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Introduces principles that can be applied to both business and life itself, in a book that focuses on how to best affectively communicate with people.

The New York Times bestseller that gives readers a paradigm-shattering new way to think about motivation from the author of When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing
Most people believe that the best way to motivate is with rewards like money—the carrot-and-stick approach. That's a mistake, says Daniel H. Pink (author of To Sell Is Human: The Surprising Truth About Motivating Others)....

Fifth grader Nora Rose Rowley is really a genius.
It's true.
But don't tell anyone.
Nora always gets average grades so she can forgo the pressure-cooker gifted program or Brainiac Academy.
But when Nora gets one hundred percent fed up over testing and the fuss everyone makes about grades, she brings home a terrible report card just to prove a point.
Pretty soon her teachers, parents, and the principal are launching a massive effort...

Phoenix seminar developer/leader Brian Tracy presents techniques and modes to channel the mind, "including how to sharpen your natural intuition, how to increase your brain power, how to change thoughts from negative to positive, how to break bad habits quickly and painlessly."

Presenting twelve breakthrough practices for bringing creativity into all human endeavors, this book is the dynamic product of an extraordinary partnership. It combines Benjamin Zander's experience as conductor of the Boston Philharmonic and his talent as a teacher and communicator with psychotherapist Rosamund Stone Zander's genius for designing innovative paradigms for personal and professional fulfillment. The authors' harmoniously interwoven perspectives...

Most high school students in the United States are required to pass a series of exams in order to earn a high school diploma. From coast to coast, more and more states are using these high stakes tests in an effort to reverse the supposed rising tide of mediocrity in our public schools and close the achievement gap between socioeconomic and racial groups. The film, Children Left Behind, is about the well-intended purposes that are driving this movement...

Reveals how even the briefest interactions affect your relationships, productivity, health, and longevity and shows how to increase positive moments in work and life while reducing the negative.

Although the teachers, the principal, and parents say The Test is not important, their actions tell another story.