Try the impossible to achieve the unusual

Jan. 22, 2014 by

Karate masters, when breaking boards, aim not at the board, but six inches below it.  After all, they’re chopping through the board, not on it. Professional golfers, when putting, aim six inches beyond the cup. After all, what percentage of putts that

5 ways to get smarter about public speaking

Jan. 8, 2014 by

Is one of your resolutions to improve at work?  Maybe you’d like to be more organized, more proactive, a better manager, or a more inspiring leader.  Improving your communication skills can help you improve in all of these areas. To

Give your words meaning

Dec. 18, 2013 by

A well-known British linguist came to New York to give a lecture on the double negative, an expression in which two negatives add up to a positive, such as, “He’s not unlike his sister.”  In his lecture, the British professor