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Tone and Mood: Crafting the Emotional Landscape of a Story
This video dives into the concepts of tone and mood in storytelling, crucial elements that shape a reader's emotional response. It guides viewers through identifying tone and mood in narratives, emphasizing their roles in creating a...
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Crafting Atmosphere: Setting the Scene in Literature
This video explores how writers use the literary element of atmosphere to create specific feelings about a place or setting within a story. It distinguishes atmosphere from mood and uses examples from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" and...
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Exploring Plot: The Heart of Storytelling
This video breaks down the concept of plot, an essential component of storytelling, using the classic tale of Little Red Riding Hood as an illustrative example. It explains how plot structures a narrative and makes it compelling,...
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How to Use Reason and Logic in Influence & Persuasion
It may be that nobody ever makes a decision based solely on the facts. But they do need the facts and the reasons to justify their decision. Maybe to the people around them. Or perhaps just for themselves. As a result, we need to use...
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The Jiminy Cricket Effect: Cognitive Dissonance and the Urge for Consistency
Conscience is an inner voice that tells us what is right and what is wrong. When we are about to do something that is inconsistent with our conscience, we feel uneasy about. That feeling of unease is what psychologists call “cognitive...
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Self Awareness: What is it and How to Build it?
The first domain of Emotional Intelligence is really simple, you’d think. It’s Self Awareness. Get our Kindle-exclusive companion to this course: Emotional Intelligence: A Management Courses Introduction https://geni.us/FsuCDrK
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NLP Goal-setting: Well-formed Outcomes
Well-formed outcomes are one of the high-level NLP ideas that is of real use in the workplace. It’s a way of setting goals that makes them feel real and achievable. As a method, it makes SMART Goals look like a children’s toy!
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What is Charismatic Leadership?
Charismatic leadership combines charm, interpersonal skills, and persuasiveness to motivate and influence others.
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Eating Frogs: A Solution to Procrastination
Eating Frogs is a tried and trustworthy method to deal with chronic procrastination. If you are constantly putting off a job you really don't fancy - but it needs to be done - eating frogs is the method for you.
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Supporting Your Team through Team Stress: 4 Steps
Under pressure, teams get stressed. Team leaders need to be able to spot the signs of stress and support your team through stress.
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Why You Should Never Use the Feedback Sandwich - swap to the Feedback Burger
The Feedback Sandwich is the first method many managers learn for giving feedback. But it's deeply flawed. However, with one simple modification, it becomes powerful... It becomes the Feedback Burger.
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Estée Lauder: The Mother of Modern Marketing
Estee Lauder became interested in the beauty products business as a child. But, it was her marketing strategies that single out her genius. The things she did in the late 1940s still seem fresh and modern. That’s why I call her the...
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Get a Favor: How to Get Someone to Help you or Do You a Favor
We often need other people to do something for us. But we don’t necessarily have the authority to tell them to do it, or to ask them and expect them to comply. This is where influence is at a premium. You need to combine some long-term...
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Social Awareness: What is it and How to Build it?
Social Awareness is important if you want to manage a successful team. It gives you the ability to put yourself in your team member’s shoes: to understand how they are feeling. At its heart is empathy. Get our Kindle-exclusive companion...
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Frederick Herzberg and the Two-factor Theory - Content Models of Motivation
Motivation is not the opposite of de-motivation. That's the conclusion that Frederick Herzberg came to. Rather, he recognized there are two sets of factors: Motivators, and Hygiene factors. In this video, we examine Frederick Herzberg's...
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Clayton Alderfer and ERG Theory - Content Models of Motivation
Clayton Alderfer created a variation on the best-known needs theory of motivation: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. Alderfer's model is known as ERG Theory. ERG stands for the three primary needs that Alderfer identified: - Existence -...
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Understanding and Managing Stress: A Guide for Kids
This video explains what stress is, how it can manifest in both children and adults and offers tips on managing stress through healthy habits and relaxation techniques. It highlights the importance of addressing stress early to prevent...
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The Dangers of Smoking: Why It's Not Worth It
This video highlights the harmful effects of smoking on young people, emphasizing the short-term consequences such as yellow teeth, bad breath, and reduced physical fitness. It explains common reasons why individuals start smoking, such...
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Wellbeing A-Z -Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men over the age of fifty, so why aren’t more men getting tested?
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Wellbeing A-Z -Laughing
Laughing not only leads to the release of endorphins, it also helps to boost the immune system. So no wonder hospitals include laughter therapy as a part of their patients’ rehabilitation.
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The Importance of Calcium for Healthy Bones and Body Functions
This video highlights the essential role of calcium in the body beyond just building healthy bones. It emphasizes the importance of consuming adequate amounts of calcium through dairy products to support functions such as regulating the...
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Cyclops
A tale from the Odyssey! Will Ulysses and his crew be able to defeat Polyphemus the Cyclops?
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20 Minute Cardio Workout For Beginners
Want to get in a good workout without leaving your home? Check out this in-depth workout video from Jon! In this video, Jon leads a full cardio workout to get you moving no matter where you are. Follow along as Jon takes you through...
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4 Steps To Help You Face Your Fears
When was the last time you were afraid to do something? Is there anything you’ve been holding back from doing because of fear? Maybe you’ve been avoiding having a difficult conversation, or you stopped yourself from signing up for an...