You don’t know why it happens yet it does. You see someone you dislike and your defenses rise up like a rocket. You can feel your muscles tense, your jaw tighten and words that want to erupt from your throat. … Continue reading
Filling in your own blanks
NASA Ames Research Center reported that 70% of all ASRS reports were because of communication errors, and expectation error was the highest single cause. Expectation error – the hearing or seeing what you have heard or seen in the past … Continue reading
Assumptions and interpretations
If you believe the research that your eyes sends bits and pieces of information about your environment to your brain and that this information what you believe is true based on your past emotional experiences. Are you seeing and interpreting … Continue reading
AA: Autism and the Amygdala
Interesting discovery …. that autism is tied to a specific part of the brain. And children are not necessarily born with autism. The part of the brain, the amygdala — that houses your “fight or flight” syndrome is the key. … Continue reading
Emotional School? No Way!
I was waiting to be seated at a restaurant when I overheard this conversation between a consultant [c] and a client or prospect [cp] .. I couldn’t tell which. C: The people you are talking with that you want to … Continue reading
Your Body is ‘Leaking’
I was watching The O’Reilly Factor and caught the segment Body Language featuring Tonya Reiman, author of “The Power of Body Language”. Every Monday evening, Bill O’Reilly has Ms. Reiman on and shows newsclips of well-known people and discusses their … Continue reading
It isn’t what she wrote …
I am an adjunct faculty member in the School of Leadership and Professional Development. In one of the Organizational Leadership undergraduate degree courses, a student began her response to a discussion question this way: “….The majority of problems …. stem … Continue reading
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Is ‘Never Been Used’ the same as ‘New’?
ABC News had an interesting story, and 20/20 had a more in depth broadcast.Tire stores are selling up to 12 year old tires and, according to them, they are “new … never been used”. Research has shown that any tire … Continue reading
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Significant Consequences to Severe Actions?
Or are they going overboard? From Aviation Industry Press – Daily Newsletter Wednesday 18 February 2009 Ground all twin turboprops? The former chairman of the US National Transport Safety Board (NTSB) has stunned the aviation community with his recommendation to ground … Continue reading
Crabs on a plane! Passenger attacked
HOUSTON — Three fishing buddies were returning from Port Lavaca on Tuesday night when their single-engine plane stalled in mid-air. The small Cherokee was put down in a vacant lot, about a mile short of the runways at Hobby Airport.The … Continue reading
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