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3 Golden Rules of Decision Making: How to Avoid Scammers and Exploiters
Mohammad Habibi, Ph.D
To have a successful life and career you need to first avoid bad decisions and then improve your good decisions. This course is designed to help you avoid bad decision-making such as poor investments, falling into conmen and fraudsters traps, and or any situation that entails possible bad scenarios. This course will teach you practical skills that can easily be applied to the most complex scenarios. The technics and decision rules introduced in this course will help you avoid emotional and quick decisions. The course uses real-life stories and examples to demonstrate the points that are...
Humor: Science of How to Be Funny
David Urbansky
Mark Twain said, "Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing." It is true, we all like to laugh, but why we laugh, what we find funny, and what physical, mental, and social benefits come with humor are not fully understood. Recently, humor has been more and more in the spotlight of modern science, and this course will shed light on what we know about humor. This course will not only tell you scientific facts, but also provide an entire toolkit with proven techniques that you can employ to become funnier yourself!
Introduction to Drugs and Behavior
Psychology Insights Online
The majority of people regularly use a psychoactive drug of one kind or another. From your morning coffee to a glass of wine with dinner, substance use is a large part of everyday life. Some drugs are quite harmless, some are quite dangerous, and others may appear safe at the moment but can have longer-term consequences. This course is designed to provide you with an introduction to the psychology of psychoactive drugs. You will learn what drugs are, how they work in the brain, and the principles behind addiction. We will then take an in-depth look at individual substances including alcohol,...
The Everyday Leader. Part 1: Being Well-Intentioned
Ronald Stephen Fernandes
Hello and welcome to this course! This course is part one of a five-part series on Everyday Leadership. Everyday Leadership, in simple terms, is the ability to apply a complex set of integrated skills to improve the effectiveness of Individuals, Teams, and Organizations alike. By the end of this course on Being Well-Intentioned, learners: • will have a clear understanding of what it means and its relevance in building Leadership; • will access proven tips from Psychology and Neuroscience to apply this skill masterfully; • will chart a blueprint for themselves that is focused on...
Persuasion Science Masterclass
Andy Luttrell
Influencing other people can be next to impossible if you don’t know how. Research in psychology, however, has developed a set of core principles that underlie people’s willingness to say “yes” to a request. In this course, you’ll learn these principles as well as how to apply them in everyday situations. Get ready to skyrocket your influence!
10 Tools for Change
Kate Sutherland
Want to create positive change?...with more grace and ease? In 10 brief lessons you'll gain 10 tools for transformation used by professional facilitators and consultants, including Appreciative Inquiry, Adaptive Cycle, and Theory U. Each of the 10 tools brings a unique and powerful perspective. Together they are a comprehensive kit, allowing you to create better outcomes in all types of group situations. And you'll benefit in your personal life too!
Shaken, Not Stirred: The Unusual History of Fertility & Childbirth Practices
Melanie Dellas
In this course on ancient fertility and childbirth practices, you will learn about the interesting methods ancient people used in determining fertility, caring for pregnancies, easing labor, and helping newborns. You’ll also learn about the many superstitions relating to fertility and childbirth, along with the demons that lurk in the birthing area waiting to pounce.
Authentic Project Learning Experiences: How to Level-Up Your Classroom Pedagogy
Dayna Laur
In this course, you will begin your journey of authentic project learning experiences (APLEs). Throughout the offered lessons, you will engage with writing an APLE question, aligning your APLE to your standards and developing possible interdisciplinary APLE connections through the five stages of project assessment, creating connections between your APLE and your community, as well as with technical experts, designing appropriate formative assessments that can include technology connections, as well as enhancing essential skills in your learners to develop leaders for tomorrow.
What is Wisdom: An Introduction to Philosophy
Dr. Will Buckingham
“Philosophy” literally means “the love of wisdom.” But what is wisdom? And what can philosophy tell us about how we might be able to live more wisely? This course will introduce some of the greatest philosophers, from both the East and West, and explore the practical implications of their ideas.
Fixing Your Sleep, Once and For All
Jason Ricci
In this course, you will learn how sleep works, and how to maximize your sleep naturally, using proven sleep hygiene techniques from The Sleep Hygienist, Jason Ricci. If you aren’t sleeping well, this is the course for you. Think of it as a beginners guide to better sleep. If you follow the tenants laid out in this course, your sleep will improve, and you’ll enjoy regular, restorative, predictable, natural sleep. If you have a medical disease that prevents you from sleeping, such as sleep apnea, this course is probably not for you. But if you suffer from insomnia, this will be the last sleep...