Performance Philosophy

Something is missing in our lives. Australian Special Forces veteran and corporate psychologist Harry Moffitt has trained and worked with the best in the military, sport and corporate realms. He has seen up close what makes a champion tick, and what makes another squander the gifts they've been...

Daily observation of classroom teaching can significantly impact the quality of teaching and learning. Organized into 21 chapters designed to be read over a period of 21 school days, Now We're Talking! presents a results-driven approach that far surpasses traditional walkthrough models of feedback for teachers. School leaders will complete two cycles of teacher evaluations while reading the book and establish the necessary foundation for subsequent visits.

The Star Wars films continue to revolutionize science fiction, creating new standards for cinematographic excellence and permeating popular culture around the world. The films feature many complex themes ranging from good versus evil and moral development and corruption to religious faith and pragmatism, forgiveness and redemption, and many others.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The Washington Post sportswriter and New York Times bestselling author of the “fascinating” (The Wall Street Journal) The Real All Americans presents a love letter to the extraordinary coaches and athletes she has covered over the years and the actionable principles...

Brought to you by Penguin. A masterclass in telling stories - and how they shape our world - from the internationally renowned narrative expert To command narrative is to control a sometimes frightening power. What is it that turbocharges some tales, and how is it possible to harness that...

Noir emerged as a prominent American film genre in the early 1940s, distinguishable by its use of unusual lighting, sinister plots, mysterious characters, and dark themes. From The Maltese Falcon (1941) to Touch of Evil (1958), films from this classic period reflect an atmosphere of corruption and social decay that attracted such accomplished directors as John Huston, Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Orson Welles.

We assume resistance is an external roadblock to be avoided, waiting for perfect conditions or for our hesitation to disappear naturally. Yet, we frequently overlook that friction is an inherent law of progress—a shifting, adaptive force that deliberately responds to our intentions and tests our resolve. The ART of Pushing FORWARD — A Definitive Blueprint for Overcoming Life's Resistance and Achieving True Momentum The ART of Pushing FORWARD serves as the powerful, high-velocity conclusion to Ramzi Najjar's middle trilogy within his nine-volume Post-Performance Philosophy (PPP) series. ...

Known as opera’s “disrupter-in-residence,” director Yuval Sharon has never adhered to the art form’s conventions. In his many productions in both the United States and Europe, he constantly challenges the perception of opera as aloof by urging, among other things: performing operas in “non-places,” such as parking lots; encouraging the use of amplification; and shuffling the traditional structure of classic works, like performing Puccini’s La bohème in reverse order, ending not with the tubercular heroine Mimi’s death but with her first falling in love.

'You are an infinite being with infinite potential. All you need to do is open yourself to a new consciousness, a true vision of who you really are and awaken to the power within' From leading health and performance coach, Gerry Hussey, comes a powerful guide to transforming your mind, body and...

Unlock the secrets of the world's greatest frontman with The Mercury Manifesto. This definitive collection of Freddie Mercury quotes explores the philosophy of stadium rock, the history of Bohemian Rhapsody, and the art of self-confidence. Perfect for fans of Queen biographies, music history, and inspirational performance guides, this volume captures the Spirit of Majesty. "I won't be a rock star. I will be a legend." Farrokh Bulsara did not just walk onto a stage; he commanded it as if it were a sovereign territory. To the world, he was Freddie Mercury—the frontman of Queen and the man ...

Stop Orbiting. Start Burning. Are you living a "geocentric" life? Do you feel like a planet—cold, reactive, and constantly buffeted by the gravity of others? Are you waiting for the world to warm you up? It is time for a Copernican revolution of the psyche. I Am The Sun is not just a book; it is the Codex Solaris—a 100-chapter operational manual for embodying the Solar Logos. It fuses high-energy physics, ancient African spirituality, Rosicrucian gnosis, and cutting-edge quantum biology into a rigorous system for Self-Creation. This is not "positive vibes." This is Solar Biomimicry. You...

Listen to the greatest thinkers of all time as they explore the deepest questions of human existence.

This manuscript if for the true seeker of advancement. Anyone who wants to maintain a top performing consciousnes of success should own a copy of this training. This blockbuster book is a explosive analysis of success greats by Counselor George Mentz. This book contains original ideas of great self help gurus including Wallace Wattles, Dr. Napoleon Hill, William Walker Atkinson, and James Allen. The VIP analysis herein contains teachings of George Mentz on consciousness and the framework of metaphysics and success with a synopsis of ideas from: As a Man Thinketh, Think and Grow and The ...

In this scintillating combination of critical race theory, social commentary, veganism, and gender analysis, media studies scholar Aph Ko offers a compelling vision of a reimagined social justice movement. Through a subtle and extended examination of Jordan Peele’s hit 2017 movie Get Out, Ko shows the many ways that white supremacist notions of animality and race exist through the consumption and exploitation of flesh. She demonstrates how a critical historical and social understanding of anti-blackness can provide the pathway to genuine liberation.

We assume our reality is objective and our choices are entirely free. Yet, invisible architectures, engineered feedback loops, and systemic control mechanisms quietly rig the world we see and manage the lives we lead. OUR MATRIX DECODED — A Masterful Guide to Systemic Deconstruction and Liberation Our Matrix Decoded is the fifth book in Najjar's nine-volume Post-Performance Philosophy (PPP) series and the second in the Human Psychology & Resilience Series. The book advances our journey from cognitive awareness to a deep analytical dismantling of structures that orchestrate consensus ...

Probablemente, Quentin Tarantino sea uno de los mayores cineastas de la historia, pero de lo que no hay atisbo de duda es de que estamos hablando del espectador que mejor puede contagiar su pasión entusiasta por las películas que ha visto. Ahora, por fin llega el libro con el que tantos años soñaron él y sus seguidores.

The audiobook edition of this work is narrated by a synthetic voice. No human speaker performed these sentences. The author chose a synthetic narrator because the book asks the listener to examine every bargain between the real and the fabricated, including this one. If the voice troubles you, the trouble is the point. If it does not, that is also worth examining. A counterfeit banknote and a diplomatic white lie are both, in some reductive sense, "fake." Calling them by the same name obscures everything important about them: the intent behind each, the social function each serves, the harm...

Everything is Fake: A Practical Manual for Dismantling Illusions and Reclaiming Your Life At 3 AM, the mask slips. Not because you are weak. Because you are tired. And tired people stop performing. Everything is Fake is the book for that moment — the quiet second when you realize the life you are living is mostly constructed. The social media persona. The news that feeds your anger. The self-help products that sell you the feeling of progress. The identity you perform so others will approve. The spirituality that became another costume. This is not a book about becoming spiritual. It is ...

Learning how easy improv is can be the hard part. There are important lessons in life that can lead to better improv scenes. And there are important lessons in improv that can lead to a better life. By putting improv techniques under an electron microscope of reason, The Tao of Improv: A Philosophy of Creating a Scene can improve the way we function, understand, and interact - on stage and off. Excerpts from the Tao Te Ching are woven into an overall philosophy of scenic improv acting.

"The meaning of life is the most urgent of questions", said the existentialist thinker Albert Camus. And no less a philosopher than Woody Allen has wondered: "How is it possible to find meaning in a finite world, given my waist and shirt size?" The essays in Movies and the Meaning of Life look at popular and cult movies, examining their assumptions and insights on meaning-of-life questions....