A Book and It’s Cover
In today’s fast paced world, we make quick decisions every day. In doing research for this FFfT, I read articles that suggested we make between 35,000–75,000 decisions daily. Considering that we sleep eight hours a day that means on average we make a decision every second. Sounds crazy, but when you think about what goes […]
Creating An Impression
It’s holiday season. There are lots of holiday parties, meeting people, pressing the flesh; ever wonder how you come across to other people or what you don’t like about particular people you meet? We still judge people by how they look and act. Studies show that it takes seven seconds to make an initial judgement—but […]
Judging Others
Most of you know how big my network is. It has taken many years to cultivate and also a long time to gain their trust. When I first started building my network it was about me. What’s in it for me? What can you do for me? That led me down two paths: Judging folks; […]
Fight or Flight
During the intense week in DC, we had the opportunity to hear from one of the world’s leading experts on cognitive brain science. One of his points was that our brains as humans are wired for fight or flight. As part of our basic primal evolution, this makes us resistant to change. For safety reasons, […]