http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/ Communicate, persuade, collaborate, sell to live a richer life en-US 2011-11-12T13:39:07-08:00 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/IF7ZSfPLdtk/some-say-it-better-sayings.html Here are some of the sayings I turn to again and again. Care to share some of yours? In the sequence below they move from the priceless power of communication to the ineffable effect of connecting – or not. “Language... communication Connection visual Kare Anderson 2011-11-12T13:39:07-08:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/11/some-say-it-better-sayings.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/GV3_qtitW6M/peace-keeping-tips-for-couples-who-want-to-be-rooted-in-love-.html • It is harder to argue when you are holding hands. • Know that showing appreciation and attention, especially when you least want to show them and the other person most needs them, will always bring you closer than asking... authenticity camaraderie change minds communication conflict Emotion happiness likeability Kare Anderson 2011-08-31T04:10:00-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/08/peace-keeping-tips-for-couples-who-want-to-be-rooted-in-love-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/ieowtJw0wqQ/when-men-go-passive-and-women-go-wild.html Dr. Pierre Mornell had a hunch that he’d hit a raw nerve when he gave a lecture on why he thought men and women were foundering in their relationships with each other. His hunch was confirmed the next day when... book happiness likeability Meaning partnering women Kare Anderson 2011-08-28T14:45:25-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/08/when-men-go-passive-and-women-go-wild.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/7CFT9Kf0vPo/get-them-involved-and-telling-others.html That saying “familiarity breeds contempt” may be true. We tend to take loved ones for granted, no matter how well-intended. Yet it is equally true that familiarity breeds acceptance. Thus it is easier to stick a new idea in someone’s... authenticity book camaraderie Emotion experience persuasion quotability Kare Anderson 2011-06-26T18:03:33-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/06/get-them-involved-and-telling-others.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/r0UzTaGE3HU/sensory-ways-to-bring-others-closer.html … and enable them to gain bragging rights about their experience with you and your place or event. Was it the butterscotch-colored walls, light coconut scent wafting through the door as I opened it or the cushy island of deep... camaraderie Emotion experience meeting Kare Anderson 2011-04-10T19:18:04-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/04/sensory-ways-to-bring-others-closer.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/6YqU4w316VA/bring-them-closer-by-bringing-out-their-better-side.html Lovable fools are often picked first over competent jerks. If that pricks your interest here are five ways to warm up others. 1. Sandwich uncomfortable or otherwise or bad news between two pieces of good news. This “sandwiching” method enables... Body Language book camaraderie Kare Anderson 2011-02-27T18:47:25-08:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2011/02/bring-them-closer-by-bringing-out-their-better-side.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/tMDGphq7nGc/say-it-so-you-lift-your-spirits.html Even non-Scandinavians feel their mood dampen with the longer nights as we head into winter. Luckily there are some easy ways to lift your spirits. Here are three: 1. When describing something that just happened or in your past, notice... Books Emotion Science storytelling Kare Anderson 2010-10-31T11:51:05-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2010/10/say-it-so-you-lift-your-spirits.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/kdX84mEBmBs/when-caught-offguard.html Wincing I glanced down. It hadn’t taken much to make that small blister appear in the hollow of my palm, that most tender of places on one’s hand. It’s my writing hand where a thin flap of skin now folded... Body Language Books camaraderie conflict Connection Kare Anderson 2010-09-26T13:31:50-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2010/09/when-caught-offguard.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/npQj_3Hfkfs/feel-you-flubbed-the-last-speech-you-gave.html You’ll feel much better after watching Phil Davison’s emotional appeal for support. His talk demonstrates that recommending the use of emotion is not sufficiently specific advice for a speaker. Also, having apparently apt credentials like a Masters in Communication, does... Body Language persuasion speaker Kare Anderson 2010-09-09T15:12:30-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2010/09/feel-you-flubbed-the-last-speech-you-gave.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SayItBetter/~3/tvsNZY-8uhA/seven-strong-clues-that-someone-is-lying.html Like other public figures before him, Roger Clemens could not cover up his lying - if you knew how to recognize the clues. Based on the trailblazing research on facial expressions conducted years ago by Paul Ekman, Dacher Keltner described... authenticity Body Language book change minds Kare Anderson 2010-09-08T11:19:21-07:00 http://sayitbetter.typepad.com/say_it_better/2010/09/seven-strong-clues-that-someone-is-lying.html