You’ve likely heard the saying often attributed to Henry Ford, “Whether you believe you can or can’t do a thing, you’re right.” And I think this is terribly insightful and important when developing your personal effectiveness. I can’t tell you how often I come across people who say things like, “I’m just no good at
You may have seen the episode of Seinfeld where Jerry Seinfeld jokes about how most people would rather be in the casket than delivering the eulogy. Now this may not literally be the case, but when surveyed, a fear of public speaking ranks higher than a fear of death. For many people standing up and
You may have heard before that a key to building your employees self esteem is to praise and praise often. This sounds like great advice, but there is a right and a wrong way to offer compliments. Strangely enough praise can be a double-edged sword. It feels great in the moment when we hear applause
When you travel, your time home with your family becomes that much more important. Recently, my wife and I realized that if we didn’t have a good greeting at the airport, then our time together would be off as well. Not bad, just off. So we decided to create a ritual. I put together a
You may recall when you were a kid or when playing with your kids the activity of connect the dots. The fun of this game is that as you connect the dots, assuming you do it correctly, the dots come together to reveal a bigger picture. The same thing goes for communication. In fact, if you
Have you ever had a meeting with someone or attend a presentation in which it felt like it wouldn’t matter if you weren’t there. Even if you got up and left, they would still be doing their thing, talking away. That is clearly a one-sided form of communication and they’re clearly not paying attention to