Desired Future Workbook

Desired Future Workbook
Author: Susan Ogundele
Publisher: ShieldCrest
Total Pages: 45
Release:
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1910176133

Many young people, at the age of 16, are unsure of what career path to pursue, they are usually confused and find choosing that path a daunting exercise. Unfortunately, some eventually stumble into a career without any real prior knowledge of whether it is suitable for their strengths and personal qualities. They therefore try hard to fit a square peg in round hole becoming really unhappy and disillusioned. This book is written to provide activities that will help a young person to focus on the kind of future they desire, help them to plan and encourage hard work so they can achieve their desired future. It may also help the parents of younger children to start guiding their children early on in order prepare them, avoiding the potential pitfalls along the way. By doing the activities in this book, a young person will be engaged in a journey of self-discovery that will gradually help them to identify and choose a suitable career; this will in turn create focus and motivation to work hard towards a good future, reducing or possibly even preventing behavioural problems that can occur as a result of lack of focus and motivation in school. We need to be conscious that as being humans, knowing why we are performing a task, changes our approach to that task.

Motivating young people to possess their desired future

Motivating young people to possess their desired future
Author: Susan Ogundele
Publisher: ShieldCrest
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2014-08
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1910176036

Many young people are unsure of what career path to pursue and find choosing that path a daunting exercise. Unfortunately, some eventually stumble into a career without any real prior knowledge of whether it is suitable for their strengths and personal qualities. They therefore try hard to fit a square peg in a round hole and thereby become unhappy and disillusioned. The aim of this book is to; firstly inform parents, guardians, educators and youth workers how to make choosing a career path an interesting, exciting and engaging exercise for young people and secondly; it aims to create awareness that choosing a career path between the ages of 12 and 14 will motivate a young person to become engaged, focused and hardworking both inside and outside of the classroom.

What We Owe the Future

What We Owe the Future
Author: William MacAskill
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 423
Release: 2022-08-16
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1541618637

An Instant New York Times Bestseller “This book will change your sense of how grand the sweep of human history could be, where you fit into it, and how much you could do to change it for the better. It's as simple, and as ambitious, as that.” —Ezra Klein An Oxford philosopher makes the case for “longtermism” — that positively influencing the long-term future is a key moral priority of our time. The fate of the world is in our hands. Humanity’s written history spans only five thousand years. Our yet-unwritten future could last for millions more — or it could end tomorrow. Astonishing numbers of people could lead lives of great happiness or unimaginable suffering, or never live at all, depending on what we choose to do today. In What We Owe The Future, philosopher William MacAskill argues for longtermism, that idea that positively influencing the distant future is a key moral priority of our time. From this perspective, it’s not enough to reverse climate change or avert the next pandemic. We must ensure that civilization would rebound if it collapsed; counter the end of moral progress; and prepare for a planet where the smartest beings are digital, not human. If we make wise choices today, our grandchildren’s grandchildren will thrive, knowing we did everything we could to give them a world full of justice, hope and beauty.

Creating A Sustainable And Desirable Future: Insights From 45 Global Thought Leaders

Creating A Sustainable And Desirable Future: Insights From 45 Global Thought Leaders
Author: Robert Costanza
Publisher: World Scientific
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2014-03-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9814546909

The major challenge for the current generation of mankind is to develop a shared vision of a future that is both desirable to the vast majority of humanity and ecologically sustainable. Creating a Sustainable and Desirable Future offers a broad, critical discussion on what such a future should or can be, with global perspectives written by some of the world's leading thinkers, including: Wendell Berry, Van Jones, Frances Moore Lappe, Peggy Liu, Hunter Lovins, Gus Speth, Bill McKibben, and many more.

Making Sense of the Future

Making Sense of the Future
Author: Rick Szostak
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 195
Release: 2021-09-02
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1000465640

Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achieving these goals that could gain broad support. Each chapter begins with a “How to” section that discusses how we can identify goals, strategies, trends, surprises, or implementation strategies and concludes with an integrative analysis that draws connections across the preceding discussions. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Szostak explores key trends and how these interact so that he can develop strategies to guide trends towards desirable futures. He discusses the ways in which we can best prepare for surprises such as epidemics and natural disasters, enabling us to react to them in beneficial ways. Supported by a list of guiding questions and suggestions for class projects, this is an accessible textbook for students of Future Studies and Future Studies courses. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution- Non Commercial- No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Creating Your Future

Creating Your Future
Author: David B. Ellis
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 244
Release: 1999-11-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780618001804

The author of "Becoming a Master Student" presents a motivational road map for getting the most out of life through a five-step program: commit, create, construct, carry out, and celebrate.

Imaginable

Imaginable
Author: Jane McGonigal
Publisher: Random House
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2022-03-24
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1473598540

World-renowned future forecaster, game designer, and NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author Jane McGonigal gives us the tools to imagine the future without fear. How can we be confident about making plans? How might we feel secure despite the future being unknown? How do we learn to feel at peace with the unexpected? Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures. By learning to think the unthinkable and imagine the unimaginable you can better plan for a future you'd like to see. And by seeing what's coming faster, you can adapt to new challenges, reduce anxiety, and build hope and resilience. 'An accessible, optimistic field guide to the future.'-San Francisco Chronicle 'Jane McGonigal is unusually adept at anticipating events that most of us can't even fathom. In this eye-opening, actionable book, she teaches you how to widen your peripheral vision, extend your imagination farther into the future, and conceive of the inconceivable.' Adam Grant, #1 Bestselling Author of Think Again __________ 'Top 10 innovators to watch' Business Week 10 most powerful women to watch' Forbes 'Top 100 creative people in business' Fast Company

Fire Department Strategic Planning, 3rd Edition

Fire Department Strategic Planning, 3rd Edition
Author: Mark Wallace
Publisher: Fire Engineering Books
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021-04-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1593705700

From the author: This 3rd edition is about organized common sense in the fire service. Section One provides support to fire departments that already have a strategic plan and just need to update and revise their existing plan. I have found over my 30 years of consulting with fire department’s that they want to accomplish their next iteration of their strategic plan as rapidly as possible. Section Two provides a detailed “How-to” guide to help a fire department create its first strategic plan. Section Two is divided into four parts: (1) Understanding the Department, (2) Understanding the Situation, (3) Understanding the Strategic Issues Facing the Department, and (4) Creating Organizational Change. A new chapter (Chapter 20) provides assistance to those departments having challenges with their strategic plan and obtaining the desired outcomes/results. It adds a new troubleshooting process for those departments having challenges to create an effective and successful strategic plan. The book is designed to be effective as a manual to develop an individual fire department’s strategic plan as well as a textbook for use in upper division college/university courses or as a text for post-graduate courses.

The Practicing Happiness Workbook

The Practicing Happiness Workbook
Author: Ruth Baer
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2014-04-01
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1608829057

Are you looking for a better life—one filled with true contentment and joy? Everyone wants to be happy, but somewhere along the way, we fall into “traps” that prevent us from reaching our potential, our goals, and the lives we want. Sure to be a classic in the self-help genre, Practicing Happiness utilizes a cutting-edge transdiagnostic approach at the forefront of contemporary behavioral therapy to help you break free from these psychological traps, once and for all. In this important and groundbreaking workbook, internationally-recognized mindfulness expert Ruth Baer discusses the four most common psychological traps that people get stuck in: rumination, avoidance, emotion-driven behavior, and self-criticism. To help you get past these traps, Baer provides powerful, proven-effective mindfulness strategies, exercises, and worksheets to guide you, step-by-step, to the life that you deserve. Chapter by chapter, you will learn how to apply these mindfulness skills in everyday situations. And with practice, you’ll find yourself taking control of your thoughts and feelings in a new way. Instead of falling back on familiar habits, such as self-criticism, you will learn to foster an attitude of kindness and curiosity toward both yourself and the world around you. By following the exercises and tips outlined in this clear, helpful guide, you will learn to truly transform your mind—and your life!