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xiii, 271 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-271).

Who are the wisest Americans and what can they tell us? -- Great together: lessons for a happy marriage -- Glad to get up in the morning: lessons for a successful and fulfilling career -- Nobody's perfect: lessons for a lifetime of parenting -- Find the magic: lessons for aging fearlessly and well -- I can look everyone in the eye: lessons for living a life without regrets -- Choose happiness: lessons for living like an expert -- The last lesson.

More than one thousand extraordinary Americans share their stories and the wisdom they have gained on living, loving, and finding happiness. Pillemer interviewed people over the age of sixty-five to seek their counsel on all the big issues-- children, marriage, money, career, aging-- and found that he consistently heard advice that pointed to these thirty lessons for living.

Older people -- United States -- Attitudes.

Old age.

Aging.

Happiness.

Conduct of life.

Thirty lessons for living

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Lessons From a Leader (2:44) -- Words (1:36) -- Telling Stories (1:59) -- Volume (1:38) -- Pace (0:58) -- Pitch (2:14) -- Pause (1:29) -- Resonance (1:01) -- Body Language (1:54) -- Eye Contact & Hand Gestures (2:23) -- Listening (3:10) -- Stay Centered (0:58) -- The Lasered, Compelling Message (1:46) -- What You Want, How You Feel (2:30) -- The Communication Effectiveness Continuum (2:56) -- Visual (1:57) -- Auditory & Auditory Digital (1:49) -- Kinesthetic - Feeling and Connection (2:28) -- Communication Styles (1:17) -- Authentic Passion (4:55) -- Fulfilling a Dream (3:36)

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What specific skills enabled a young state senator to become, in the space of four years, President of the United States? This program reveals a set of methods and attitudes at the core of successful communication. Presented by renowned public speaking coach Richard Greene, the video incorporates passages from many of President Obama's finest speeches-and uses these examples to explore tone of voice (varying volume, pace, pitch, and resonance); body language (improving eye contact, openness, and listening); verbal language (avoiding jargon and using sensory-specific words); message content (sharing feelings and heartfelt goals); and fluency in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic communication styles.

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Obama, Barack.

Advertising campaigns.

Advertising.

Branding (Marketing)

Broadcasting.

Communication in marketing.

Communication in organizations.

Communication.

Effective teaching.

Interpersonal communication.

Journalism.

Language and languages.

Leadership.

Mass media -- Study and teaching.

Motivation in education.

Public relations.

Publishing.

Sales.

School environment.

Educational films.

Internet videos.

Video recording.

Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Films Media Group.

Futura Film (Firm)

Five communication secrets that swept Obama to the presidency

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Modern day anthropologist Maya Jones has been contracted by a Scottish university to help unearth and catalog ancient relics within a recently discovered secret lair in what was once the Castle MacGregor. From the beginning of her assignment, Maya has been inexplicably drawn to any references she could find concerning the clan's brutal and mysterious 14th century laird Thomas MacGregor. Equally intriguing to her are paintings and stories referencing the MacGregor's wife, known to antiquity only as Lady M. The paintings were severely charred in a castle fire run amok a couple of centuries past, but Maya can make out enough of the damaged portraits to surmise that, oddly enough, she and Lady M possess the same hair and eye color. When a ferocious hurricane ravages Maya's hometown, she'll find out that she and the lady's similar physical features are more than just mere coincidence. . .

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Fiction.

Erotic Literature.

Romance.

Electronic books.