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Below is one of the best explanations I've seen, and a great argument to NOT identify with any political party. I don't talk politics with my friends. I read a wide variety of news media, and then I vote in private. With my friends, I like to have conversations about art, travel, and business.  MIT Technology…

When I unsubscribed from email news from my bank, I found this charming landing page. 

Zat Rana thinks that friendships are based on a 'shared culture' between two people, and this culture is built through shared experiences. That belief places a pretty high hurdle on friendship. If we accept this idea, then developing and maintaining our friendships is among the most time-consuming and energy-consuming things we do.  Design Luck: What…

I recently attended a weekend retreat for innovators, something I had forgotten I need. It was fun but there were also frustrations. Seth Godin pinpoints some…  An idea which really struck me was having a poker game, or some other activity where we have to manage chance and random results.  Seth's Blog: How to organize a…

Responses in the email newsletter industry have varied from OMG to Who Cares, and we still don't know what the implications will be. Will non-profits and small businesses be ignored while the EU pursues deep-pocketed companies? Will the impact vary much from country to country? How much will European citizens (and British citizens) report on…

We can't tell someone to 'stop being lazy.' We can only help them identify and overcome their challenges.  Medium: Laziness Does Not Exist (but unseen barriers do) [paywall], 2018-Mar-23 by E Price  I’m hoping to awaken my fellow educators — of all levels — to the fact that if a student is struggling, they probably aren’t choosing to. They…

Noah Zandan has some great research on 'speaking as a leader.'  https://www.quantifiedcommunications.com/resources/ Harvard Business Review: How to Stop Saying “Um,” “Ah,” and “You Know” 2018-Aug-1 by Noah Zandan Finally, I can’t stress the importance of preparation enough. Nerves are one of the biggest reasons people overuse vocal fillers. The less prepared you are, the more nervous…

Anxiety is a signal, not a sentence. Fast Company: How to make your anxiety work for you instead of against you, 2018-Jul-17 by Stephanie Vozza When you have too much anxiety, it’s often because you’re telling yourself a story. “For example, ‘If I don’t do a good job I’ll get fired,’ ‘My boss hates me,’…

Thank you, thank you, Timothy Taylor, for introducing me to the work of John Tooby and Leda Cosmides. (Check out Coalitional Instincts and Fox News, or MSNBC.) We are evolutionally programmed to join coalitions and those coalitions ask us to signal our loyalty to the group. Sometimes they ask us to do despicable things.  Conversable…

I'm very tired of listening to people belittle the people they disagree with. I want to avoid the trap and learn to understand more people, all the time. I recently found an article for journalists that explains how to frame a discussion in order to avoid having both parties retreat into their battle positions.  How…