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Updated for today's readers, Dale Carnegie's timeless bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People is a classic that has improved and transformed the professional and personal and lives of millions.
One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie's groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known language, and has helped countless people succeed.
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One of the best-known motivational guides in history, Dale Carnegie's groundbreaking book has sold tens of millions of copies, been translated into almost every known language, and has helped countless people succeed.
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The Penguin Press
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c2013.
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English
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Explores how human thoughts and decisions are often influenced by factors outside of our control, offering insights into brain complexities that are susceptible to environmental factors while sharing illuminating anecdotes about how people have been effectively manipulated by external stimuli.
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DK
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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See how psychology can be applied to real-life situations from the workplace to the sports field. Tap into the workings of the human mind, find out what can go wrong with it, and learn about the many therapies and treatments now available. With clear, easy-to-understand graphics.
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
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DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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"Gu̕a gr̀fica para comprender a psicolog̕a ¿C̤mo podemos reprogramar la mente y aprender mejor? ¿Qǔ ťnicas nos ayudan a rebajar la tensi̤n cuando negociamos? ¿Qǔ trucos psicol̤gicos usan los anunciantes para lograr que compremos m̀s? Aprende a aplicar la psicolog̕a a las situaciones cotidianas, desde el trabajo hasta el deporte. Descubre el funcionamiento de la mente, conoce los trastornos que pueden afectarla e inf̤rmate sobre las...
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St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
[2018]
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English
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"Have you spent your life shrinking from opportunities you were dying to seize but feel "that's just who I am"? Well, screw that! You actually can change, and it doesn't take exceptional intelligence or a therapist who's looking forward to finally buying Aruba after decades of listening to you yammer on. Transforming yourself takes revolutionary science--help from Amy Alkon, who has spent the past 20 years translating cutting-edge behavioral science...
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2015.
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IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, VERY GOOD LIVES presents J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life. How can we embrace failure? And how can we use our imagination to better both ourselves and others? Drawing from stories of her own post-graduate years, the world famous author addresses some of life's most important...
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Debols!llo
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2019.
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Español
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"Dale Carnegie escribi̤ este libro con el prop̤sito de ser un suplemento a su curso sobre oratoria y relaciones humanas y nunca se imagin̤ que se convertir̕a en un ̌xito de ventas y que la gente lo leer̕a, lo criticar̕a y vivir̕a seg︢n sus reglas. Carnegie entrevist̤ a muchas personas de renombre para tomar ejemplos de sus vidas. Entre ellas est̀n Edison, Franklin D. Rooselvelt y James Farley. Algunos puntos importantes del contenido son:...
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English
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A few common principles drive performance, regardless of the field or the task at hand. Whether someone is trying to qualify for the Olympics, break ground in mathematical theory or craft an artistic masterpiece, many of the practices that lead to great success are the same. Stulberg and Magness team up to demystify these practices and demonstrate how everyone can achieve their best.
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Publicaciones y ediciones Salamandra
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2018.
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Español
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"Cuando J. K. Rowling fue invitada a dar el discurso de la ceremonia de graduacion de los alumnos de la Universidad de Harvard en junio de 2008, decidio hablar sobre dos asuntos que le interesan especialmente: las virtudes del fracaso y el papel crucial de la imaginacion. Las anecdotas que J. K. Rowling compartio con los estudiantes y algunas preguntas provocativas que les hizo han sido una fuente de inspiracion inagotable para todos aquellos que...
13) Hablar con extraños: por qué es crucial (y tan difícil) leer las intenciones de los desconocidos
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Taurus/Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
[2020]
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Español
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