The Art Of Taking Over A Room
“But will it do them any good?” I wondered aloud when I was asked to share some tips for how to take over a room. The fact is, you need to be awesome in the first place to show up and fill a room with your presence. These tips won't do you much good if you're a milquetoast conversation fumbler with broomstick legs and gingivitis breath. But OK, let's say we're all capable of learning a few tricks. As you read these tips, I'd like you to meditate on Alec Baldwin's performance as Dr. Jed Hill in Malice. His words should inspire your behavior from today forward: "You ask me if I have a God complex. Let me tell you something: 'I am God....
How To Do The Least Sexy Deed When Your Girl’s Around
It takes time to get comfortable with a new partner. You learn the little things that make each other tick and secrets are slowly revealed about your personal habits due to the increased amount of time spent together. She learned that while deep in sleep you dry hump a pillow and you’ve discovered that all of her hair isn’t real. Isn’t it amazing what they can do with extensions these days? What about the little matter of pooping? For the first few months, the topic goes unspoken because you refuse to do it in her presence and because she reveals that women don’t actually go No. 2. That all ends after a take-out dinner of...
Master The Art Of Reading Faces
For centuries, people have tried to understand aspects of a person’s character just by looking at their face. The ancient Chinese believed that your face was a reflection of your inner spirit. In Medieval Europe, beauty was considered to be synonymous with virtue, and ugliness was sometimes considered a sign of evil. Even in more recent times, phrenology -- the study of the shape of the skull -- was used erroneously to identify the guilt of suspected criminals. As recently as the 19th century, this remained a popular school of thought. While these once fashionable ideas have been disproved by modern studies, there are still aspects of the face that may allow us to make a judgment on somebody else. This was made more...
The Forgotten Path To Middle-Class Life
Anyone who's ever been stood up by a contractor or taken the morning off work to wait for the plumber to show up has wondered the same thing: How much do these guys really make? They always seem to have more work than they have time for. Their hourly rates are never cheap. Must be nice, right? You've no doubt heard that men no longer dominate the work force. Since 2010, there have been more women working than men, and the white-collar workplace appears to favor the strengths of women in a variety of ways. Yes, manufacturing jobs are long gone. The office is a hostile environment for men without college degrees and well-developed "soft ...