We each have our unique perspective on life shaped by our unique experiences, including our career choices, family, friend choices and sport-of-choice, etc. When we share life advice with others, they process it according to their own life-colored perspective. They choose whether to accept a piece of advice in full, in part, or reject it. […]
Love or Slugs?
When we are upbeat, we make it easier for the people around us to be happy. When my children were infants, I read about a research study in which the researchers discovered that if a mother of young children wasn’t happy, then no one else in her family would be, either. This principle can be […]
Employing SLANT at Work
SLANT is an acronym for: Sit up, Listen, Ask Questions, Nod, and Track the speaker with your eyes. Schools use this acronym to teach basic classroom behavior to children from low-income backgrounds. Why aren’t we also requiring this behavior for every interaction at work? In our multitasking, smartphone-obsessed offices, we adults would benefit from a […]