Charisma is the ability to attract and influence others with your ideas and communication style. There are many different types of charismatic people, and there is no moral component associated with this trait. This means that some charismatic people are quiet, graceful, and principle-centered like Jackie Kennedy, while others are much more extroverted, and self-centered …
Bob Barkley commonly said that dentists who graduate from dental school tend to leave there with a combination of a superiority complex and paranoia. The superiority complex evolves because dental students are sheltered from seeing some of their clinical dentistry fail (an issue Bob struggled through and which ultimately led him toward the creation of …
Commitment is at the very core of every genuinely helping relationship. And health-centered / relationship-based practices are all about helping, so without commitment, very little helping can occur. As we have all experienced, commitment is variable and never assured when we meet a person for the first time. This is because commitment involves risk on …
Yesterday, I spent the day on the New River of West Virginia with my 16-year-old son Evan. The New River Gorge is a majestically rugged and beautiful place -the kind of place you remember for the rest of your life. So, I wanted Evan to see it, feel the thrill of the rapids, and experience …
