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Meetings on the go

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The answer to the loneliness epidemic

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He lied to me – how to talk about being angry

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1	Why we sleep	Health and fitness	CEF C1 \| health \| lifestyle \| sleep	C1
2	6 Elevator Speeches by Daniel Pink	Better communicator	CEF B1 \| Daniel Pink \| elevator pitch \| persuasion \| presenting	B1
3	Business Social English Test - part 1	Tests and Quizzes	business English \| CEF A2 \| everyday English \| social English \| test	A2
4	David Bowie	Wise Quotes	artists \| CEF B2 \| David Bowie \| development \| life	B2
5	Should You Learn British or American English?	Culture	American English \| British English \| CEF B1 \| dialects \| different accents \| how to learn	B1
6	How to talk about stress	Everyday English	CEF B1 \| idioms \| mmmEnglish \| practical English \| stressed	B1
7	Trends and Changes	Business English	trends, company performance, upward, downward, horizontal	B2
8	Can money buy happiness?	What do you think	CEF B1 \| controversion question \| discussion \| expressing opinions \| happiness \| money	B1
9	Deliberate Practice	How to learn	CEF B1 \| deliberate practice \| grit \| learning \| skills	B1
10	Napoleon Bonaparte	Wise quotes	CEF B1 \| decisions \| life \| Napoleon \| quotes \| values	B1
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Meetings on the go

You need to ask a colleague at work to help you with something. How would you do it? Learn more about persuasion from this lesson based on business scenarios.

The answer to the loneliness epidemic

Why are so many people lonely these days? Is there a remedy for the loneliness epidemic? How can we become suppercommunicators? Lesson based on podcasts with Charles Duhigg.

He lied to me – how to talk about being angry

Learn how to talk about being angry, for example when you have been lied to.

The Glucose Goddess Method

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Pan Tadeusz – a true life-long learner

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What You Need to Have a Strong Executive Presence

Learn what you need to increase your chances of becoming a leader in your organisation. Follow the advice from the HBR article: “The New Rules of Executive Presence,” by Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Silence your inner critic during an interview

Do you know who is your worst enemy during a job interview? Susan Peppercorn believes that it is your inner critic. Learn how to silence it in this lesson based on HBR Management Tip

Travelling collocations with Lucy

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Goal worth striving for

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Use Strategic Thinking to Create the Life You Want

Ever thought if you could apply business strategy principles to your own life? That’s exactly what this lesson is based on. It’s video by Michael Bungay Stanier from Harvard Business Review

5 tips for the new year

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Write an Effective Self-Assessment

How do you feel about yearly assessment meetings with your boss? It’s not easy to feel totally relaxed, is it? One thing that can help you here is writing an effective self-assessment yourself, before you meet your boss. This lesson will help you with just that. It is based on Harvard Business Review article.

Hot 21 – make or do

HOT 21 – new series of tests with 21 items for you to solve. We open the series with a test on collocations with “make” and “do”.

Test your question tags – part 2

How good are you at using question tags?

Life changing stories – Michele – part 3

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Moods are weather

Learn to talk about moods. What do you say, for example, when you are a bit confused and not know which way to go?

You must change

Mars 500 mission

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Why the pencil is perfect

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Hidden Potential by Adam Grant

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Death by comfort by Paul Taylor

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6 traits of true masculinity

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To Engage Your Team, Focus on Their Happiness

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A simple formula for making a great pitch

If there was a simple formula to a great speech, would you like to know what it is? Find out how to build an awesome presentation using the tops from an HBR article.

Are You Taking Work Too Personally?

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Life changing stories – Michele – part 2

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Life changing stories – Michele – part 1

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Say “No” more often

Watercolour art

Learn about watercolour art and some of the most famous painters of this movement. Additionally, practice the language of likes and dislikes.

What every son needs from his father

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Employment and perks with Lucy

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Don’t use advanced English

Christian from Kangaroo English has an important message for learners of English. Don’t use advanced English.

What’s your opinion about politics

What’s your opinion about politics and political parties? Do you vote? Have you ever considered joining a political party?

Two of my rules for life

Magic Words by Jonah Berger

Learn about the power of little words from Jonah Berger’s book “Magic Words”. You might be surprised how these simple communication tactics can increase your persuasive power.

Will she dump him

Follow a story of Ben and Maz. Is there a chance for them to save their relationship?

Helios. The Democratic Organisation

How would democratic principles work in a business context? Discuss the topic of a democratic organisation on the basis of a fragment from For All Mankind

Why everything you buy is worse now

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A plan is not a strategy

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What if we stopped making so much stuff?

A growing portion of climate activists and policy makers argue that reducing global economic activity – or degrowth – is the only way to save the planet.