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Arguments don’t have to be about winning or losing; they can help us build trust despite disagreeing.
Everyone loves a good underdog story, but the lessons we derive from them depend on how they’re told.
Telegrams were the “Twitter of the 1850s and 1860s” — and they elicited the exact same overblown fears as Twitter does today.
"I am an anthropologist, and for years, I have spoken to people who have had these experiences."
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Washington University professor John Inazu tells us how we can make peace inside a raging culture war.
From emotional intelligence to problem solving, these management training topics will set team leaders up for success.
Apart from the energy needed to flip the switch, no other energy is needed to transmit the information.
No family is immune to money conflicts, no matter how much they love each other. Here’s what to look out for.
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Make it simple. Make it clear. Make it stick. Alan Alda on how to get everyone to understand your thoughts.
John Templeton Foundation
A conversation with an advanced alien species is likely to be simple and to take 1,000 years. It might also be dangerous.
The majority of children who stutter will spontaneously recover from it without intervention, but some 20% of people do not.
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Deep secrets don’t explode. They do something worse, explains Michael Slepian.
Use words with plosives and affricates if you really want to make sure everyone knows you mean business.
We are not yet at the point where quantum communications can be deployed to secure the internet, but we might not be far off.
It might seem petty and shallow to get upset over a bad gift, but there's often a deeper reason behind the feeling.
"The digital HQ - the digital infrastructure that supports productivity and collaboration - actually became more important than the physical HQ."
While most participants fibbed a little bit, laptop users were much more likely to lie – and by a lot more.
Executive presence training can help leaders learn how to better support their people, become more self aware, communicate effectively, and more.