Tag: Lessons

June 25, 2023

Geotechnical Lessons Learnt – Building and Transport Infrastructure Projects

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English | 2023 | ISBN: 9819911206 | 229 Pages | PDF (True) | 10 MB
This book contains accepted papers submitted and peer-reviewed for the 25th Annual Symposium organised by the Sydney Chapter of the Australian Geomechanics Society (AGS). The objective is to bring together the key stakeholders of the Australian geological and geotechnical community. It showcases state-of-the-art practices, new research findings, and case histories that demonstrate geotechnical advances and challenges in building and transport infrastructure. It focuses on geotechnical aspects of smart solutions and improvements in geotechnical approaches for transport infrastructure projects, advances in tunnel design and construction, and geotechnical challenges in design and construction – case histories and lessons learnt. This volume will be a useful guide to those in academia and industry working in the fields of geotechnical engineering.

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June 19, 2023

Surf When You Can Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain [Audiobook]

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Free Download Surf When You Can: Lessons in Life, Loyalty, and Leadership from a Maverick Navy Captain (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0BRYQMZTS | 2023 | 5 hours and 51 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 324 MB
Author: Captain Brett Crozier, Michael Vlessides
Narrator: Captain Brett Crozier
Inspiring lessons learned from a lifetime of honor, service, and leadership from Captain Brett Crozier, the former commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt and renowned Navy officer. Amid one of the darkest times in American history, it was a moment that captured the attention of the nation. Brett Crozier, captain of the most powerful and prestigious aircraft carrier in the United States Navy, walked off his ship for the last time while thousands of his sailors saluted and chanted his name in admiration. This remarkable moment occurred after Crozier made the decision to try to protect his sailors by pleading with his superiors for help when COVID-19 swept through the vessel.

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June 19, 2023

Lessons from an American Stoic How Emerson Can Change Your Life [Audiobook]

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Free Download Lessons from an American Stoic: How Emerson Can Change Your Life (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0B8PXP5NS | 2023 | 7 hours and 28 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 212 MB
Author: Mark Matousek
Narrator: Stephen Graybill
A lifelong Emerson lover, teacher, and spiritual seeker reveals how American philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s twelve essential teachings hold the answer to living an authentic and fulfilling life, one that is in harmony with our souls. Ralph Waldo Emerson was a spiritual revolutionary whose profound vision of human potential came to define the American character. Known as America’s original Stoic, he offered a radical message of optimism, authenticity, and self-realization that is more necessary today than ever. In this timely, remarkable book, noted memoirist and teacher Mark Matousek reveals the depths of Emerson’s extraordinary wisdom, demonstrating how his timeless philosophy can help us navigate the challenges of contemporary life. Using personal stories, psychological research, and life lessons from Emerson and his contemporaries-including Thoreau and Whitman-he offers practical lessons in the art of living.

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June 14, 2023

How to Be Life Lessons from the Early Greeks [Audiobook]

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Free Download How to Be: Life Lessons from the Early Greeks (Audiobook)
English | ISBN: 9780008490812 | 2023 | 9 hours and 00 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 256 MB
Author: Adam Nicolson
Narrator: Leighton Pugh
Before the Greeks, the idea of the world was dominated by god-kings and their priests, in a life ruled by imagined metaphysical monsters. 2,500 years ago, in a succession of small eastern Mediterranean harbour-cities, that way of thinking began to change. Men (and some women) decided to cast off mental subservience and apply their own worrying and thinking minds to the conundrums of life. These great innovators shaped the beginnings of philosophy. Through the questioning voyager Odysseus, Homer explored how we might navigate our way through the world. Heraclitus in Ephesus was the first to consider the interrelatedness of things. Xenophanes of Colophon was the first champion of civility. In Lesbos, the Aegean island of Sappho and Alcaeus, the early lyric poets asked themselves ‘How can I be true to myself?’

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June 13, 2023

50 Essential Etiquette Lessons [Audiobook]

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Free Download 50 Essential Etiquette Lessons: How to Eat Lunch with Your Boss, Handle Happy Hour Like a Pro, and Write a Thank You Note in the Age of Texting and Tweeting (Audiobook)
English | October 08, 2019 | ASIN: B07YCW6WFZ | MP3@128 kbps | 3h 5m | 170.39 MB
Author: Katherine Flannery
Narrator: Brittany Wilkerson

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