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The Language and Thought of the Child (Part 2) – Jean Piaget

January 4, 2015 By HarryNeelam

[ READ The Language and Thought of the Child (Part 1) – Jean Piaget HERE ] Different thinking, different worlds Piaget borrowed a distinction from psychoanalysis about two types of thought: Directed or intelligent thought is that which has an aim, adapts that aim to reality, and can communicate it in language. This thinking is based on […]

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The Language and Thought of the Child (Part 1) – Jean Piaget

January 3, 2015 By ABC of Success

“Intelligence is what you use when you don’t know what to do.” This book is for anyone who has ever wondered how a child develops language, thought, and knowledge. Before this classic appeared, little was known of the way children think. In 1923, however, Jean Piaget, the most important developmental psychologist of the twentieth century, […]

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People Skills – Robert Bolton

November 10, 2014 By ABC of Success

“People Skills” is a communication-skills handbook that can help you eliminate these and other communication problems. Author Robert Bolton describes the twelve most common communication barriers, showing how these “roadblocks” damage relationships by increasing defensiveness, aggressiveness, and dependency. He explains how to acquire the ability to listen, assert yourself, resolve conflicts, and work out problems […]

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How to Talk to Anyone
– Leil Lowndes

October 25, 2014 By HarryNeelam

“When you act as though you like someone, you start to really like them.” What is that magic quality that makes some people instantly loved and respected? Everyone wants to be their friend (or, if single, their lover!). In business, they rise swiftly to the top of the corporate ladder. What is their “Midas touch? […]

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Difficult Conversations
– Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton &
Sheila Heen

October 15, 2014 By ABC of Success

“difficult conversations are almost never about getting the facts right. They are about conflicting perceptions, interpretations, and values.” Members of the Harvard Negotiation Project — the organization that brought you the mega bestseller GETTING TO YES — show you how to handle your most difficult conversations with confidence and skill. Whether we’re dealing with an […]

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How schools kill creativity
– Ken Robinson

July 26, 2014 By ABC of Success

From TED.com Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining and profoundly moving case for creating an education system that nurtures (rather than undermines) creativity. Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence. Why you should […]

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The Blank Slate
– Steven Pinker

June 22, 2014 By ABC of Success

“Disgust is intuitive microbiology” In The Blank Slate, Steven Pinker, one of the world’s leading experts on language and the mind, explores the idea of human nature and its moral, emotional, and political coloring. With characteristic wit, lucidity, and insight, Pinker argues that the dogma that the mind has no innate traits-a doctrine held by many […]