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Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion, and Thought Allow Smart Birds to Behave Like Humans

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The authors resist getting mystical or sentimental, nor do they unduly move humans front and center except as fellow-beings that affect the environment their subjects live in (despite the subtitle.) Nothing keeps a human reader more engaged than a genuine character, and the birds here are exactly that.

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The Best Sales Call Questions are Powered by Outstanding Emotional Intelligence

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Whether it’s needs discovery or handling objections, emotional intelligence will inform the best sales call questions needed for B2B success. Likewise, a keen EQ will help you comprehend the buyer’s emotions and motivations. In modern selling, with the fusion of technology and humanity a certain balanced integration is essential.

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7 Disruptive Emotions That Sabotage Your Selling

Sales and Marketing Management

In fact, it’s one of the most painful of all human experiences. The best salespeople master techniques to get past the noes and keep pushing toward the yeses – but in the process, they must field a lot of emotional turmoil. This is why managing disruptive emotions is the primary meta-skill of sales. Desperation. Significance.

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A Little Queer Natural History

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It is however, a review with a high potential for offense, hurt feelings and other emotional drama that normally drives us all into fields and woods to watch birds. The “clickbait” title for this post could well have been “The gays are making our bears queer” but no, this is a book review, not a cable news show.

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A Tribute to a Wildlife Lover’s Support Team

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I routinely vow to put an emotional wall between the birds I care for and me, to keep in mind that a good percentage of them will not make it, and to realize my heart is already in pieces so I should protect myself from further damage. More than 90% of wildlife injuries are caused by humans.

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Finding Emotional Connection is The Most Critical Role In Any Sale

Sales and Marketing Management

Acclaimed neuroscientist Antonio Damasio of the University of Southern California conducted research several years ago that highlighted the importance of emotions in decision making. However, due to his damaged brain he did not feel or experience emotion the way a normal person did. Being More Human. I’m glad you asked.

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Can Artificial Intelligence Make Sales More Human?

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Co-founder and CTO The fear-mongering is everywhere; artificial intelligence will replace humans and kill jobs by automating the things that we do. It’s effective click-bait because it seems like the plot of a Hollywood action movie pitting robots against humans. Author: Steve Woods, Nudge.ai But, is it reality?

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