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E53 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick talks to professor of linguistics and and author Dr. Valerie Fridland.

Dr. Valerie Fridland is a professor of linguistics and author of Like, Literally Dude: arguing for the good in bad English, which just published this week.

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E52 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick talks to former Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson, Shelley Paxton

Think Brené Brown meets Biker Babe, with a dash of Liz Gilbert. As former Chief Marketing Officer of Harley-Davidson, Shelley Paxton found herself at the top of the proverbial mountain feeling success-EMPTY instead of success-FULL. That awakening led her on a profound journey that became her mission, business, and Simon & Schuster-published bestselling ...

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How to Use Your Negative Bias to Communicate Better

Your brain’s job is to keep you alive in an uncertain world filled with saber-tooth tigers, woolly mammoths, and snakes.  It does its best to scan the immediate future for these potential traps and to call on a systemic, adrenaline-fueled response when it sees them.  This primary job of the brain affects the way it ...

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Should You Write and Publish a Non-Fiction Book?

Should you write and publish a book?  The answer to that question depends on what you are trying to achieve with that activity. First, a few bits of data. OK, so it’s official.  The floodgates have opened.  In 2021, the latest year for which we have data, 2.3M self-published books were added to the pile ...

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E51 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick chats to flamenco guitarist, speaker and author Juanito Pascual.

Juanito Pascual is a flamenco guitarist, composer, teacher, speaker and author. He has a unique approach to the guitar, beginning at age 11, and developing a blend of rock and jazz with traditional flamenco. Most recently, he’s back from a tour of Cuba, studying the vibrant music scene there. He’s currently developing a ...

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How to Change Someone’s Mind

How do you change someone’s mind?  Your first reaction, in this polarized era, might understandably be ‘you don’t’.  Especially on the endlessly argued issues of the day, especially on political issues, or anything that can be made political (aka everything), it seems that people are more set in their ways than ever.  And angrier about ...

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Is the Hybrid Workplace Working?

Remember Zoom fatigue?  Perhaps it’s only a distant memory now as you’ve returned from the pandemic to a full in-person schedule.  Or perhaps, as I often hear, you have what seems to be a permanently altered work rhythm, which has become some hybrid mix of in-person meetings for the important ones, and Zoom meetings for ...

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E50 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick talks speaker fashion with founder of Midnight Oil, stylist Rachel Le Fort

Just One Question - Public Speaking Podcast EMPOWERING QUIET CONFIDENCE. Rachel Le Fort designs clothing for the fearless doers, entrepreneurs, trailblazers and convention-defying career women who work overtime and burn the midnight oil to achieve their dreams. Learn More: https://midnightoil.shop/

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How Do Our Brains Really Communicate?

Some recent research on how our brains work overturns previous thinking about the mind, with implications for how we communicate with each other.  In the bad old days, phrenologists felt the bumps on your head to determine what might be wrong with you.  Your sociability lump might be deficient, for example, or your emotional bump ...

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E49 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick talks to Book Writing Coach Robin Colucci.

Robin Colucci helps world-class experts write world changing books. Her clients have been published by “Big 5” and other top publishing houses and others have self-published. Many have won awards, received outstanding book reviews, and/or become bestsellers on Amazon, USA Today, and The New York Times bestsellers lists. Clients come to her for ...

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