Oopsies! You said something well-intentioned, but you ended up upsetting a bunch of people. You know what you meant to say. So how did it all go so terribly wrong? Here are…
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Life in a Bubble
We all live in bubbles. What we hear inside them shapes our perception of ourselves and the world. What’s said and happens outside is just noise, and we feel free to disregard…
The Big One
We all know exactly where we were and what we were doing. The magnitude was so severe it seared those moments into our minds. When the earth rumbled and Richter Scale needles…
Lost in Translation
Best way to save image? Consider all the moving parts. You know what you said, and you know what you meant. How can anyone misinterpret it? Easy. Happens all the time. Even…
Sounds Good
Tell inconsistent stories and you lose credibility. “Some of my fondest memories are of things that never happened,” a prominent lawyer and raconteur told hundreds of guests at a retirement party, poking…