Snap judgments count! Warmth and competence are the two critical variables that people use to assess your character and intentions. These two categories account for 80 percent of our overall evaluations of people and shape your emotions and behaviors toward… Read More »Snap Judgments Count
Are you happy? Long ago Aristotle concluded that the great majority of humanity seeks happiness. Happiness is what we seek, but we also have other goals, like health, beauty, money and power. Except we only chase those goals because we… Read More »One Way to Happiness
When I turned on the TV that Saturday just as Bishop Curry began to speak, the cameras were turning their ever-watchful eyes on the dignitaries in the front pews. The Queen seemed to be uncomfortable, and Prince Charles and Camilla… Read More »Give it Smoothness
Underneath what you do is who you are. Who you are is mostly immeasurable, since you are so many things. The artist Aligheiro Boetti added an ampersand between his first and last name. He did it to demonstrate that he was not single, but multiple selves. He became Aligheiro & Boetti…
When I was a young actor in New York, I studied with Marian Rich, a renowned voice and speech teacher who had taught Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, Geraldine Page, and countless other Broadway and Hollywood standouts. I was not one of her standouts by a long shot, but over a three-year period she taught me how…
People are more likely to like your ideas if they like you–as a business person, a leader, and a communicator. I think the best way to get them to like you is to be open and honest about who you… Read More »The Habit that Ensures You Will Sell More