Having “lived” in the productivity realm for several years now, I know exactly how dry a topic it can be. For those that adopt and stick with a productivity system, there are even more that don’t stick with (or never explore) a system. Finding a productivity system that works for you is hard work –…

Whammo! You didn’t see that coming, did you? Why is it that, despite all our planning, we sometimes get caught by surprise, totally unprepared, with our pants down as it were? I mean, we’re smart folks, right? How come sometimes we just don’t see stuff coming? The answer is, much of the time, that we don’t see…

Last week, I explained some of the ways that our brain tricks us. There’s more ways than just the three I listed that the brain works in odd and mysterious ways, causing us no end of mischief. Here’s three more: I am not a racist! In 1964, a woman named Kitty Genovese was…

LifeTrainingOnline put together a rather comprehensive document on reading people and their body language. It’s a three parter that first introduces the principles to being able to be aware what people are saying without words, then through techniques of people-reading and then finally detecting deception. Preparing Yourself to Read People The key to effectively reading people is…

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” – Albert Einstein “Everything you see or hear or experience in any way at all is specific to you. You create a universe by perceiving it, so everything in the universe you perceive is specific to you.” – Douglas Adams Take a minute to scan your surroundings…