Articles, tagged with "verbal messages", page 1
Improving Your Public Speaking Skills
Think of the last really memorable talk or presentation that you attended. Now, was that easy to do, or did you really have to rack your brains to remember one? Sadly, too many presentations are easy to forget. And that's a big problem because the only re...
Positive Affirmations through Music – Why and How They Work
Positive affirmations are powerful messages that can bring positivity into your life through the backdoor: your subconscious mind. These affirmations are now being used to improve key areas of people’s lives and personalities to improve themselves and the...
Introduction to Public Speaking
Can you think of any memorable talk or presentation you have ever attended? It is sad to know that most of the presentations are easy to forget, especially when the main reason behind the presentation was to communicate something to you.
But if you remem...
Valentines Morning Bouquets
Bouquets have long been a coveted and integral facet of Valentine's Working day traditions. Ever considering that the advent of Valentine's Working day festivities, flowers have symbolized the essence of the working day. On this particular day time, wheth...
Opening the Closed Mind
Sooner or later we all run into a closed mind. They don’t want to know whatever it is you are trying to explain – it makes no difference. Case closed. Might as well be talking to the wall; my mother used to say. And, one can suppose most of us have a clos...
Accomplishing Right Vocalization Tone During Telephone Call
Vocalization tone is a nonverbal factor that is involved during phone conversations or communication that can alter or slightly alter the meaning of your verbal messages. So, you need to pay more attention to it along with what you are verbally saying to ...
How to Prepare for a Job Interview?
With the financial crisis having a cascading effect on the global economy, the job market has turned gloomy. The competition has increased to such an extent that even though we give a good performance in an interview, the interviewer selects the best out ...
Managing Difficult People and the Twelve Step Strategy
Managing difficult people is tough going. Dealing with difficult people at work or outside of work is extremely stressful. Most often expert advice concentrates on directly communicating with such people. Often overlooked is the important need for prepa...
The Unconscious Mind: Does It Really Exist and Does It Play a Role in Relationship Therapy?
The "conscious" and "unconscious" minds have been discussed for decades, having become something with which even lay individuals are familiar. The unconscious mind has its roots in Freudian theory, though many therapists do not believe it is real. However...
Human-Dog Communications: The Missing Element is Body Language
Dog communications go well beyond one word commands like sit, stay, and down. There are many other dog training tools to help you, such as non-verbal communications (body language). Teaching your dog the basic commands is a great way to get your dog to un...
Dating Tips For Women - 3 Simple Ways To Get A Boyfriend
There's nothing quite as depressing as sitting in watching reruns on a Saturday night while you girlfriends are all out on dates with their latest boyfriends. Actually, yes there is... being invited along to play the third wheel just because they feel sor...
The Four-Second Rule for Improved Communications
"If you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all." Chances are you've come across this phrase sometime during your life. This piece of advice has been passed down for generations for a good reason--it's excellent advice.
I'm sure if you thin...
Do You Use Social Radar?
Copyright (c) 2009 Maurine Patten
There are three areas in Emotional Intelligence that could be called Social Radar because they make you more socially aware. Social Awareness is often needed to survive in your professional and personal life. To shar...
Taking Stock of Our Personal Relationships
One of the most important choices anyone makes in life is whom they spend their time with. The people we surround ourselves with will end up having influence on every area of our lives. Have you ever noticed that you may be having a wonderful day and feel...
This is Your Brain on Technology
What did people do with their time 20 years ago? How did we ever manage without personal computers, the Internet, cell phones, iPods and 24 hour cable news? The technological landscape is vastly different these days and scientist are wondering just what...