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Giving advice is risky business. You lose friends. You get accused of being bossy, nosey, a know-it-all, controlling. It can invite reciprocation, and, if like many of us you are better at dishing out advice than taking it in, that’s no fun. People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Fortunately, some rhetorical tricks can make [...]
We declare beliefs as though they were things we possess, things that are with us constantly. “I have a belief” is commonly treated as equivalent to “I have a nose.” Even sophisticated psychologists talk like this. When they summarize research with “74% of Americans believe that heaven is real,” they don’t get specific about what [...]
When we find ourselves talking past each other, it’s useful to keep in mind three different uses we make of conversation: The pursuit of the liked story: We seek the most immediately appealing account available. The pursuit of the likely story: We seek an accurate account of what’s going on. The pursuit of the lucrative [...]
I’m getting on in years, so it surprises me when I learn something new regarding a commonplace of human interaction. Saying “please” and “thank you” is as commonplace as it gets. We’re told from early on that we say them to be nice. Only yesterday (and I wasn’t born yesterday) did I recognize why we [...]
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