Influence / Peace

How to Determine What Others Hold Dear to Their Hearts

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One of the most important skills in interpersonal communication is the ability to read people. Reading people means understanding their emotions, motivations, preferences, and boundaries. Knowing what others value can help you build rapport, influence decisions, and avoid conflicts. Knowing what topics are off-limits can prevent you from offending others or hurting their feelings. Offending others can damage your reputation, relationships, and opportunities. In this article, you will learn some techniques for reading people based on their verbal and non-verbal cues, their personality traits, and their cultural background. You will also discover how to apply these techniques in different situations and contexts.

Why You Should Encourage Others to Give Out Compliments

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Compliments are more than just nice words. They have many benefits for both the giver and the receiver. In this article, you will learn how giving compliments can boost your motivation, happiness, and social skills.

You will also discover how encouraging others to give compliments can make them like you more and improve your reputation as a source of positive feedback. Whether you want to improve your personal or professional relationships, this article will show you how to use compliments effectively and authentically.

Why There’s Benefit to Framing the Immediate As the Past

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This article aims to express the importance of viewing today’s happenings with the perspective that time away from them provides. In hopefully helping you attain an even perspective on today’s hardships, this information may also help you manage others in stressful times.  A difficult, lengthy wooded trail becomes less intimidating once you’ve hiked it through.  … Read more

How to Introduce Nuance to Popular Ideologies / Trends You Disagree With

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This article offers a comprehensive guide on how to challenge opinions and introduce nuance to popular ideas that one may disagree with. By studying the landscape and identifying the silent majority, readers will learn how to develop a more iterative approach to bolster their thinking.

The article emphasizes the importance of utilizing those who are part of the silent majority wisely and how granularity can be a powerful tool to achieve nuanced thinking. Finally, readers will discover how aligning themselves with groups or labels can help them find common ground with others and get everyone on the same page.

Why Victims of Oppression Grow More Loving

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This article is a warning to oppressors of any kind; victims of your oppression are sensitive to empathy, and will (strongly) bond over it.  The tale of giving when one’s got nothing left to give is universally poignant. It preaches hope to the hopeless by containing an important lesson about love. The lesson contained defines … Read more