Euphemisms: Preferring Illusions to Reality
Posted on02 Feb 2012
Tags1984, A Few Good Men, cognitive dissonance, compensation, connotations, definitions, euphemisms, food, George Orwell, glass, illusion, Jack Nicholson, labels, Making Murder Respectable, phraseology, reality, sensitivity, The Economist, Tom Cruise, vanilla words, word choice, words
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Words have power, not only in their definitions but also, more importantly, in their connotations. The article, “Making Murder Respectable,” from the... Read More
Nurturing Positive Feelings Dramatically Improves Employee Performance
Posted on30 May 2011
Tagscompliments, confidence, discipline, emotions, employees, Harvard Business Review, Lysann Damisch, Maverick, movies, nurture, Performance, Placebo Management Series, positive, Psychological Science, psychology, supersititions, Tom Cruise, Top Gun, University of Cologne
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Nurturing positive feelings inside employees improves their performance. I read two articles that support this. One deals with the positive feelings from... Read More
