5 Wrong Things Experts Told Me

One of the dangers of being a good listener is that, well, you listen. Combine this with a tendency to believe that other people generally know what they are talking about, and you’re in trouble. Here are the five worst I’ve gotten – and have, as of this moment, given up: 1. If you are […]

The Four Words You Need

I hope you neither misread nor misinterpreted the title here. One, this post is more than four words, and two, if you think it’s about four-letter words, this could be the wrong blog for you. I’m talking about words you need to know. Not the ‘nice to know’ ones like adventitious and prolific, or the […]

Warning: Powerlessness May Be Dangerous to Your Brain – and Your Business

I remember reading an article another scientist sent me, essentially describing some research in the Netherlands. They conducted three experiments, putting Dutch university students in different scenarios designed to make them feel either dominant or subordinate in ‘rank’. They were then asked to perform thinking tasks, such as solving puzzles. The ‘powerless’ ones had trouble […]

On Public Hearings

On Public Hearings…. If you’re a typical American, you’ve at least been peeking at the nightly news to get the day’s summary of the Supreme Court appointment debacle…