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Complete with practical steps and points for personal examination, this book will not only inspire you, but will place you firmly on the path to a more magnanimous life.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56303920775541,"sku":"9781594172175","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781594172175_90d32fd0-38dc-43ed-a308-ce815efb43dc.jpg?v=1786034476"},{"product_id":"9781594173370","title":"From Temperament to Character","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo attempt to practice Virtuous Leadership can succeed without a basic understanding of temperament and character, which, together, constitute human personality. The Virtuous Leadership approach to temperament affirms the legitimate diversity of our physiological and psychological makeup, and proposes that temperament, rightly understood, undergirds the efforts of all persons to flourish and achieve excellence. It recognizes that temperament does not determine goals (much less outcomes), but instead gives shape and color to the efforts of human beings to flourish through mastering the habits of excellence. In doing so, the habits of excellence –              the virtues –              become second-nature to us, part and parcel of our very selves. And thus, we ascend from temperament to character, and are no longer slaves to our natural inclinations but have achieved self-mastery in true human freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56312642634101,"sku":"9781594173370","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781594173370_3209e188-0519-463f-b1a7-23abc8789265.jpg?v=1786023066"},{"product_id":"seven-prophets-and-the-culture-war","title":"Seven Prophets and the Culture War","description":"\u003cp\u003eThree of the seven “             prophets”              presented in this book—             Descartes,Rousseau, and Nietzsche—             provoked or facilitated, through their intellectual activity, great upheavals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe others—             Pascal, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, and Soloviev—              predicted these very upheavals but showed us the way to overcome them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf we study all seven of these philosophers in depth, we will have an easier time grasping the essence and origin of the universal drama now unfolding before our eyes and we will make wise and courageous choices for a better future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlex Havard walks us through the hills and valleys of recent history: the philosophical pitfalls embraced by the world, and the transcendent values and virtues that will help us overcome them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is our way forward, as a collective community—             a way to understand where the intellectual confusion began, so that we may find our way out of it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484221743477,"sku":"9781594175060","price":14.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781594175060.jpg?v=1786266269"},{"product_id":"virtuous-leadership-an-agenda-for-personal-excellence","title":"Virtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence","description":"\u003cp\u003eLeadership is often said to be a quality that a person is either born with, or is not.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat if “leadership” was not something reserved for CEOs and politicians, but rather a skill that one can hone through practice?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eVirtuous Leadership: An Agenda for Personal Excellence\u003c\/i\u003e, based on his executive program of the same name, Alexandre Havard provides readers with a roadmap to becoming a charismatic leader, no matter their station in life, including tips such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why “thinking big” and striving towards greatness outweighs a magnetic personality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why devotion to service is a key quality of a strong leader \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How the four cardinal virtues set a solid foundation for solid leaders and how to grow in them \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How to adopt the qualities history’s best leaders have in common \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Actionable steps to achieving personal excellence in your own life \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Havard keenly asserts, every member of society is a leader in one way or another. “Heads of state, schoolteachers, captains of industry, housewives, military chiefs of staff, and health care workers—all exercise leadership.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile detailing exactly how to strive for a life of virtue, Havard pulls from the greatest minds in history, from Greek philosophers through modern day minds like Josef Pieper and St. Josemaría Escrivá. 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