```

skills

Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton, Sheila Heen of the Harvard Negotiation Project

by

(Full checklist and example below)I have tried to keep the notes as neat as possible. You can find another great summary here –http://www.fscanada.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Difficult-Conversations-Summary.pdf 3 Conversation1. The “What Happened?” Conversation. Most difficult conversations involve disagreement about what has happened or what should happen. Who said what and who did what? Who’s right, who meant what, and … Read more

Weekend TEFL Coursebook from i-to-i – May 2011

by

So I did this course around May 2011 and mostly to have a backup plan for my move to Poland. I was doing my regular vairagya / voluntary simplicity / clearing up and came across this lovely book. Screenshots below are for personal use as tenses are very confusing. The course was great and we … Read more

The myth of self-control & Here’s what actually works

by

“THERE’S A STRONG ASSUMPTION STILL THAT EXERTING SELF-CONTROL IS BENEFICIAL … AND WE’RE SHOWING IN THE LONG TERM, IT’S NOT” Studies have found that trying to teach people to resist temptation either only has short-term gains or can be an outright failure. “We don’t seem to be all that good at [self-control],” Brian Galla, a psychologist at the … Read more

The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free by Mark Boyle

by

The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free by Mark Boyle The Moneyless Man Interview – Living without Money and being off the grid – We have come to believe that we need money, that we depend on it to survive. We believe that money provides for us when it is actually Nature. Even … Read more

Negotiation and Conflict Resolution by Open2Study

by

The course can be found at https://www.open2study.com/ Each module had 10 videos, 9 quizzes and 1 assessment to be completed in the week of the module.Thanks Bindi for the link. Module 1: Thinking Like a Negotiator1: When Should We Negotiate?– Negotiation is problem solving between people who are in an interdependent relationship. They depend on … Read more

Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength (Book Summary) by Roy F. Baumeister & John Tierney

by

Big up Big Brandon Carter for the recommendation. Notes:– Most common desire was to eat and sleep. Then sex. – Carnegie’s Win Friends and Influence People book spent 8 pages on explaining to people how to have that winning smile. Passive bashing of similar books. – Marshmallow experiment. Successful ones managed to distract themselves for … Read more

Wordpress Social Share Plugin powered by Ultimatelysocial
error

Enjoy this blog? Please spread the word :)

YouTube
YouTube
Facebook
Facebook