Perception is Reality; Not really
You’ve heard it said, “Perception is reality.” What that means is how someone experiences something has a huge impact on their thoughts, emotions and behavior but, make no mistake about it, perception is not always reality. Take two people who experience the very same thing but react completely differently. Suppose they are turned down for […]
My Name is Brian and You Are?
In his classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, Dale Carnegie wrote, “Remember that a person’s name is to that person the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” There is no word that catches our attention more than our name. That’s why you can be in a noisy, crowded area, straining to listen […]
That Silent Nudge
Have you ever experienced any of the following? You reviewed an email and felt something was off but you couldn’t put your finger on it. Eventually you sent it after rereading it one more time only to notice an error just after hitting send! You left the house and felt something wasn’t right. You mentally […]
Man’s Need to Add Meaning
Over the years I’ve watched many of the Ken Burns PBS documentaries while running on my treadmill. I started with The War (WWII), and then it was on to Prohibition, The Dust Bowl, The Civil War, Baseball, Jazz, and most recently The Roosevelts. If you’ve never seen any of them I can’t encourage you enough […]
Influencers from Around the World – How to Persuade Yourself to Re-set Your Priorities in Life
Hoh Kim has been a guest blogger for Influence PEOPLE since I began the Influencers from Around the World series seven years ago. Hoh and I became friends when we went through the Cialdini certification training together. Hoh has his Ph.D. in Culture Technology from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; his dissertation title was “Psychological and […]
