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Sound is Touch at a Distance
Jun 17, 2014
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I heard that once, on the radio, and it stuck. It's so true -- We don’t just hear sound, we feel it. Sound doesn't just trickle into our ears, it goes straight to our guts -- and that visceral reaction communicates a myriad of messages, whether we mean it to or not.
Picture yourself...
Laughter Makes You Smarter -- And More Effective
Mar 11, 2014
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It's helpful, according to humorist Dave Barry, that “TV news personalities make sad faces for sad stories and happy faces for happy stories." Otherwise, he says, we wouldn't know how we're supposed to feel.
He might have been joking, but it's often true that a speaker's expressions...
Uncovering Personal Presence
Feb 27, 2014
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When you think about people with enormous presence, who comes to mind? Nelson Mandela? Hillary Clinton? Morgan Freeman? Who in your personal life has presence and why?
In his book “Living Presence,” Kabir Helminski describes it this way:
“Presence...