Beware of Links

Artificial intelligence is changing how we protect ourselves from scams, ID theft, and other crimes. One expert stated that artificial intelligence is the greatest threat to the survival of the human species, even greater than climate change. Just within the last few...

New Custom Course

I am so very pleased to announce that I have been asked to prepare and deliver a customized persuasion/negotiation course for a group of women commercial realtors. The course will take place in August of this year. Those who have taken my other courses or read my...

Why Don’t People Change Their Minds?

Do you find yourself wondering why some people continue to support particular politicians even when they go downhill after being elected? The reasons arise from deeply ingrained instincts that helped our species survive in prehistoric times. The Drive to Be Right In...

The Computer Between Your Ears

Before we can understand why people don’t change their minds, we need to know how they make up their minds to begin with.  Our conscious thoughts represent only a small part of what goes on in the human brain. Every one of us is indirectly influenced, much more...
Wishes of the Season

Wishes of the Season

If ever there was a time of the year when people can let go and reach out, it must be this time of year. You might celebrate Christmas per se, or Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, or another holiday, or just the snow or the sunshine or whatever you see outside your window. In...

The Power of Positivity

A Positive Attitude Can Do More than You Think I read of a study in which people were asked to walk down the sidewalk, enter a coffee house, and get a drink. The subjects were not told that some money had been placed on the sidewalk (I don’t remember if it was...