

When Songs Are Your Friends
How do you listen to music? I don’t mean “Are you a headphones person or more of a speaker fan?” I mean, what parts of your brain do you...


The Cutest Fact You'll Learn Today
We all want to hang out with the people who really “get” us—our equals, our peers. As it turns out, this even appears to hold true for...


The New Sales ABCs
In To Sell is Human, writer Daniel Pink makes a bold declaration: regardless of our official job title, the majority of us are in sales....


The Problem(s) With Myers-Briggs in Business
Imagine going to a corporate team-building event where everyone in your office was sorted and evaluated based on the results of taking...


The Pygmalion Problem
Just how much is your performance shaped by the way your boss talks to you? To what extent are our behaviors, attitudes, and identities...

Successful Sales and the Problem with Adjectives
What makes a good salesperson? Well, people on the internet certainly have some ideas. You only need to do a quick Google search for...


The Goldilocks Rule of Sales
The idea of a life in sales can have a greasy connotation, summoning the mental image of a slick insurance or car salesman pitching you...


The Secret to Good Communication: It's All About the BIC
You may not know the name of Hungarian journalist László József Bíró, but if you’ve ever written a shopping list or jotted down a quick...


Build Yourself a Smarter Meeting
Teamwork is at the very heart of our idea of modern life. From sports to business, it's thought to be the bedrock of success. (Look at...


The Smoking Monkey Memo
The inventor of the airplane seatbelt was a man ahead of his time. It's an over-used expression but in this case, it applies: engineer...