. Costica Bradatan mounts his case for failure through the stories of four historical figures who led lives of impact and meaning—and assiduously courted failure. Their struggles show that engaging with our limitations can be not just therapeutic but transformative. In Praise of Failure explores several arenas of failure, from the social and political to the spiritual and biological. It begins by examining the defiant choices of the French mystic Simone Weil, who, in sympathy with exploited workers, took up factory jobs that her frail body could not sustain. From there we turn to Mahatma Gandhi, whose punishing quest for purity drove him to ever more extreme acts of self-abnegation. Next we meet the self-styled loser E. M. Cioran, who deliberately turned his back on social acceptability, and Yukio Mishima, who reveled in a distinctly Japanese preoccupation with the noble failure, before looking to Seneca to tease out the ingredients of a good life. Gleefully breaching the boundaries between argument and storytelling, scholarship and spiritual quest, Bradatan concludes that while success can make us shallow, our failures can lead us to humbler, more attentive, and better lived lives. We can do without success, but we are much poorer without the gifts of failure.

In Praise of Failure

Author : Mark H. Anshel
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1442251581
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (422 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Failure written by Mark H. Anshel and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-03-17 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of our greatest athletes, scientists, and entertainers failed repeatedly throughout their careers, yet they refused to allow past mistakes stop them from striving for future success. Instead, they turned those so-called failures into opportunities to learn, improve, and eventually earn the achievements they are celebrated for today. Why, then, is failure considered negative in our society? Perhaps failure is not, in fact, something to be avoided, but something to be encouraged. In Praise of Failure: The Value of Overcoming Mistakes in Sports and in Life aims to change the way our society defines and perceives what is commonly called “failure.” Mark H. Anshel provides a refreshing, new perspective on how we can embrace failure as part of the process of achieving and succeeding at the highest level. Anshel uses sports psychology in a grounded, easy-to-read manner to examine failure in sports settings, revealing that not only is failure inevitable in an imperfect world, it is essential. He addresses such issues as how to properly promote failure in sport and exercise settings, how errors lead to improvement, ways to constructively cope with failure, and how to help child athletes fail “safely.” In the process, Anshel shows that the highest-performing athletes have one characteristic in common—they learned and improved from apparent setbacks. In Praise of Failure shares stories of professional athletes, business professionals, scholars, and famous inventors who failed repeatedly before attaining their dreams, revealing the integral role failure plays in success. Offering a fresh and exciting take on how to approach the failures we face in life, this book will be invaluable for athletes, coaches, exercise and fitness trainers, dieticians, students, and even for the corporate world.

Against School Reform (And in Praise of Great Teaching)

Author : Peter S. Temes
Publisher : Ivan R. Dee
ISBN 13 : 1461662338
Total Pages : 223 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (616 download)

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Download or read book Against School Reform (And in Praise of Great Teaching) written by Peter S. Temes and published by Ivan R. Dee. This book was released on 2003-07-07 with total page 223 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the midst of the continuing controversy over the right ways to bring change to American schools, Peter Temes's book is a firebell in the night. In Against School Reform Mr. Temes sets out a straightforward prescription for our schools which centers on the life of the individual teacher and rejects the billion-dollar school reform industry. He argues that enormous monies and millions of hours of effort have gone into reforming American schools in the past ten years, and we have precious little to show for it. As we enter a critical period in American history—a growing population, an uncompromising demand for well-educated workers, and the complexities of world politics impacting ordinary people every day—there is not more time or money to waste. In Mr. Temes's view, great teachers are the secret to making better schools. Forget the macro issues of school reform, he advises, and focus on recruiting, retaining, and supporting the very best teachers. Teaching will once again become an elite profession, and school problems will go the way of the trolley car. Against School Reform digs deep into the qualities of great teaching, with stories from real schools and with practical advice for parents, teachers, and students who want to celebrate and support great teachers. It also takes a serious look at what our schools must do to recruit and reward the best teachers in the coming era of teacher shortages. Finally, the book celebrates the power of individual teachers to make a difference in their schools and communities, as forces for bottom-up change. More tests won't fix our schools, Mr. Temes writes. Bigger, better ideas about education won't fix things either. But great teachers can fix our schools, one classroom at a time.

In Praise of Nonsense

Author : Ted Hiebert
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773539735
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Nonsense written by Ted Hiebert and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2012 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A speculative exploration of theory, subjectivity and art in an age of uncertainty.

In Praise of Natural Philosophy

Author : Nicholas Maxwell
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773549056
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Book Synopsis In Praise of Natural Philosophy by : Nicholas Maxwell

Download or read book In Praise of Natural Philosophy written by Nicholas Maxwell and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2017-02-24 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Praise of Natural Philosophy argues for a transformation of both science and philosophy, so that these two distinct domains of thought become one: natural philosophy. This in turn has far-reaching consequences for the whole academic enterprise. It transpires that universities need to be reorganized so that they become devoted to seeking and promoting wisdom by rational means – as opposed to just acquiring knowledge. Modern science began as natural philosophy. What today we call science and philosophy, in Newton's time formed one integrated enterprise: to improve our knowledge and understanding of the universe. Profound discoveries were made. And then natural philosophy died. It split into science and philosophy. But the two fragments are defective shadows of the glorious unified endeavour of natural philosophy. Rigour, sheer intellectual good sense, and decisive argument demand that we put the two together again, and rediscover the immense merits of the integrated enterprise of natural philosophy. This requires an intellectual revolution, with profound consequences for how we understand the universe, do both science and philosophy, and tackle global problems. A comprehensive addition to discussions about the purposes of academia, In Praise of Natural Philosophy has dramatic implications for the fate of our world.

In Praise of Old Photographs

Author : Donald Levin
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 141164915X
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (116 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Old Photographs written by Donald Levin and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Levin's collection is an insightful body of work, filled with humanistic soundings that represent our days, past and present. These poems are crafted and well written, their attention to meter and rhythm wonderful, strung beautifully across all the acoustic instruments that contain reminders of life and all its complex realities.

In Praise of Comedy

Author : James Feibleman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000579131
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Comedy written by James Feibleman and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-04-26 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1939, the original blurb reads: We have learned much lately concerning theories of laughter, yet laughter is only what we do about comedy. What is comedy itself? In this work the history of comic instances is combed in the search for the truth about comedy. Today, when laughter is stifled in so many countries, an exposition of comedy shows it to have a universal and necessary character. Comedy, as its natures reveals, is one criterion of the state of human culture; it is highly contemporary and requires freedom – but freedom for adventure, not for routine. After a chapter devoted to the explanation of a logical theory of comedy, the modern comedians are examined, and the humour of every one, from the Marx Brothers to surrealism, from Gertrude Stein to Mickey Mouse, from James Joyce to Charlie Chaplin, is shown to be a constant, inherent in the same set of unchanging conditions.

Failure Is an Option

Author : H. Jon Benjamin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524742171
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Failure Is an Option written by H. Jon Benjamin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Writing this funny requires immense talent.” —AV Club H. Jon Benjamin—the lead voice behind Archer and Bob's Burgers—helps us all feel a little better about our own failures by sharing his own in a hilarious memoir-ish chronicle of failure. Most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. And maybe the best option. In this book, he tells stories from his own life, from his early days ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to his romantic life ("how I failed to quantify a threesome") to family ("wherein a trip to P.F. Chang's fractures a family") to career ("how I failed at launching a kid's show"). As Jon himself says, breaking down one's natural ability to succeed is not an easy task, but also not an insurmountable one. Society as we know it is, sadly, failure averse. But more acceptance of failure, as Jon sees it, will go a long way to making this world a different place . . . a kinder, gentler place, where gardens are overgrown and most people stay home with their pets. A vision of failure, but also a vision of freedom. With stories, examples of artistic and literary failure, and a powerful can't-do attitude, Failure Is an Option is the book the world doesn't need right now but will get regardless.

In Praise of Bureaucracy

Author : Paul du Gay
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1446230139
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (462 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Bureaucracy written by Paul du Gay and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-06-14 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this provocative study, Paul du Gay makes a compelling case for the continuing importance of bureaucracy. Taking inspiration from the work of Max Weber, du Gay launches a staunch defence of `the bureaucratic ethos' and highlights its continuing relevance to the achievement of social order and good government in liberal democratic societies. Through a comprehensive engagement with both historical and contemporary critiques of bureaucracy and a careful examination of the policies of organizational change within the public services today, du Gay develops a major reappraisal of the so-called `traditional' ethic of office. In doing so he highlights the ways in which many of the key features of bureaucratic conduct that came into existence a century ago still remain essential to the provision of responsible democratic government.

The Power of Failure

Author : Charles C. Manz
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609943740
Total Pages : 163 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (99 download)

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Download or read book The Power of Failure written by Charles C. Manz and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed author and leadership expert offers inspiration and practical advice on finding the opportunities within life’s obstacles. “Failure” is one of the most dreaded words in the English language. The very idea of failing causes many of us to simply pack up and retreat without even trying. Yet it is through seeming failure that most of life's greatest successes are achieved. In The Power of Failure, Charles Manz provides simple yet profound ways to turn what appear to be failures into the essential steppingstones of achievement. The Power of Failure offers both inspiration and advice on how failure can provide us with the foundation for long-term success. Along with real-life stories and examples, it contains practical prescriptions for meeting some of life's most common setbacks. These lessons help us take advantage of the opportunities hidden within life’s daily challenges, and show us how we can fail to succeed.

How Much Joy Can You Stand?

Author : Suzanne Falter-Barns
Publisher : Wellspring/Ballantine
ISBN 13 : 9780345439161
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book How Much Joy Can You Stand? written by Suzanne Falter-Barns and published by Wellspring/Ballantine. This book was released on 2000 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A little book of wisdom for how to get started when they can't get going and how to keep going when they get bogged down, "How Much Joy Can You Stand?" teaches readers how to make the things they really want to happen.

In Praise of Civility

Author : James W. Heisig
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 166673604X
Total Pages : 137 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (667 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Civility written by James W. Heisig and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-12-17 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through telling stories about civility, this little book aims to provoke second thoughts about the effects of incivility on our lives and the lives of those around us. As short quips of moral outrage overtake more and more of our “civilized” conversations, the slow plod of thinking and acting civilly is easily left behind like a quaint and simpleminded distraction from the business of standing up for ourselves and our convictions. This is what the author wishes to turn on its head through examples of civility in action and the encouragement of “collective thinking” in which civility flowers.

In Praise of Psychotherapists

Author : James M. McMahon
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595226353
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Psychotherapists written by James M. McMahon and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In Praise of Psychotherapists" gets to the heart of what really happens between two people in psychotherapy. James M. McMahon boldly confronts the problems in the profession that have wounded psychotherapy, particularly over the past two decades. He challenges the daunting theory, political infighting, unexamined personal and professional shame, narcissism, and fusion-topped off by the managed care cabal-that have left the profession and its intended beneficiaries reeling. Still, McMahon maintains that an inexorable power of growth is unleashed when two people commit themselves to the examination of personal struggle, and he demonstrates the conditions necessary for that explosion of awake-ness to occur, in a way never before shown. "Not since Carl Rogers has a psychologist written with such courage, compassion, and insight. Dr. mcMahon brings a completely fresh perspective to understanding human experience and opens a previously unknown window into the subject of human change. He is the rare psychotherapist who writes of his work with such brilliance and beauty as to be inspirational." Ken Byrne, Psy.D., CEO, The Balint Group, Melbourne, Australia

In Praise of Nepotism

Author : Adam Bellow
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 1400079020
Total Pages : 580 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Nepotism written by Adam Bellow and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2004-07-13 with total page 580 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide-ranging, surprising, and eloquently argued book that offers a pragmatic and erudite look at the innate human inclination toward nepotism—from ancient Chinese clans to families like the Gores, Kennedys, and Bushes. • “Fascinating and well-researched.” —Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Code Breaker and Steve Jobs Nepotism is one of those social habits we all claim to deplore in America; it offends our sense of fair play and our pride in living in a meritocracy. But somehow nepotism prevails; we all want to help our own and a quick glance around reveals any number of successful families whose sons and daughters have gone on to accomplish objectively great things, even if they got a little help from their parents. Bellow explores how nepotism has produced both positive and negative effects throughout history. As he argues, nepotism practiced badly or haphazardly is an embarrassment to all (including the incompetent beneficiary), but nepotism practiced well can satisfy a deep biological urge to provide for our children and even benefit society as a whole. In Praise of Nepotism is a judicious look at a controversial but timeless subject that has never been explored with such depth or candor, and a fascinating natural history of how families work.

In Praise of Blame

Author : George Sher
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 0195187423
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Blame written by George Sher and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2006 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Blame is an unpopular & neglected notion that goes against the grain of a therapeutically-orientated culture & has received relatively little philosophical attention. George Sher discusses questions about the nature, normative status & the relation to character of blame, arguing that it is inseparable from morality itself.

In Praise of Oxford

Author : Thomas Seccombe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Oxford written by Thomas Seccombe and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Praise of Christian Origins

Author : Todd Penner
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0567049701
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Christian Origins written by Todd Penner and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2004-06-18 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost all scholars look to Acts 6:1-8:3 as providing the bedrock of early Christian tradition. The incident between the Hebrews and the Hellenists are understood to reflect real historical and theological problems in the early Jerusalem community, demonstrating the Hellenist role as a historical bridge between Jesus and Paul. Penner's study challenges the fundamental assumptions of this approach. Penner emphasizes the rhetorical and moral dimensions of ancient historiographical theory, especially the centrality of narrative and plot, the use of vivid description, the application of comparison using various type-scenes, and the role of speeches in terms of characterization and the presentation of narrative style. Todd Penner is the Assistant Professor of Religion at Austin College and the co-editor with Caroline Vander Stichele of Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse.