There are a lot of coaches out there helping people with their on-camera, on-stage, sports and live performance endeavors. And the vast majority of them work the same way. They usually give you tips and assignments to influence your behavior and/or, your technique. So in that regard, they’re mostly behavior modification coaches. The thinking here is that if you can...
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“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service was joy.” ― Tagore Have you ever watched a small child suddenly fall or get startled and then immediately look to the parent as if to see whether the parent is alarmed or not? Here’s what frequently happens, if the parent registers alarm and great concern, the...
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In direct proportion to our age, we are influenced by the announcers we’ve seen on television and other media. If you’re older than sixty, you no doubt remember any number of square-jawed, white guys with perfect teeth and hair and well modulated voices looking and sounding very polished. Not unlike game show hosts or newscasters! If you’re younger, things get far...
Read MoreIn any relationship dynamic, the person with the fewest considerations about the outcome, is always the strongest force. In direct proportion to the number of things potentially at stake for any person in the dynamic, lies the number of potential weaknesses on which the other can leverage an influence. Rather than focus on the strategies of negotiation across a...
Read More“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald, “The Crack-Up” (1936) This quote which is also echoed as “doublethink” in George Orwell’s 1984, speaks to the logical comfortability with two...
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