Compass: 101 Short Stories, Essays, and Insights to Improve Communication Skills

Book excerpt: Table of Contents Influence of the Media Should You Walk Around During a Presentation? Economy & Emotions The Foreplay of Communication Skills Is Reading for 2 Hours a Day Overkill? Becoming Your Worst Enemy Is It Weak to Change Your Mind? 3 Reasons Adults Whine Brute Action Resting Bored Face 3 Reasons for Having too Much Free Time What Are Lectures & Do They Work? Why WFH Destroys Relationships Visual Thinking Challenge #1 Google Trap To Be Determined You Can't Get Any Worse Subtle Hints Airbnbs vs Hotels Entitled vs Empowered Talking About Your Day How to Quickly Memorize Your Speech How To Stop Being Desperate When It Rains, It Pours Free Samples Marketing How Private People Are Born The One Word To-Do List Growing with the Times Do Not Limit the Pomodoro Is Begging Ever Fine? Balloons A Sneaky Way Friendships Get Ruined Easy Procrastination Fix What is Self-Awareness? Contextualizing Ask-Holes Are 9-5s Outdated? Timing, Troubleshooting, and Knowledge Is Traveling Overrated? Body Language Power Move: "Squinting" Optimize for Imperfections Dummy Missions The Argument for Short Form Content Taking Credit for Someone Else's Work Why You Should Have a Hobby Self Education 101 Beware Who You Follow Mind Gym Don't Ask if You Can't Handle It Words of Affirmation Better to Be Called an Artist than a Scientist Are You All in Or Not? How Humans Provide Value Nowadays How I Overcome Phobias Put Your Dog on a Leash!! Why Creative People Are Messy Should You Repair Ghosted Conversations? A Common Misconception About Selfish People How to Destroy Your Brand Avoid Asking "What Do You Bring to the Table?" How to Deal with Nuisances What to Do When You're Late Easy Way to Build Charisma at Work Threatening Voicemails The Cobra Effect The Value of Taking A Lot of Pictures Why a Night Routine is High ROI The Secret Ingredient of Carrying a Conversation Why Tyrants Hate Comedians Thoughts on Getting a Fitbit Avoid Calling Out the Audience Why “Karens” Are Overused Not All Fears Need to Be Conquered The Practical Benefits of Yelling Every Now & Then Why McDonalds Wins Why Best Buy Loses How to Gamify your Fears Unrealistic Expectations The Practical Benefit of Relaxation Stephen King's View on Notes Do You Quickly Discard Others? Why Humans Bully Each Other How Passive Aggressive People Are Born Lovable Reason Someone Stopped Paying Attention Why People Get Triggered It Pays to Be Pleasant How Caring People Turn Overbearing Review Back Your Progress Sleeping Meditation The Power of Telling Anecdotes Are You Insecure? Kintsugi Emotional Intelligence in a Nutshell Fundamentals of Language How to Quickly Get Past Analysis Paralysis Overestimating Your Abilities How Art Differs from Logic Simone Biles Jonathan Owens Controversy Is Flattery Ever Fine? The Growing Demand of Customer Support Chipotle Backlash Explained Random Thoughts on Introverts & Extroverts