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Posted by on Nov 20, 2009 in communication, education, personal development, technology | 0 comments

The following are successful posts from the archives: The Five Habits of Highly Passive People 5 Assertiveness Techniques The Ten Worst Business Phrases of All Time The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Schools Convert You-Tube Videos for Embedding in PowerPoint How to Be...

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How to Be Brave: The Return

Posted by on Nov 14, 2008 in assertiveness, body language | 0 comments

I’ve had a few positive comments and dozens of hits on a blog I wrote in July called How to Be Brave.  The gist of it was that it’s possible to overcome the feeling of fear by first of all acting as if you were not afraid.  If you can put on a good enough act, then the feelings will fall into place afterwards. While teaching a course in non-verbal communication recently, a...

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How to Be Brave

Posted by on Jul 23, 2008 in communication | 4 comments

Captain Frederick Marryat (July 10, 1792 – August 9, 1848) was an English novelist, a contemporary and acquaintance of Charles Dickens, noted today as an early pioneer of the sea story. He is now known particularly for the autobiographical novel Mr Midshipman Easy and his children’s novel The Children of the New Forest. Why am I telling you this? Because it gives some context to one of the...

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