With more than 60 million athletes involved in sports in America, it is estimated that one coach will impact more people in one year than the average person does in a lifetime. Today's coach could be one of the greatest authoritative figures in the life of today's adolescent. So the question isn't whether coaches leave a legacy, but rather, what will that legacy be? Current trending research shows that only 15% of coaches are intentional about coaching beyond the skills and strategies of the game (1st Dimension). A 3-Dimensional Coach understands and harnesses the power of the coaching platform to coach the mind (2nd Dimension) and transform the heart (3rd Dimension). They can be the catalysts for internal transformation that guides both the coach and the athlete on a spiritual journey to finding purpose in our performance-based culture. Now that's a legacy! In 3D Coach, National Coaches Training Director Jeff Duke shares his own journey through the three dimensions of coaching and how it has impacted his life and those around him. He also shares the personal stories of coaches from all levels who have implemented the 3D concept into their own programs and who have pointed to Jesus Christ, the Master Coach, as the ultimate example of how to lead athletes to true significance.
Are you over 40 years old with a major desire to lose weight, be happier, healthier, and more confident? Have you tried numerous diets and weight loss programs to no avail? Then this is the book for you! This informational and inspirational self-help book by award-winning coach Chad Cannon, founder of the Cannonfit Transformation Center, is filled with tips and strategies to help you achieve success in many different areas of your life, which will make a champion out of you in your health and fitness. Over his lifetime as a coach, he has learned from others and from his own personal failures, and you will benefit from his gained wisdom. Chad describes personal experiences and gives examples of all his tips and strategies to achieve success. In each chapter he gives specific things to work on, which will help you toward your own goals. Following the proven advice within these pages, you will become organized, goal oriented, and determined to achieve success in your fight to have better health and a better body.
Miller and Hall center totally on the nature and ministry of Christian coaching. They provide an overview of the growth and development of coaching and its application to Christian ministry. They show core coaching skills, and essential and supporting coaching skills. The core skills of focused listening and asking powerful questions reappear throughout the book as the authors demonstrate in real life situations how to use them. A TCP Leadership Series title.
Throughout the New Testament gospels, some of Jesus' most effective teachings were presented through the vehicle of parables--fictional stories that utilized relevant scenarios based on the current day and age. In Sports Parables, Coach Ron Brown shares powerful modern-day analogies to help athletes, coaches, parents, and ministers deliver biblical truths from the practice field to the pulpit. Topics include fear, motivation, focus, unity, salvation, discipleship, evangelism, determination, deception, and spiritual hunger.
The book contributes some original interpretations on the thought of Bertrand Russell (1872-1970). Instead of dwelling on the purely mathematical logic which tends to be the focus of professional philosophers, it explores Russell’s philosophy, especially his philosophy of science and philosophy of religion. It features some original interpretations of Bertrand Russell’s thoughts and it counters some competing interpretations of his philosophy. Russell could be labeled both a probabilist and empiricist, albeit with critical qualifications. He never left the Pythagorean/Platonic worldview entirely behind. Russell preferred Spinoza over Locke, and believed that many sciences simply beg questions rather than prove philosophic tenets. Although Russell rejected spiritualistic metaphysics, he was able to identify some value in George Berkeley’s philosophy. This book shows that Russell developed a philosophy incorporating atheism and spirituality.
This is the story of Chad Hennings--jet fighter pilot and Dallas Cowboy star--who shares the secret of his success and who identifies his greatest priority as winning in the eyes of God.
A Must-Have Resource for all Warrior Athletes Regardless of your skill or fitness level, The Ultimate Mixed Marital Arts Training Guide - with more than 300 step-by-step photographs, detailed callouts, and comprehensive instruction - is the personal trainer you need to accomplish your workout goals and sharpen your techniques. You'll learn: • Cardio and strength training exercises like mountain climber push-ups, partner closed guard sit-up reaches, and the Muay Thai scarecrow • Striking and defense techniques such as the jab, cross, hook, overhand, Muay Thai knee, inner/outer thigh kick, and head kick • Wrestling and countering techniques including the dirty boxing clinch, the over-under clinch, and the Muay Thai clinch • Takedowns like the hip throw, shoot takedown, and single and double leg takedown • Jiu-jitsu passing and escape techniques for the full mount, knee mount, closed guard, open guard, and more • Winning submission moves like the arm bar, Kimura, omoplata, guillotine, ankle lock, and triangle choke • Drills to improve your punching and kicking speed and accuracy • Mental exercises to sharpen your focus, reduce your fears, and increase your concentration • Diet and nutrition techniques the pros use to stay in top fighting condition - whether they're in training mode or cutting weight before a match Whatever your personal fitness and fighting ambitions might be, The Ultimate Mixed Martial Arts Training Guide is your all-in-one resource to peak physical conditioning, clear mental focus, increased confidence, and superior fighting skills.
Squat. Bench. Deadlift. 16:8 Fasting. Author Chad V. Holtkamp is back, this time spending a year working with a famous online personal trainer. Through a unique fitness memoir style, he details his workout highs and lows throughout the year. If you like: -actionable advice -honest portrayals of fitness struggles -resources that don’t skimp on the food then you’ll love this fit and funny guidebook, the standalone finale of the Home Gym Strong series. Buy Get Strong Get Lean today to take your first steps to a better body!
Almost five decades after his death, there is still ample reason to pay attention to the life and legacy of Bertrand Russell. This is true not only because of his role as one of the founders of analytic philosophy, but also because of his important place in twentieth-century history as an educator, public intellectual, critic of organized religion, humanist, and peace activist. The papers in this anthology explore Russell’s life and legacy from a wide variety of perspectives. This is altogether fitting, given the many-sided nature of Russell, his life, and his work. The first section of the book considers Russell the man, and draws lessons from Russell’s complicated personal life. The second examines Russell the philosopher, and the philosophical world within which his work was embedded. The third scrutinizes Russell the atheist and critic of organized religion, inquiring which parts of his critical stance are worth emulating today. The final section revisits Russell the political activist; it directs an eye both at Russell’s own long career of peace activism, but also at his place in a highly political family tradition of which he was justifiably proud. This book thus constitutes an invitation, if one were needed, to the world of Bertrand Russell. Those new to Russell, but with an interest in biography, philosophy, religion, or politics, will hopefully find something to learn here. This may spark an interest in learning more about Russell. But this book is not just intended for the Russell neophyte. The book sheds fresh light on a number of topics central to Russell studies—his connections to other philosophers, for example. Scholars well-versed in Russell studies will enjoy grappling with the treatment given to these topics here.
For anyone seeking to live life to its fullest potential, Blind Ambition is an eye-opening account of a tech industry executive who overcame fear and hopelessness to turn his blindness disability into a powerful, competitive strength. While most people were preparing for the adventure of adult life, Chad E. Foster was watching the world he grew up with fade to black but that didn’t stop him from becoming the first blind person to graduate from the Harvard Business School leadership program and climbing the corporate ladder as a successful finance/sales executive. With determination, ambition, and drive, Chad created what Oracle said would be impossible. He gave millions of people the ability to earn a living by becoming the first to create customer relationship software for the visually impaired. Even if you've been robbed of your self-identity and dreams for the future, you can change your story and achieve your goals. In Blind Ambition, readers and listeners will: Be inspired by Chad’s story of how he transformed the loss of his vision into a gift with unique strengths and abilities he did not have before. See how we choose the stories we tell ourselves about our circumstances and how this either limits us or propels us toward our goals. Gain new perspective on what is possible when you shift your mindset, give up making excuses, and decide that you oversee who you want to be. Learn the mental model that Chad uses to quickly overcome frustrations and stressors. Overcoming the challenges of blindness improved Chad’s perspective, making him more resilient and grateful for the life that he has. Ultimately, Chad's unforgettable lessons and outlook will inspire listeners to overcome their perceived limitations and explore new possibilities where they once may have only seen obstacles. Blind Ambition will teach you how to take advantage of your disadvantages.
Success at Every Level should be in the hands of everyone that wants to become a Successful Leader. Whether you lead an office floor full of team members, manage a hundred and fifty associates for a Big Box retailer, or oversee a kitchen staff of 5; this book is for you. Many books on today's market are written by people that have never been in real life leadership positions. Consultants and groups that perform business studies certainly have their place and can produce some great best practices, but we need MORE! We need to see REAL PEOPLE facing REAL LIFE situations. We need to learn from Leaders that have been down in the trenches fighting those retail battles that consultants and studies will never have been through. They often see the end results and publish their findings, but they may never see the hard work and dedication that it took each day to get those results. In this book you will find some fundamental, easy to follow steps, and tools that will help you to create leaders around you through highly successful coaching techniques in a transparent, straight forward, and down to Earth method. CEOs and Authors with long lofty titles or prefixes like M.D. and PhD. produce books that are full of great advice and leadership competencies, but they often don't reflect what you face everyday at lower levels of management. Not all of us are meant to be CEOs of major corporations, but we still need to know what it takes to lead our teams to achieve their dreams and ultimately our company goals of sales and profit. Regardless of the level of your current Leadership position, You owe it to yourself and your employees to become the best coach and trainer that you can be. Pick up a copy of Success at Every Level and give yourself the boost you need. The Power to create change in peoples behaviors belongs to you, but it is up to you to decide to tap into how to make those changes possible, by Learning to coach confidently, and empowering your team to succeed.
Becoming a Kubernetes administrator is a big accomplishment—and passing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam can be a big boost to your career! Learn the hands on skills you need to ace the exam with clear teaching and hands-on exercises that match the unique CKA test environment. In Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam you’ll learn how to: Administer an application running on Kubernetes Troubleshoot errors inside a Kubernetes cluster Authenticate users and machines to the Kubernetes API Create persistent storage in Kubernetes Add additional functionality to an existing Kubernetes cluster Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam is your fast-track to becoming a Certified Kubernetes Administrator! Your expert exam tutor is Chad Crowell, whose courses have helped thousands of developers to understand Kubernetes and earn the coveted CKA certification. If you’re familiar with Kubernetes, this book will ensure you’re ready to pass in just one month of study. If you’re brand new, this is the perfect primer to get started on your Kubernetes journey. Go hands-on with all the exam objectives, including deploying containerized applications to Kubernetes, accessing an application from an ingress resource, and backup and restore. Plus, essential exam tips and exercises help you work out your mental muscle memory. About the technology The Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) exam proves to your next employer that you can set up and manage Kubernetes clusters. In this rigorous test offered by the Linux Foundation, you’ll configure and manage production-grade clusters hands-on as a proctor watches. Simply put, if you aren’t ready, you won’t pass. About the book Acing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator Exam teaches every skill you need to pass the CKA. You can’t “hack” this exam by learning a few test-taking tricks. Instead, you’ll master vital techniques like load balancing and networking with carefully designed exercises that you practice using the CKA’s command-line interface. With this book, you’ll be confident and ready for exam day. What's inside Administer an application on Kubernetes Troubleshoot errors in a Kubernetes cluster Authenticate users and machines Create persistent storage About the reader For readers who know the basics of containers and Linux admin. No Kubernetes experience required. About the author Chad M. Crowell is the author of dozens of courses on Kubernetes and DevOps with Pluralsight and INE. Chad is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). Table of Contents 1 First steps 2 Kubernetes cluster 3 Identity and access management 4 Deploying applications in Kubernetes 5 Running applications in Kubernetes 6 Communication in a Kubernetes cluster 7 Storage in Kubernetes 8 Troubleshooting Kubernetes 9 Taking the test
Funeesha got on the trainer’s back and he swam towards the dolphins. The trainer held onto the fin of each dolphin with each hand. Slowly, the dolphins swam around the pool, carrying Funeesha and the trainer along with them. Round and round the pool they went, picking up speed as they swam along. Soon, they were going as fast as a speed boat. “I love this!” yelled Funeesha. “This is so much fun. I never want this to end.” After a few minutes, the dolphins carried them back to where the Fun Queen was standing. The trainer lifted Funeesha onto the side of the pool. “Did you have fun?” asked the Fun Queen. “Fun?!” replied Funeesha. “That was absolutely Fun-tastic,” she exclaimed, as they laughed with joy.
How to Cheat in After Effects is an easy-to-follow book that lets you in on all of the little secrets to create those commonly needed effects with ease and speed. With clear pictures illustrating the step-by-step procedures, this is the perfect tool for the arsenal of any After Effects user, from novice to advanced." - Michele Yamazaki, Vice President Marketing and Web Development Czarina, Toolfarm.com Compose eye-popping After Effects projects quickly and creatively with dozens of concise, step-by-step tutorials accompanied by vivid 4-color illustration. Covering features new to CS5 such as Freeform AE, Refine Matte, Roto Brush, and more, this book clearly explains how to perform advanced, typically time-consuming tasks in simplified, quick steps. * Create an entire 3D planet scene from scratch * Create true 3D text * Make smoke, snow, rain, chocolate, molten gold, and more from scratch with particles * Create animated growing vines * Fake a tilt shift effect, and so much more The companion DVD includes project files allowing you to work alongside the exercises in the book, as well as QuickTime movies displaying the techniques shown in the book. Chad Perkins is an award winning software trainer, as well as a filmmaker, musician, and visual effects artist. He is also the creator/owner of Movies and Computers (moviesandcomputers.com), which provides training in independent filmmaking. He is an Adobe Certified Instructor in After Effects, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere. Chad is also the author of the book The After Effects Illusionist (Focal Press, 2009).
The YEAR LONG custom designed WORKOUT PROGRAM Over the years the body gets used to certain exercises, activities and functions.My workout program takes these issues into account and not only designs you a routine full of new concepts and theories.....but spends the year teaching you to become your own trainer or coach. For life.The author has over two decades of experience as a Pro-Athlete and Soldiers, as well as......Coach and Trainer to Pro-Athletes, Models, Performers and literally thousands of clients from all walks of life.I have been Personal Training and Coaching since the late 1980's.....When I got my first job as a teenager at the infamous "George Turners Gym" (Maker of Bodybuilding champions in those days).I have served twice in the United States Army (Aviation) , where I was a Master Fitness and in charge of fitness programs battalion wide.During this time period is where "MAC-P" fighting systems were formed and put to practice.I am a level 3.I went to college in Oregon and Arizona, where I majored in Law and Finance. I have also spent two decades working in and around finance and Real Estate Development. I currently also managed my own real estate based Hedge Fund.For the past 12 years I have focused on being the Agent, Coach and the trainer of Models, Performers and athletes. In particular, Fitness Models and physique competitors, Cheerleaders and Pro-MMA Fighters.Over the past decade, I have worked in some of the most famous gyms in the world for their prospective sport....Training next to and sparring with some of the biggest Icons of our day.I specialize in getting clients "Performance/Competition Ready".More info at.....chadmckinley.com
Acclaimed chef and restaurateur Wolfgang Puck shares his classic recipes made healthy along with easy exercise moves to help readers lose weight and feel energetic. In Wolfgang Puck Makes It Healthy, Wolfgang Puck shares the food and fitness plan that helped him transform from being overweight and out of shape to fit and energetic. Now, he offers more than 100 health-conscious recipes, some modified classics from his earlier classics; others brand new. Readers will find flavorful food for every meal, including snacks and desserts, inspired by Mexican, Asian, Italian, Indian, and French cuisine. Puck will never tell readers that they can't enjoy a glass of wine or to cut out their favorite foods. Instead, he partnered with trainer Chad Waterbury and journalist Lou Schuler to outline an exercise solution. They've uncovered a plan for the fitness-phobic out there who want to be able to indulge a little: an adaptable 40 minute workout program focused on core stability, cardio fitness, and mobility that can be adapted to suit anyone's daily life.
A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year In this stunning historical fiction debut set in the world of wrestling in the 1920s, a husband and wife are set adrift in a place where everyone has something to hide and not even the fights can be taken at face value. Late summer, 1921: Disgraced former lightweight champion Pepper Van Dean has spent the past two years on the carnival circuit performing the dangerous “hangman’s drop” and taking on all comers in nightly challenge bouts. But when he and his cardsharp wife, Moira, are marooned in the wilds of Oregon, Pepper accepts an offer to return to the world of wrestling as a trainer for Garfield Taft, a down-and-out African American heavyweight contender in search of a comeback and a shot at the world title. At the training camp in rural Montana, Pepper and Moira soon realize that nothing is what it seems: not Taft, the upcoming match, or the training facility itself. With nowhere to go and no options left, Pepper and Moira must carefully navigate the world of gangsters, bootlegging, and fixed competitions, in the hope that they can carve out a viable future. A story of second chances and a sport at the cusp of major change, Champion of the World is a wonderful historical debut from a new talent in fiction.
A smart, funny memoir exploring the evolution of a man and his relationship with his daughters as they grow up in the grips of the equestrian life. When Chad Oldfather found himself the parent of a toddler who, out of nowhere, became obsessed with horses, he had no idea what awaited. With his younger daughters similarly afflicted, Oldfather was soon enmeshed in the consuming subculture of barns, riding, and horse shows, learning not just about the animals that so inexplicably drew his girls, but also about the people and personalities that populated the spaces around them. A book for parents, whatever their children's interests, and for equestrians, who know what it's like “on the inside” (but maybe not what it's like on the outside, looking in), A Man Walks into a Barn is a wise, witty, and, at times, critical look at both the light and dark sides of youth sports, and equestrianism in particular. Readers find themselves rooting for Oldfather as he struggles to be the best dad he can, supporting a child's dreams in the face of long odds and extraordinary expenses. He writes about his parenting choices and the strange world he finds himself in with humor and honesty, critically examining riding's high cost and the inaccessibility and inequality that results. Aware of the flaws and dangers of youth athletics, as well as the benefits, he strives to protect his girls while supporting their ambitions the best ways he knows how. Filled with the joys, heartbreaks, and life lessons that come from training, competition, and time in the company of horses, this is mostly a book about family, and the strong bonds that can form when parent and child join hands and pursue a passion together.
When should you send a text message, and when is it more appropriate to talk face-to-face? What is the best way to prepare for a job interview that will be conducted over video? How should you modify your speech if it will be recorded and posted online? The Communication Age: Connecting and Engaging by Autumn Edwards, Chad Edwards, Shawn T. Wahl, and Scott A. Myers introduces students to the foundational concepts and essential skills of effective communication, with a strong emphasis on the impact of technology in our increasingly interconnected world. This new Third Edition helps students become involved in our diverse global community and learn how to apply key principles of effective communication—whether incorporating media, technology, or traditional face-to-face speech communication—to foster civic engagement for a better future. With comprehensive coverage of the essentials of interpersonal, small group, and public communication, this text is ideal for use in hybrid introduction to communication courses.
Everyone wants to be happy but most aren't. Why not? Chad Kneller escaped Hell to find happy and shares 10 keys that led him from deep depression to total joy.
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