Leadership: Gestures and facial expressions must go together
Watzlawick describes in one of his axioms, "one cannot, not communicate". So whenever people meet, they communicate in some way. And so it is with the body. It is never silent and often says more than a thousand words. According to the Allensbach Institute, gestures...
Rhetoric Tip: Opposites attract rhetoric
Opposites attract rhetoric When two boxers stare into each other's eyes at the weigh-in, the tension is ripping. Whether in boxing, tennis, soccer, in battle, in rounds of talks, in a meeting or in a chancellor's duel, whenever people or groups face each other, the...
Sprezzatura – How to make effortful things seem easy
How can one still retain a certain lightness in the face of all the current challenges? The Italians have their own word for this: sprezzatura. In Italy, this describes the phenomenon of making a strenuous or challenging activity seem easy and effortless. The...