Communication

October 11 BY in Communication

20 Practical Soft Skills Everyone Should Learn

546 Shares Soft skills are the important glue that helps bind our relationships and makes us approachable in life and in work. Here are 20 practical tips you can try.

October 10 BY in Communication

How to Quickly Improve Your Ability to Make Small Talk

238 Shares Small talk can be awkward. Here`s how you can use and modify the F.O.R.M technique for your personal conversation needs.

October 5 BY in Communication

Avoid These 5 Things to Make Sure You Aren`t Blowing People Off

207 Shares When we are busy it's tough to know that we are ignoring others. Watch for these 5 signs that you are blowing people off.

October 5 BY in Communication

40 Tips to Boost Your Writing Skills to a Master Level

418 Shares Being a master of writing not only helps you do tasks faster, it indeed can catapult your career! Here are 40 tips that could boost your writing skills.

October 1 BY in Communication

Need a Self-Assessment? Here Are 2 Great Questions to Ask Yourself at Work

135 Shares To be more successful you need to be honest with yourself, start by asking these two questions. Quietly assess the answers and then make a plan to build on your strengths and overcome your weaknesses.

September 26 BY in Communication

5 Ways to Build Stronger Relationships

284 Shares Here's how you can add a significant amount of depth, and thus strength, to your relationships and make your social life a whole lot more meaningful.

September 17 BY in Communication

20 Inspiring Quotes from Winston Churchill

271 Shares Here are 20 inspiring quotes from the iconic British leader Winston Churchill.

September 10 BY in Communication

How to Deal with Annoying People

260 Shares What can you do when someone is intent on pushing your buttons? Let Lifehack`s Teresa Griffith give you some strategies on how to deal with annoying people.

September 7 BY in Communication, Technology

Why I Write Using a Minimal Text Editor

83 Shares Nick Thacker explains why he writes using a minimal text editor, and offers up some good reasons why you should too.

August 31 BY in Communication

How to Write Your Way to a Smile

110 Shares When you already enjoy writing and then start noting your feelings, you can't possibly feel more at home. Here's how to write your way to a smile.

August 30 BY in Communication

5 Reasons to Build Trust with Everyone

186 Shares By nature, we trust people. I believe most of us assume the best in those we meet. That’s not always the case, but often it is. The most important part of this trusting thing is that others need to know they can trust us. In this post I’m going to give you several reasons why gaining trust with people is essential for relationships, growth, and (really) life all the way around. Hopefully, this will help guide us into a discussion as to why trust is so important today. 5 Reasons to Build Trust Character.... More »

August 27 BY in Communication

Top 20 TED Talks That Can Improve Your Life

1K Shares TED talks have served to inspire, motivate and create action for many. Here are the top 20 TED talks that can serve to improve your life.

August 24 BY in Communication

The Trick to Timing Presentations

79 Shares I loathe timed presentations. A presentation should take as much time as it takes to do what it needs to and no longer. That, of course, assumes that that it needs to do is worth doing but let’s pretend that it is. That said, it’s important to know how long your rehearsed presentation is going to take when you perform it live. The best way to find out, of course, is to give the presentation so that you know how long it will take the next time. The second best way is... More »

August 23 BY in Communication

All You Have to Do is Ask

89 Shares When was the last time you dared to ask for something your heart truly desired? Now, I don’t mean things like your favorite dinner or the TV remote. I am talking about desires that we repress because of the fear of failure. Things you want so bad that you’d rather not try, than invite the vulnerability that comes with the possibility of failing. I think its a rather terrifying act to ask for something you want. The more deeply you desire it, the more daunting the endeavour becomes. These are the things... More »

August 21 BY in Communication

7 Things to Say (and Not Say) to a Grieving Person

1.1K Shares Your friend’s father just died and you’re in a panic. “What should I say? What if I say something wrong?” Hey, it’s really not your fault our society is so death-and-grief-phobic. No one ever taught you how to be with someone who is grieving. Here are seven things not to say, along with better ways of saying them. 1. Not: “He’s in a better place” or “Just be happy he’s not in pain anymore.” The place she wants him to be is with her, no matter how much pain he was in... More »