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The Pursuit of Happiness

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” These are the words that begin the second paragraph of the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the American colonies on July 4, 1776, nearly 250 years ...

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Remember: The Brain Is Still a Mystery

I write on developments in neuroscience frequently, and it’s easy to get carried away with the pace and nature of the insights coming from laboratories around the world.  Non-invasive techniques for peering into the brain have meant that a variety of lines of research have been able to take huge steps forward.  So, it’s important, ...

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We Must Hang Together, or Assuredly We Will Hang Separately

Neuroscience continues to broaden our understanding of how communications actually works, and to shift our received wisdom.  Two studies that I caught up with recently, one from this year and the other from about eight years ago, confirm that we humans are both more optimistic and more flexible than we might think.  The older study ...

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If AI Is Reading Your Mind, What Will It Learn?

Now AI can read minds, according to a recent study.  With all the hype surrounding the latest AI and ChatGPT developments, it seems like we shouldn’t let this new ability to pass without comment.  Of course, spies will be thrilled to learn that they can read the minds of their counterparts with only a fMRI ...

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How to Craft a Crowd-pleasing Speech

How do we decide what we like in a speech, as a member of the audience?  The question is an important one for speakers, whether professional or not, since being well-received by your audience is important for future gigs or promotions. And don’t tell me you don’t care.  I’ve seen too many speakers get a ...

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Now That the Pandemic Is Officially Over…

Human communication is difficult at best.  We don’t hear each other perfectly in a noisy, fast-paced world, we don’t listen thoroughly to each other, and perhaps most importantly, we are not as good at decoding intent – which we do largely through the attitude we think is expressed in each other’s body language – as ...

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How to Write an Unforgettable Speech

Speeches are like flowers, or sonnets, for the most part – a moment’s monument.  With a few exceptions, they are temporary, aimed at a moment, or a movement, or a situation that calls for public comment right now.  When you study speeches from previous eras, you find that almost always a good deal of explication ...

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E54 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick talks to author, entrepreneur and marketing expert Patrick Mork.

Patrick Mork, is a Belgian/American entrepreneur who has spent over 25 years in various marketing leadership roles in several high-profile technology startups and at Google. He decide to focus full time on being an executive coach for entrepreneurial companies and their executives in 2017. His new book Step Back and Leap, is not ...

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How Empathetic Are We? Has the Pandemic Turned Us into Trolls?

If, like me, you’re a little worried about the state of humanity post-pandemic, then our Empathy Quiz will be of some comfort.  For the last four years we’ve been running the Quiz on our website.  We’ve been asking you how empathetic you believe you are toward your fellow humans. Perhaps because you are worried, or ...

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Are You Using Your CEO to Best Advantage?

The stats differ on how long a CEO can expect to occupy that spacious corner suite before being retired or moved along to the Board or whatever is going to happen to him or her.  I saw one recent study that put it at less than 5 years.  Another, by Korn Ferry, is more generous ...

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