Following up yesterday’s thoughts on illusions our leaders benefit from, another occurred to me in learning about ping-pong diplomacy, the 1970s sports phenomenon that contributed to opening relations between the U.S. and China. In particular, the United States and Chinese … Continue reading
Dennis Ritchie died today. In computer circles, he is like Einstein. For those curious about this computer science version of Einstein, this Economist article will give you some background. I’ve written only a bit in C, which he created and … Continue reading
Ever wonder how I pick my topics for this blog or my seminar? Today’s interview (by friend, consultant, and fellow coach Chase Dumont) answers your question. I’m posting the audio with two ways to listen since I’m just starting audio. … Continue reading
I’m pleased to announce Audio Mondays on this blog. Each Monday, starting tomorrow, I’ll post an audio piece, to give the different perspective a different communication medium provides. Most audio pieces will be interviews of or by me. I’ll shoot … Continue reading
Trying to add functions to my blog, I hit some bug in the software running it, called WordPress. I’m working on fixing it. For the time being, all links to individual posts seem to take you to the blog home … Continue reading
A couple people emailed me today’s long New York Times article Do You Suffer From Decision Fatigue?. One pointed out that it echoed my post that English and romantic languages reflect the difficulty in deciding in the root -cide. On … Continue reading
Some people ask the same boring questions of everyone they meet. They are so stuck in their ruts they don’t see what they’re doing. They guide conversations to small talk they’ve heard before and don’t care about, then wonder why … Continue reading
Have you squirmed every time I used they and them as singular non-gender-specific pronouns? I squirmed every time I wrote them. For centuries English has had the problems that come with having no gender-neutral singular pronouns. No matter how you … Continue reading
People misunderstand emotions. They describe someone as “emotional” when they seem excited. They tend to associate being “emotional” with emotions like anger or rage. Thinking that acting on only a few emotions exhausts the range of all emotions shows low … Continue reading
Many people imply not caring what others think to be a virtue. They ask “Why do you care what other people think?” or say “You care too much what other people think.” People have said it to you. They’ve said … Continue reading
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