What people are feeling may be behind what they are saying to you. Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to conduct a role play where the two Jims demonstrate how active listening works, using the EAR approach.

Do you know how to be an active listener? Jim Ballard joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the EAR method of active listening - Explore, Acknowledge, and Respond - and how to use this technique effectively.

Jaffer Ali joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the future of the mainstream media including financial subsidizing from the government, plus how media consumers will slowly begin to gravitate to media outlets that fit our worldview.

Jaffer Ali joins Jim Blasingame to explain that the mainstream media defines the parameters of acceptable debate and will agree or disagree within those parameters, but will ignore issues or ideas outside of those parameters.

Jaffer Ali joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the idea that the mainstream media defines the parameters of what we can talk about. plus what networks and newspapers should be considered mainstream.

Are you a good thinker but a bad perceiver? Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to offer tips on how to improve your thinking and decision-making by establishing a more accurate way to incorporate your perceptions.

What is perception? Bob Fischer joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the problems we create when we allow our perceptions to cloud the way we think. Don't miss Bob's "Seven blind men and an elephant" story.

Are we more aggressive when we don't have to deal with someone face-to-face? Marie Dubuque joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether our new digital communication tools have made us less sensitive when we talk to and about others.

What does it take to be a good storyteller? Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal what is required to be a good storyteller, including being intentional about stories, your technique, and of course, have good stories to tell.

Are you using stories to connect with customers? Ruth Sherman joins Jim Blasingame to reveal the power of stories as a great way to communicate and connect to prospects and customers.