Rewards of Expertise
I recently heard about a documentary called Jiro Dreams of Sushi. It’s about an 85-year-old sushi guru, Jiro Ono, who has spent his entire life working to become the best sushi master he possibly can. Jiro has been tweaking and refining his craft to make the best sushi possible for over 75 years. Becoming an […]
Chocolate & Relationships
“There is nothing better than a friend, unless it is a friend with chocolate.” —Linda Grayson A couple weeks back a few friends and I shared an incredible experience over chocolate. Let me first tell you about the chocolate. Someone handed me a piece of chocolate. I wasn’t impressed. The person that handed me the […]
Listen with Your Eyes
A study by Dr. Albert Mehrabian, Professor of Psychology at UCLA, shows that only 7% of all communication is based in the words we say. Of the other 93%, 38% is made up of the tonality we use and the remaining 55% is made up nonverbal ques; body language1. This means that most of what […]
Go the Extra Mile
It’s hard to watch the news or get on social media over the last couple of weeks without seeing the headlines about a passenger being dragged off a United Airlines flight. United Airlines can’t seem to catch a break. A passenger being stung by a scorpion and staff escorting two passengers off the plane are […]
Communicate to Be Heard
John Wanamaker said this almost a century ago: “Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.” The words are still true today. Companies spend millions on marketing and trying to get our attention. With all the technologies available today there is a lot of noise in […]
Irrational Fears
“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death… Death is number two… Does that seem right? That means to the average person, if you have to go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.” —Jerry Seinfeld The above sounds absurd and I get […]