EVENTS starting in September at Better Books:
Cuban-styled Salsa lessons.
Better Books is proud to be the venue for these lessons which are Monday and Wednesday nights, 8 - 9 pm starting 12 September. 30 KD for 8 lessons.·
7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens Workshop.
An intensive weeklong workshop for your teen (See below for complete description). 11 - 15 September 6 - 8 pm nightly. 30 KD.·
Movie Nights.
Twice a week movie nights are returning for adults, every Wednesday, and children, every Thursday (See below for partial schedule).
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Better Books and Cafe will host a workshop titled “The 7 Habits of Effective Teens” September 11 - 15 from 6-8 pm.What are the 7 Habits? They are briefly described below.
Habit 1: Be Proactive. Taking initiative in life by realizing your decisions are the primary determining factor for effectiveness in your life. Taking responsibility for your choices and the subsequent consequences that follow. Getting things done.
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind. Self-discover and clarify your deeply important character values and life goals. Envision the ideal characteristics for each of your various roles and relationships in life. It is always better to try and foresee situations. Predict outcomes and then think of worst case scenarios, will help come up with informed decisions.
Habit 3: Put First Things First. Planning, prioritizing, and executing your week's tasks based on importance rather than urgency. Prioritization is the key to the success of any business or in any walk of life. Being proactive rather than being reactive leads to success.
Habit 4: Think Win-Win. Genuinely striving for mutually beneficial solutions or agreements in your relationships. Valuing and respecting people by understanding a "win" for all is ultimately a better long-term resolution than if only one person in the situation had gotten his way. Everyone will feel inclusive and involved. A better environment of trust and loyalty establishes.
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be understood. Using empathetic listening to be genuinely influenced by a person, which compels them to reciprocate the listening and take an open mind to being influenced by you. This creates an atmosphere of caring, respect, and positive problem solving. This can also avoid situations where the problem does not actually exist and it’s just a matter of misunderstanding. It is always said that listen double to what you talk since we have 2 ears to listen and one mouth to talk.§
Habit 6: Synergize. Combining the strengths of people through positive teamwork, so as to achieve goals no one person could have done alone. How to yield the most prolific performance out of a group of people through encouraging meaningful contribution, and modeling inspirational and supportive leadership. Everyone is a master of something and not everything. Positive potentials can be put together to achieve better results.§
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw. The balancing and renewal of your resources, energy, and health to create a sustainable long-term effective lifestyle. This is constant improvement of one's self in order to be a better human being and to sharpen one's skills in order to achieve better results.
What will participants gain from this workshop? Participants will gain knowledge to apply to their lives. This will improve their life at school and home. As the title of the workshop says, it gives them habits to make them more effective. Who can attend this interactive and informative workshop? Your teen - age 12 and upFee: 30 KD - Prior registration is required, please call 66637351. Certificate and materials included.The instructor is an alumnus of Harvard University.
Movie Nights at Better Books and Cafe Better Books and Cafe will continue its highly successful Adult and Children Movie Nights, every Thursday night 6-8 pm for children and every Wednesday night 6-8 pm for adults. There will be a 1 KD charge for juice and popcorn.
Children’s Movie Night schedule
September 15: Fast FiveSeptember
22: Pirates of the CaribbeanSeptember
29: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
October 6: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
October 13: The Lion King
October 20: Ratatouille
October 27: TwilightNovember 3: X-Men
Adult’s Movie Night schedule
September 14: Seven Samurai (1954 version) Japanese classic with English sub-title
September 21: Himalaya - Award winning film shot in Nepal
September 28: Blood Wedding - Spanish classic with English sub-titles
October 5: Travelers and Magicians - Lovely film shot in the Himalayan Kingdom of Bhutan
October 12: El Amor Brujo (Love, the Magician) - Another Spanish classic
October 19: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939 version)
October 26: Frankenstein (1994 version with Robert De Niro)
November 2: A Mid Summer’s Night Dream - Shakespeare’s classic comedy
More movies will follow after the November Eid. Reservations are not necessary but they are recommended. Tickets will be sold in advance and admission will be first come, first serve with an absolute maximum capacity of 20 audience members for each movie night. Better Books reserves the right to expel unruly or otherwise disruptive children. If you need directions, email betterbookskuwait@hotmail.com or call 66637351.
Can you answer any of these 3 questions?
1. Do you know a university student or unemployed adult who wants real job experience to put on their resume? Due to a successful summer intern season, Better Books is continuing to offer internships to college students and adults who are in between jobs. Part time internships with flexible hours are available. As always, a certificate of completion and letter of reference will be offered. Drop in and talk to be us.
2. Do you know a group that needs a meeting venue? Better Books has two spacious rooms available. Drop in and talk to us.
3. Do you know anyone or any group who visits people in jail here in Kuwait?Better Books has books it wants to donate to prisoners in jail.
LWDLIK- Thank you Maxine xx
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