Reframe Your Internal Dialogue And Take Control Of Your Self-Talk
• How you think creates your life; negativity poisons everything in your world. • Changing negativity requires a degree of metacognition (thinking about thinking) and a leap of faith to do something t...
25 Okt 202250min
Understanding Empathy And Why We Need It
• Empathy is about the ability to take another person’s perspective. It is similar to “theory of mind,” which is the human capacity to understand another person’s state of mind and comprehend that it ...
18 Okt 202232min
The Need To Be Liked
• People-pleasing is a complex learned behavior, but it can be understood and changed. One of the most common underlying causes is the need to be liked.• We can counter this mindset by remembering we ...
11 Okt 202218min
Nine Types Of Active Listening Responses
• To this end, we come to the concept of active listening. It’s a way to participate in conversations while being on the receiving end. Most might think that receiving simply means sitting quietly, bu...
4 Okt 202255min
Subtly Charismatic: Humor And Misdirection
• One quick technique is misdirection, where a statement has two parts: the first is expected and ordinary, the second contradicts it with unexpected and comedic results. Sarcasm can be powerful but i...
27 Sep 20221h 4min
Boost Your CQ (Conversational Intelligence)
• Being charming is about developing social awareness and conversational intelligence. Much of this depends on empathy, and being able to step outside your own reality bubble and honestly see your own...
20 Sep 202236min
Questions – An Underrated Superpower
• In order to interact and engage more fully in conversations, we need to work against our not-so-useful habits and learn better ones.• A non-negotiable habit is becoming a master at using questions. ...
13 Sep 202242min
Dealing With Conflict And Disagreement
• Arguments are sometimes inevitable but we can argue best if we use “steel manning” rather than attacking a strawman. Create the best version of your opponent’s argument by breaking it down, then hel...
6 Sep 202238min
