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"[The author] has consistently illuminated our daily lives in surprising and original ways. In The Social Animal, he explored the neuroscience of human connection and how we can flourish together. Now, in [this book], he focuses on the deeper values that should inform our lives. Responding to what he calls the culture of the Big Me, which emphasizes external success, [the author] challenges us, and himself, to rebalance the scales between our "resume...
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"The Big Cheese is the best at everything, and brags about it, too. When the annual Cheese-cathlon comes around, the Big Cheese is prepared to win, as always. But what happens when the quiet new kid, Wedge Wedgeman, comes out on top? Is a slice of humility all the Big Cheese needs to discover that some things are better than being the best?"--
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IVP, an imprint of InterVarsity Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In a society dominated by raging narcissism, the virtue of humility is vanishing. Yet Richard Foster insists that humility is central to spiritual formation. Engaging with diverse sources including Native American culture, Julian of Norwich, and Scripture, Foster shares profound insight into what humility can look like in our contemporary culture."--
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Jake the fake volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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Having discovered his natural talent for comedy at his school's end-of-semester talent show, Jake decides to pursue "his art," but can his comedian-mentor teach Jake humility as well as humor?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.1 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Tells the story of Thor, prince and great protector of the realm Asgard, whose father Odin strips him of his memory and power and banishes him to Earth to learn humility, the only virtue he lacks, so that he might wield the mighty hammer Mjolnir.
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Big Idea
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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"Bob the Tomato is ready to share 3 favorite VeggieTales episodes about ways we can show love to others! 'Tomato Sawyer and Huckleberry Larry's Big River Rescue' shows us that we honor others when we help them. 'Abe & The Amazing Promise' teaches a lesson in patience, and 'King George & the Ducky' tells us how important it is to put others first! Plus Larry the Cucumber presents 5 brand new 'Bible Bits' -- fun story shorts that show examples of forgiving,...
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Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"We live, says Ed Schein, in a culture of Tell. Rather than trying to genuinely relate to other people we tell them what we think they need to know or should do based on assumptions we've made about them. But telling makes people feel inferior--it shuts them down. This is particularly true of interactions between superiors and subordinates, and that's where it's particularly problematic. In today's complex, interconnected, rapidly changing world hierarchy...