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Developing a growth mindset allows individuals and companies to realize their potential, increase resilience, and achieve success. A growth mindset can unlock your capacity to learn, grow, and thrive—regardless of your current abilities or skill level.
In this course, you’ll first learn about the differences between a fixed mindset versus a growth mindset. You’ll then explore how a growth mindset can benefit you and your team. Finally, uncover specific strategies to develop a growth mindset—and expand your possibilities.
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Most people think they’re fairly skilled at making big life decisions. But in his groundbreaking book, Farsighted: How We Make the Decisions That Matter the Most, science historian Steven Johnson argues that we’re not as good as we think.
Drawing insights from behavioral psychology, neuroscience, military strategy, and management theory, Johnson builds a compelling case for why typical decision-making processes are too narrow—and the benefits of a more full-spectrum approach.
In this course, you’ll learn to tackle complex, long-term decisions with conclusions from Johnson’s book—including how to map your options, predict outcomes, and consider your values before making final choices.
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n this course, you’ll learn strategies for improving listening skills. First, you’ll discover how our brains respond when we’re engaged in conversation. You’ll then get best practices for effective listening, including creating the right environment, engaging curiosity, supporting—rather than shifting—the conversation, and embracing silence.
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In this course, you’ll gain a new perspective on the relationship between your personal life and your professional life. You’ll also explore different ways to create a healthier, more productive balance that improves your quality of life.
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The brain controls nearly everything you do. Whether sleeping, running, breathing, thinking, talking, or feeling—your brain calls the shots. But how much do you really know about it?
As a distinguished professor, psychologist, and neuroscientist, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett wrote Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain to make the top findings in neuroscience more accessible to everyday audiences. Consider this your crash course on her book and the hidden workings of the brain. In it, you’ll explore mind-expanding answers to questions about human nature. For example: Why do we have a brain? How does it work? What separates the human brain from other species’ brains? And what factors impact our brain development and activity?
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Write a book. Run a 5K. Quit smoking. Institute family dinners. Start a hobby. Develop a new skill. No matter the goal, many of us start new projects or pursuits bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, and determined to make our dreams a reality.
Yet too often—as time goes on—our motivation dwindles. We get distracted or lose interest. The effort and sacrifice are too much. We give up our goals because we can’t sustain that inner fire or spark that incited us to pursue them in the first place.
What would you do or accomplish if you could stay motivated? Author and motivation scientist Ayelet Fishbach wants to help you achieve your greatest ambition in her book Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation. In this course, you’ll learn her proven methods for changing your circumstances and mindset to maximize self-motivation.
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In The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviors That Transform Ordinary People Into World-Class Leaders, Elena Botelho and co-author Kim Powell share the secrets of the world’s most successful business leaders—and how you can use those lessons to achieve in your own career.
In this course, you’ll uncover what it means to be a great CEO. First, you’ll learn the four behaviors that outstanding leaders use to drive themselves—and their organizations—forward. Next, you’ll explore three stages to becoming a CEO, plus strategies for accelerating your progress. Finally, you’ll discover common mistakes leaders make when building a team and how to avoid them.
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The only thing consistent about most relationship advice is its inconsistency. Should birds of a feather flock together, or do opposites attract? Should we hold out for love at first sight or not judge a book by its cover?
In Plays Well With Others: The Surprising Science Behind Why Everything You Know About Relationships Is (Mostly) Wrong, Eric Barker challenges readers to disregard this kind of vague, unhelpful advice. Instead, he advocates for examining data and research to draw solid conclusions. In this course, we’ll break down eight big ideas from Barker’s book, uncovering how to understand people better, improve friendships, reignite romance, and escape loneliness.
