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Communication

How to Engage in “Healthy Conflict”: Mark Goulston, MD, on PYP 545

Mark Goulston, MD, shares how to engage in healthy conflict, control your anger in tough situations, and defuse tension with “surgical empathy” and “radical patience.”

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The Sounds of Life: Karen Bakker, PhD on PYP 542

Humans aren’t the only beings that talk to each other. Whales, elephants, bees, corals, unhatched turtles, and even plants and fungi use sound waves to connect and coordinate. Can we begin to understand them, and talk back?

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How to Increase your Power and Value in a Negotiation: Greg Williams on PYP 526

How can you get what you want out of life if you’re too scared to ask for it? A negotiation expert shows to be tough and kind at the same time.

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How to Unlearn Bad Habits: Ana Gabriel Mann on PYP 521

Our bad habits can have deep roots, and superficial solutions only cause more distress. How can we pull out dysfunctional behaviors at the roots?

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The Art of Insubordination: Todd Kashdan on PYP 514

Are you right in a world where almost everyone else is wrong? If so, do you know how to speak, strategize, and organize to change people’s minds? Todd Kashdan has studied what makes some people incredibly effective at significant social change.

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Six Truths and No Lie: Sid Garza-Hillman on PYP 507

Set an example. Don’t be a snowflake (or a bully). Don’t get sucked into social media. Simple advice for challenging times.

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Negotiating for a Better World: Greg Williams on PYP 503

Can you be an effective negotiator if you’re kind and mild-mannered? Or do you have to bully others to get what you want?

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How to Make Someone’s Day: Howard Prager on PYP 500

How would you like to have a superpower that can positively change the lives of the people around you? It turns out the ability to make someone’s day is almost always available to us. We just need to remember, practice, and cultivate our identity as helpers and delighters.

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How to Not Suck on Zoom: Alfred Poor on PYP 497

One reason for Zoom fatigue is the poor quality of other people’s audio and video. Today’s episode shows you how to become a Zoom pro – to influence others more powerfully and to connect more deeply.

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How to Talk So People Will Excel: Tom Reid on PYP 491

Tom Reid and I talk about how to communicate effectively when you need people to act in particular ways, in both personal and professional settings.

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