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    Getting A Life: Strategies For Joyful & Effective Living
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    Getting A Life: Strategies For Joyful & Effective Living

    By Copthorne Macdonald

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    This book is about crafting full, rich, creative, and enjoyable lives for ourselves — lives that are significant, lives that contribute in some way to the world around us. Getting a Life is rooted in the idea that some steps toward wisdom require nothing more than a fresh look at common life situations, nothing more than an appreciation of the difference between skilful and unskilful ways of dealing with those situations. Its premise is that a few truths about everyday life, if pointed out and taken seriously, can make a significant difference in the quality of day-to-day living and our enjoyment of life.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDundurn
    Release dateDec 17, 2013
    ISBN9781459727694
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    Getting A Life: Strategies For Joyful & Effective Living
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    Copthorne Macdonald

    Copthorne Macdonald is a writer, scholar and communications engineer. He has followed the story of the Confederation Bridge from the time it was discussed in the mid-1980s to its completion. He has published 125 articles. His work has been featured on the CBC Radio series IDEAS. He has lived in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island since 1975.

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