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In a business world where we are told that time is money, the real currency is communicating clearly at a poised and measured pace. Better Business Speech: Techniques, Tricks, and Shortcuts for Public Speaking at Work by Paul Geiger focuses on the challenges of being a strong communicator in a range of business settings. It begins with the basic premise that all speaking for business is public speaking. Therefore, these are the communication scenarios where any lack of confidence in speech ability will be magnified.

In Negotiation, Gavin Presman shares his ethical and mutually-beneficial approach, showing you how to prepare for and engage in every negotiation to achieve better results for yourself and others - whether you're drawing up a contract with a new client, buying a house or, often the trickiest of all, settling family disagreements.

Is it possible to tell if it is love or lust? How important is sex in a relationship? Why do break-ups hurt so much? How often should you message a person you fancy? How do you tell if someone is too young or too old for you? When it comes to relationships, these are the questions that most of us ponder. No matter how young or old we are, we are all looking for ways to make our relationships better. The best way to do that is to understand what makes us behave the way we do.

Franz Kafka es sin duda el autor más admirado, citado e interpretado de los últimos cien años. Su insuperable escritura, siempre a caballo entre el humor y el desasosiego, es un caldo de cultivo permanente para las más diversas disciplinas.

People do bad things. They misspeak, mislead, and misbehave. They lie, cheat, steal, and kill. Often, afterward, they apologize. But what makes a successful apology? Why does Joe Biden's 2007 apology for referring to Barack Obama as "articulate and bright" succeed, whereas Mel Gibson's 2006 apology for his anti-Semitic tirade fails? Naturally, the effectiveness of an apology depends on the language used, as well as the conditions under which we offer our regrets.

Technology insider Alice Marwick contends in this insightful book, “Web 2.0” only encouraged a preoccupation with status and attention. Her original research - which includes conversations. Marwick analyzes status-building techniques - such as self-branding, micro-celebrity, and life-streaming - to show that Web 2.0 did not provide a cultural revolution, but only furthered inequality and reinforced traditional social stratification, demarcated by race, class, and gender.

Book View Cafe's members include international best-selling authors and winners of the National Book Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, and many others. Most have sold multiple novels to major publishers. Many have taught writing at workshops around the world. The knowledge of these professional authors is gathered into a volume that will help both new and experienced writers cope with the creative challenges and the nuts-and-bolts business issues of a career in writing fiction.

In The Referral of a Lifetime, author Tim Templeton frames a powerful plan for cultivating clients and customers in a fable about businesswoman Susie McCumber, who feels increasingly like a failure. A friend refers her to the mysterious Mr. Highground, who introduces her to four successful people. They show her how they transformed their businesses and their lives by determining how others view them and how they view themselves.

It’s impossible to go a full day without using snark, so why fight it? Snark is everywhere, from television to movies to everyday life. This lively collection provides hours of entertainment - better than an Etch A Sketch, and more fun than Silly Putty! At the heart of it, being in a state of snark can be one of the most useful tools at one’s disposal and hence (yes, I used “hence”), a powerful way to get what you want. With snark, you can catch people completely off-guard, and royally piss them off.

Constance Hale, the best-selling author of Sin and Syntax, zooms in on the colorful world of verbs. Synthesizing the pedagogical and the popular, the scholarly and the scandalous, Hale combines the wit of Bill Bryson with the practical wisdom of William Zinsser. She marches through linguistic history to paint a layered picture of our language - from before it really existed to the quirky usages we see online today. She warns about habits to avoid and inspires with samples of brilliant writing.

You know them at first sight: teammates or colleagues, direct reports or bosses who radiate enthusiasm, positive energy, and inspiration. Even in difficult circumstances they glow with an attitude that inspires others, fosters a great working experience for everyone, and creates empowering relationships. And Lynda Gratton can make sure you're one of them.

From the best-selling author of Flip It!, Michael Heppell, comes the ultimate interactive self-help book and your workbook for success. >Brilliant Life is your life manual. Creating a brilliant life is easy when you know how.

Entriamo in un'agenzia di viaggi per prenotare una vacanza poco costosa al mare e usciamo avendone prenotata una dispendiosa in Giamaica, per un "colpo basso" del venditore. I simpatici vicini ci offrono una torta in regalo e qualche tempo dopo ci ritroviamo ad accudire il loro cane. Molti sono i modi e le tecniche per persuadere, perché tutti abbiamo qualcosa da offrire e da ottenere. A fini nobili e meno nobili. Il testo fa il punto sulle strategie persuasive nella pubblicità, nella politica, nei media e nelle relazioni interpersonali.

La letteratura salverà il marketing? Questo apparente paradosso è la chiave del successo per molte aziende che creano messaggi innovativi ed efficaci ispirandosi alle intuizioni dei grandi scrittori. Da Eraclito a Italo Calvino, da Stephen King ad Alessandro Baricco, la letteratura ha alimentato il nostro immaginario con idee, storie e personaggi indimenticabili.

Souveränität ist weiblich. Und für jede Frau erreichbar! Souveränität bedeutet, sicher, gelassen, selbstbewusst und freundlich, aber bestimmt zu sein. Wie es allen Frauen gelingt, diese Eigenschaften zu entfalten, zeigt die erfahrene Psychologin Eva Wlodarek. Auf der Basis ihrer langjährigen Praxis vermittelt sie wirkungsvolle Strategien. Die wesentlichen Säulen dieses Gesamtpakets für ein selbstbestimmtes Leben sind: freies Denken, bewusstes Fühlen, mutiges Handeln, kraftvolles Sprechen, sicheres Auftreten und klares Durchsetzen.

★☆★大好評！　10万部突破のロングセラー★☆★★☆★読者の声、続々届いています！★☆★「この本の言葉を実践するようになってから、周りの人の笑顔が増えたように感じる。

Wir sind täglich schlechten Kommunikationsmustern ausgesetzt. Nonpologys ("Du weißt doch, wie ich bin!"), Gaslighting ("Das hast du falsch verstanden.") oder toxische Positivität ("Kopf hoch!") schaden unserer Psyche und können uns auch körperlich krank machen. Basierend auf neusten Erkenntnissen aus Psychologie und Neurowissenschaften hat Kommunikationscoach Lisa Holtmeier eine "Wortmedizin" entwickelt, mit der wir uns vor schädlicher Sprache schützen und auch selbst gesund kommunizieren können.

多くの方がお子さんのコミュニケーションに課題を感じています。・「バカ」「お前」など、言葉遣いが悪い・友だちや兄弟とケンカばかり・引っ込み思案で言いたいことが言えない

In this book, Virender Kapoor shows you how to speak, persuade and motivate like Narendra Modi. Starting with an analysis of his inspiring rise from humble origins to the post of prime minister, the author goes on to show how Modi always appears to speak from the heart; how he uses facts and figures to substantiate his arguments; how he makes optimum use of similes, metaphors and word puns; how he tailors his speeches according to his audience; and his unique ways of packaging and presenting ideas.

Voicyで大人気著者の初エッセイ。年齢|キャリア|家族|人付き合い|etc…モヤモヤとした日常のからまりを私らしい日々に変えていく「考え方」のヒント