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The Power of Vulnerability by Brene Brown
Vulnerability. One of the most appealing and powerful concept in psychology. Dive deep into what it means and how it can make you a better person.
Talking Point – Memory
This Talking Point lesson deals with memory, remembering and forgetting. It offers a lot of speaking practice and some practical vocabulary.
Fighting Workaholism: You are not a Success Machine
This lesson explores workaholism, success, and identity, helping you reflect on ambition, balance, and what defines a meaningful professional life.
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Idioms and metaphors – Happiness is Yellow
How to talk about happiness in English? Actually, you will be surprised how many idioms and metaphors there are to talk about being happy in English.
Try something new for 30 days by Matt Cutts
Have you heard about 30-dat challenges? Here’s a TED talk about this fun idea presented by Matt Cutts.
Personal Brand: Four Principles of Distinction by William Arruda
Learn four principles of managing your personal brand from the pioneer of the topic: William Arruda.
Grit by Angela Duckworth
What is a better predictor of success – talent or effort? This lesson answers this crucial question. It is based on a book by Angela Duckworth “Grit”.
5 Ways People Are Dumb With Money
This lesson is about how people make predictable financial mistakes. It discusses five common financial mistakes: the endowment effect, the sunk cost fallacy, transaction utility, mental accounting, and the tendency to spend unexpected income on frivolous things.
Top 5 Communication Skills You Need
What are the top 5 skills you should master to elevate your career to the next level? Learn the answer from this lesson based on a video by Alex Lyon.
Are you following your dream
This lesson follows a story of two people, Daisy and Herman, who followed their dreams. It is based on the 6 Minute English podcast from BBC Learning English
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
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
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.
TEST COLLOCATIONS WITH “MAKE” AND “DO”
Test collocations with “make” and “do”. There are 21 popular examples of collocations with “make” or “do”. Let’s see how many you already know.
Test your question tags – part 2
How good are you at using question tags?
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?
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.
Watercolour art
Learn about watercolour art and some of the most famous painters of this movement. Additionally, practice the language of likes and dislikes.
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?
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
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.
An ER doctor on triaging your “crazy busy” life by Darria Long
Get ready to learn practical strategies and tips from an expert on how to effectively manage the chaos and reclaim balance in your hectic lifestyle.
5 questions to guide your career choices
Are you on the right path professionally? Check out these five questions to guide your career choices. This lesson is based on Harvard Business Review management tip.
Unlimited memory by Kevin Horsley
Would you like to know how to remember words, events, names, etc. better? Here’re some great tips on how to improve your memory.
What we wear at -71°C in Yakutia
Learn what people in Yakutia when the temperature falls to -71C.
Seven habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey
Learn about Stephen Covey’s seven habits of highly effective people.
Talking about weather – questions tags
Learn how to use question tags to talk about weather. This lesson includes a short video with Lucy.
Uses of Present Simple and Present Continuous Tenses
Test your understanding how we use Present Simple and Present Continuous tenses in English.
The Story of Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer
Learn about Ada Lovelace, daughter of the famous poet Lord Byron, is considered the world’s first computer programmer.
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