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Say no without being an a**hole and save yourself from burnout with "pep talks and sage advice" from the New York Times bestselling author of The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F*ck (HelloGiggles).
Are you burnt out from taking on more than you can handle or accepting less than you deserve? Tired of giving in instead of sticking up for yourself? Sick of saying yes all the time? You're gonna love F*CK NO!
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Anna Sale wants you to have that conversation. You know the one. The one that you've been avoiding or putting off, maybe for years. The one that you've thought they'll never understand or do I really want to bring that up? or it's not going to go well, so why even try? Sale is the founder and host of WNYC's popular, award-winning podcast 'Death, Sex, & Money', and in 'Lets Talk About Hard Things', she uses the best of what she's learned from her podcast...
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For over thirty-five years, parents have turned to How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk for its respectful and effective solutions to the unending challenges of raising children. Now, in response to growing demand, Adele's daughter, Joanna Faber, along with Julie King, tailor How to Talk's powerful communication skills to children ages two to seven. Faber and King, each a parenting expert in her own right, share their wisdom...
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"When you think you have the answers, you need to be asking a lot more questions-and embracing fearless curiosity. In this timely, personal guide, journalist Mónica Guzmán shows why curiosity is our best policy and how you can put it to work for you immediately, sharing practical tips from the trenches of the social, political, and cultural divides"--
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"An all-new guide from the mega-bestselling How To Talk series applies trusted and effective communication strategies to the toughest challenges of raising children. For forty years, readers have turned to Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish's How To Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, the book The Boston Globe called, "the parenting Bible," for a respectful and practical approach to communication with children. Expanding upon this work,...
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A closed door, an exasperated expression, a noisy workstation, a cultural misunderstanding-all of these are examples of "noise," a general term for anything that gets in the way of effective communication. The key to overcoming communication barriers is to be able to identify and understand them. This program explains the various types of noise and details specific examples of physical, organizational, emotional, nonverbal, cultural, language-related...
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For ideas to evolve and for societies to progress, we need rebels to challenge conventional wisdom and improve on it. Unfortunately, most of use perceive non-conformists as disloyal, reckless, destructive, or just plain weird. Kashdan shows how to make change, rebel against an unhealthy status quo-- and become better allies of our leaders in charge. This will ensure that the best ideas, products, and solutions survive and win the day. -- adapted from...
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Ruling the planet isn’t quite the piece of cake Eve expected. The crew is battling cabin fever and Eve needs to prepare a ceremonial message for Universe Day with no time to spare. Will a crash course in audience engagement be enough to help Eve win over the entire universe?
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Communication is the transferring of information from one person to another and helps us in making new friends. The development of communication skills in children can help build positive interpersonal relationships. Effective communication skills help children to manage their emotions and to solve conflict without violence. Verbal and non-verbal skills are investigated, demonstrating why children need to be aware that there are different communication...
31) Debates
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With an election looming, it’s time for Eve, President of the Entire Earth, to find out if she got this job simply because of her height or whether she’s got the right stuff. What does a debate involve? How can she win it? Who is her mystery opponent? And just how displeasing is wasp pie?
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Language is a crucial part of human identity. It influences the way we think, talk, and write about ourselves and others. In this program, the relationship between language and identity is explored as we follow Detective Quinn’s investigation of a bank robbery. Listen to the interviews of four witnesses with very different ways of speaking: Queen’s English, Australian ocker, business jargon, and hip-hop. At the end of each witness statement, information...
33) Young & Gifted, Christopher Duffley, 15, Blind and Autistic Teen Inspiring Others With His Voice
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The YouTube sensation and podcaster is using his talents to inspire people with disabilities.
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Eve has barely warmed up her Presidential office chair and a crisis is already looming. Watch the lunacy unfold as Eve scrambles to deliver her first big oral presentation with help from her future self. Can she achieve the unthinkable and prevent an unhinged alien from annihilating Earth? And more importantly, how can she get out of wearing ugly Presidential hats and badges?
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Full of essential advice for spotlight lovers and wallflowers alike, this book will teach you how to bring any crowd to its feet. Your day is full of moments when you must persuade, inform, and motivate others. Each of those moments requires you to play a role, to heighten the impact of your words, and to manage your emotions and nerves--if you want to steal the show, that is. Every interaction is a performance, whether you're speaking up in a meeting,...
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Language evolves to reflect a changing world, and technology has had an incredible impact on the way we live and communicate. This engaging and informative program compares the way a person might have communicated in 1960 to the way we communicate today by following a young writer on vacation then and now. In the 1960s, she uses postcards and letters to correspond with friends back home, while today it’s text messages and emails. Audiences will...
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"From Erica Dhawan, co-author of Get Big Things Done, the definitive guide to communicating and connecting wherever you are. Email replies that show up a week later. Video chats full of "oops sorry no you go" and "can you hear me?!" Ambiguous text-messages. Weird punctuation you can't make heads or tails of. Is it any wonder communication takes us so much time and effort to figure out? How did we lose our innate capacity to understand each other?...
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Improve your personal and professional relationships instantly with this timeless guide to communication, listening skills, body language, and conflict resolution.
Maybe a wall of silent resentment has shut you off from someone you love. Maybe you listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other. Or maybe your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you. People Skills is a communication skills handbook...
Maybe a wall of silent resentment has shut you off from someone you love. Maybe you listen to an argument in which neither party seems to hear the other. Or maybe your mind drifts to other matters when people talk to you. People Skills is a communication skills handbook...
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Since 1992, Chapman's bestselling book "The Five Love Languages" has helped millions of couples develop stronger, more fulfilling relationships by teaching them to speak each others' love language. Now parents can discover their child's primary language and learn what they can do to effectively convey unconditional feelings of respect, affection, and commitment.