Positivity Podcast with Make School

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Want to develop more willpower and empathy? Positivity Podcast gives you exercises to develop your character traits. In this series, Positivity Dan will help you think about character development the way you think about professional development--with strategies, advice, best practices, and tools to help you grow. The series covers essential topics like Empathy (#2), Talent (#7), Honesty (#9), Meditation (#6), and Forgiveness (#5), from experts that range from academics to best-selling authors--all of whom have actionable tips to help you become a better, happier, more effective version of yourself. Think of this series as your character development consultant, aimed at helping you succeed in life. Chances are, you’ll be helping your professional career, too. - Produced with love by Make School and Positivity Dan. Join thousands of the world's brightest computer science students at Make School (www.makeschool.com).

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Rethinking Positivity - Inside the New Science of Motivation with Gabriele Oettingen

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Permission to Feel: Marc Brackett on findings from The Yale Center for Social Emotional Intelligence

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The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz on why more is less

May 16 2020 52 mins

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