The acclaimed speaker and author of Once Upon a Time We Were Colored shares his timeless "front porch wisdom" of his youth "A beautiful and gentle book... a healing work."—Jonathan Kozol, New York Times bestselling author Clifton L. Taulbert is renowned for his poignant memoirs about growing up in the segregated South and for his lectures and programs in schools, businesses, and communities throughout the world. In Eight Habits of the Heart, this inspiring handbook, filled with moving stories and memorable lessons, he lays out eight basic principles he learned from his elders: a nurturing attitude, dependability, responsibility, friendship, brotherhood, high expectations, courage, and hope. With exercises for reflection and practice, Taulbert shows how the Eight Habits of the Heart can be utilized today to help strengthen relationships, families, and communities everywhere. Here is a refreshing and meaningful guide to the spiritual core we, as a society, always seem to be seeking.

"Revitalize school leaders' sense of purpose and mission with targeted staff development training!"Based on Clifton L. Taulbert's bestseller, "Eight Habits of the Heart(TM) for Educators," this facilitator's guide is the perfect tool for staff developers to use in creating dynamic professional development workshops and training seminars for educators at all levels. Using Taulbert's moving and inspirational stories, this chapter-by-chapter study guide explores the Eight Habitsnurturing attitude, dependability, responsibility, friendship, brotherhood, high expectations, courage, and hopeand demonstrates how educational leaders can implement them into their own lives and the life of their schools. Workshop leaders will be able to implement meaningful training that includesReal-life examples of educators successfully implementing the Eight Habits of the HeartIntentional strategies and application sections to apply each habit in classrooms and schoolsInsightful reflective questions and personal assessmentsHighlights for the facilitator includeChapter summariesActivities for small or large groupsDiscussion questions and journaling promptsSample workshop agendas for half-day, one-day, or two-day sessionsA workshop evaluation formBlackline masters for workshop overheads and handouts"Facilitator's Guide to Eight Habits of the Heart for Educators" helps you lead inspired professional training focused on Taulbert's time-honored principles that can transform the lives of the teachers, students, administrators, and staff within each school.

A spiritual guidebook to living life through love and connection, not fear and isolation, by a respected pastor and a frequent guest on Oprah's Soul Series. Reverend Bacon believes that every person can live a full and creative life if they can learn to move through troubling emotions such as fear, anger, and sadness to find the beloved within themselves. Readers will learn how insecurity can keep us from connecting with others, our loving self, and finding our own peace, joy, and creative power. 8 Habits of Love will show, through relatable stories, how to create a full, meaningful life by developing simple habits-stillness, truth, forgiveness, compassion, play, candor, generosity, and community-and by asking such important questions as: How do I know I'm living the life I should be? How do I forgive those who have hurt me? How do I talk candidly with difficult people? How do I best help others when they need it? And How do I let go of the past and move forward?

In the 7 Habits series, international bestselling author Stephen R. Covey showed us how to become as effective as it is possible to be. In his long-awaited new book, THE 8th HABIT, he opens up an entirely new dimension of human potential, and shows us how to achieve greatness in any position and any venue. All of us, Covey says, have within us the means for greatness. To tap into it is a matter of finding the right balance of four human attributes: talent, need, conscience and passion. At the nexus of these four attributes is what Covey calls voice - the unique, personal significance we each possess. Covey exhorts us all to move beyond effectiveness into the realm of greatness - and he shows us how to do so, by engaging our strengths and locating our powerful, individual voices. Why do we need this new habit? Because we have entered a new era in human history. The world is a profoundly different place than when THE 7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE was originally published in 1989. The challenges and complexity we face today are of a different order of magnitude. We enjoy far greater autonomy in all areas of our lives, and along with this freedom comes the expectation that we will manage ourselves, instead of being managed by others. At the same time, we struggle to feel engaged, fulfilled and passionate. Tapping into the higher reaches of human genius and motivation to find our voice requires a new mindset, a new skill-set, a new tool-set - in short, a whole new habit.

The acclaimed speaker and author of Once Upon a Time We Were Colored shares his timeless "front porch wisdom" of his youth "A beautiful and gentle book... a healing work."—Jonathan Kozol, New York Times bestselling author Clifton L. Taulbert is renowned for his poignant memoirs about growing up in the segregated South and for his lectures and programs in schools, businesses, and communities throughout the world. In Eight Habits of the Heart, this inspiring handbook, filled with moving stories and memorable lessons, he lays out eight basic principles he learned from his elders: a nurturing attitude, dependability, responsibility, friendship, brotherhood, high expectations, courage, and hope. With exercises for reflection and practice, Taulbert shows how the Eight Habits of the Heart can be utilized today to help strengthen relationships, families, and communities everywhere. Here is a refreshing and meaningful guide to the spiritual core we, as a society, always seem to be seeking.

"A spiritual guidebook for living life through love, not fear"--Provided by the publisher.