When you communicate by telling a story, you influence people by helping them decide for themselves what the truth is. That was the premise of the movie, Inception: the most powerful idea is one you are able to come to on your own (an application of the first rule of storytelling 101: show, don’t tell.) [...]
The “Chicken Plucking” Secret of Success
Thinking about success for 2010? Here’s something to ponder… Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the electric self-starter for cars, once said, “My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done…. You can be sincere and still be stupid.” Indeed. The [...]

