What You Don’t Know

In school, it was helpful to give the impression you knew a bit more than you really did. The same thing is true for adults in the workplace. After all, no one wants to draw attention by admitting they have no idea what that acronym stands for when everyone else is...

Losing to Fear

Should you gamble on your relationship? Psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky discovered something fascinating about how we deal with risk. A professor at Princeton, Kahneman is known for offering students in his class a simple gamble: a coin toss. If it...

The Least Expected Thing

As a relationship coach, I’ve spent a great deal of time trying to figure out what creates romance. Romantic gestures come in all shapes and sizes. Little things like a bouquet of flowers, and big things like a surprise proposal. But almost every romantic...

How to Find Common Ground Fast

Finding common ground is one of the fastest ways to build a feeling of warmth. It’s how we establish familiarity with people we’ve just met. It’s also a surprisingly good way to restore feelings of connection with an existing partner. But how do you...