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No matter how smart and talented you are, you need the help of others to reach your true potential. Solid connections with the right people are just as important as being good at what you do. This fully revised edition of The Networking Survival Guide reveals tried-and-true networking tactics, as well as new ways to harness the extraordinary influence of social networking sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.

The Persecution of Core Values: How Hollywood, Rap Culture, Silicon Valley, & Social Media Are Destroying America is a book is about the current lack of core values that is plaguing our society due to the poor role models we are promoting. The culture that our social media has created is devoid of values. The system rewards outrageous acts over positivity. The worst part is no one is doing anything to fix it.

Over the past several years, I have had the great opportunity to work with some of the world's best brands. My staff and I developed and implemented techniques to help these companies shine online. And they have! By employing a few social media strategies, these great companies are finding the customers they want and deserve. It quickly came to my attention that my techniques would be valuable to families who are preparing their kids for college.

Anxiety is on the rise, and teenagers are not immune. In fact, the prevalence of social media makes social anxiety in adolescents more likely than ever. Does your teen compare themselves to the influencers and pop stars they see on Instagram? Our teenagers are fighting an uphill battle when it comes to self-image. They’re surrounded by airbrushed photos and the pressure to live up to an impossible ideal–even more so than we were when we were younger.

Before you share information, can you separate fact from fiction? Bias Is All Around You: A Handbook for Inspecting Social Media & News Stories is designed to help you authenticate any form of information for possible bias before you use it and/or share it in your network. “A life worth living is a life well led”, as the famous saying goes. We need to take the lead, because inspecting information properly for mental health is one of the biggest challenges of our time.

Packed with actionable strategies and quick activities, this guide skips generic advice for meaningful solutions. If you’re ready to master life skills and thrive academically, socially, and emotionally, this book is your roadmap.

Join your teen girl on a beautiful journey and discover the magic of self-love! Are you concerned about the social pressures, emotional issues, and mental health challenges your teenage daughter faces today? Are you looking for ways to support her through school, friendships, body image concerns, and challenges with mean girls? If so, Inspire Her is the perfect resource! Packed with empowering exercises and actionable advice, this workbook will help your teen overcome these challenges.

Here’s what most adults wish they’d known before stepping into “the real world.”

Rather than giving teens a laundry list of things they should or shouldn’t do, this focuses on showing the importance of each life skill and how they play out in the real world. It covers only the most essential skills that young adults need to live independently and take charge of their future.

In a world desperate for a glimpse of authenticity, Nobody Knows What They're Doing is a breath of fresh air that reveals the truths hiding between the lines of Instagram-friendly aphorisms and behind the words of the most inspirational TED talks. An honest look at the reality of creativity and the joy and difficulty of crafting good (and bad) art, this book is a must-listen for every exhausted creative, every starry-eyed dreamer, and every artist who is trying to make their way in the world - and keep a roof over their head while they do it.

"How to Become the World's Best Listener" by Adam Patterson is a compelling guide designed to transform your listening skills, enhancing both personal and professional relationships. In today's world, where everyone is eager to speak but few take the time to listen, this book stands as a beacon, guiding you towards becoming an empathetic, attentive, and effective listener.

¿Estamos criando una generación de adictos a las pantallas o exageramos un problema que afecta solo a una minoría de niños y adolescentes? Ni internet tiene por qué ser una amenaza para la educación de nuestros hijos ni las redes sociales son un veneno sin antídoto ni los videojuegos generan actitudes violentas. Rosa Jové, una de las mayores expertas en psicología clínica infantil, expone en este libro la verdadera dimensión de un riesgo real, pero controlable.

How to connect with what’s most important in a hyperconnected world. Social media has the power to do a lot of good, but it can also get in the way of authenticity and create a sense of disillusionment. In Overliked, pastor and author Rob Singleton asks listeners to take a closer look at the optics in their lives and in the world around them. This is an audiobook about understanding how to see “likes” and “selfie” culture for what they really are and how to connect with the heart of God to build out a new way of thinking about social image.

Avoir des opinions ne suffit pas. Il faut aussi savoir les défendre. Devant les autres, et parfois pour soi-même, à l’heure de faire des choix, de prendre des décisions. L’art de défendre ses opinions, qu’on appelle la rhétorique, concerne presque toutes les facettes de l’existence. Il s’impose comme un exercice essentiel sans lequel on se condamne à n’avoir rien à dire ou à dire n’importe quoi.

Ce livre répond à toutes les questions sur la communication non verbale et te permettra de décoder les émotions et intentions de ton interlocuteur! La communication est la base de la compréhension. Mais les mots prononcés ne suffisent pas à déterminer si quelqu’un dit bien la vérité. Au contraire, la communication non verbale nous permet de déterminer ce que l’autre pense vraiment de nous, ainsi que ce qu’il ressent. Cet aspect de la communisation joue un rôle primordial, que ce soit sur le plan professionnel ou privé.

When a loved one passes unexpectedly, the person left behind can lose their bearings. After the sudden loss of her mother, Chelsea Hanson, a nationally recognized grief educator and founder of With Sympathy Gifts and Keepsakes, didn't know where to turn for help, what to do next, or how to put the pieces of her life back together. Hanson's The Sudden Loss Survival Guide gathers everything that she learned during her own recovery process and provides an indispensable road map to aid those who've experienced a life-changing loss.

Listening to our children talk negatively about themselves is heart-breaking. As parents, our initial instinct is to reassure them with many examples of their attributes and that these thoughts are not in any way factual. We may try to compliment a child with “You’re beautiful” or “You’re talented”. However, this never seems to resonate when our kids are struggling with self-esteem issues.

Hard Talk reacquaints us with the social power of speech while affirming the humane value of listening. Cole also reflects on the neuroscientific advances we’ve made in understanding barriers to speech and how we might reduce them.

In The Invisible Toolbox, Kim shares with parents the single most important thing they can do to foster their child's future-learning potential and nurture the parent-child bond that is the foundation for a child's motivation to learn. She is convinced that the simple act of reading aloud has a far-reaching impact that few of us fully understand and that the importance of that act has recently been further occluded by our nearly universal saturation in technology.

How we communicate—the words we say and how we say them—has the profound power to change lives, form connections, and create communities. But many of us struggle to translate our ideas, values, and dreams into words. In Fearless Authenticity: Lead Better, Sell More, and Speak Sensationally, speaker, TV personality, and radio host Jeanne Sparrow provides a roadmap to unlock your unique value, gain the courage and confidence to connect authentically and fearlessly with your audience.

Die siebzehnjährige Sherry landet in einem Camp für straffällige Jugendliche – nach einer Tat, die ihr ganzes Leben auf den Kopf gestellt hat. Zunächst genießt sie es, an einem Ort zu sein, an dem niemand ihre Vergangenheit kennt, denn online ist ihr Leben ein offenes Buch: Seit dem Tag ihrer Adoption haben Sherrys Eltern jede Einzelheit aus ihrem Leben mit einem Millionenpublikum auf Youtube geteilt. Als Sherrys neue Clique jedoch von ihrem Geheimnis erfährt, droht ihr Leben erneut in Flammen aufzugehen.