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From: How to Academy <john.gordon@hovvtoacademy.com> To: j <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: How to: Academy - Marshmallow Test, Happiness, Michael Sandel, Einstein, LinkedIn, Film Masterclass, Mindfulness. Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 15:11:07 +0000 Supletilber Newsletter View In this exciting new edition of Art Quarterly, we will have a preview of the National Gallery's forthcoming exhibition 'Rembrandt: the Late Works' from the exhibition curator, Betsy Wieseman. Curator of Photographs at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Susanna Brown, will EFTA00693703 bring the museum's current Horst show to life and tell us what makes Horst one of the pre-eminent fashion and portrait photographers of the 20th century. Super-dealer and curator Kenny Schachter will share his top insights and tips in advance of this autumn's major Contemporary Art auctions, and leading British artist and chronicler of daily life, Richard Wentworth, will give us his unique take on the exhibitions, artefacts and ideas that have inspired him this month.. NEXT FORTNIGHT EFTA00693704 19.09.2014 Workshop. 9:30am-12:30pm how to: Write Better English (for Business or Pleasure) with Sam Leith Tips from the professionals, with Sam Leith. We all know how to write. We may know how to write well. But is our writing the best that it can be? How many of us can produce strong and clear sentences, getting our point across in as few words as possible — and all of them the right words? Whether we are writing an essay, a report, a memo, or simply a straightforward letter, making our prose seem effortless can be the hardest part of the day.... Repeated due to popular demand. Last chance to book.. Read more and book. EFTA00693705 22.09.2014 Evening Event, 6:30pm-9:30pm how to: Speak in Public with Edie Lush All of us have to do it — "say a few words" — at one time or another. Most of us are terrified by the thought of it. But don't panic. This three-hour workshop will enable you to make fear of your audience a thing of the past. Does the prospect of addressing a roomful of people leave you weak with terror? Does your mouth dry up and your stomach turn over at the invitation to speak? Can you imagine a future in which you can stand up and speak to a crowd without feeling like a fool? Make your fear a thing of the past. This practical and interactive session is... Read more and book. EFTA00693706 23.09.2014 Evening Event, 6:45pm•8:30pm how to: Use Linkedln with Rachel Spedding If Facebook is for friends, and Twitter for followers, what is Linkedln meant for? Revolutionising the way individuals can interact with prospective employers and their professional networks, there is little question that this site is fast emerging as the go-to platform for those looking to advance their careers. But, complete with its own vocabulary of connections, networks and InMails, the Linkedln lingo can sometimes obscure what is in fact an accessible and user-friendly system... Read more and book. EFTA00693707 25.09.2014 Daytime Event. 9:30am•12:30pm how to: Invest Your Money (and minimize the risk of disaster) with Jonathan Davis A breakfast-briefing, taught by one of our leading independent investment experts, on how to invest your money sensibly: what your options are and where the pitfalls lie. Warren Buffett, the greatest investor of the modern age, used four words to describe the art of investing money: "simple, but not easy". Most people either don't know where to start, or start by asking the wrong questions. Delegate decisions or DIY? Funds or individual stocks? Taxable or tax-free? Growth or... Read more and book. EFTA00693708 26.09.2014 Daytime Event, 9:30am•5:30pm how to: Make the Perfect Presentation with Neil Chalmers It's not always what you say but more often how you say it... How often have you or a colleague you know well made a successful presentation one day and the next day made a complete mess of the same material? If your delivery of presentations however formal or informal is all too often variable, or even uniformly poor don't despair, help is at hand. A day spent with Neil learning how to get your message across effectively as well as stamping your personality on your presentations could dramatically improve your performance not just occasionally but every time. Read more and book. EFTA00693709 27.09.2014 - 28.09.2014 Daytime Event, 10:00am-5:00pm both days how to: Read Tolstoy with Rosamund Bartlett "If life could write, it would write like Tolstoy" wrote Isaac Babel. Universally regarded as the greatest writer of Russian fiction, Leo Tolstoy is the only author with two works regularly featuring in lists of the top ten novels of all time. This weekend course, led by Rosamund Bartlett, biographer and translator of Tolstoy, invites you to immerse yourself in both of them. We will explore the whole of Tolstoy's long career as a prose writer, but the focus will be on War and Peace and Anna Karenina, the novels which represent the summit of his creative achievement, and rank amongst the greatest monuments of world literature. Whether you participate in one or both days of the course is your choice.... Read more and book. EFTA00693710 02.10.2014 Evening Event, 6:30pm•8:00pm how to: Be Mindful (Introductory Workshop) with Louise Chester A small shift in your thinking can have a major effect on your life. Mindfulness is the smart new way to live. In the workplace it helps you build teamwork, enhance creativity and communication, and resolve conflict. In private life, it helps you to forget the fears of the past and future, and focus completely on the present and its potential. Being Mindful means making every moment count. This workshop is for those who have little personal or practical knowledge of Mindfulness. Louise Chester will help you understand... Read more and book. EFTA00693711 COMING SOON: OCTOBER CULTURAL HIGHLIGHTS EFTA00693712 01.10.2014 Evening Event, 7:00pm•8:00pm how to: Be Happy, or What You Want (Performed by Paul McGann and Pip Torrens) with Constantine Phipps, Paul McGann, Pip Torrens What You Want is a dazzlingly original verse-novel about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Patrick is an ordinary man in free-fall. Following an overdose, he returns in a dream to the past: his marriage, his love of music, his inspirations and his infidelities. Employing the wisdom and guidance of luminaries including Dante, Freud, and Thomas Jefferson, Patrick explores the abiding question: How should we live?... Read more and book. EFTA00693713 G; ;°' 04.10.2014 Weekend Event, 10am-5pm how to: Read Ulysses with Colin MacCabe Ulysses uses one day in the life of Dublin to reflect on the whole of Western culture and society. We invite you to spend a one day in your life reflecting on Ulysses, the most influential, and difficult, novel ever written. Under the guidance of Cohn MacCabe, one of the world's leading Joyce experts, you will enter into the world of Dublin on June 16th 1904 chapter by chapter, and hour by hour. You will also look at the contexts of Ulysses: the Dublin of the Gaelic revival; pre-First World War Trieste; Zurich as a haven from the butchery of the First World War; the Paris of entre deux guerres... Read more and book. EFTA00693714 07.10.2014 Evening Event, 6:30pm-7:45pm how to: Understand Lawrence of Arabia with Anthony Sattin Who was the mysterious young archeologist who became known as Lawrence of Arabia? And why did he, one hundred years ago, burn the first manuscript of his great epic, Seven Pillars of Wisdom? What was the story he wanted to conceal from the world? In what promises to be a riveting event, the acclaimed biographer and travel writer, Anthony Sattin, will uncover the truth about T E Lawrence. To celebrate the launch of his much anticipated new book, Sattin will discuss the secret behind Lawrence's birth, his tortuous relationship with his dominant... Read more and book. EFTA00693715 NEW EVENTS EFTA00693716 C. 14.10.2014 Lunchtime Event, 12:45pm - 1:45pm how to: The Marshmallow Test: Understanding self- control and how to master it. with Walter Mischel A LUNCHTIME TALK from Walter Mischel, one of the World's most influential psychologists and inventor of the original 1960s marshmallow experiments. "A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? How will she resist? And how does her ultimate choice shed light on the kind of adult she' ll eventually become? " The marshmallow studies have proven to predict - to a surprising degree - a child' s chances for future success.... Read more and book. EFTA00693717 14.10.2014 Evening Event, 6:45pm•8:00pm how to: An Evening Masterclass in Film with Cohn MacCabe An evening masterclass on some of the greatest moments in world cinema, explaining in close-up what makes each clip so perfect. The shot, the cut, the grammar of film: this unique take on the finest of all modern entertainments will be essential viewing. Film is the greatest of contemporary arts and, even in the digital age, our most popular source of entertainment. Since the end of the First World War it has provided our most important fictions, about individuals and society, as well as faithfully documenting our... Read more and book. EFTA00693718 THOUGHT LEADERSHIP EFTA00693719 23.10.2014 Evening Event, 6:30pm-7:50pm how to: An Evening with Michael Sandel with Michael J. Sandel This is an unmissable opportunity to hear the world famous philosopher Michael Sandel address the outstanding question of our age: how do we want to live together? He has been called 'the most effective communicator of ideas' in English, our most 'relevant living philosopher', a 'genius', a humanitarian, who can has taken philosophy into the global public domain and empowered audiences worldwide to participate in the highest quality of debate. His Harvard 'Justice' course has become legendary. In Britain, BBC R4 audiences will know him as The Public Philosopher.... Read more and book. EFTA00693720 20.11.2014 Evening Event. 6:30pm•7:45pm how to: Understand Einstein's General Theory of Relativity with Pedro G. Ferreira Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity is possibly the most perfect intellectual achievement in modern physics. Anything that involves gravity, the force that powers everything on the largest, hottest or densest of scales, can be explained by it. From the moment Einstein first proposed the theory in 1915, it was received with enthusiasm yet also with tremendous resistance, and for the following ninety years was the source of a series of feuds, vendettas, ideological battles and international collaborations featuring a colourful cast of characters.... Read more and book. EFTA00693721 PARTNER EVENTS EFTA00693722 GJ 4th November at 7pm Conway Hall 5x15: An evening with Atul Gawande with Atul Gawande and Will Self This year's Reith Lecturer, the acclaimed American surgeon, writer and public health researcher, Atul Gawande joins Will Self in a conversation about the themes of his new book - Being Mortal: Ageing, Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End. Will Self is the author of among other titles How the Dead Live. Book now. EFTA00693723 G; If there's a course you'd like to take which isn't currently included in our programme, email us with the details of what you'd like us to organise and if there's sufficient demand, we will contact our extensive network of distinguished teachers, lecturers and writers to arrange a course tailored to your needs. EFTA00693724 2. Follow on Facebook Follow on Twitter EFTA00693725 Copyright O 2014 How To Academy. AU rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in our website http://howtoacademy.com and indicated you wished to receive news about courses and offers. Our mailing address is: How To Academy 11 Aldridge Road Villas London. England W11 1BL United Kingdom Add us to your address book how to: unsubsaibe update subscription preferences EFTA00693726