Without a doubt, the institution of the presidency today is quite different from the one that existed throughout the early part of the nation’s history, despite only minimal revisions to its formal constitutional structure. The processes by which the institution of the presidency has developed have remained largely unexamined, however. Victoria A. Farrar-Myers offers a carefully crafted argument about how changes in presidential authority transform the institution. Her analysis tracks interactions between the president and Congress during the years 1881–1920 in three policy areas: the commitment of troops, the creation of administrative agencies, and the adoption of tariff policy. Farrar-Myers shows that Congress and the president have in fact “created a coordinated script that provides the basis of precedent for future interactions under similar circumstances.” Changes in presidential authority, she argues, “are the residual of everyday actions,” which create new shared understandings of expected behavior. As these understandings are reinforced over time, they become interwoven into the institution of the presidency itself. Farrar-Myers’s analysis will offer theoretical guidance for political scientists’ understanding of the development of presidential authority and the processes that drive the institutionalization of the presidency, and will provide historians with a nuanced understanding of the institution from the period between the end of Reconstruction and the Progressive era.

Includes bibliography, index.

The things we tell ourselves affect how well or poorly our path in life goes. It’s time to flip the script on the internal stories you tell yourself and live life on your terms. Most of the “self-stories” you tell yourself—the kind of person you say you are and the things you are capable of—are invisible to you because they have become such a part of your everyday mental routine that you don’t even recognize they exist. Yet, these self-stories influence everything you do, everything you say, and everything you are. Choose Your Story, Change Your Life will help you take complete control of your self-stories and create the life you’ve always dreamed you’d have. Author Kindra Hall offers up a new window into your psychology, one that travels the distance from the frontiers of neuroscience to the deep inner workings of your thoughts and feelings. In Choose Your Story, Change Your Life, Kindra will help you: Uncover the truth of how you have created the life you have; Challenge everything you think you know about how your life has been built; Uncover the clear steps you can take to create the life you want; Take control of your self-story to become the author of who you are; and Live your life in a way you never have before. This eye-opening, but applicable journey will transform you from a passive listener of these limiting, unconscious thoughts to the definitive author of who you are and everything you want to be. Changing your life is as simple as choosing better stories to tell yourself. If you can change your story, you can change your life.

Why is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? The primary obstacle is a conflict that's built into our brains, say Chip and Dan Heath, authors of the critically acclaimed bestseller Made to Stick. Psychologists have discovered that our minds are ruled by two different systems - the rational mind and the emotional mind—that compete for control. The rational mind wants a great beach body; the emotional mind wants that Oreo cookie. The rational mind wants to change something at work; the emotional mind loves the comfort of the existing routine. This tension can doom a change effort - but if it is overcome, change can come quickly. In Switch, the Heaths show how everyday people - employees and managers, parents and nurses - have united both minds and, as a result, achieved dramatic results: • The lowly medical interns who managed to defeat an entrenched, decades-old medical practice that was endangering patients • The home-organizing guru who developed a simple technique for overcoming the dread of housekeeping • The manager who transformed a lackadaisical customer-support team into service zealots by removing a standard tool of customer service In a compelling, story-driven narrative, the Heaths bring together decades of counterintuitive research in psychology, sociology, and other fields to shed new light on how we can effect transformative change. Switch shows that successful changes follow a pattern, a pattern you can use to make the changes that matter to you, whether your interest is in changing the world or changing your waistline.

This book is about changing your story from the old one, to a new and improved one. This book is for anyone that is tired of the same boring routine. Its for anyone that wants to change their life for the better, and become the greatest version of them selves.

The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story, Change Your Life Have you ever felt as though your life is stuck in a pattern?Would you like a clear, simple message to help yourself—and others—break free of limitations and live your God-appointed destiny?Are you seeking to understand your prophetic calling? God has a story for your life. It is a prophetic story; the story of an abundant life—full of faith and purpose. Your Father’s story is that He is redeeming things of the past, and that He has a destiny for you to stride confidently into. ‘The script’ is any story-line that is at work in your life, that is not in accordance with God’s Word—and what He says about you A counterfeit script can originate from from past traumas or hurts, or arise from the opinions or actions of others. It can be a generational story-line. It can even arise from a limiting factor in real life - and sound very reasonable until you hold it up against God's Word. But God has a prophetic story for your life, and a calling and destiny that no one else can fulfil. You do not have to put up with that old script any longer! It's time to break out, discover and walk in your prophetic destiny. Signs of a counterfeit script at work include: There is a story you tell yourself (and others) of why you get stuck and do not move forward in some area of your lifeThere is something your life is characterized by, that is not in accordance with God’s wordYou experience a prevailing mood or atmosphere that is not ‘righteousness peace and joy’There are recurring cycles of limitation or failure in your life, or that of your familyYou experience anxiety in the area of your future, relationships, finances, or healthThere are limitations that threaten your ability to live the destiny God has prepared for you In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story, Change Your Life’ you will receive clear guidelines to help you identify and break free of every counterfeit storyline and step boldly into God’s prophetic purpose for your life. In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story Change Your Life’ you will learn: What a script is, and five ways it can come into operationHow to identify and defeat a counterfeit scriptHow to identify and break a generational storyline (curse)How to replace the script with God’s prophetic story for your lifeKey questions that will help you identify your prophetic calling In ‘The Script: Choose Your Prophetic Story Change Your Life’ Helen shares her own testimonies of breaking free from personal and generational scripts, and encourages you to live a life empowered by the Word of God. Chapter Summary: 1. Jesus, Deliverer 2. The Script 3. Where Does a Script Come from? 4. How to Defeat the Script 5. Replace The Script with God’s Prophetic Story for Your Life 6. Two Script-Breaking Truths 7. How to Identify Your Prophetic Calling 8. It’s Time to Move On Prayer and Declaration

After practicing psychotherapy for thirty-five plus years, Dale Perrin knows a thing or two about changing one's lot in life. After all, she's had to do it herself. I Wrote the Script, but I Want to Change the Ending is her inspirational autobiography, telling the story of a woman determined never to let her past dictate her future. Using her unique voice, Perrin depicts her challenges as a single woman living and working in small Canadian cities from the 1940s to the late 1990s. She details her struggles with patriarchy, chauvinism, institutional systems, and living with multiple sclerosis, yet shows how the healing power of love and the essential goodness of humanity sustained her. With a dose of wit and a large helping of humility, Perrin takes you through the ages and stages of her life, revealing how you can change your circumstances by differentiating between what the world expects of you and what you expect from yourself. Uncover patterns of thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that may be sabotaging your efforts to be the best of who you are, and take a lesson from Perrin: it's never too late to rewrite the ending of your script!