All those who communicate, debate, argue, fight and so on, on social media and text-based media, might be well served to look up Dr. Albert Mehrabian's UCLA study of 1972. And while all might dispute the % figures mentioned here, they're worth considering and checking them in your own real-life experiences. Mehrabian found out that Communication is: 7% - Words (that's all you get when text alone is used) 38% - Tone, tonality, decibel level, etc. (voice added) 55% - Bod

The common statement I make to a lot of my clients is, "No sarcasm, putting down others, even if they behave so. For your own good and growth, be kind AND assertive!" What's assertiveness? To start with, being aggressive is not being assertive. Assertiveness is when one respects their feelings and needs on par with others'. Thinking less of others' needs and feelings, and more of their own comes from arrogance, aggression, lack of consideration and plainly put, selfishness. T

If one feels outraged, upset, sad or disappointed about something – they think the "reasons" (or justifications or excuses) are in the events that caused them to be outraged. And along with the outrage, upset, disappointment, most take the license to be nasty, angry and vengeful of the "perpetrators." And they castigate, condemn and vent their ire rather vociferously in most cases. And when the supposed outrage is due to an event they come to know of from the media, it's most

A good, positive start to the day - consciously developing a routine and creating an attitude of "positivity, gratitude and kindness" - is extremely useful. It makes one's day more peaceful, happy and healthier. And what is the reason for this? The proportion of neurological networks in the human brain is about 5:1 (84% : 16%) in favour of the negative - an evolutionary trait. In many ways, being negative is the predominant and easy process. Counterintuitively, even underst