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Shifting Sands : A Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change by Steve Donahue (2004, Trade Paperback)
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By Steve Donahue. SHIFTING SANDS. 1st Edition. Author Signed. Illustrated (photographs). Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. United States. Language of the text is English.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherBerrett-Koehler Publishers, Incorporated
ISBN-101576752801
ISBN-139781576752807
eBay Product ID (ePID)6072319
Product Key Features
Book TitleShifting Sands : a Guidebook for Crossing the Deserts of Change
Number of Pages168 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
TopicPersonal Growth / General, General
IllustratorYes
GenreSelf-Help
AuthorSteve Donahue
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight8.5 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2003-063838
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal916.604/33
Table Of ContentMap Preface Prologue: Are You Crossing a Desert or Climbing a Mountain? Chapter One--Follow a Compass, Not a Map Let Go of the Destination Lower Your Gaze Wander on Purpose Chapter Two--Stop at Every Oasis Build a Wall Water What's Dry Look for Unmarked Oases Chapter Three--When You're Stuck, Deflate Know When You're Stuck Stop Pushing Look for Little Deflations Chapter Four--Travel Alone Together Don't Do What's "Natural" Seek Support Sooner or Risk Rescue Later Become a Part-Time Hermit Chapter Five--Step Away from Your Campfire Hang Out with a Nomad Always Be Unprepared Learn When to Duck Chapter Six--Don't Stop at False Borders Know What a False Border Looks Like Call the Border Guard's Bluff Look for Your Hot Shower Epilogue Loving the Sand, Wherever It Is Dedication Index About the Author
SynopsisHow to stop thinking about life's inevitable transitions as goals to reach and learn how to navigate through times of unpredictability and uncertainty. We live in a culture, Steve Donahue writes, which loves "climbing mountains." We want to see the peak, map out a route, and follow it to the top. Sometimes this approach works, but not always, particularly when we are enduring a personal crisis-divorce, job loss, addiction, illness, or death. We may not know exactly where we are going, how to get there, or even how we'll know we've arrived. And it's not just in times of crisis. There are many deserts in our lives, situations with no clear paths or boundaries. Finding a job is usually a mountain, but changing careers can be a desert. Having a baby is a mountain, especially for the mom. But raising a child is a desert. Battling cancer is a mountain. Living with a chronic illness is a desert. In the desert, we need to follow different rules than we follow when conquering a mountain. We need to be more intuitive, more patient, more spontaneous. Donahue outlines six "rules of desert travel" that will help us discover our direction by wandering, find our own personal oases, and cross our self-imposed borders. Shifting Sands shows us how to slow down, reflect, and embrace the changes of life graciously, naturally, and courageously., "We had no vehicle. We didn't know how or if we could continue heading south. I was in a vast, seemingly endless desert. I didn't know when or if we'd make it to the other side. I didn't even know where the other side was. It wasn't in Algeria. I knew that much. Was it in Niger? Where does the Sahara actually end?" We live in a culture, Donahue writes, which loves "climbing mountains." We want to see the peak, map out a route, and follow it to the top. Sometimes this approach works, but not always, particularly when we are enduring a personal crisis-divorce, job loss, addiction, illness, or death. We may not know exactly where we are going, how to get there, or even how we'll know we've arrived. And it's not just in times of crisis. There are many deserts in our lives, situations with no clear paths or boundaries. Finding a job is usually a mountain, but changing careers can be a desert. Having a baby is a mountain, especially for the mom. But raising a child is a desert. Battling cancer is a mountain. Living with a chronic illness is a desert. In the desert, we need to follow different rules than we follow when conquering a mountain. We need to be more intuitive, more patient, more spontaneous. Donahue outlines six "rules of desert travel" that will help us discover our direction by wandering, find our own personal oases, and cross our self-imposed borders. "The sun appears like a silent explosion, a slow motion fireworks display dazzling the volcanic crags of the Hoggar. I stand up and walk to the path and begin descending to Klaus' car. I've made my decision. Tallis and I will travel, somehow, to Agadez. I don't have a logical explanation for my decision or a plan to get to the last oasis. I know I am on the right journey-I am following my compass." Shifting Sands shows us how to slow down, reflect, and embrace the changes of life graciously, naturally, and courageously., Donahue exposes the mountain-climbing myth and its goal-setting metaphor as ineffective, and suggests that the desert is the perfect metaphor to describe the journey of life, especially in times of transition., Shifting Sands takes the author's fascinating journey across the entire Sahara Desert and uses it as a metaphor for our journeys in life. It reveals how life, especially times of change, is like a crossing a desert: we get lost, we get stuck, we follow mirages. Deserts require a unique approach contrary to the goal-setting, destination-focused belief system widely promoted in our culture. What is the goal of life? What is the mountain peak that says you've finished your job as a parent? How do you know when a divorce is over? The Sahara does not have a clear endpoint like Mount Everest's peak that defines the summit. Shifting Sands exposes the mountain-climbing myth and its goal-setting metaphor as ineffective in the ever-shifting sands that make up the deserts of life. Instead, Shifting Sands offers Six Rules of Desert Travel that allow us to live fully in times of change. Deserts require us to pay attention to our journey rather than the destination. In the deserts of life we follow a compass not a map. We don't always know where we are headed., How to stop thinking about life's inevitable transitions as goals to reach and learn how to navigate through times of unpredictability and uncertainty. We live in a culture, Steve Donahue writes, which loves "climbing mountains." We want to see the peak, map out a route, and follow it to the top. Sometimes this approach works, but not always, particularly when we are enduring a personal crisis--divorce, job loss, addiction, illness, or death. We may not know exactly where we are going, how to get there, or even how we'll know we've arrived. And it's not just in times of crisis. There are many deserts in our lives, situations with no clear paths or boundaries. Finding a job is usually a mountain, but changing careers can be a desert. Having a baby is a mountain, especially for the mom. But raising a child is a desert. Battling cancer is a mountain. Living with a chronic illness is a desert. In the desert, we need to follow different rules than we follow when conquering a mountain. We need to be more intuitive, more patient, more spontaneous. Donahue outlines six "rules of desert travel" that will help us discover our direction by wandering, find our own personal oases, and cross our self-imposed borders. Shifting Sands shows us how to slow down, reflect, and embrace the changes of life graciously, naturally, and courageously.
LC Classification NumberDT333.D66 2003
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