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Embarking on an investment journey can seem daunting, but the power to shape your financial future is squarely in your hands. With the right knowledge and understanding, navigating the complex world of investing becomes less about fear and more about strategic growth. In Understanding Investments, Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides you through 24 insightful lectures that will demystify the daunting world of financial markets. With his expertise in global finance, Professor Fullenkamp breaks down investment essentials, from the stock market basics to advanced strategies, empowering you with the ability to assess your financial goals against potential investment opportunities. This course is meticulously designed to simplify the complex, making it an invaluable resource for both beginners and seasoned investors looking to refine their portfolio with minimal risk and maximum confidence. Try The Great Courses Plus with a special FREE TRIAL and enrich your financial literacy today.

Everyone wants to know: What does it take to reach success in business—the kind of success that lasts? Success all comes down to a solid grasp of the fundamentals of business—the same kind that are taught to MBA students in many of the world's most prestigious business schools. Our comprehensive five-part, 60-lecture course, Critical Business Skills for Success, is designed to give you just this kind of integrated, accessible introduction. Bringing together five prestigious and renowned business professors from some of America's top business schools, each of this course's five parts is a detailed look at a particular skill: strategy, operations, finance and accounting, organizational behavior, and marketing. Here in one place is an authoritative guide to the five essential disciplines that everyone—entry-level employees and CEOs alike—needs to master in order to reap rewards in today's complex marketplace. Try The Great Courses Plus with a special FREE TRIAL and gain insights that will help you achieve your business goals!

Even if you have no intention of joining the legal profession, learning how American law works, and how lawyers and judges operate within that law, is a critical part of any well-rounded citizen’s understanding of one of the central foundations of the American experiment. Law School for Everyone brings four exceptional professors from four of the nation’s most distinguished law schools right to you, providing much of the foundational knowledge of expert lawyers without the enormous time and financial commitments. Over the span of 48 lectures, these experienced lawyers and teachers recreate key parts of the first-year student experience, introducing you to four main areas of law most beginners study: litigation and legal practice, criminal law and procedure, civil procedure, and torts. Each area is enriched with famous cases from the annals of American law, powerful arguments by some of history’s most successful lawyers, and Supreme Court rulings that provide insights into how our legal system has evolved since the nation’s founding. Try The Great Courses Plus with a special FREE TRIAL and learn how to approach the law from the perspective of the best attorneys and high-court judges!

We’re all guilty of overthinking some aspect of our lives. Whether it’s lying in your bed reliving embarrassing moments or suffering from decision paralysis, overthinking is a common practice and second nature to many. Overthinking is not productive thinking. It can disrupt our ability to relax, unwind, and let go. It can lead to self-doubt and self-confidence issues. It can even manifest physically, causing a lack of sleep or digestive problems. In the 12 engaging lessons of Overcome Your Overthinking, Dr. Heidi Sormaz not only provides the science behind cognitive behavioral therapy, but she’ll also arm you with a toolbox of exercises and techniques that are most effective at breaking the spell of overthinking. She fully admits she cannot teach you how to control your thoughts—no one can do that, but she will teach you a new way of working with your thoughts when they interfere with your life. This new approach will help stop your thoughts from turning into overthinking. Try The Great Courses Plus with a special FREE TRIAL and build a toolbox of skills and techniques to calm your mind!

Have you ever wondered how much you could learn in a month? How about in two months? Here’s your chance to find out. For a limited time, The Great Courses Plus is offering access to our library of over 18,000 lectures—taught by some of the world’s greatest professors and experts—for just $1.99 per month for your first two months. For less than the cost of your average cup of coffee, you can stream an ever-growing collection of courses covering history, science, literature, philosophy, travel, hobbies, wellness, and so much more. Whether you want to explore your favorite subject, pursue a new skill, or travel the world from wherever you are, The Great Courses Plus is your ticket to the intellectual journey of a lifetime. Stream Now for $1.99 and Never Stop Learning with The Great Courses Plus!

What can you do to beef up your communication skills? How can you kick hardened habits and make lasting changes to your mindset, body, and environment to speak and listen more effectively? To answer these and other questions, renowned public speaker and TED Talk presenter Julian Treasure presents the nine engaging lectures of How to Speak So That People Want to Listen. Packed with exercises you can practice at home and before important speaking engagements, this course will help you become a confident and successful communicator in every context. With Julian as your expert guide, you’ll explore how the failure to communicate effectively can negatively impact everything from your physical health to your mental well-being; discover how listening and speaking are interrelated, and why a good listener makes for a powerful and cool-headed speaker; examine how you can address large audiences with authority and conviction by changing how you practice, prepare, and deliver your content; and much more. Try The Great Courses Plus with a special $1.99 OFFER and tap into the power of effective speaking and listening!