by Dr. Z | Jan 4, 2012 | Learning, Thinking and Speaking, Uncategorized, Understanding Conflict
Do you ever find a book so intriguing that you cannot stop reading it and talking about the material? Everything about the characters feels like a mystery to be unraveled and you find yourself enamored with their personal characteristics, accomplishments, and flaws....
by Dr. Z | Dec 29, 2011 | Learning
My family recently had to make the heart-breaking decision to have one of our dogs put down. This was not an easy decision because rather than suffering a traumatic life-ending event such as a heart attack, he was slowly deteriorating due to severe epilepsy. The...
by Dr. Z | Oct 9, 2011 | Learning, Thinking and Speaking, Uncategorized
Rhetorical Blowback When a speaker successfully uses the canons of rhetoric to craft a compelling message and influence an appropriate target audience, that message often falls on deaf ears. Why does this occur? One reason has to do with the shifting communication...
by Dr. Z | Sep 15, 2011 | Learning, Thinking and Speaking
I recently made a discovery that was personally disturbing, and although it arises from very simple and anecdotal observations, from what I have read it seems to hold true across entire societies regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status. This...
by Dr. Z | Aug 23, 2011 | Mediation and Communication, Negotiation
The Fallacy of ‘Homo Economicus’ In the realm of Economics, it is assumed that people act rationally and make decisions that are always in one’s best interests. Economists call this “Maximizing Utility,” and traditional economics theory...
