I have been surprised at the number of hits this site continues to receive, and the number of requests I get for additional information about the articles…. in spite of the fact I have not been able to keep adding new material.  In fact when I look at my January 1, 2010 resolution to work more on writing content and see that I have written all of two (2!) posts since then, well it is personally disappointing.  But, it got me thinking about something I have been interested in for some time.  Are habits really as easy to change as doing something daily for 21 days?  Where is the research that supports this idea? Read the rest of this entry »

I have often heard presentation “experts” say something like, “studies have shown that presenters rate themselves as much more effective than their audiences do.”  Have you heard something like this before?  I have never seen the research that supports this, (which doesn’t mean it isn’t out there), but I recently ran into an interesting study that relates to this subject. Read the rest of this entry »