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You can hear--your baby can hear--so what's the deal? Every parent knows how frustrated babies become when they can't make themselves clear to their families. But now, before they can talk, they can tell you what they mean with signs!Signing has taken the parenting world by storm. Why? Every parent is eager to give their baby the best possible upbringing, the least frustration, and the best head start for achieving in today's driven, competitive society....
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2023.
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Drawing on his almost 40 years as a Navy SEAL, Admiral McRaven, who dealt with every conceivable leadership challenge, from commanding combat operations, including the capture of Saddam Hussein, to rescue missions and the raid for Osama bin Laden, discusses the leadership qualities that separate the good from the truly great.
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2017.
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Get Better: 15 Proven Practices to Build Effective Relationships , FranklinCovey's Chief People Officer Todd Davis explains that an organization's greatest asset isn't its people; rather, it's the relationships between its people that is the greatest predictor of personal effectiveness. In the end, employees' ability to build and sustain great relationships is an organization's ultimate competitive advantage. Ideal for professional people at all...
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[2022]
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"Confidence noun con·fi·dence : when you know who you are, own who you're not, and choose to embrace all of it. If you had more confidence, what decisions would you make? What risks would you take? What dreams would you chase? For women, confidence is often associated with doing it all--and doing it perfectly. When I earn that promotion, lose ten pounds, or meet the person of my dreams...then I'll feel confident. We've been bombarded with messaging...
8) Penguin
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2007.
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Ben is delighted to receive a penguin for his birthday but Penguin will not answer or respond to him in any way, no matter what Ben does, until, at last, they discover the language of friendship.
When Ben gets a stuffed penguin as a gift, he tries a lot of different things to get it to talk.
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2024.
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English
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From the rise of artificial intelligence and speaking robots, to brain implants and computer-facilitated telepathy, language and communications expert Philip Seargeant surveys the development of new digital 'languages', such as emojis, animated gifs and memes, and investigates how conventions of spoken and written language are being modified by new trends in communication. From George Orwell's fictional predictions in Nineteen Eighty-Four to the very...
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2014.
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"The bestselling authors of the classic Difficult Conversations teach us how to turn evaluations, advice, criticisms, and coaching into productive listening and learning We swim in an ocean of feedback. Bosses, colleagues, customers--but also family, friends, and in-laws--they all have "suggestions" for our performance, parenting, or appearance. We know that feedback is essential for healthy relationships and professional development--but we dread...
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[2019]
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English
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"In finite games, like football or chess, the players are known, the rules are fixed, and the endpoint is clear. The winners and losers are easily identified. In infinite games, like business or politics or life itself, the players come and go, the rules are changeable, and there is no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers in an infinite game; there is only ahead and behind. The more I started to understand the difference between finite...
17) Telephone
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[2014]
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In this picture book a string of birds on a telephone wire plays a game of telephone, with the usual mixed up results.
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[2024]
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"By having carefully structured conversations about taboo topics instead of avoiding them altogether, organizations can safely confront biases and stereotypes and become stronger and more inclusive. Politics, religion, race-we can't talk about topics like these at work, right? But in fact, these conversations are happening all the time, either in real life or virtually. And if they aren't handled effectively, they can become more polarizing and divisive,...
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[2021]
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English
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My wife drives me crazy sometimes. My husband should already know what I need. Is our marriage in trouble if we fight all the time? Is it possible to learn how to fight? For the last several years, Penn and Kim Holderness have done the hard maintenance and the research. With the help of their marriage coach Dr. Christopher Edmonston, they break down their biggest (and in some cases, funniest) fights. How did a question about chicken wings turn into...
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