Dr Milton Erickson, the great American psychiatrist and psychologist who specialised in medical hypnosis, had a patient who only spoke in word salad. You may know this condition to be a confused or unintelligible mixture of seemingly random words and phrases. Naturally, the patient often became frustrated when trying to communicate with others who just…
You have decided to write a blog. Your goal is to write one article each week for a year. It’s a good goal. The benefits are many, such as: Content for your website (Google loves this) Your thoughts become clear You will have enough information for your first book You build credibility in your field…
Tracy told me about her method of getting her husband to remember to pick up milk and bread. Now this might seem like a small thing, but when something as small as this can lead to an argument and create a heated reaction like “You don’t listen to me” or “I’m going without breakfast and…
Who knew that someone dressed up in a gorilla outfit, playing the drums to Phil Collins’ song ‘In the Air Tonight’ would be connected to………. ……Cadbury’s Chocolate. At face value this statement may only make sense in the UK (click the link here to watch the original advertisement). It appeared on TV back in 2007…
The sad truth about gossiping You have seen this happen time and time again when you have worked in any large organisation. A recruit starts work, and they appear to be fresh, unique and full of enthusiasm, yet some 30 to 40 days later, they begin to sound just like everybody else on the team….