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  • Don’t you use that tone with me…

    5:59am
    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    Have you ever sat through a presentation, and it could barely hold your attention?

    The speaker drones on…
    “…and in this chart you can see the market share projection…”

    Ug take me out back and shoot me.

    Are you engaging when you speak? Photo "Preacher" by daliscar1, Flicker, CC-By-2.0
    Are you engaging when you speak? Photo “Preacher” by daliscar1, Flicker, CC-By-2.0

    Vocal tones, speed, and silence are the punctuation to our spoken words. But most people —you and I included— forget the importance of (more…)

  • Please, don’t support poor design when you buy household items

    Donald A. Norman knows good design.

    The author of “The Design of Everyday Things” (Amazon link) (PRL Summary link) tells us that the objects we use are improved when they share common characteristics.

    Reinventing the wheel, in other words, is not only unnecessary, but it can actively work against brain patterns and muscle memory people have developed. (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Photo "mountains" by james j8246, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Photo “mountains” by james j8246, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #reality #healing #quantumphysics #energy

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  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Image " L1009153 A Big Smile from the High Tibetan Plateau" by DaiLuo, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Happiness is a Practice. Image “L1009153 A Big Smile from the High Tibetan Plateau” by DaiLuo, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #happiness #safety #Aristotle #priming

    (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Image "Money bw" by Monochrome, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Image “Money bw” by Monochrome, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #fear #friends #tech #manipulation #wealth

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  • What waits for you?

    Are they ‘just’ dreams?

    7:15
    Saint Paul, Minnesota

    I’m still pumped about my upcoming book, Change State, and what it might be able to do for you.

    I have to be honest — sharing the book with my family and friends has been a bit nerve-wracking.

    Because, like you…  (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Photo "Cars on I-90 floating bridge" by Seattle Municipal Archives, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    We can’t have rough waters without knowing smooth waters: contrast is in our human nature to find and embrace. Photo “Cars on I-90 floating bridge” by Seattle Municipal Archives, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #contrast #appreciation #motivation #compensation #fakenews #politics

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  • Ralphy Emerson’s ideas on duality and contrast

    Yesterday I wrote a bit about Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay, Compensation.

    In the essay, Emerson argues that everyone is compensated, for the good or the bad, in relation to the good or bad they bring to others in the world.

    Good, or bad. These are relative terms, of course, defined by their polarizing nature. You can’t have one without the other.

    The compiled Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson
    The compiled Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Emerson’s Compensation opens with a discussion of the polarity of nature, (more…)

  • Emerson on your Compensation from the Universe

    6am on the nuts
    June 26, 2019 AD
    Saint Paul, Minn

    I just received my copy of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Essays.

    "Compensation" and other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “Compensation” and other Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Photo copyright ⓒ 2019 Jeffrey G Thomas 

    This collection of Emerson’s writings includes the famous Compensation, which discusses how people who give tend to do better than those who take:

    “He is great who confers the most benefits. He is base —and that is (more…)

  • 2-4-6-8, who do you appreciate?

    The Universe is at it again, bringing me a message over and over to make sure I hear it.

    (Also known as ‘Confirmation Bias,’ where my brain recognizes patterns in the randomness of the world)

    Photo "Brothers in a Dangerous Trade" by Joel Penner, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Incoming Transmission from the Universe! Photo “Brothers in a Dangerous Trade” by Joel Penner, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

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