Improving Our “Signals” and “Beings”

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“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou, poet and actress
“Any emotion, if it is sincere, is involuntary.” - Mark [...]

This is a book review of Daniel Goleman’s Social Intelligence: The New Science of Human Relationships.
Neuroscience is quickly discovering that humans are wired to connect. Goleman in his groundbreaking books says that the neural linkages between humans influences the brain, and hence the body. These invisible bridges give us the ability to change people’s moods, [...]

This is a book review of Daniel Goleman’s Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ.
I purchased the 10th anniversary edition of this “groundbreaking book that redefines what it means to be smart”. 10 years following the release of his book, Goleman’s development and popularisation of emotional intelligence (EQ or EI) has sprouted a [...]

“Getting rid of a delusion makes us wiser than getting hold of a truth.” - Karl Ludwig Borne (1786-1837)
“Myth is an attempt to narrate a whole human experience, of which the purpose is too deep, going too deep in the blood and soul, for mental explanation or description.” - David Herbert Lawrence (1885-1930), English writer [...]

“One word frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love.” – Sophocles, 496-406 B.C.
“What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things, instead of using people and loving things.” – Author Unknown.
“Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love [...]

This is a book review of Susan Scott’s Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time.
If you have ever felt the need to have an important conversation, but you couldn’t bring yourself to having it, then this is the book for you. Susan Scott details the exact methods to [...]

This is a book review of Michael Hall and Bobby Bodenhamer’s Mind-lines: Lines for Changing Minds.
You’ve been to told to see the glass as half full, but how do you do it? Have you ever wondered how your worries, fears, disagreements, interpersonal conflict, anger, and misunderstandings can be reinterpreted so that they empower you; instead [...]

On October 23, 1990, David Pologruto, a high school physics teacher, was stabbed by his smart student Jason Haffizulla. Jason was not a teenager you think would try to kill someone. He got straight A’s and was determined to study medicine at Harvard, but this was his downfall. His physics teacher gave Jason a B, [...]

This is a book review of Dale Carnegie’s all time international classic How to Win Friends and Influence People. It is a fairly large review with the occasional “diversion” from the topic because I feel it is appropriate for this classic book.
The original version of this book was written in 1937 with just 5,000 copies [...]

You’re about to unlock what I believe is the greatest human need in communication. I’m going to show you how to connect with your fellow human being in the most intimate way possible – a way that many people have never experienced their entire life. This is something I know the world so desperately needs. [...]