One of the most important skills you can ever learn is the art of active listening. It’s a skill that draws people in, makes people open up to you more, gets you noticed as an excellent conversationalist, and generally makes you more likable by almost anyone. And, more often than not, you don’t even have …
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Who woulda thunk doing something nice for someone else could make you feel better? And yes, I’m being sarcastic… You already know doing nice things for others makes you feel good. But did you know there’s actually proof to back it up? Enter Sonja Lyubomirsky, PhD, and author of The How of Happiness. In a 2005 study, …
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It’s okay to admit it. You’re hurt. You’re broken. You’re so deep in a hole of despair you’re terrified you’ll never get out of it. You’re afraid you’ll be stuck down there forever. Even worse, no one knows what you’re going through. No one knows how you really feel. You haven’t (and won’t) let anyone …
There’s a conspiracy afoot. If you ask around, it seems like most people are in the dark about it. But you’re not most people are ya, Skipper? You know the real truth… don’t you? If not, don’t fret. I’ve got enough blue pills to go around. But first, a story. Last year, I was with a group …
When you think of love, what do you imagine? What do you see in your mind when you picture it? Is it a feeling? A state of being? For many, yes. It’s most definitely both. But what else? Is it something you can hold? Something you can taste? Something you can trap in a bottle …
I want you to do something for me. It takes very little effort and almost no time at all. And if you do it, I promise the payoff is going to be tremendous — for both yourself and the person for whom you’re doing it. Ready? Wonderful! Let’s get started. First, I want you to …
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It’s incredible, isn’t it? How, even after the collective hustle and bustle of getting things ready and prepared, you can finally sit back, relax and let the festive spirit take over. Yes, that’s right — Christmas is here. But there’s one gift you might have forgotten. One gift that means more than everything else. A gift that …
There’s one thing nearly all of us do that can immediately turn people off from ever wanting to share their stories with us. It’s called Conversational Narcissism. And essentially, it’s when someone is always trying to shift the focus of a conversation back to themselves. For example: Let’s say you’re talking to me about an …