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Conversation Tactics I breezed through an e-book yesterday called “Conversation Tactics: Strategies to Charm, Befriend and Defend” by Patrick King. This was one of those books that kindle floats by me all the time under the ‘you might be interested’ category. It was for the low, low price of $3.99 so I figured I’d take …
The garbage project When I was growing up we had a dump in town. The dump was an enormous pit. People would back their station wagons up to the edge and toss their bags of trash into the hole. One time I saw an old lady back over the edge and her car was at …
Power Posing and Running Form! I listened to a great TED Talk by Amy Cuddy about power posing. I’m not going to do the research justice but let me try to summarize. http://www.ted.com/talks/amy_cuddy_your_body_language_shapes_who_you_are.html She knew that our body language affects the way other people react to us. This has been studied and shown to be …
Sleepless in Seattle effect What can we take away from remote, one-way and digital relationships in the internet age? As I think through the last couple decades and my involvement in the internet I find that there are lessons we can draw from the experience. We have our online community but how many of us …
Crazy 8’s The no-man’s land of the age grouper I had a lovely birthday this week. I’m in as good shape as I have been for many years. But I am at an age group disadvantage. My age now ends with an 8. The 8’s are the wasteland of age for the amateur endurance athlete. …
