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When Bo Seo was 8 years old, he and his family migrated from Korea to Australia. At the time, he did not speak English, and, unsurprisingly, struggled at school. But, then, in fifth grade, something happened to change his life: he discovered competitive debate. Immediately, he was hooked. It turned out, perhaps counterintuitively, that debating was the perfect activity for someone shy and unsure of himself. It became a way for Bo not only to find his voice, but to excel socially and academically. And he’s not the only one.

What is language? Why do we have it? Where does it come from? Why does that matter? Upending centuries of scholarship (including, most recently, Chomsky and Pinker) The Language Game shows how people learn to talk not by acquiring fixed meanings and rules, but by picking up, reusing and recombining countless linguistic fragments in novel ways.

The Theory of Constraints (TOC) has been successfully applied in almost every area of human endeavor. And while Eli Goldratt is indeed a scientist, an educator and a business leader, he is first and foremost a philosopher. He is a thinker who provokes others to do the same. Dr. Goldratt exhorts his readers to examine and reassess their lives and business practices by cultivating a different perspective. In his latest book, The Choice, Goldratt once again presents his thought provoking approach.

Renowned psychologist and best-selling author of The Dance of Anger sheds new light on the two most important words in the English language - I'm sorry - and offers a unique perspective on the challenge of healing broken connections and restoring trust.

The first book specifically for daughters suffering from the emotional abuse of selfish, self-involved mothers, Will I Ever Be Good Enough? provides the expert assistance you need in order to overcome this debilitating history and reclaim your life for yourself.

★自分の反応が、相手の反応を呼ぶ――自分のアップダウンをなくし、感情の行き違いを防ぐ、中谷流・人間関係術。●相手のアップダウンを大きくしているのは、自分。●精神的に安定している人は、スパッと別れる。●上がる波は、短期。下がる波は、長期。●ムカッと来た時に、その人の基準が表れる。●ある一定のテンションをキープしよう。●犠牲的な人は、見返りを求めている。●相手に「波」が来たら、放っておこう。●「ちょっと怒っているよ」と自分で言える人は、冷静。★何度も聴いて、テンションを安定。

モテないのは、あなたが寂しがりやだから!?このセミナーは、こんな人にオススメです。1.ズバリ!モテたい方。2.20代には、あまりモテなかった方。3.寂しがりやで、メンタルが弱い方。●寂しい20代を送った男は、モテる。●一人でいられる、男になろう。●クリスマスも、年越しも一人でいよう。●30代で、勘違いに気づける女性になろう。●男は、ただ待っていればいい。男はどっしりジタバタしない。これが、モテの第一歩。何度も聴いて、頼りがいのあるどっしりした男になりましょう! ※本商品は、CDセミナー(「別冊・中谷彰宏」Vol.4「ジタバタしない男を、いい女は求めている。」――大きくより、深く愛しあう魔法、5,000円、2007年、リブラ・エージェンシー刊)のダイジェスト版です。

★脇の甘さで、勝負しよう。中谷流・弱点愛され術。 ★おとぼけ、うっかり、だらしなさ――脇が甘い人は人気者です。 仕事にしても、恋愛にしても、愛されてなんぼ。 隙がない人、そつがない人は、愛され力がイマイチなのが実情。 突っ込みを入れられますか?あだ名をつけられますか?そんな些細なことが、あなたの人気のバロメーター。 弱点を上手にアピールすることで、もっと愛される。 愛されキャラに生まれ変わる方法、中谷さんから伺いました。 ★こんな方に、オススメです♪ □突っ込みを入れられにくい方。 □あだ名が付けられにくい方。 □振り回されず、自分の生き方をしたい方。 ★別ナカ76――7つの学び ○「噂話に、愛をこめよう。」 ○「弱点を持つのがヒーロー。欠点を持つのが悪役。」 ○「突っ込みは、愛。」 ○「初めてのことができるかが、勝負。」 ○「女性は不安になると、だらしなくなる。」 ○「女性には、脅しは通用しない。」 ○「一人で生きていく覚悟がある人が、モテる。」

A brash, enlightening, and wildly entertaining feminist look at gendered language and the way it shapes us, written with humor and playfulness that challenges words and phrases and how we use them. Montell effortlessly moves between history and popular culture to explore these questions and more. Wordslut gets to the heart of our language, marvels at its elasticity, and sheds much-needed light into the biases that shadow women in our culture and our consciousness.

In a world where your voice totally matters, what do you do if you don't have the sexiest voice, the most commanding voice, the most articulate voice...or are simply not happy with the voice you have?

The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. is an American English writing style guide. It is one of the best-known and most influential prescriptive treatments of English grammar and usage, and often is required reading in US high school and university composition classes. The original 1918 edition of The Elements of Style detailed eight elementary rules of usage, 10 elementary principles of composition, a few matters of form, and a list of commonly "misused" words and expressions.

This audiobook is a leading accent-reduction toolkit with practical exercises to master a general American accent. It contains explanations on how to form correct English sounds. The audiobook provides extensive practice with words, sentences, and funny verses. This audiobook is compact and easy to use with its 44 short lessons, each devoted to a single phoneme.

Based on thirty years of research among forty thousand people in sixty countries, Wharton Business School Professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Stuart Diamond shows in this unique and revolutionary book how emotional intelligence, perceptions, cultural diversity and collaboration produce four times as much value as old-school, conflictive, power, leverage and logic.

Diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of eight, Dr Camilla Pang struggled to understand the world around her. Desperate for a solution, Camilla asked her mother if there was an instruction manual for humans that she could consult. But, without the blueprint to life she was hoping for, Camilla began to create her own. Now armed with a PhD in biochemistry, Camilla dismantles our obscure social customs and identifies what it really means to be human using her unique expertise and a language she knows best: science.

You want to make better decisions. You want to be right more of the time professionally and personally. However, being more right consistently is a hard problem because the world is such a complex, evolving place. How do you navigate this complexity? Mental models are decision-making tools that guide our perception of the world and our behaviour in it. They help us understand life, make decisions and solve problems. The best models help us make intelligent investments, develop groundbreaking technologies and even travel to outer space.

If everyone is looking to secure a relationship with their perceived best option, then the perception of value must be at the heart of human coupling. In this groundbreaking work, psychologist Orion Taraban sets forth his economic model of relationships and exposes the often uncomfortable laws that govern the sexual marketplace. After listening to "The Value of Others," you'll never look at relationships the same way again.

Actionable and applicable verbal maneuvers for just about every phase of conversation—good and bad. Whatever your conversational goal, you’ll find tactics to put you in a winning position—in a literal sense with arguments and in a figurative sense with making friends. You can never underestimate the power of a simple conversation.

We are living through a period of unprecedented uncertainty and upheaval in both our personal and professional lives. So it should come as a surprise to exactly no one that trust, human connection, and mental well-being are all on the decline. This may seem like no laughing matter. Yet, the research shows that humor and laughter are among the most valuable tools we have at our disposal for strengthening bonds and relationships, diffusing stress and tension, boosting resilience, and performing when the stakes are high.

The best seller that helps you say, "I just said 'no', and I don't feel guilty!" Are you letting your kids get away with murder? Are you allowing your mother-in-law to impose her will on you? Are you embarrassed by praise or crushed by criticism? Are you having trouble coping with people? Learn the answers in When I Say No, I Feel Guilty, the best seller with revolutionary new techniques for getting your own way.

I studied over 200 of the best TED talks. I broke each TED talk down in terms of structure, message, and delivery. Here's what I discovered: After studying over 200 TED talks, the one commonality among all the great TED talks is that they contain stories. Discover the 23 storytelling secrets of the best TED talks! In this short, but powerful, guide you're going to learn how to use stories to make your presentations engaging and entertaining.