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  2. Public speaking - Wikipedia

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    Public speaking, also referred to as oratory, is the practice of delivering speeches before a live audience on varying matters. [ 3 ] Throughout history, public speaking has held significant cultural, religious, and political importance, emphasizing the necessity of effective rhetorical skills in order for one to convey their view.

  3. Civic virtue - Wikipedia

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    Civic virtue is the cultivation of habits important for the success of a society. Closely linked to the concept of citizenship, civic virtue is often conceived as the dedication of citizens to the common welfare of each other even at the cost of their individual interests. The identification of the character traits that constitute civic virtue ...

  4. Motivational speaker - Wikipedia

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    Tony Robbins at seminar A motivational speaker (or inspirational speaker) is a speaker who makes speeches intended to motivate or inspire an audience. Such speakers may attempt to challenge or transform their audiences. [1] The speech itself is popularly known as a pep talk. [2] Motivational speakers can deliver speeches at schools, colleges, places of worship, companies, corporations ...

  5. Malala's Magic Pencil - Wikipedia

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    Malala's Magic Pencil is a 2017 picture book authored by Malala Yousafzai and illustrated by Kerascoët. The book was published by Little, Brown and Company in the U.S., and Puffin Books in the U.K., [ 2 ] with Farrin Jacobs as editor. [ 3 ] It shows Yousafzai growing up in Swat, Pakistan, and wishing for a magic pencil to solve her problems; she learns that she is able to make change, such as ...

  6. Good citizenship - Wikipedia

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    Good citizenship. A good citizen is an individual who takes the initiative to improve their country. There are many opinions as to what constitutes a good citizen. Aristotle makes a distinction between the good citizen and the good man, writing, "...there cannot be a single absolute excellence of the good citizen.

  7. Self-transcendence - Wikipedia

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    Self-transcendence is distinctive as the first trait-concept of a spiritual nature to be incorporated into a major theory of personality. [6] It is one of the "character" dimensions of personality assessed in Cloninger 's Temperament and Character Inventory. [2] It is also assessed by the Self-Transcendence Scale [7] and the Adult Self ...

  8. Verbal intelligence - Wikipedia

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    In order to understand linguistic intelligence, it is important to understand the mechanisms that control speech and language. These mechanisms can be broken down into four major groups: speech generation (talking), speech comprehension (hearing), writing generation (writing), and writing comprehension (reading). In a practical sense, linguistic intelligence is the extent to which an ...

  9. Social skills - Wikipedia

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    Social skills build essential character traits like trustworthiness, respectfulness, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship. These traits help build an internal moral compass, allowing individuals to make good choices in thinking and behavior, resulting in social competence.