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Communication is kind of like driving a car. It’s not like riding a bike–once you know how you can always do it. What I mean is that communication is like Read More »

Do you know how sometimes you think of the perfect and right thing to say after you have left a conversation? Or you might think of the right thing to Read More »

What is in a name? What is in a word for that matter? Shakespeare was an amazing wordsmith and the list of words he invented, which are still part of our Read More »

Reciprocity is the idea that one action will usually match another action (think of the word reciprocal). In communication, reciprocity means that in response to friendly actions, people are frequently Read More »

“A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.”–Harry S. Truman    Did you know that optimism is Read More »

Did you know that there are exactly 7 kinds of intelligence? According to Howard Gardner the Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, there Read More »

In interpersonal communication research there is a theory called Equity Theory that explains relational satisfaction in terms of fair and unfair distribution of resources within relationships. In a healthy relationship Read More »