Zoe McKey has 21 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 6 narrators, with an average listener rating of 3.8★ across 26 ratings. The most-rated is Budget like a Pro.
Budget like a Pro
Summary
Are you desperate to make ends meet each month, constantly wondering if you can pay the bills? If debts are poisoning your life and you want to make your dollar go 10 times further, it's time to budget. Unemployment has been high, debts are reaching record levels, and rent prices seem to be skyrocketing everywhere. Budgeting won't save the world but it will solve these problems for you. It's time for getting financial awareness in your life to: Get out of debt quickly Learn to save a shocking amount Invest in your future Step onto the road of financial independence and victory Living alone from the age of 14, I learned to budget the hard way. Since my early teenage years, I had to earn and save my own money - which sometimes hardly exceeded $150. In this book I'm sharing my insights about how to manage even the smallest income to outlast the month. I will give concrete, actionable advice based on my own and well-known financial experts' experience to help you acquire financial knowledge and habits that will last. This book can help those who are just starting out their independent financial life just as much as it can help people choking on debts. I will highlight the most common money mistakes and myths people fall prey for, and teach you how to avoid them. Take charge of your money today: The five biggest money myths and how to beat them Five ways to create a personal budget How to get out of debt Six tips how to stay out of debt Learn the fundamentals of money management: Learn how to spend less and still enjoy life Learn how to save money - regardless of your income Ten tips for women on how to improve their overall financial life Budgeting advice Like it or not, money is part of everybody's life. Learn to control it instead of letting it control you. You can turn a blind eye on your financial problems but they won't disappear. Learn about the best personal finance choices today so you can live a financially balanced life in the future. Build a solid foundation for your family and yourself. Being better with money changes the rest of your life. Imagine not worrying about debt, bills and late payment fees anymore. Follow the tips presented here and it becomes reality. After listening to Budget like a Pro you will be able to hit short and long term financial goals, plan your escape from debt, and set up savings accounts, regardless if you're just out of college or you're in your 40s and you're desperate.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Think in Systems
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Are you stuck in a rut despite your best efforts to get out? Looking for long-term solutions to your problems? We have the best of intentions to improve our conditions, but often our solutions fall short of improving our lives. Sometimes our best efforts can result in the opposite of what we want over time. How can we avoid these unwanted results? If we apply conventional thinking to complex issues, we often maintain or increase the very problems we want to fix. There is, however, a solution to get the desired results. Think in Systems is a concise information manual offering high-level problem-solving methods for personal and global issues. The guide presents the main features of systems thinking in an understandable and everyday manner, helping you to develop this skill top analysts and world leaders use. If you thought that complex thinking is only for people who deal with complex issues like running a company or country, think again. Every issue is complex. Running out of gas is a simple problem, but I’m sure you’re dealing with much greater headaches on a daily basis. Your life is a system. Everything that is connected to your system (life) is a part of it. However, you are just a subsystem in the larger picture. Your town, country, the world, the solar system are all bigger systems you are a part of. These systems are interconnected. Whatever you do will affect the system, and whatever the system does will affect your life. Systems can have positive and negative effect on your life - or on the life of people generally. The greatest problems like hunger, war, and poverty are all failures in the system. Similarly, fights with your loved ones, being stuck in a rut at your job are also system failures. They are not only your fault. Thus they can’t be fixed with a simple cause-effect thinking. Learn to use systems thinking in your business, relationships, friendships, and general political, socio-economic, and environmental issues. Systems thinking boosts your critical thinking skills, makes you more logical, enhances your analytical abilities, and makes you more creative. Systems thinking won’t put extra pressure on your cognition. Quite the contrary, you’ll have fewer headaches knowing that you surely didn’t miss any detail when you tried to solve a problem. Identify your problems more accurately. Find solutions to your problems, don’t just treat the symptoms. Map out a strategic action plan to change your circumstances. Become more patient by understanding the world - and your place in it - better. Shift your focus from the unimportant details and focus on the real issues. Stay a learner. Apply systems thinking in your problem solving, decision making, and strategic planning without the need to become a technical professional.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
Rewire Your Habits
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Do you plan well but never take action? Frustrated at your lack of willpower and discipline? If you always run out of stamina before reaching your goals, the problem is in your goals. What’s could be wrong with your goals? Not motivating because they are unrealistic and unattainable Designed to make other people happy You fear judgment and rejection You lack the self-esteem and confidence to start You get bored easily by monotone actions Goals can give direction, but powerful habits will make your goals inevitable. Whatever you aim for, a healthy relationship, an emerging business, or becoming physically more active, the right habits are your keys to success. Rewire Your Habits discusses which habits one should adopt to make changes in five life areas: self-improvement, relationships, money management, health, and free time. The audiobook addresses every goal-setting, habit-building challenge in these areas and breaks them down with simplicity and ease. Zoe McKey, based on her coaching experience and backed by the scientific studies of experts, identifies the most problematic life areas that need habit changes. After long years of research, she extracted the most common goal-setting and habit-building issues her clients faced and presented their solution in this audiobook. Adopting one good habit helps you accomplish numerous goals. You will learn: How to control the changes in your life How to define and set the right goals and habits How to set achievable goals How to work towards your goal each day How to manage your energy and time Your self-sabotaging habits and how to break them Practical advice from experts on how to keep yourself healthy Key tips improve your personal relations "Well begun is half done..." said Aristotle. So don’t hesitate.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
The Unlimited Mind
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Terrified of making bad decisions and missing great opportunities? Do you question your judgment and doubt your intuition? Your brain is like any other muscle: it needs training to improve. Nobody is born with flawless critical thinking and judgment skills. These skills usually require systematic practice, but you can shortcut the learning curve by learning and mastering the methods of the best thinkers, psychologists, and high achievers. This book collects all the tips, tricks, and tactics of the most successful people to develop your inner smartness. The Unlimited Mind will show you how to think smarter and find your inner genius. This book is a collection of research and scientific studies about better decision-making, fairer judgments, and intuition improvement. It takes a critical look at our everyday cognitive habits and points out small but serious mistakes that are easily correctable. Discover and utilize the uncharted parts of your brain. Zoe McKey has studied human cognition for over a decade. To her, it was essential to know how others think to secure her own survival. This book collects her personal experiences and some of the most famous studies in cognitive improvement and social psychology to show you the way to better critical thinking, decision-making, and judgment. Leave analysis paralysis for yesterday. Learn: How to overcome your mental blocks and improve your life How to discover your "personal excellence" The advantages of thinking like a professional and not an amateur How to bring out your best creative thinking Improve your intuition skills quickly and permanently Don't get stuck on decisions ever again
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
Daily Habit Makeover
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Do you often lose focus? Convince yourself that your tasks can wait...when they can’t? Can’t follow any change in your habits more than a few weeks? And when your deadlines arrive you start panicking so badly that you won’t be able to figure even where to start your task? The time to do something about your bad habits is right now! Otherwise, you are in the danger that you will never start. Learn to identify, prioritize, and focus on your most important tasks and get them done. Unlearn bad habits and build powerful, good ones. Know the various ways to increase productivity in your life Easily learnable and executable solutions that will make your day more organized and focused Why is willpower your enemy when it comes to changes? Two valuable philosophies to help you maintain your habit changes on a long term Living on the right track depends on our day-to-day habits; the small everyday activities we aren’t always conscious about. Daily Habit Makeover will teach you how to adopt tailor-made habits into your lifestyle. Optimize your life: become more productive and less stressed. Acknowledge and start acting on procrastination Learn five+ scientifically proven ways to increase focus Quick methods to rank the importance of your tasks Why multitasking sabotages you and what’s its alternative Control your habits, own your life. Finish what you started - every time Best habits of three world leaders to enhance motivation 15+ signs that help you prevent procrastination 50 small, quickly applicable strategies to build a better life today The best apps and programs that help you stay productive Daily Habit Makeover helps you reach your maximal productivity and greatest potential by teaching you how to think in a system that excludes procrastination. Know how to identify your most important tasks following a simple mathematical formula and stay disciplined to build productivity habits.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
The Art of Minimalism
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Is your life filled with valueless objects that don’t make you happy? Do you feel anxious when you buy things but you can’t control the urge? Would you like to let go of unimportant stuff with a peace of mind? Your happiness costs less than you think. You deserve a stress-free life - where the things you own serve you and help you live a well-balanced life. The Art of Minimalism will present you four minimalist techniques, the bests from around the world, to give you a perspective on how to declutter your house, your mind, and your life in general. Learn how to let go of everything that is not important in your life and find methods that give you a peace of mind and happiness instead. Keep balance at the edge of minimalism and consumerism. Try this if: You feel that stress is overwhelming your life You wish to downsize your surroundings You wish to trade spending on stuff to spending on memories You want to discover exactly how much should you simplify to meet your needs You wish to familiarize with the best decluttering, aesthetically simplifying, mental peace-giving techniques Minimalism is an inversely proportional process: the less you do, the more will you have. And the less you keep the happier you’ll be. Four easy-to-adopt minimalist methods What are those things that are worth paying for to live a fuller life? What are the things worth learning in order to live simply in a consumerist world? How to avoid being a minimalism consumerist The critical viewpoint of each minimalist practice presented to get a broader perspective on how to make the best minimalist decisions In The Art of Minimalism you’ll find the techniques and the tips of the bests in how to achieve the mess-free life you’re longing for. This book will give you a complex peek into the pros and cons of minimalism. Don’t feel obliged to believe and use everything you hear. You will succeed in creating your own best minimalist lifestyle even if you don’t adopt everything from this book. Minimalism is not a must, but a choice without any pressure or negative consequence.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
The Mind-Changing Habit of Journaling
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Understand where your negative self-image, bad habits, and unhealthy thoughts come from. Know yourself to change yourself. Embrace the life-changing transformation potential of journaling. Through the context of journaling, Zoe McKey takes a closer look at the false beliefs and unconscious behaviors that once left her feeling unworthy, misunderstood, and overwhelmed. She then presents the practical strategies that helped her move past them. She provides a gentle push to become the joyful, smart, and good person you were meant to be. You might think: you don’t know how or what to write in a journal; you don’t have enough time; you fear for your privacy; you don’t believe that writing your thoughts will do anything. The Mind-Changing Habit of Journaling will challenge these beliefs and help you adopt a safe, sustainable, time-friendly, guided journaling method. You will learn and discover: The root cause of your current problems and how to fix them. How to practice gratitude as a daily ritual and have a more optimistic outlook on life. How to love others the way they want to be loved and how to request the same. How to find your true values and stop living for other people’s expectations. No taboos and no "get change quick and easy" promises; just the painful honesty of personal awakening through journaling. Stop the arguments with yourself and others. Learn to stop blaming others, loathing yourself, and acting with responsibility and self-respect instead. Learn about the key signs of emotional immaturity and how to overcome them and become the best version of yourself. Learn to harness the lessons of your painful experiences and use them as an empowerment tool to build character and strength. This audiobook shows you how to use the ultimate self-healing tool of journaling to find your own answers to your most pressing problems, discover your true self, and lead a life of growth mind-set. Also, benefit from the many scientifically proven benefits of journaling: Reduce mental anxiety, physical pain, and stress. Heal emotional wounds from past traumas. Practice self-compassion, self-love, and self-understanding. Overcome your limiting beliefs and fears. Reconnect with your true self and solve your inner conflicts. Did you go through a painful breakup? Did you lose your job? Did you just have an earth-shattering realization about yourself and you don’t know what to do with it? Use the transformative power of expressive writing in this audiobook to heal from painful and stressful life events. Enhance your mental well-being and self-care; learn how to put yourself first in a non-selfish way to live a life of joy, compassion, love, and growth. PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2019 Zoe McKey (P)2019 Zoe McKey
Tame Your Emotions
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Do insecurities and a lack of self-confidence keep you down? Do you feel inferior and worthless compared to others? Good news: you can turn the sinking ship of negative feelings around. Emotional insecurities can be changed and improved by understanding the nature of the emotions and learning the pathways to handle them. Everything you now perceive to be impossible is achievable. You just have to learn how to overcome your limiting beliefs. Chase away your fears and smash your obstacles with the power of emotional stability. Tame Your Emotions is a collection of the most common and painful emotional insecurities and their antidotes. Even the most successful people have fears and self-sabotaging habits. But they also know how to use them to their advantage and keep their fears on a short leash. This is exactly what my audiobook will teach you - using the tactics of experts and research-proven methods. Emotions can’t be eradicated. But they can be controlled. How to control your thoughts to take remarks less personally How to handle disadvantage or highly adverse conditions How to use your personal strengths to your advantage Develop the ability to connect with others - despite social anxiety Fear tells you that you’re on the path of improvement. Heal your emotional insecurities with three simple, five-minute exercises Control hypersensitivity Identify and ditch the worst forms of emotional insecurities: arrogance, aggression, and overconfidence Learn to help your partner with his or her insecurities Understanding and learning to control our emotions open up the gates of a happy and balanced life. Emotional stability gives you a peace of mind. You rarely lose your temper and don’t hurt yourself or those around you so often. You will understand your emotions better, thus you’ll know the right response to them - rational responses, not impulsive ones. Become confident, composed, and emotionally secure today with the help of Tame Your Emotions!
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
The 1-Page Budgeting Plan
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Adopt a saving mind-set, build up a big stash of emergency cash, get out of debt, and make sure you never run out of money. You’re at the right place to learn just that! You will: Learn to control your money instead of letting it control you Know why you should avoid debt and what to do if you have it Learn the importance of having an emergency fund and an emergency-emergency fund Find out how to shift your perceptions, myths, and biases about money Understand the key steps to building wealth Living alone from the age of 14, Zoe learned to budget the hard way. Since her early teenage years, she had to earn, save, and invest her own money - which, sometimes, barely exceeded $150. In this audiobook, she’s sharing her insights about how to manage even the smallest income to last the month and even save. She gives concrete, actionable advice based on her own and well-known financial experts’ experience. The book will help you acquire financial knowledge and habits that will last. She will help you with getting out of debt, learning to save, and investing for your future. Find out: How to put your money to work for you What are legitimate and time-tested trading and investing strategies for passive wealth generation Why traditional investing advice is flawed and what actually works How to simplify the jungle of 401(k), 403(b), 457(b), IRA, and Roth accounts Learn: A complete budgeting plan for beginners that takes only 10 minutes per week to maintain Ways to spend less and still enjoy life Steps to save money, regardless of your income The simplest but best budget how-tos, tools, and knowledge you need to finally get ahead The 1-Page Budgeting Plan is a straightforward system that will completely transform your finances and knock out your money worries, once and for all.
©2020 Zoe McKey (P)2020 Zoe McKey
Find How to Be Whole Again
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Did you have emotionally immature, selfish, or distant parents or partners? Is their painful heritage still lingering in the form of abandonment issues, anxiety, or anger? Were you emotional needs often unmet, your opinion and emotions dismissed? In this essential audiobook, best-selling author and former confidence coach Zoe McKey exposes the harmful consequences emotional unavailability and toxic relationships can have. Experiences with such people create a feeling of neglect, inadequacy, or unworthiness. Find ways to heal from the pain. Within your environment, toxic people can be found; in your family, relationship, workplace, even places of worship. Free yourself from emotionally immature people and regain your true nature. Control how you react to them; Avoid disappointment; Learn how to create positive, new relationships and build a better life. Heal from emotional abuse. Find love and acceptance for the self and others. Most emotional-trauma survivors have symptoms long after the relationship is over. Feelings of numbness, emptiness, depression, perfectionism, substance abuse, and more can stay with you even if your perpetrators are not. But you can heal these scars. You can pivot in your life. Practicing mindfulness, introspection, and exercises using specific tools, you can: Learn to identify the defense mechanisms you've developed; Uncover your core self so you can finally move on to live a full and authentic life; Feel light, free, whole, and ready to love again. The danger of emotional abuse is it leaves no bruises. There are no bleeding scars. There are no broken windows. The scars, bruises, and brokenness are buried within the memory of the victim. If you were involved in such a relationship - or you want to prevent it from happening to you - listen to this audiobook. It gets to the heart of the matter of self-worth, self-protection, and personal boundaries. These skills are critical for anyone who wants to become more confident, improve relationships, and prevent emotional harm. Take a stand for yourself and your life and communicate your worth to others in a real and practical way. You get to decide how you want to live. Find your courage. Live in an authentic way. Protect yourself and what's important to you. Gain self-respect and the respect of others. Find How to Be Whole Again will help you do all of these things.
©2020 Zoe McKey (P)2020 Zoe McKey
Embrace Your Fears, Cope With Your Anxieties and Build Self-Confidence
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Do you stay silent because you fear rejection and judgment? Are feelings of inadequacy and self-sabotage preventing you from living the life you want? Catching Courage gives you more than fearlessness - it gives you unshakable confidence in your own powers and chases away the feeling that you're not able to start or finish things. Say goodbye to the days when you let possibilities slip through your fingers. Be gutsy in every situation life throws in your way. Catching Courage is a special book that will help you understand that courage is the necessary quality to build confidence. Self-doubt is a natural feeling but you can get over it. Impossible only exists if you believe it. Time to learn how to overcome the feeling of inferiority and achieve success. It takes you step by step through the process of how courage is built with the help of studies, personal stories, and actionable exercises at the end of each chapter. Say goodbye to fear of rejection and inferiority complex once and for all. Catching Courage is ground zero to any kind of life improvement. How do I know this? I am currently the author of multiple best-selling books in the United States being a non-English speaker! I could do it, and you also can whatever you wish for! The only barrier between you and success can be this one quality: courage to take chances today what others plan on doing tomorrow.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Less Mess Less Stress
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Does life seem overly complex and constantly overwhelming? Do you feel anxious from your obligations, duties, and cluttered surroundings? Would you like to have a more free life? Don't compromise with your happiness. "Good enough" is not the life you deserve - you deserve the best, and the good news is that you can have it. Learn the surprising truth that it's not by doing more, but less with Less Mess Less Stress. We know that we own too much, we say yes for too many engagements, and we stick to more than we should. Physical, mental, and relationship clutter are daily burdens we have to deal with. Change your mindset and live a happier life with less. This book will help you if: You're committed to reducing stress in your life You wish to get rid of things and keep order around you You feel mentally overwhelmed and you seek real solutions how to simplify your days You want to be a more understanding and patient friend or spouse You seek real life examples on how to change your life for the better with the help of minimalism Minimalism is an inversely proportional process: the less you do, the more will you have. And the less you keep the happier you'll be.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Spend Smart
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Do you spend on a lot of junk that doesn’t make you happy? Instead of happiness, does money bring anxiety, stress, and debt into your life? If your savings account is nonexistent and you have no idea where your hard-earned money is going, it’s time to redefine your spending habits. Living alone from the age of 14, I learned how to spend and manage money the hard way. Since my early teenage years, I had to earn my own money - which sometimes barely exceeded $150 a month. I’m sharing my insights on how to manage even the smallest income to outlast the month, and how to spend smarter on more fulfilling things. This book can help people working their first jobs, or experienced people that just make poor money decisions. I will highlight the most common money myths, marketing tricks, and irrational beliefs people fall prey to and teach you to avoid them. Take charge of your money today. Scientific research about the psychology of our spending habits Learn how to spend less and save more and still enjoy life - regardless of your income How to assess value to make the best financial decision Map out your spending patterns to know where you need to change Like it or not, money is part of everybody’s life. Learn to control it instead of letting it control you. The top five reasons people spend money Why the Six Persuasion Principles by Robert Cialdini get us almost all the time Understand online shopping and credit cards. Why are you more willing to spend using these Marketing tricks that always get you - deconstructed from subtle to overt You can turn a blind eye to your financial problems, but they won’t disappear. Learn about the best personal finance practices of the rich and happy live a financially balanced life in the future. Build a solid foundation for your family and yourself. There is a thin line between being cheap and frugal. Learn how to spend without getting labeled as cheap and without sacrificing your family’s well-being. Arm yourself against the most common spending mistakes. How to break the vicious circle of shopping habits Financial literacy crash course: A-Z finance vocabulary, the five pillars of financial literacy and more Four things you should invest in Financial fasting and how to use it to your benefit Get financial awareness: Get a clear picture on the difference between the 401(k), 403(b), TSP, IRA and Roth accounts Why should you have F-you money How can your money take you to financial independence (the 4% rule) Imagine not worrying about debt, bills and late payment fees anymore. Picture paying for things that actually add value and happiness to your life.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
The Unlimited Mind
Summary
Terrified of making bad decisions and missing great opportunities? Do you question your judgment and doubt your intuition? Your brain is like any other muscle: it needs training to improve. Nobody is born with flawless critical thinking and judgment skills. These skills usually require systematic practice, but you can shortcut the learning curve by learning and mastering the methods of the best thinkers, psychologists, and high achievers. This book collects all the tips, tricks and tactics of the most successful people to develop your inner smartness. The Unlimited Mind will show you how to think smarter and find your inner genius. This book is a collection of research and scientific studies about better decision-making, fairer judgments, and intuition improvement. It takes a critical look at our everyday cognitive habits and points out small but serious mistakes that are easily correctable. Discover and utilize the uncharted parts of your brain. Zoe McKey has studied human cognition for over a decade. To her, it was essential to know how others think to secure her own survival. This book collects her personal experiences and some of the most famous studies in cognitive improvement and social psychology to show you the way to better critical thinking, decision-making, and judgment.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Minimalist Budget
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Are you struggling with debt and saving money? Can't say no to the tempting sales even though you know better? You're not alone. Minimalist Budget will help you to turn your bloated expenses into a well-toned budget, spending on exactly what you need and nothing else. This book presents solutions for two major problems in our consumer society: (1) how to downsize your cravings without having to sacrifice the fun stuff, and (2) how to whip your finances into shape and follow a personalized budget. This is not a get rich quick book. But I can promise day-by-day, month-by-month, you'll budget better and become richer as a consequence. Regardless of how much your income is we'll find a way to budget, save, and increase your net worth. Since my youth, I've had to live on a budget that ranged from $100 to $200 a month if I was lucky. Even though I never knew how much I would have the next month, I was always able to have enough for my essential expenses, personal pleasures, and savings. If you're tired of the false and impossible-to-follow promises of "finance gurus", try out my simple, straightforward, easy-to-stick-to methods.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
Evolve Your Habits: Stop Self-Sabotage, Break Bad Habits, Create Lasting Behavior Change, Become Who You Want to Be
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Not as patient as you think you are? Surprised by how quickly you lose your cool when someone shows you an imagined show of disrespect? All we can do in those situations is react. But why do we do what we do? How can we improve our actions? Repeated bad behavior becomes a bad habit. How can we break this vicious cycle? Often we know what’s wrong in our behavior, we even know how could we fix it, but somehow we never take action to change. Some mental triggers stay hidden from our conscious mind. This book bridges the gap between those two by introducing you to gears of human behavior. With simple language, engaging stories, and scientifically proven facts, you’ll get a full picture on how can you improve your behavior and develop better habits. Become the person who you want to be. Understand the hidden psychological pathways of your brain that prevent change Models of behavior change - from the best Create long-lasting habits How to get unstuck from the past Learn to control your behavior to achieve better results in life Evolve Your Habits examines the environmental and psychological triggers that can derail your behavior in everyday life. These triggers may seem relentless, omnipresent, and often out of control, but you can learn how to respond to them in a constructive way. Become more patient, compassionate, and less irritable. How to persevere when change seems hard How to gain discipline to create new habits How to tune out distractions and resist temptations How to create the person you wish to become Don’t hesitate to take action and improve your shortcomings. Create a change now in any area of your life with Evolve Your Habits. I’m sure you tried before; maybe you failed. This time will be different! Commit to the change you set yourself to. Start by creating an environment that makes your change inevitable, and with self-awareness take action.
©2018 Zoe McKey (P)2018 Zoe McKey
Think Different
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Do you feel that your life lacks meaning and purpose? Have you lost the idea of who you truly are? Do you avoid the real problems in your life? Fears and insecurities are completely normal, but how can we deal with them in a proactive and healthy manner? Think Different will answer this question. We've been told that positive thinking, repeating affirmations and "faking it till you make it" were the key to a happy, fearless, confident living. But do they lead to happiness? Our smartest philosophers have been seeking the answer to this question for thousands of years. In the 20th century, the key to happiness seems to be having more, working less, having fun, being skinny, and taking fancy pictures for social media. Somewhere between the improved living standards, positive thinking, and gigantic expectations we're choking on anti-depressants, alcohol, cheeseburgers, and our tears. Learn how to turn the expectation ship around. This book is a raw, honest, deeply personal, refreshingly transparent look at why and how we sabotage our own lives and what to do about it. It goes against the conventional be-happy-at-all-costs mindset.
©2017 Zoe McKey (P)2017 Zoe McKey
The Disciplined Mind
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Do you fail to follow your plans despite your best intentions? Are your mental toughness and willpower keeping you from the life you want? If your life is starting to resemble a never-ending hamster wheel from a lack of intentional action, you need to discipline your mind. Dreaming day and night doesn’t create the life you want - disciplined action does. Where you end up in life is determined by the number of times you fall and get up and how much pain and discomfort you can withstand along the way. The path to an extraordinary accomplishment and a life worth living is not due to innate talent but focus, willpower, and disciplined action. Maximize your brain power and keep your thoughts in control. In The Disciplined Mind, you will find unique lessons through which you will learn those essential steps and qualities that are needed to reach your goals easier and faster. Learn about the three types of stress and how can you turn stress to your benefit and get the results you want. Take control over your life. Here's what you'll learn: Key steps to patience and self-discipline The method for focused action and maximum productivity Ways to overcome the fear of failure With a disciplined mind, you will be able to live a more stress-free and well-balanced life. You won’t sabotage yourself with negative self-talk, procrastination, and unintentional behavior. You’ll learn to prioritize your tasks to harness the most productive results, even on those days when you are not in a good mood.
©2019 Zoe McKey (P)2019 Zoe McKey
The Critical Mind
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Excel at analyzing the way you think and presenting evidence for your ideas. Become a more independent, self-directed learner. If you want to become a self-directed, self-disciplined, self-monitored, and self-corrective thinker instead of an irrational and snap-judging one, this audiobook is for you. Critical thinking skills grant you rigorous standards of excellence and mindful command of their use, effective communication and problem solving abilities, and help to overcome egocentrism and sociocentrism. The Critical Mind offers a thorough introduction to the rules and principles of critical thinking. You will find widely usable and situation-specific advice on how to critically approach your daily life, business, friendships, opinions, and even social media. Critical thinking not only saves you time, but saves you money and helps you prevent misunderstanding and disappointment. Learn the main elements of critical thinking. The theories and practices of the best critical thinkers of the world. Tips to keep your brain in good shape and receptive to analysis. Solve your problems with critical thinking. Become a quicker and better decision maker. Critical thinking promotes creativity. The Critical Mind is a guideline for everyone who wishes to learn the basics of critical thinking. If you work in business, education, healthcare, or you study, you’ll find the audiobook equally useful. The audiobook takes a deep look into the framework of geniuses like Richard Paul and Linda Elder to give you a well-established foundation on effective thought. Become a more effective communicator having relevant argument points. How to apply critical thinking for self-reflection. Guiding questions that help you think more critically. Four types of critical thinking exercises to deepen your knowledge each day.
©2019 Zoe McKey (P)2019 Zoe McKey
The Healing Power of Journaling
Summary
Learn to harness the power of journaling to calm your anxious mind. Do you often feel uneasy, uncertain, and overwhelmed? You are not alone. Anxiety makes us emotionally volatile, question our every decision, worry excessively about the future, and fills our days with dread. It depletes our energy, time, and resolve. Anxious thoughts can take control of our lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way. If you’re fed up with anxiety getting in the way of living the life you want, use this book. It will give you the tools to break this vicious cycle for good. Communication and lifestyle coach Zoe McKey presents a unique and easy-to-follow approach to manage anxiety. Over a lifetime spent battling with anxiety, she has tried many techniques to control it - with little success - until she finally found the magic formula, which she discloses in this powerful listen. Written to help you better understand yourself and tune down the everyday worries getting in your way, this thoughtful book is a safe space for reflection, self-acceptance, and the freedom to move forward with more clarity and joy. You will find an abundance of thought-provoking, engaging questions to guide your thoughts in the book: Find your own answers to why you’re anxious, and what’s the best path for you to break out of this state. Find a way out of the maze of intrusive thoughts. Write it down! Keep your anxiety in check with the help of a handful of mental health tips and techniques. Go through the process of anxiety management at a self-chosen, reasonable pace. Take action with the help of questions, writing exercises, and practices; be proactive about controlling your anxiety. Learn practical, cognitive behavioral therapy-based advice to change the way you deal with anxiety. Break down your defense mechanisms. Embrace your genuine vulnerability. You’re not “beyond help". You have been simply conditioned into thinking you are. Learn how to: Stop resisting anxiety and rather befriend it. Discover the underlying reasons for your anxious thoughts, and use acceptance and "letting go" to defeat them. Learn the best journaling method to make order in your head. The Healing Power of Journaling is a calming breath of fresh air and a quiet space to reflect and recharge in a hectic and uncertain world.
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