Catalog Search Results
Author
Language
English
Description
"Business leaders, with millions of dollars down the drain, struggle to abandon a new app or product that just isn't working. Governments, caught in a hopeless conflict, believe that the next tactic will finally be the one that wins the war. And in our own lives, we persist in relationships or careers that no longer serve us. Why? According to Annie Duke, in the face of tough decisions, we're terrible quitters. And that is significantly holding us...
Author
Series
Questioneers (Chapter books) volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
When Rosie is unable to invent a contraption to help one of Aunt Rose's Raucous Riveters friends, she calls on classmates Iggy Peck and Ada Twist to help.
Rosie is working with Aunt Rose and her friends, the Raucous Riveters, on designing a new invention, but when her designs keep failing, Rosie starts to lose hope until her friends Iggy and Ada offer some help
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Each one of us has the opportunity to be a leader and to encourage the success and productivity of those around us. But such influence takes work, especially if you want to leave a lasting impact. Based on twenty-five years of research, Kouzes explores the tough issues today's leaders face, including how you can't take trust for granted, why failure should always be an option, and how to liberate the leader in everyone. Kouzes explains that leadership...
Author
Publisher
Rodale
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Every child messes up, sometimes in ways that seem sure to wreck their futures: a bad report card, poor sportsmanship, underaged drinking. These are tough moments for parent and child alike, often complicated by the fear that the misstep is also an indictment of our parenting. But what each of these "fails" has in common for our kids is the precious silver lining of a chance for character building and developing more grit-if we help them process...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition
Language
English
Description
"Award-winning Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson has influenced legion MBA grads as well as Big Think authors from Brené Brown to Adam Grant with her pioneering work on psychological safety. Now, Amy is bringing her work to the wider world, upending our entire cultural notion of failure with this guide to the science of failing well, which actualizes the potential of psychological safety for both individuals and organizations alike"--Provided...
Author
Series
Publisher
Free Spirit Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"How to Take the ACHE Out of Mistakes is a fun, humorous, and engaging guidebook that helps kids own their mistakes, fix them when possible, and learn from them. Includes a special note to parents and teachers"--
Author
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Success is all very well, but failure teaches us what is most important: humility. Costica Bradatan tells the stories of four thinkers who, for all their external success, courted failure throughout their years. From Simone Weil to Seneca and Gandhi, the greatest of us made meaningful lives by grasping the epiphanies of failure"--
9) Herzog
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
A suffering and persecuted intellectual, Moses E. Herzog passively accepts the disasters of his private and public affairs in an effort to survive modern civilization.
10) Pick and roll
Author
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Eighth-grader and starting point guard Roman is initially thrilled when big man Sebastian transfers schools and joins the team, but Sebastian's skills seem to have disappeared and the other kids are merciless in their criticism--then Roman's big sister gives him some advice: talk to Sebastian and find out what is going on, and add a pick-and-roll to the team playbook.
13) Marker
Author
Publisher
Two Lions
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Marker is one of the teacher's go-to school supplies. Her work is tip-top, and she always makes a lasting impression. That is, until Pinking Shears, a.k.a. Pink, arrives and dazzles everyone with her sharp creations. No longer the star of the desk, Marker begins to make mistakes"--
Author
Publisher
The Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"After seven years on the semi-pro wrestling circuit, Ricky Twohatchet, a.k.a. Richard Powell, needs one last match before he gets called up to the big leagues. Unlike some wrestlers who only play the stereotype, Ricky believes he comes by his persona honestly--he's half white and half Native American--even if he's never met his father. But the night of the match in Omaha, Nebraska, something askew in their intricate choreography sets him on a course...
Author
Publisher
Beascoa
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
Primera edici©đn.
Language
Español
Description
Rosa Pionera so©łaba con ser una gran ingeniera... Sola en el desv©Łn, bajo la luz de la luna, montaba chismes y artefactos como ninguna. Por timidez no se atrev©Ưa a decir nada, rebuscaba en la basura y recog©Ưa cachivaches que atesoraba. Con ellos constru©Ưa sus inventos, pero nadie pod©Ưa ver sus descubrimientos. Todo sigui©đ igual hasta que el oto©ło lleg©đ y su pariente m©Łs antiguo se present©đ. ℗ŁSu t©Ưa abuela Rosie!...
Author
Series
Mistborn novels volume 1
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Brandon Sanderson, fantasy?s newest master tale spinner, author of the acclaimed debut Elantris, dares to turn a genre on its head by asking a simple question: What if the hero of prophecy fails? What kind of world results when the Dark Lord is in charge? The answer will be found in the Mistborn Trilogy, a saga of surprises and magical martial-arts action that begins in Mistborn. For a thousand years the ash fell and no flowers bloomed. For a thousand...
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Failure is something that everyone encounters at some point in their lives, no matter how much you try to avoid it. Whether that's in school, in a friendship, or even playing your favorite sport, success is not a 100% certainty. Grownups, it's up to you to teach kids how to embrace it. This book doesn't paint a pretty face on failure. Instead, it rethinks what it means, and shows kids how to live their lives not trying to avoid it"--
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Santa Barbara Public Library can be requested from other Interlibrary Loan libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try suggesting a title. Submit Request