Tag: Maxims

Napoleon Bonaparte Compilation of his maxims, opinions and famous phrases, thematically arranged


Free Download Napoleon Bonaparte Compilation of his maxims, opinions and famous phrases, thematically arranged by Jorge Luis Bastons
English | June 17, 2023 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0C8GF9JHC | 131 pages | EPUB | 0.21 Mb
If these days, more than 250 years after his birth and 200 years after his death, we are still talking about Napoleon Bonaparte, it is because he has undoubtedly made such a noise that his life and work have transcended History. That is why he is the personage whose biography is the most written in the world, after Jesus Christ.

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Testifying in Court Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness


Free Download Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky PhD, "Testifying in Court: Guidelines and Maxims for the Expert Witness"
English | ISBN: 1433812126 | 2012 | 251 pages | PDF | 69 MB
Testifying in court can be a challenging experience. Novices who are unfamiliar with the judicial environment can feel insecure about many aspects of their testimony, from the language they use to the clothes they wear. Even experienced expert witnesses can be flustered by a skillful lawyer’s cross-examination.

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The Expert Expert Witness More Maxims and Guidelines for Testifying in Court


Free Download Dr. Stanley L. Brodsky PhD, "The Expert Expert Witness: More Maxims and Guidelines for Testifying in Court"
English | ISBN: 1433820552 | 2015 | 238 pages | PDF | 31 MB
Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals may be experts in their respective fields, but this expertise does not easily translate to effective courtroom testimony. Even veteran expert witnesses can encounter new challenges in these high-pressure situations, especially during a cross-examination where every statement and gesture can be scrutinized by an attorney searching for ways to dispute the expert’s credibility and opinions.

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Get Better at Anything 12 Maxims for Mastery [Audiobook]


Free Download Get Better at Anything: 12 Maxims for Mastery (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CF6ZQBVD | 2024 | 7 hours and 42 minutes | MP3@64 kbps | 212 MB
Author: Scott H. Young
Narrator: Scott H. Young

The author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller explores why it’s so difficult for people to learn new skills, arguing that three factors must be met to make advancement possible, and offering 12 maxims to improve the way we learn. Life revolves around learning-in school, at our jobs, even in the things we do for fun. Yet learning is often mysterious. Sometimes it comes fairly effortlessly: quickly finding our way around a new neighborhood or picking up the routine at a new job. In other cases, it’s a slog. We may spend hours in the library, yet still not do well on an exam. We may want to switch companies, industries, or even professions, but not feel qualified to make the leap. Decades spent driving a car, typing on a computer, or hitting a tennis ball don’t reliably make us much better at them. Improvement can be fickle, if it comes at all. In Get Better At Anything, Scott Young argues that there are three key factors in helping us learn: See-Most of what we know comes from other people.

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La Rochefoucauld Maxims (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)


Free Download La Rochefoucauld, John Heard Jr., "La Rochefoucauld Maxims (Dover Books on Literature & Drama)"
English | 2006 | pages: 80 | ISBN: 0486451453 | EPUB | 0,5 mb
After abandoning politics when he was about forty, François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) began to write down his maxims, which were first published in book form in 1665. Poetic, ironic, and frequently humorous, his wise observations can also be blunt and brutally candid:

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