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• A reply on Conversation: I think TEDsters are way too generous with rating talks!

  Nov 30 2012: It's a good question. I think as a blogger there is something that really makes me feel sucessful when I get a pile of hits but I know for a fact that the tribe I want to build consist of the people who leave comments.
  
  I can't say for certain what the speakers think. I'm sure if you have the most watched video it means something but if it is somewhere in the middle of the pack I wouldn't say quantity of views means as much as the comments and ratings people are compelled to leave.

• A comment on Conversation: Should we really be so impressed that kids can use digital things?

  Nov 29 2012: I think we should be amazed at this not because kids are able to navigate a device as I am sure it is learned but for the fact that we are still discovering things about our race. I think it would be equally important to discover that children had no idea what to do with an electronic device and I suspect people would lose their marbles trying to figure out that inability but instead we say they are amazing, call it something and give credit to Apple or whoever for making an amazing device.
  
  It is huge that we as humans are still adapting and we are learning more about ourselves through the use of technology. Is is a new type of learning? On a biological level I'm not so sure but culturally... absolutely. We started writing about 5000 years ago. Was that a new type of learning? we are in the middle of a technological revolution and we are learning in dramatically different ways than we did 100 years ago.
  
  Kids are amazing, maybe I am bias because I have a young one myself but I know her ability to navigate an iPad is something else from the feeling I get, this intuition that it isn't natural and seems a little odd to me. I know that isn't scientific but there is something to be said about that split second feeling I get when I see her using it effectively.

• A comment on Conversation: What small, everyday actions can we do to improve the distribution of food?

  Nov 29 2012: When I was in school our teachers took the effort to make breakfast for the children who didn't have the guidance to get the proper nutrition in the morning or the availability of food at home.
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  A comment on Talk: Amy Cuddy: Your body language shapes who you are

  Nov 29 2012: I see this all the time in sport. I am an athlete and a coach in Taekwon-Do. Many of the people I coach come to me and display those non-confident positions. Before I saw this video I also had in my mind what a strong, powerful, confident and knowledgeable athlete looked like and how they behaved. I tried to incorporate that body language in different ways that was very specific for each athlete.
  
  I could tell when they first did it they didn't fell confident. They felt like they were fools posing like people they looked up to. They felt like fakes.
  
  Soon though they realize the difference between them and the people they idolize and try to mimic, their hero and example felt the same way until he/she developed these habits that helped them mentally as well as physically. I had no idea people were doing research on this.
  
  I see this everyday, no studies needed to convince me.
  
  Note: She was obviously very emotional during this speech. It takes a strong person to do that. Congrats!
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  A comment on Talk: Jeff Hancock: The future of lying

  Nov 28 2012: I think that more exploration on the "Butler" is necessary. I understand that those people are trying to create a buffer and they really do value the relationship but I think there are different ways to go about it and the way you someone playing the butler communicates can make someone feel one way or the other. The lie could be to the same degree but the way which it is communicated can amplify the result which can be damaging to the relationship. I think the butler isn't as innocent as he made out in this video.

• A comment on Conversation: What is the difference between persuasion and manipulation?

  Oct 12 2011: What if the person doesn't know it but the product could relly benefit them... You know that it could if they would just buy it. Say a gym membership for example.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the number one thing you should improve in order to become a persuasive sales person?

  Oct 8 2011: I would say that your waitress example doesn't apply to telling lies. I would say the person who is always having a good day may not be but chooses to act that way and say they are as a way of choosing their own attitude. Check out the FISH philosophy.
  
  It makes their life better. Not necessarily making them better at sales.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the number one thing you should improve in order to become a persuasive sales person?

  Oct 8 2011: I would like to know how a sales person can "Screw someone over."
  
  What does that look like? What part of the sales process is so convincing that you would automatically diverge from logical thinking and intuition that someone would allow them selves to be... as you put it... screwed.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the number one thing you should improve in order to become a persuasive sales person?

  Oct 8 2011: ... Can you elaborate.

• A reply on Conversation: What is the number one thing you should improve in order to become a persuasive sales person?

  Oct 8 2011: Haha! So true. Love that scene.