A Lyft of kindness

A Lyft of kindness
Author: Darnell L. king-Cason
Publisher: Darnell L. King-Cason
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2024-04-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

In a world perpetually spinning with the demands of modern life, where self-interest often takes precedence over acts of altruism, the narrative of “A Lyft of Kindness” emerges as a poignant reminder of the enduring power of compassion. Within the pages of this book, readers are invited to embark on a journey alongside Darnell, a man whose unwavering commitment to kindness illuminates the darkest corners of society.

A Lyft of Kindness

A Lyft of Kindness
Author: Darnell L King-Cason
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-04-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN:

The book recounts the author's experiences as a rideshare driver for a rideshare company, highlighting numerous encounters with passengers and the lessons learned along the way. From navigating through the streets of Philadelphia to providing unexpected acts of kindness, the author shares heartfelt stories of compassion, generosity, and the challenges faced while driving for the service. Through these encounters, the author gains a deeper understanding of human nature, the importance of empathy, and the impact of small gestures of kindness. Ultimately, the book serves as a reminder that amidst life's challenges, there are opportunities to make a positive difference in the lives of others.

Everyone Needs A Lyft

Everyone Needs A Lyft
Author: Matthew V. Brown, Ph. D.
Publisher: Matthew V. Brown
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2022-09-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Everyone Needs a Lyft: My Thirty-Day Odyssey as a Lyft Driver is a collection of thirty short stories that are largely conversations between a Lyft driver (Matthew) and his passengers. The stories are mostly verbatim dialogues presented with minimal commentary added to the end of each story chapter. The setting of this ride-share odyssey is the Ypsilanti/Ann Arbor area of southeast Michigan. The stories were assembled from rides provided to Lyft passengers from September 27th to October 27th, 2021. Each original story was captured on the day indicated and presented in chronological order. Pseudonyms are used to disguise the Lyft passengers and the dialogues are carefully edited to protect passenger privacy. Each original story has been written by the author. This book is about how people adapted to life and work during the Covid-19 pandemic. It explains how Lyft rideshare works from a driver's perspective. Finally, it is a book about compassion, change, and serendipity, the natural accidents that make our lives extraordinary and compelling.

Healing Justice

Healing Justice
Author: Loretta Pyles
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2018-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0190663103

In the context of multiple forms of global economic, social, and cultural oppression, along with intergenerational trauma, burnout, and public services retrenchment, this book offers a framework and set of inquiries and practices for social workers, activists, community organizers, counselors, and other helping professionals. Healing justice, a term that has emerged in social movements in the last decade, is taught as a practice of connecting to the whole self, what many are conditioned to ignore -- the body, mind-heart, spirit, community, and natural world. Drawing from the East-West modalities of mindfulness, yoga, and Ayurveda, the author introduces six capabilities -- mindfulness and compassion; critical thinking and curiosity; and effort and equanimity -- which can guide practitioners on a transformative and empowering journey that can ultimately make them and their colleagues more effective in their work. Using case studies, critical analysis, and skill sharing, self-care is presented as an act of resistance to disconnection, marginalization, and internalized oppression. Healing justice is a trauma-informed practice that empowers social practitioners to cultivate the conditions that might allow them to feel more connected to themselves, their clients, colleagues, and communities. The book also engages critically with self-care practices, including investigation into the science of mindfulness, cultural appropriation, and the commodification of self-care. The message is clear that mindfulness-based practices are not a panacea for personal, inter-personal, or political problems. But, they can put practitioners in a more authentic and powerful place to work from, which is particularly important in a world where there is more connection to technology, ideologies, and people who share one's beliefs, and less connection to the natural world, people who are different, and the parts of oneself that one tends to reject. The book also offers suggestions for how to share self-care practices with community members who have less access to wellness.

Digital Research Methods and the Diaspora

Digital Research Methods and the Diaspora
Author: Dang Nguyen
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2023-11-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1003800572

The computational turn in the social sciences and humanities has generated much excitement about the potential to refresh our approaches to the study of the techno-social. From natively digital to digitised data, researchers of digital diasporas increasingly find themselves working with a range of disparate digital objects. These digital objects can include anything from hyperlink to timestamps, from platform behavioural metrics such as react, share, or retweet to different media formats such as text, image, pre-recorded or livestreamed videos. Taking these disparate objects into account, this book introduces digital methods as research strategies not only for dealing with the ephemeral and unstable nature of tracing the diaspora with digital data, but also for reconceptualizing digital diasporas as assemblages and networks of more-than-human actors. The book also introduces a range of theoretical perspectives and methodological techniques to studying digital diasporas as contingent and processual hybrid collectives of heterogeneous material, cultural, and practice-based assemblages. This book will be essential reading for students and scholars interested in the digital space and transnational communities.

Lyft Me Up San Francisco

Lyft Me Up San Francisco
Author: Marc Capobianco
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2015-06-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9780996540100

While driving for Lyft in San Francisco, I ask my current passenger to leave my next passenger a message. This is a compilation of those messages.

Cracking the Rich Code Vol.4

Cracking the Rich Code Vol.4
Author: Christina Kumar
Publisher: Christina Kumar
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2020-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0578741377

Powerful entrepreneurial strategies and insights from a diverse lineup up coauthors from around the world. This book offers powerful thought-provoking entrepreneurial insights, stories and strategies from a diverse lineup of 20 coauthors from around the world. Chances are this book contains exactly what you need to excel your business into the top 5% in your category worldwide. Created by top peak-performance expert Jim Britt and Kevin Harrington from the hit TV show Shark Tank and 20 empowering entrepreneurs and their stories: Jim Britt, Kevin Harrington, Christina Kumar.

The Hero Factor

The Hero Factor
Author: Jeffrey W. Hayzlett
Publisher: Entrepreneur Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2018-12-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613083955

It’s not profit over people that will make your business successful—it’s when you combine people and profits that you become A HERO LEADER Today’s leaders need to engage, connect with, listen to and include their employees and customers in the conversation surrounding the business. The Hero Factor discusses the importance of a strong company culture as the backbone of any successful business. Companies with leadership that dismisses the importance of transparency in today’s world are more likely to be called out for not living up to the mission statements on their websites. Dive in and learn how to implement the traits that will help them become a hero entrepreneur, change their organization, live their values, and create a winning culture where they: Invest in people as a path to more inclusion Recast the role of business leadership beyond politics Serve others/the common good Avoid failure, reasons why not, and the lure of the dark side when things get tough Know the line between hero and martyr Create the next generation of hero leaders

Social Psychology

Social Psychology
Author: Saul Kassin
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Total Pages: 1295
Release: 2023-12-25
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1071852035

Now published by Sage The new Twelfth Edition of Social Psychology by Saul Kassin, Steven Fein, and Hazel Rose Markus captures the excitement of this dynamic and responsive field in our ever-changing world. The authors highlight the most exciting and important foundational and contemporary research, while every chapter also uniquely investigates the influences of culture and social class. In this enthusiastic introduction to social psychology, students delve into their own passion drivers, from favorite sports teams to social media to their own political perspectives, dispelling misconceptions and understanding the scientific foundations that explain our daily interactions and social behaviors. This textbook shows students how social psychology— its theories, research methods, and basic findings—has never been more relevant or more important.

MEMOIR-RIES Secret to a Happy Life: Musings from a Lunatic

MEMOIR-RIES Secret to a Happy Life: Musings from a Lunatic
Author: Adrian Carlisle
Publisher: Outskirts Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2019-06-28
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1977214282

This book is equal parts self-help and hilarious reality written by a funny lunatic the last Guru you will ever need folks right in this book. Adrian yup that’s me writing in the third person like well… a crazy person, (calm down its ok for you to laugh at my crazy) he has written an inspiring tale of survival and not becoming just another victim or statistic, this book details serious childhood and adulthood trauma from physical, verbal and sexual abuse to bullying in school and growing up poor with a tyrant of a father in the hot streets of Miami, Florida and into adulthood in Denver, Colorado.