The History of Wine
It is said that an attempted suicide by a woman thousands of years ago gave birth to wine. This article looks at the fascinating history of wine. While the origin of wine is still unknown to the world, ancient Persian fable credits a woman as the discoverer of wine.
Achievement Situations in Sport
Achievement situations in which athletes have an opportunity to display physical competence (i.e., in training or matches) activate their task or ego centered goals. They might be either highly task involved or ego involved in that situation, or they might even switch between the two, because their perception of what they need to feel could change from moment to moment.
Public Speaking and the Art of Audience Involvement
A speaker can no longer automatically expect to have the complete and undivided attention of an audience. The primary reason is that the concentration levels of audiences everywhere have dropped considerably within a generation due to television, radio and the Internet. Television and radio producers are well aware of today's shrinking attention spans, so news and features grow shorter and shorter.
Empathy - Inside the Mind of the Sales Prospect
Sales guerrillas in the twenty-first century know a great deal about how the human brain operates. This knowledge gives them a real edge in dealing with prospects.