Audio Tidbits

I have a new co-host. He's Gus from Sweden. He wasn't missing. It's just that I never knew he was anywhere. How we made a connection is a long story, but the short version is that he wasn't and now he is, here for all to enjoy. I hope you give him a hardy Tidbitter's welcome.

What if the witch in the box is you or at least indistinguishable from you?

Do you ever get the opportunity to make a pitch to someone? The fact is that nearly everyone has a chance to make a pitch to someone fairly often. It's how we get others to cooperate, to do something that they would likely not do were it not for our pitch. We might be pitching a family member, a business associate, a potential customer, or a total stranger. But pitch we do.

So what is the perfect pitch? Up front, it's not whether the other person does what we want him or her to do. If not that, then what?

There is a point here. Do you see it? Sure, one step is better than no steps. I guess it's sort of like the key to consistent exercise.

From the time I was little, I was told that vanity is a bad thing and one to be avoided or at least hidden. If people see your vanity, they won't like you as much as if you come across as humble. Sure, it's just another one of those things that I was taught that is quite simply not true. We call that childhood baggage.

Oh well, it's a shame but it's just one of those things.

No matter how soothing the music, there be monsters.

A listener asked me an interesting question. What would it take to be a perfect pick for a personal relationship? I asked Karen, an actual relationship expert, if she would take that question for us. This episode of Audio Tidbits shares her answer.

Happy Birthday America

We think we are the same person we have always been, but perhaps not. Maybe we have been a few other people and are now someone we have never been. This is either a quite bizarre notion or an exciting opportunity. Let's think about that together.