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  2. Cover letter - Wikipedia

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    Cover letters are used in connection with many business documents such as loan applications ( mortgage loan ), contract drafts and proposals, and executed documents. While the resume outlines the professional journey, a cover letter allows the applicant convey their personality, passion, and potential contributions to the prospective employer.

  3. Employee motivation - Wikipedia

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    Employee motivation. Employee motivation is an intrinsic and internal drive to put forth the necessary effort and action towards work-related activities. It has been broadly defined as the "psychological forces that determine the direction of a person's behavior in an organisation, a person's level of effort and a person's level of persistence ...

  4. Letter of recommendation - Wikipedia

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    Letter of recommendation. A letter of recommendation or recommendation letter, also known as a letter of reference, reference letter, or simply reference, is a document in which the writer assesses the qualities, characteristics, and capabilities of the person being recommended in terms of that individual's ability to perform a particular task ...

  5. Motivated reasoning - Wikipedia

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    Definitions. Motivated reasoning is a cognitive and social response, in which individuals, consciously or unconsciously, allow emotion-loaded motivational biases to affect how new information is perceived. Individuals tend to favor arguments that support their current beliefs and reject new information that contradicts these beliefs.

  6. Motivational speaker - Wikipedia

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    Motivational speaker. Tony Robbins at seminar. A motivational 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]

  7. Protection motivation theory - Wikipedia

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    Protection motivation theory ( PMT) was originally created to help understand individual human responses to fear appeals. Protection motivation theory proposes that people protect themselves based on two factors: threat appraisal and coping appraisal. Threat appraisal assesses the severity of the situation and examines how serious the situation ...

  8. Motivational interviewing - Wikipedia

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    Motivational interviewing ( MI) is a counseling approach developed in part by clinical psychologists William R. Miller and Stephen Rollnick. It is a directive, client-centered counseling style for eliciting behavior change by helping clients to explore and resolve ambivalence. Compared with non-directive counseling, it is more focused and goal ...

  9. Florence Scovel Shinn - Wikipedia

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    Florence Scovel Shinn (September 24, 1871 in Camden, New Jersey – October 17, 1940) was an American artist and book illustrator who became a New Thought spiritual teacher and metaphysical writer in her middle years.