Sentences with phrase «big ideas of the book»

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For me, there were three books that made the biggest impact: The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh gave me the idea to start the XPrize Foundation.

Luckily, Gilbert has elaborated on the idea, sharing more details in a Fast Company article that discusses her new book, a sort of self - help guide for those bitten by the creativity bug titled Big Magic.

While the book is stuffed with helpful big picture observations, it doesn't offer much in the way of specific on - the - ground ideas — though Keen does call for reforms to data privacy and gig economy labor laws, and for a serious discussion of a universal basic income.

According to Seth Godin, author of 13 bestselling business books, the job of a CEO is to think of big ideas rather than micro-communicating.

If we can take a page out of my grandfather's book and change the way we recruit entrepreneurs, then we can create an environment where everyone with the potential to create the next big idea will have what they need to succeed.

-- based psychologist and author of the 2008 book Introvert Power, believes that introverts have a leadership advantage in their ability to delve into the big ideas and not be distracted by frivolous social preoccupations.

Those books are big, heavy reads, full of incredibly scary and complex ideas, but they're full of hope and potential for an incredibly changed but better world.

«It's a sound idea, but it gets a lot harder to do the bigger the company gets,» says Bruce Ellig, former worldwide head of human resources at Pfizer Inc. and author of several books on compensation.

Beyond knowing the value they place on books written by other people, one of the biggest upsides for us is that many of the Investment Masters have also put those same ideas into one of more of their own books.

Perhaps he oversimplifies the idea of human will: the «Big Book» of AA indicts the alcoholic as «an extreme example of self - will run riot,» the first requirement for recovery being that he becomes «convinced that any life run on self - will can hardly be a success.»

For decades, Wonder Woman has been one of the comic book world's smartest characters, blending ideas about feminism and gender roles with big action sequences and compelling storylines.

Then, once you have the big picture of the book, begin making an outline of the book, find the general ideas of each section and chapter, and then maybe of each paragraph.

One couple joined a Great Books discussion group to find stimulation in the realm of big ideas.

So I'm reading Tribes by Seth Godin, which is a fantastic book on leadership that I highly recommend to those of you who like to think outside the box, pursue big ideas, or quit your job and stick it to The Man.

If you are a writer or a creative of any sort, you need to go right now to iTunes and subscribe to Elizabeth Gilbert's new podcast «Magic Lessons» based off the ideas in her new book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear (which will likely be on my Fall What I'm Into, already pre-ordered, amen).

The big idea: Perhaps Gladwell's most dangerous book due to the ease of its misapplication, Blink explores the brain» sremarkable aptitude for lightning - fast processing.

Most of his books contain more big ideas in one volume than most of us originate in a lifetime.

Nothing better than curling up with a big slice of cake and a cup of tea with a good book, my idea of perfect.

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Then the book goes more in - depth to introduce the idea of emotional projects; those big issues that can be a struggle for children because of their emotional charge.

So far, the project is a big book of grand ideas, without detailed plans, fleshed - out financing or the approval of several other government...

WHAT GREAT PARENTS DO: The small Book of BIG Parenting Ideas began as a workshop in local schools and soon grew into a class attended by thousands of parents at schools and organizations, including Habitot Children's Museum, University of California Berkeley, UCSF Benioff / Children's Hospital, and San Francisco Zen Center.

LEGO Play Book: Ideas to Bring Your Bricks to Life: TONS of inspiration here — including both the big creations we enjoy pouring over in books like The Lego Ideas Book, as well as simple «10

The «what» and «how» of room mockups is a big part of my book, Your Home, Your Style, but the basic gist is this: Having an electronic or paper version of your room where you can play around with your ideas and choices can take the urgency and anxiety out of buying furniture and décor — especially if there are two decision - makers involved.

Nina Tiecholz stated in her book, The Big Fat Surprise, «The idea that fat and saturated fat are unhealthy has been so ingrained in our national conversation for so long that we tend to think of it more as «common sense» than scientific hypothesis.

If you like these ideas, you may also want to check out The Big Book of 30 Day Challenges.

But if the idea of running until your big toe nail falls off (which mine did on my first marathon) doesn't appeal to you, check out Volek's other book: The Art and Science of Low Carbohydrate Living which is for everyone, not just athletes.

The BIG BOOK OF OUTFIT FORMULAS has over 300 classic mix and match outfit ideas to create year - round easy style.

I did have a minor issue with the idea of moving to a big city, only because of how many competitors you gain when you do, but otherwise this book is flawless.

From the smallest detail of the next book idea, to the big picture of the writer's lifelong dreams, we work strategically to help each author reach his or her writing and publishing goals.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

It was too short, the lead character Prince Caspian (Ben Barnes) was a whiney little # $ ## who didn't do much in it, but the book's biggest sin was it didn't really delve into what it must of been like for the Pevensie kids — High King Peter Pevensie (William Moseley), Edmund Pevensie The Just (Skandar Keynes), Lucy Pevensie — The Valiant (Georgie Henley) and Susan Pevensie (Anna Popplewell) adjusted to the idea that they were adult Kings and Queens trapped as powerless 13 — 16 year old children.

Garland, who adapted the screenplay, takes the premise, characters and larger ideas of VanderMeer's book, and interprets them in his own story to bring an almost unfilmable novel to the big screen as a sci - fi epic.

Marvel is borrowing some of Infinity Gauntlet's ideas for Infinity War, and appears to be combining them with bigger elements from a 2013 comic book crossover arc called Infinity.

The ending of this film is perhaps the biggest botch - up job, as if they had no idea how to tie it up, except to give us half - baked conspiracy notions, and unlike the Lemony Snicket books, an attempt at a happy ending, which sort of goes against the premise of these children never really finding happiness.

Finally, author Richelle Mead (2:51) gives a very rehearsed interview about the ideas of her book, the experience of seeing it translated to the big screen, and the film's cast and crew.

GOPNIK: Yeah, so one of the big scientific ideas of the book is about the value of variability, the inherent value of human difference.

I'm a fan of throwing all the big ideas in my grade book as assignments.

In the book, we talk about this in terms of the core elements of lesson study, which include the process, the big ideas, and the habits of mind.

I spent my all of my time, energy, and money (the district's as well as my own) creating an engaging literary environment in my classroom where we read great books, discussed big ideas, and wrote until our hands hurt.

The center also published a book of sample curricula, broken down by grade level, called Big Ideas.

With books and films like Half the Sky and Girl Rising capturing people's attention, and the tragic shooting of 15 - year - old Malala Yousafzai for advocating for girls» education in Pakistan dominating international headlines, it's heartening to witness a big idea get bigger.

Donna Wilson and Marcus Conyers are the authors of more than 40 books and professional articles for educators, including, most recently, Teaching Students to Drive Their Brains: Metacognitive Strategies, Activities, and Lesson Ideas (ASCD, 2016), Smarter Teacher Leadership: Neuroscience and the Power of Purposeful Collaboration (Teachers College Press, 2016), Positively Smarter: Science and Strategies for Increasing Happiness, Achievement, and Well - Being (Wiley Blackwell, 2015), Five Big Ideas for Effective Teaching: Connecting Mind, Brain, and Education Research to Classroom Practice (Teachers College Press, 2013) and Flourishing in the First Five Years: Connecting Implications from Mind, Brain, and Education Research to the Development of Young Children (Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013).

Some years ago, I signed on as an editor at a major publisher of elementary school and high school textbooks, filled with the idealistic belief that I'd be working with equally idealistic authors to create books that would excite teachers and fill young minds with Big Ideas.

For this reason RoSPA has produced the Little Book of Big Ideas (available at www.rospa.com), which is designed as a ready - reckoner, a quick recap or a step into new topics.

Ian Gilbert's There is Another Way: The second big book of independent thinking shares inspirational ideas from a number of contributors intended to inspire educators to do what they know is right — regardless of the pressures from above.

At their third annual Tomorrow's Classroom Today Conference, authors Brad Currie, Billy Krakower and Scott Rocco shared some of the big ideas in their book and led a special event that brought in educators from around the country.

PRODUCT PERKS 18 Teacher guide activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content and critical thinking Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom — tested lesson plans targeting the big ideas of math INCLUDES Teacher resource book

From Daniel H. Pink, the author of the groundbreaking bestseller, A Whole New Mind, comes his next big idea book: a paradigm - changing examination of what truly motivates us and how to harness that knowledge to find greater satisfaction in our lives and our work.

FEATURES 18 student - centered activities that model concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts Complete assortment of manipulatives for the whole class Teacher support that provides in - depth discussions of mathematical content Easy - to - use resources that offer classroom - tested lesson plans targeting big ideas of math Durable, easy - to - clean plastic INCLUDES Teacher resource book 12 Sets of Cuisenaire Rods