Archive for the ‘Communication’ Category

5 Keys To A Better Love Life

I recently asked 5 of the most successful couples I know for their best advice on how to create a fantastic love life. They laughed at first. They thought I was asking about sex. I assured them I wasn't. I wanted to know what they'd done to keep their love alive for 100+ combined years of life together.What came next surprised, inspired, and frustrated me all at once. These ideas… Continue reading

March 17 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: howto, Lifestyle, personal-development, relationship | 22 comments»

5 Steps To Conquer Any Networking Event

Let's say you're single, lonely, and desperate for a date. That, of course, isn't actually the case so you'll need to use your imagination for a moment. Now imagine that you've been invited on a group date with the promise that you'll definitely hit it off with someone special. The organizer isn't really sure about that but a match seems likely because more than 500 single, lonely, and fairly desperate… Continue reading

March 15 2010 | By Seth | Tagged: Communication, Management, networking, organization, planning, Productivity | 7 comments»

Change Your Focus For Better Results

In some of my workshops, I run a short activity which provides the audience members with an immediate and practical example of how and where we focus our attention and energy – and the potential consequences. It’s a pretty simple process used by plenty of facilitators. How it works: I ask my audience to spend sixty seconds looking around the room and to take note of everything that’s red. Any shade of red will… Continue reading

March 11 2010 | By Craig | Tagged: Communication, creativity, learning | 7 comments»

How to Confidently Deal with Conflict

I have to tell you that I’m not great at handling conflict. I’d much rather have things run smoothly and make sure that everyone gets along, works together, has fun and delivers great results, so when conflict happens I feel awkward and uncomfortable.I tend to do what I can to set things up ahead of time for smooth sailing, and I’ve really had to work hard at dealing with… Continue reading

February 26 2010 | By Steve | Tagged: confidence, conflict, self-management | 10 comments»

Nonfiction and Fiction Writing – Worlds Apart

One of my role models is Cory Doctorow. Cory's the co-editor of Boing Boing and the author of Little Brother, a teen sci fi adventure set in San Francisco in the near future.I love Cory because like me, he has about ten jobs, and I admire him because he's made a successful transition from nonfiction to fiction writing. You heard it here - this year I'm… Continue reading

January 25 2010 | By Alexandra | Tagged: creativity, fiction, writer, writing | 10 comments»

Confessions of a Spam-Catcher: How to Identify Spam

As part of my role as Lifehack’s manager, I am responsible for moderating the comments queue. Lifehack’s back-end has a “Pending” queue for comments that our spam-catching software thinks might be spam, a “Spam” queue for comments labeled “spam” either by the software or by me, and another queue for comments that have been approved, again either by the software or by me. As a general rule, I check… Continue reading

January 18 2010 | By Dustin | Tagged: blogging, comment, spam, webmaster, website, writing | 18 comments»

8 Qualities of Powerful Writing

Every semester I agonize over how to help my students learn to write more meaningful, interesting papers. Not just in my class, but altogether. Writing well is a key skill in today’s information-heavy society, and above all else my job is to help prepare students to become active participants in the society we live in.Writing well is about far more than proper grammar and spelling. In fact, good writing… Continue reading

January 15 2010 | By Dustin | Tagged: college, persuasion, student, university, writer, writing | 32 comments»

Develop Your Greatest Skill – Language

The most common method of thinking is verbal thinking. We have a range of intelligences including numerical, musical, spatial, emotional, verbal and kinaesthetic intelligences, yet it is verbal intelligence that we depend on most. We tend to think and express ourselves in words. Mastering the use of words is the most important skill we develop because acquiring further skills depends on our comprehension of… Continue reading

January 12 2010 | By Paul | Tagged: intelligence, language, skill, speak, verbal, vocabulary, words, write | 22 comments»

Why Popularity at Work Matters

In high school, didn’t a part of you always wonder how the cool kids did it? Popularity remained an enigmatic aspect of human existence that ceased to be relevant once we threw our caps in the air…right?There are scores of research studies on popularity in schools, and most have indicated that popular children are viewed as better students and make and maintain friendships more easily. In 2009… Continue reading

January 4 2010 | By Alexandra | Tagged: career, interpersonal-skill, job, reputation, work, workplace | 16 comments»

Put Up Your Hand If You Ever Lie

Put up Your Hand if You Ever Lie.If your hand went up, then we now know you’re a liar. If it didn’t go up then we know you’re an even bigger liar.When asked the question “are you a liar?” nearly 97% of people answer “no”. When the remaining 3% (self-confessed liars) are subjected to questions calibrating their real, rather than perceived, honesty, they turn out to be, on average, 28… Continue reading

November 9 2009 | By Craig | Tagged: honesty, lying, truthfulness | 18 comments»

Make Email Your Servant (Not Your Master)

Let's be clear. Your email is not your work; it is simply a tool to help you do your work. But like any tool it can be ineffective or even dangerous when used wrongly. Here is how to make email your servant not your master.1. Check your email inbox at set intervals. Do not have your email on and active in front of you all the time. For most people… Continue reading

November 4 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: contact, email, folder, message, outlook, twitter | 19 comments»

How to Give a Great Speech: Part 2 Delivery

An important speech can be a worry. The keys for success are good preparation and confident delivery. If you have prepared your talk well and memorised the key points then you are ready to give a great performance. And it is a performance. Giving a talk should be much more than simply conveying information - it involves an element of drama and of theatre. Here are some tips: 1… Continue reading

October 26 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: address, delivery, keynote, presentation, public-speaking, speech, talk | 13 comments»

How to Give a Great Speech, Part 1: Preparation

If you have to give a keynote speech, an after-dinner talk, or an address to a group of customers or colleagues then preparation leads to success. Here are some key tips: 1. Investigate the audience. Find out as much as you can about your audience, their interests and their likely mood. What is it that they will want from your session - information, entertainment, tips, ideas, guidance? What will they have heard… Continue reading

October 19 2009 | By Paul | Tagged: presentation, public-speaking, speech | 22 comments»

Writing Research Papers

No matter where you are in your intellectual journey, the ability to assemble and analyze large amounts of complex information is a skill that can pay large dividends both in monetary terms and in terms of your overall satisfaction with life. What follows is a very short guide and template for writing excellent research papers.Re-Evaluating Road-Crossing: The Chicken Was PushedA Short Guide to Writing a Research Paper Abstract The Abstract is usually… Continue reading

September 25 2009 | By Art | Tagged: college, education, paper, research, student, university, writing | 9 comments»

12 Tips for Better Business Writing

Today’s business world is almost entirely information-driven. Whether you run a small business or occupy a small corner of the org-chart at a massive multinational corporation, chances are that the bulk of your job consists of communicating with others, most often in writing. Of course there’s email and the traditional business letter, but most business people are also called on to write presentations, memos, proposals, business requirements, training materials, promotional… Continue reading

September 10 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: business, business-writing, freelance, writing | 31 comments»

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