Be Kind

Name: Be Kind
Brand: Allen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781631066849
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A Year of Kindness, One Week at a Time

By Melissa Burmester and Jaclyn Lindsey

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Summary

Be Kind, created in partnership with Kindness.org, encourages readers to engage in a weekly act of kindness over the span of a year. Each week offers an inspiring quote or gratitude letter, a research-backed kindness fact, and a practical kindness challenge across diverse areas such as self-care, kindness with children, compassion towards others, group efforts, environmental care, workplace kindness, and online acts. Fully illustrated and motivational, this book aims to transform individuals and communities one kind act at a time.
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Format: Hardback

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Ideal for readers interested in self-help, personal growth, and community improvement, as well as those seeking practical, inspiring ways to cultivate kindness in everyday life.

Be Kind emboldens you to perform 52 acts of kindness in a year by sharing the tools to strengthen others and yourself through inspiration, fascinating kindness stats and facts, and suggestions for acts of kindness to perform.

Description

Produced in partnership with the nonprofit organization Kindness.org, Be Kind emboldens you to perform a simple and effective act of kindness every week for a year, benefiting others and yourself while deepening connections in your communities big and small.

Each of the 52 weeks of kindness includes a dose of inspiration (e.g. a quote from an influential person or an authentic personal gratitude letter); a fascinating stat or fact about kindness that has been researched by Kindlab (e.g. 72 percent of employees think it is important or very important for an employer to recognise kind acts in the workplace); and a suggestion for an act of kindness to perform in one of the following areas:

Kindness to self
Kindness with kids
Kindness toward those around you (service workers, people experiencing homelessness, etc.)
Kindness as a group
Kindness to the environment
Kindness at work
Cyber-kindness

Fully illustrated, engaging, and inspiring, Be Kind will have you changing not only yourself and your communities, but also the world, one week at a time.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781631066849

Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 May 2020

Country: United States

Imprint: Rock Point

Illustration: color illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 184.0mm

Height: 184.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 240

Collections

Career Development Happiness & Mental Health Health & Wellness Jaclyn Lindsey Melissa Burmester Mindset & Self Help Motivation & Inspiration Non-Fiction Personal Development Philosophy & Psychology Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

Jaclyn Lindsey is the co-founder and CEO of kindness.org. Prior to founding kindness.org, Jaclyn spent almost a decade in the nonprofit-organization space, where she helped to raise more than $100 million, most recently serving as the director of key relationships for charity: water. In her role, Jaclyn saw firsthand how an out-of-the-box organization with top talent can create systemic and widespread change in the world. Currently, she sits on the board of Children in Conflict and is an advisor to Creative Mint and Expectful.