Contrary to Popular Belief

Contrary to Popular Belief
Author: Joey Green
Publisher: Crown
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2008-12-10
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0767922980

Is Everything You Know Wrong? Set the record straight! Debunk myths! Learn the truth behind fallacies, falsehoods, hearsay, and lies! Isn’t it time you knew the honest-to-goodness truth? We’ve all come to believe hundreds of “false facts”—myths that we’ve blindly accepted as truth, misconceptions that we’ve ignorantly retold to others—Contrary to Popular Belief provides an instant remedy for your pounding head full of misinformation, giving you quick relief with enlightening and entertaining facts. Inside you’ll learn: George Washington was not the first president of the United States. Leap year does not occur every four years. The ostrich does not bury its head in the sand. Thomas Edison did not invent the light bulb. Ship captains cannot perform marriages at sea. Sound does not travel at the speed of sound. The needle on a compass does not point to the North Pole. Leonardo da Vinci did not paint the Mona Lisa. And more than two hundred other bits of conventional “wisdom” that are completely bunk.

Contrary to Popular Belief

Contrary to Popular Belief
Author: Stephen D. Hower
Publisher:
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1997
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780570049890

When Christians share their faith with non-believers, they are often surprised to find that Christian practices and beliefs are illogical, simplistic or senseless to people who don't share them. Beliefs like: In giving, Christians receive. Death means life. The greatest are the least. The wise are foolish. The foolish are wise.

Contrary to Popular Belief Cold Calling Does Work! 2

Contrary to Popular Belief Cold Calling Does Work! 2
Author: Barry D. Caponi
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2011-05-24
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1462004997

DO YOU STRUGGLE WITH THE FOLLOWING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SET APPOINTMENTS? Finding the time to make the calls Figuring out how many calls are necessary to hit your goals Staying organized once youve got more than a few pursuits going simultaneously Making your territory and targets warmer over time Incorporating social media concepts and Sales 2.0 methods into your process Making your CRM or other automation work for you instead of against you In Volume I, we addressed the concept of effectiveness as why would one want to make any more appointment-setting calls than necessary. In this book, youll discover that the common challenges listed above, plus many others, are hurting your efficiency, causing you to work longer hours and make less money. After reading this book, youll know exactly how to address the biggest challenge to your success: the need to get in front of more prospects in less time. Additionally, youll realize you only have three sources for initial appointments; lead generation programs, networking and referrals, and cold calling: and that all three require the ability to set appointments. Youll also learn that it makes no difference whether your target is warm or cold; the basic process for each call is identical. Lets face it: Even referrals say no, theyre just nicer about it. When you understand this, youll discover why all sales professional should have the skills, tools and processes to be both effective and efficient at this critical responsibility. This comprehensive, easy-to-understand, easy-to-follow guide to successful appointment-setting is written by Barry Caponi, one of Americas foremost thought leaders on all aspects of the subject. Hundreds of companies throughout the world have dramatically increased their total number of new appointments by implementing the only appointment-setting methodology that addresses both effectiveness and efficiency. This volume (the second in a two-book set) will help you master the science of setting appointments in less time, with less effortonce and for all.

Cracking the ASVAB

Cracking the ASVAB
Author: Nicole Moss
Publisher: The Princeton Review
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2004-11-09
Genre: Study Aids
ISBN: 9780375764301

The ASVAB (Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery) serves as both a general-interest aptitude test and as the admissions exam for the U.S. Military. It is given year round at over 14,000 high schools each year to approximately 1.25 million people. The Princeton Review has joined forces with the military to produce a test preparation course to ensure that fewer recruits get turned away because of their ASVAB scores. Our unique test taking strategies are proven to raise scores and our experience with tests given on the computer, as the ASVAB increasingly is, has proven invaluable.

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True

50 Popular Beliefs That People Think Are True
Author: Guy P. Harrison
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Total Pages: 460
Release: 2012-01-03
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1616144963

“What would it take to create a world in which fantasy is not confused for fact and public policy is based on objective reality?" asks Neil deGrasse Tyson, science popularizer and author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry. "I don't know for sure. But a good place to start would be for everyone on earth to read this book." Maybe you know someone who swears by the reliability of psychics or who is in regular contact with angels. Or perhaps you're trying to find a nice way of dissuading someone from wasting money on a homeopathy cure. Or you met someone at a party who insisted the Holocaust never happened or that no one ever walked on the moon. How do you find a gently persuasive way of steering people away from unfounded beliefs, bogus cures, conspiracy theories, and the like? This down-to-earth, entertaining exploration of commonly held extraordinary claims will help you set the record straight. The author, a veteran journalist, has not only surveyed a vast body of literature, but has also interviewed leading scientists, explored "the most haunted house in America," frolicked in the inviting waters of the Bermuda Triangle, and even talked to a "contrite Roswell alien." He is not out simply to debunk unfounded beliefs. Wherever possible, he presents alternative scientific explanations, which in most cases are even more fascinating than the wildest speculation. For example, stories about UFOs and alien abductions lack good evidence, but science gives us plenty of reasons to keep exploring outer space for evidence that life exists elsewhere in the vast universe. The proof for Bigfoot or the Loch Ness Monster may be nonexistent, but scientists are regularly discovering new species, some of which are truly stranger than fiction. Stressing the excitement of scientific discovery and the legitimate mysteries and wonder inherent in reality, this book invites readers to share the joys of rational thinking and the skeptical approach to evaluating our extraordinary world.

The Dimwit's Dictionary

The Dimwit's Dictionary
Author: Robert Hartwell Fiske
Publisher: Marion Street Press, Inc.
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2002
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780966517675

The perfect tool for writers who seek to eliminate stale, trite language. The entries in this reference are conveniently arranged to allow writers to quickly find the offending phrase and a sharp alternative.

Analogy and Contrast in Language

Analogy and Contrast in Language
Author: Karolina Krawczak
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages: 456
Release: 2022-10-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9027257450

Within cognitive and functional approaches to language structure and grammaticality, analogy and contrast represent two fundamental human cognitive capacities, which, up to now, have mostly been examined separately. This volume seeks to bridge that gap and in doing so it brings together cutting-edge theoretical and empirical research in the field. The chapters in this book examine analogy and contrast across a variety of languages (English, Finnish, Hungarian, Polish, Russian), for different language phenomena (constructions, lexical semantics, morphology, sentence structure, text organization), and with the use of various methods (corpus linguistics, discourse analysis, experimental methods, qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis). This state-of-the-art research presented in the book should be of interest to specialists within Cognitive Linguistics, corpus linguistics, construction grammar, discourse analysis, translation studies, metaphor research, and cross-cultural research.

뉴스 영어의 결정적 심화 표현들

뉴스 영어의 결정적 심화 표현들
Author: 박종홍
Publisher: 사람in
Total Pages: 341
Release: 2023-10-04
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

최고 수준의 뉴스 표현 아카이브 문법에 통달해도, 단어 실력이 좋아도 영어 뉴스를 읽어 내기가 쉽지 않다. 뉴스 고유의 정제되고 고정된 표현에 익숙하지 않아서다. 〈뉴스 영어의 결정적 심화 표현들〉은 이중 언어 구사자이자 23년 경력의 영어 뉴스 베테랑 기자가 수준 높은 뉴스를 읽고 듣기에 꼭 필요한 최고 수준의 뉴스 표현을 엄선했다. 기사 작성 시 해당 분야에서 가장 많이 쓰이는 표현과 패턴을 낱낱이 공개해 원어민 느낌 그대로 뉴스를 이해하고, 한층 수준 높은 고급 영어를 구사하고자 하는 이들에게 최고의 지침서이다.

Book of Thoughts - English

Book of Thoughts - English
Author:
Publisher: Navneet Singh
Total Pages: 23
Release:
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN:

The book of thoughts is a compilation of 300 inspirational ideas from many writers, some of which are mine. Although the declaration of the independent phrases is included in this book, the original concepts belong to the original writers.

Terrific Training Materials

Terrific Training Materials
Author: Darlene Frank
Publisher: Human Resource Development
Total Pages: 76
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780874253153

Learn how to incorporate the power of more effective graphic design in your manuals, handouts, and job aids. This unique resource will help you improve the visual appeal and effectiveness of your printed materials through the use of graphic design techniques. Whether you're designing a one-page handout or a 200 page leader's guide, this book is a rich resource you can turn to for layout ideas and advice. A resource section includes 34 ready-to-use design layouts for workbooks, handouts, instructor guides, and job aids. All the specifications are included so you can quickly and easily reproduce these proven graphic designs in your own training materials.