Hľadanie: The Bear and The Nightingale EN
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The Spirit of Christmas
A short story, an essay, a sermon and two prayers for Christmas.
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Ako odhaliť lož
Traja bývalí dôstojníci CIA, ktorí patria k najvýznamnejším svetovým odborníkom na rozoznávanie prejavov klamania, predstavujú svoje osvedčené postupy odhaľovania lži.
Predstavte si, ako by sa zmenil váš život, keby ste dokázali rozoznať, či vám niekto klame alebo hovorí pravdu. Či už prijímate nového zamestnanca, chystáte finančnú investíciu, hovoríte so svojím dieťaťom o drogách, predkladáte svojej lepšej polovičke podozrenie na neveru, alebo máte rande s niekým novým, schopnosť odhaliť lož môže mať ďalekosiahle dôsledky, ktoré môžu dokonca úplne zmeniť váš život.
Philip Houston, Michael Floyd a Susan Carnicerová ako bývalí dôstojníci CIA patria medzi najlepších odborníkov na svete v oblasti rozpoznávania prejavov klamania. Kniha Ako odhaliť lož zachytáva úchvatný príbeh metodiky, ktorú Philip Houston vypracoval na odhaľovanie klamstva v oblasti boja proti terorizmu a vyšetrovania zločinov, a ukazuje, ako sa táto technika dá použiť v našom každodennom živote.
Autori nás pomocou úžasných anekdot zo svojej práce v spravodajskej službe učia, ako rozpoznať verbálne aj neverbálne príznaky klamania, ktoré prirodzene prejavujeme keď odpovedáme na otázky nepravdivo. Po prvý raz predstavujú verejnosti svoju metódu a doposiaľ tajné stránky umenia klásť otázky vedúce k odhaleniu pravdy.
Ako odhaliť lož je kniha, ktorá môže zmeniť život človeka. Možno ste nikdy predtým nečítali nič, čo by malo dramatickejší vplyv na vašu kariéru, vaše vzťahy alebo vašu budúcnosť.
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Ray Dalio, one of the world’s most successful investors and entrepreneurs, shares the unconventional principles that he’s developed, refined, and used over the past forty years to create unique results in both life and business—and which any person or organization can adopt to help achieve their goals.
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