Pole dancing

I walked into a pole dancing class with my associate Dr Elna McIntosh last Wednesday. I was pleasantly surprised. And thought I may upset the women. It turned out they were worried about whether I was embarrassed. I don’t get embarrassed easily any more 😉 Well, she teaches a women’s group for 6 weeks, and…

 

How to use Social Proof to improve your Dating

Dr Robert Cialdini wrote a book called Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. One of the weapons of influence and core principles in this book is “Social Proof”. Wikipedia defines it as “a psychological phenomenon which occurs in ambiguous social situations when people are unable to determine the appropriate mode of behaviour. Making the assumption that…

 

On Being a Lady

This is from the Napoleon Hill Foundation’s Thought of the Day, “Margaret Thatcher once observed that being powerful is like being a lady: If you have to tell others you are, you aren’t. Truly great leaders gain respect by the way they conduct themselves, not by the loudness of their orders. You gain respect by…