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Tone Down the Attitude

Tone Down the Attitude

Tone is everything. Even without saying the actual words, people often call each other names with degrading or disrespectful tones. There is a wide palette of negative tones — sarcastic, passive-aggressive, cold and calculating, ridiculing — and so on. But they all...
Duplicity in Influence is a Bad Strategy

Duplicity in Influence is a Bad Strategy

Click Bait Cartoon via cartoonsbyJim Am I alone in being exhausted/annoyed by headlines these days? I want to stick a needle in my eye. CRUZ PUNCHES WIFE IN THE FACENo, he didn’t. I don’t like the guy, everyone knows this, yet the dude is awkward and went to hug his...
Don’t Sugarcoat Your Feedback

Don’t Sugarcoat Your Feedback

Be direct, don’t sugarcoat, and make it about what they want, not about you. photo c/o Ryan McGuire Humans can generally handle the truth — and truth- telling is full of nuances. When used inappropriately, truth is a powerful weapon; when wielded with awareness and...
The Importance of Not Always Being Earnest

The Importance of Not Always Being Earnest

12 types of conversations to avoid this holiday season “I don’t have to attend every argument I am invited to.” —author unknown I read that quote on Twitter the other day and my entire being cheered, “Hallelujah!” The election happened. The holidays are here. The end...