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The Great Courses – Strategic Thinking Skills – Videos

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The Great Courses – Strategic Thinking Skills – Videos
English | Size: 7.65 GB
Category: Video


Mastering the art and craft of strategic thinking can help you plan more effectively with an eye for avoiding unpleasant surprises;
impose a stronger sense of order on chaotic, disorderly projects and scenarios; make savvier decisions and outsmart your competitors with greater confidence and ease; and increase your productivity and satisfaction at work and at home. [Read more…]

Machiavelli in Context (The Great Courses)

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Machiavelli in Context (The Great Courses)
English | Size: 492.37 MB
Category: Tutorial


An indistinct figure quietly making his way through the darkest corridors of power, hatching plots to play one rival against another
A cold-blooded political liar, ready to justify any duplicity undertaken in the name of a noble end that will ultimately justify the most malignant means
A coolly practical leader-amoral at best-willing to do whatever is necessary in a world governed not by ideas of right or wrong, but by solutions dictated by realpolitik.
But does the Machiavelli most of us think we know bear any resemblance to the Machiavelli who lived, pondered, and wrote? [Read more…]

The Great Courses – The Psychology of Performance How to Be Your Best in Life (Unabridged)

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The Great Courses – The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life (Unabridged)
English | Size: 398.12 MB
Category: Tutorial


“How do you get to Carnegie Hall?” “Practice. Practice. Practice.” Today, the relatively new science of performance psychology tells us that old answer is incomplete at best. In The Psychology of Performance: How to Be Your Best in Life, clinical sport psychologist Eddie O’Connor, PhD, shares the best ways for you to reach your personal Carnegie Hall based on the latest scientific research – whether your performance environment is music, dance, business, or sport. These often surprising research results will make you rethink your own performance strategies, offering approaches you might never have considered and busting myths you might have taken as truth. [Read more…]

The Great Courses – The Addictive Brain

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The Great Courses – The Addictive Brain

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Category: Audio Books


Synopsis: Addiction touches us all. Whether it’s a friend who can’t quit smoking, a colleague afflicted with alcoholism, or a relative abusing prescription drugs, we all know someone who suffers from some form of addiction-we may even have an addiction ourselves. By some estimates, roughly one in four Americans might be considered addicts. On the other hand, many of us use substances such as alcohol recreationally, without suffering the physical or psychological symptoms of addiction. So what is the difference between drug use, abuse, and clinical addiction? What causes addictions? What happens when your brain is on drugs, and why do addicts behave the way they do? [Read more…]

How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication | The Great Courses

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How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication | The Great Courses

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Category: Self Growth


Being a great conversationalist requires practice and effort. The good news is it’s a skill set anyone can acquire and refine. In just six lectures,How Conversation Works: 6 Lessons for Better Communication will teach you key strategies that can dramatically improve your ability to converse with anyone, from strangers to supervisors. Delivered by award-winning English professor Anne Curzan of the University of Michigan, this highly practical course focuses on the fundamental principles you need to know to become more conversationally aware and savvy at home, in the workplace, and beyond.
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Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory | The Great Courses

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Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory | The Great Courses
English | Size: 2.12 GB
Category: Self Growth


Peter M. Vishton, Ph.D.
The College of William & Mary

What was the name of your first pet? Where did you put your house keys? How do you get to work every morning? Most likely, you didn’t need to look up the answers to these questions. You remembered them. Memory is, without a doubt, the most powerful (and practical) tool of everyday life. By linking both your past and your future, memory gives you the power to plan, to reason, to perceive, and to understand. As long as thinking and insight are important in how we live our lives, memory will be critical as well. And the better your memory, the more information you’ll have at your immediate disposal and the better your thinking will be.
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Scientific Secrets for Self-Control | The Great Courses

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Scientific Secrets for Self-Control | The Great Courses
English | Size: 1.47 GB
Category: Self Growth


C. Nathan DeWall, Ph.D.
University of Kentucky

We’ve all said it to ourselves at one point or another: “If only I had more willpower, I could do the things I really want to do.” Having the mental fortitude to reach your goals, whether they concern your job, your personal finances, your skills at a hobby, or even your waistline, seems forever unattainable. But here’s the truth: Greater willpower and lasting success actually well within your reach.
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Understanding Nonverbal Communication | The Great Courses

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Understanding Nonverbal Communication | The Great Courses
English | Size: 1.21 GB
Category: eLearning


Mark G. Frank, Ph.D.
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Posture. Eye contact and blinking. Gestures. Tone and pitch. Gait. Body type and clothing choices. How much of our communication is nonverbal? Many people have heard the claim that 93% of what we express is conveyed through nonverbal communication. After a study in the 1960s, this idea spread into mainstream thinking and changed the way we viewed and interpreted our interactions with others.
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