Relationship

Though Steve Jobs Is Gone, My Apple Love Will Go On

October 7, 2011

Good bye Steven P. Jobs. Though I only stood near you on a couple of occasions, I feel like I know you as a member of my own family. Your wisdom and drive, your creativity and passion, and your future focus, have all inspired me. I remember how it all started.

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What Was Obama Thinking? How Not To Click With Reporters

April 20, 2011

Perhaps you’ve seen this story making the rounds. President Barack Obama was interviewed by a local reporter in Texas, and at the end of the interview, Obama scolded the reporter for interrupting. As I watched the interview, I kept asking myself, “What is Obama thinking? How can he justify missing any opportunity to make a compelling case for his Presidency or his policies?”

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Lonely? Dr. K’s Laws of Attraction for Intimate Relationships

February 14, 2011

While my blog deals primarily with matters of communication and making a positive difference in the workplace, I can’t always separate my personal from my professional life. That’s because the challenges in one are almost certainly have consequences in the other.

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Bad Temper or Bad Relationship? When it comes to clicking, the devil is in the details

January 24, 2011

‘Bad temper’ is too broad a generalization. I find that people do better in sorting this sort of thing out if they can get specific about what kinds of things set off the person with the bad temper, or develop some insight into what inhibits their response in dealing with it.

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Turning Contact Into Connection

October 25, 2010

Rules of relationship begin with useful assumptions about people. I’m not saying to blind yourself to reality with wishful thinking. I’m saying that since you must assume something in order to navigate your life and relationships, you’ll get further, faster, and with more pleasure and fun, if you base your travel and interactions on useful assumptions!

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Albert Einstein and Me – Different Takes on the Meaning of Marriage

May 10, 2010

A successful intimate relationship is one in which respect (self respect and respect for your partner) is more valued than blame, self pity, excuse making and projection; in which being intimate works better than wishing for it from your partner,

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What’s The Big Deal About Persuasive Communication?

April 26, 2010

If there’s no time like the present, then perhaps today is the day when you commit yourself to upgrading your persuasive skills, and preparing yourself to play a bigger part in the unfolding of the world around you. Perhaps today is the day when you say, in a way that persuades even you that your habits and cynicism make a poor excuse for not changing, that it’s time to stand up, step up and take up the cause of positive change, take it personally, make it a

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Top Ten Interpersonal Skills -5- Listen To Go Deep

August 7, 2009

Understanding occurs on two levels: Emotionally—the person feels that you understand what they are feeling—and intellectually—the person believes that you understand what they are saying. If you make a habit of listening to go deep, you’ll find fewer problem people and more enjoyment of people in general.

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