From humming fish to Puccini: Vocal communication evolved with ancient species

It's a long way from the dull hums of the amorous midshipman fish to the strains of a Puccini aria – or, alas, even to the simplest Celine Dion melody. But the neural circuitry that led to the human love song – not to mention birdsongs, frog thrums and mating calls of all manner of vertebrates – was likely laid down hundreds of millions of years ago with the hums and grunts of the homely piscine. http://esciencenews.com/articles/2008/07/17/from.humming.fish.puccini.vocal.communication.evolved.with.ancient.species

A Few Myths of Public Speaking

I took an informal poll recently among some speakers to determine what people tended to think were the hard and fast rules of public speaking – and see if any of those rules turned out to be myths.Read on ...

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Have you ever been frustrated with yourself for failing to remember even the simplest things in life? Things like birthdays, telephone numbers or even places where you left your keys? If you blame all that to having a naturally poor memory, you are about to read something that will improve the quality of your life dramatically! Click here

Marvel's "Iron Man" invincible in comic shops

Marvel Studios' Iron Man film is doing what most superhero movies never could: sell a lot of comics.

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Tips for mastering email overload

by Stever Robbins Being at or near the top of your organization, everyone wants a piece of you. So they send you e-mail. It makes you feel important. Don't you love it? Really? Then, please take some of mine! Over 100 real e-mails come in each day. At three minutes apiece, it will take five hours just to read and respond. Let's not even think about the messages that take six minutes of work to deal with. Shudder. I'm buried in e-mail and chances are, you're not far behind. For whatever reason, everyone feels compelled to keep you "in the loop." Fortunately, being buried alive under electronic missives forced me to develop coping strategies. Let me share some of the nonobvious ones with you. Together, maybe we can start a revolution. Read Stever’s Tips

Effective Meetings

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How to Have a Great Conversation

The art of conversation takes practice, and is not as hard as you might think. It will take some knowledge, practice, and patience, and you can learn to relax and enjoy a great conversation. http://www.wikihow.com/Have-a-Great-Conversation