Year of Yes

Year of Yes
Author: Shonda Rhimes
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2015-11-10
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1476777098

The creator of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal" details the one-year experiment with saying "yes" that transformed her life, revealing how accepting unexpected invitations she would have otherwise declined enabled powerful benefits.

Play Your Way Sane

Play Your Way Sane
Author: Clay Drinko
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2021-01-19
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1982169230

Stop negative thoughts, assuage anxiety, and live in the moment with these fun, easy games from improv expert Clay Drinko. If you’ve been feeling lost lately, you’re not alone! Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, Americans were experiencing record levels of loneliness and anxiety. And in our current political turmoil, it’s safe to say that people are looking for new tools to help them feel more present, positive, and in sync with the world. So what better way to get there than play? In Play Your Way Sane, Dr. Clay Drinko offers 120 low-key, accessible activities that draw on the popular principles of improv comedy to help you tackle your everyday stress and reconnect with the people around you. Divided into twelve fun sections, including “Killing Debbie Downer” and “Thou Shalt Not Be Judgy,” the games emphasize openness, reciprocation, and active listening as the keys to a mindful and satisfying life. Whether you’re looking to improve your personal relationships, find new meaning at work, or just survive our trying times, Play Your Way Sane offers serious self-help with a side of Second City sass.

The Best Yes

The Best Yes
Author: Lysa TerKeurst
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1400205867

Are you tired of living with the stress of an overwhelmed schedule and aching with the sadness of an underwhelmed soul? Do you find yourself unable to say no even when you should? Are you stuck under the weight of endless demands and responsibilities? The good news is: it doesn't have to be this way. In The Best Yes, New York Times bestselling author Lysa TerKeurst guides you through the insightful lessons she's learned about what it means to live out the purpose that God has in store for you. Lysa demonstrates the incredible power of two words--yes and no--and the way that these simple, daily decisions can shape the story of our lives. Lysa has learned firsthand that there's a big difference between saying yes to everyone and saying yes to God. Drawing from applicable scriptures and her own personal experiences, Lysa teaches us that if we know and believe that God has a plan for each of us, we'll live it out--serving as living proof of His never-ending grace and kindness. Throughout The Best Yes, Lysa will give you the practical tools you need to: Stop people-pleasing by embracing a biblical understanding of love Escape the guilt of disappointing others by learning the secret of the small no Overcome the agony of hard choices by grounding your decisions in wisdom Grow closer to God as you sharpen your own discernment Learn to be intentional with your time, your choices, and yourself Incorporate the Best Yes as a filter for your daily decision making If we take time to slow down and rise above the rush of the world's endless demands, we can rest assured that God's wisdom will help us make decisions that will still be good tomorrow. No matter what season of life you find yourself in, you deserve the chance to make decisions that bring out the best you.

Say Yes

Say Yes
Author: Simona Shara
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2023-04-10
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1665739797

Luka is a humble, sheltered girl from Lithuania, oppressed by her older brother and sister while patiently fulfilling her parents’ demands. Unexpectedly, a student exchange program pulls her out of her home routine and sweeps her to America. Escaping her rigorous upbringing, Luka blossoms, discovering new friends and new experiences. Her hopeful outlook is sadly destroyed when she becomes the victim of rape while in Las Vegas. Trying to move on, Luka starts an internship at one of the most prestigious companies in Chicago. On her first day, she is introduced to the son of the company’s head, Iden. Luka immediately recognizes Iden as the man who date-raped her in Vegas. At first, she is horrified and avoids all contact, until Iden reveals that they were both drugged as part of a blackmail plot. To prevent a scandal, Luka and Iden enter into a fake engagement, but the line between façade and reality soon blurs, and Luka must decide whether she can trust Iden enough to love him. The lives of these two young people are now intertwined, but will violence, anger, and lies of the past become an insurmountable obstacle to their newly born feelings? Are Luka and Iden destined to be together or to destroy each other?

Make Me Say Yes

Make Me Say Yes
Author: Angel Knots
Publisher:
Total Pages: 504
Release: 2020-02-14
Genre:
ISBN: 9781660878352

Welcome to Fate. Tristan Lawson's Fate. Which is apparently to be a virgin forever despite the fact that sex sounds awesome and he'd toss his celibacy club membership out the window in a heartbeat if only his alpha would wake up. Well, the guy who's probably his alpha. And it's not like Tristan actually wants to quit the OCC, he just wants Cade. And sex. Specifically, sex with Cade. And Cade will wake up, right? Soon. Or at least, eventually. He has to, because even if no one else knows it, Tristan is absolutely positively almost completely sort of sure that Cade is (hopefully) his fated mate... TRISTAN I just knew that finally heading off to live on my own for college last year would be everything I wanted it to be. (Well, almost everything, if you didn't count the actual studying parts.) But freedom! Friends! Sex (finally)! But it turned out that I wasn't exactly on my own since I ended up moving in with my big brother and his roommates, and then my brother decided we should all start a celibacy club, and since I hate letting people down almost more than I hate doing homework, of course I said yes (even though I was pretty bummed at the idea of not getting any sex). That was last year, and spoiler: I'm the only one in the Omega Celibacy Club who's still celibate. But that's okay, because the other thing that happened last year? I'm pretty sure I found my fated mate. Cade Washington is a patient at the veterans hospital I volunteer at, and he's in a coma, but all the stuff I feel when I'm around him, that has to be real, right? And someday, even if I'm the only one who seems sure of it, he will wake up... CADE I have no idea how long I've been in limbo, but what I do know is that this foggy, muffled half-existence is my own personal hell. Nothing exists here except memories I'd rather escape... and an omega. My omega. Except that for all the memories that endlessly plague me, I don't have any of him, and that means he doesn't really exist, either... except for in here. So even though I'm stuck here, I don't want to leave, either. Because he's here. Tristan's here. And I'd rather spend every moment of whatever my life has become in this hell with him than return to a world where he doesn't exist. Until I realize that Tristan needs me, and that maybe this wasn't hell after all, but simply the price I had to pay to find the one thing I really needed all along... MAKE ME SAY YES is the fourth book in the Omega Celibacy Club series, a contemporary omegaverse world where the only thing stronger than an alpha's will is his desire to protect his omega and keep him happy, and where sometimes, doing that can save both of them. ***See TRIGGER WARNING in Look Inside of Kindle edition. Contains minor spoilers.***

The Power of a Positive No

The Power of a Positive No
Author: William Ury
Publisher: Bantam
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2007-02-27
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0553903527

A practical three-step method for saying no in any situation—without losing the deal or the relationship, from the author of Possible and Getting Past No “In this wonderful book, William Ury teaches us how to say No—with grace and effect—so that we might create an even better Yes.”—Jim Collins, author of Good to Great In The Power of a Positive No, William Ury of Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation teaches you how to take the next step toward getting what you want. It all begins with the most powerful and perhaps most important word in any situation: No. But saying the wrong kind of No can destroy what we value and alienate others. That’s why saying No the right way—to people at work, at home, and in our communities—is crucial. You’ll learn how to: • Assert your own interests while respecting the other side’s • Use power effectively • Defuse the other side’s attack, manipulation, and guilt tactics • Reduce stress and anxiety • Develop healthier relationships • Stand up for yourself without stepping on the other person’s toes In today’s world of high stress and limitless choices, the pressure to give in and say Yes grows greater every day, producing overload and overwork, expanding e-mail and eroding ethics. Never has No been more needed. And with The Power of a Positive No, we can learn how to use No to profoundly transform our lives by enabling us to say Yes to what counts—our own needs, values, and priorities.

Say Yes

Say Yes
Author: Audrey Couloumbis
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2003-11-24
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0142501867

When twelve-year-old Casey came home to an empty apartment, she didn't think much of it. But when she wakes up the next morning, and her stepmother, Sylvia, still hasn't come home, she knows that something is wrong. Casey doesn't have any other family--and she's afraid that the police will put her in foster care, so when landlord's teenaged son offers to help, Casey is more than willing to accept. Until, she learns that his help comes at a price. If Casey says yes, she'll be breaking the law. If she says no, she doesn't know how she'll survive.

Say Yes

Say Yes
Author: Elle Kennedy
Publisher: Elle Kennedy Inc
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2021-11-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1990101070

A standalone novella from New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy! Maid-of-honor Emilia is looking for some stress-busting fun the night before her best friend’s wedding. And what’s more fun than a no-strings hook-up? Good thing there’s an app for that, and she’s in luck—the sexy stud she swipes right on is more than happy to fulfill all her needs. Her hot night with “Dirk” is everything she knew it would be. But this morning? He looks a hell of a lot like the groom.

The Last Lecture

The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Cancer
ISBN: 9780340978504

The author, a computer science professor diagnosed with terminal cancer, explores his life, the lessons that he has learned, how he has worked to achieve his childhood dreams, and the effect of his diagnosis on him and his family.

Say Yes

Say Yes
Author: Tara West
Publisher: Shifting Sands Publishing
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2013-11-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 149370429X

Andrés, why can't it be enough that I love you? That I want to spend forever with you. Why must you expect so much more? I'm not ready for marriage and a family. I don’t know if I ever will be. Christina, I need to know that what I'm putting into this relationship isn't all for nothing. To me, you mean everything. But I won’t be your stepping stone. Because as much as it would kill me, if you refuse to commit to something more, I will walk away. Will Christina ever be ready? Will Andrés stay or walk? Will their love endure or is it doomed before they even have a chance? This is the second installment in the Something More Series. Download the complete series now: Say When, Something More Book One Say Yes, Something More Book Two Say Forever, Something More Book Three Say Please, Something More Book Four Say You Want Me, Cesar Cruz: Book One Say You Love Me, Cesar Cruz: Book Two Say You Need Me, Cesar Cruz: Book Three Search terms: contemporary romance, millionaire romance, latino romance, steamy romance, military romance, complete series, complete contemporary romance series, Texas romance, interracial romance, multicultural romance, hispanic romance, spicy romance, alpha male