The one thing that I’ve learned in the short span of time that I’ve been a parent is that being a parent means feeling helpless a lot of the time – in fact, these are the exact words used by Michael Thompson, Catherine O’Neill Grace and Lawrence Cohen, authors of Best Friends, Worst Enemies: Understanding the… Continue Reading
Author Archives: Jeff Price
Snake Oil or Elixir of Life?
I know that I’m working from Jillian Michaels’ book, Slim for Life, this week, but I need to mention one of the newest diet books that just hit the streets, and why you should focus more on lifestyle changes, rather than quick fixes and yo-yo dieting. The 100: Count ONLY Sugar Calories and Lose Up… Continue Reading
The Washington Generals Always Lose
The airport industry is finding out what it’s like to be the Washington Generals, the perennial opponent of the Harlem Globetrotters, forever destined to play their hearts out but ultimately lose. In the latest round, the Globetrotters (TSA), and the airport industry (the Generals) are facing off over the issue of exit lane security. TSA… Continue Reading
I already exercise, and I’m still overweight, so now what?
No weight loss program would be complete without exercise. The research on exercise is voluminous and overwhelming. Our bodies and our minds need it. Period. However, even for those of us that have exercised for much of our life, there is still a right way and a wrong way to do things. There are also… Continue Reading
Do this all add up?
Jillian Michaels’ take on weight loss is to give you a ton of options – each option is worth a certain amount of points. She lets you select the options that seem to work for you with the goal of adding up enough points to get you into a weight loss zone. So, here we… Continue Reading
The Battle of the Bulging Midsection
American’s eat too damn much. American food companies put too much crap in their food that doesn’t fill you up, but makes you feel like you’re still hungry even after you’ve consumed it – so you eat more! American’s put so much on a plate that a small family in a third-world country could feed… Continue Reading
That Funny Feeling
Whenever I teach body language reading or lie detecting through body language, the biggest challenge is trying to remember all of the individual little tells that people use to try to cover their own BS. Probably one of the most popular forms of body language detection is through the use the holy grail of behavior detection… Continue Reading
I see it, but what does it mean?
The human body is full of great information and when you’re paying attention, you can learn all sorts of things and filter through the words the person is using, to see what they are really saying. The voice is a powerful indicator of emotion (Driver 98), and is one of the most reliable indicators of… Continue Reading
It’s about the baseline, the patterns and the SHIFT
We’ve set up the lie detector situation, so now let’s talk about how you actually do it. The first step is, as Driver puts it (74) is to Gather Intel, also known as baselining, or norming. Baselining is a very short period of time where you establish rapport with the other person, asking a series… Continue Reading
What you know about lie detection could save your life
As early as 6 months old, babies will fake their laughter to get others to join in or be part of the group (Driver 37). By 11 months they pretend to not hear us because they are either doing something they aren’t supposed to do, or they are busy and don’t want to be bothered… Continue Reading