Josh Logan
There are two things that intrigue me at this moment. One of them is telling whether or not someone is lying and the other is the art and style of arguing. If you haven't read Brett's Jan 6Th post, read it. He talks of an argument we had recently. This was a great moment for me because not only do I really enjoy discussing ideas and finding the truth but I've been researching how to become a better arguer and that was the first chance I got to use my newly acquired skills.
When I say the art of arguing, what I really mean is making a more concise, fallacy free, poignant discussion. My sweetbaby Eva politely informed me that I suck at arguing. She brought up some good points. I, being obsessed with self improvement, listened and took the criticism. I love criticism by the way. (Well sort of) She told me that I was blurring my speech with other points that didn't pertain to that particular argument and while being pertinent to another discussion wasn't pertinent to the current one. I also tend to make muddled metaphors that I think are great but confuse listeners. There's a great website for this type of stuff http://changingminds.org/ . It's got info on all sorts of stuff from selling to theories about behavior. That interests me. Another little move I got to use during the argument with Brett was summing up his point and repeating it to him to not only say "have I got this correct" but to boil it down to its pith and help me understand him better. It was great. I highly recommend checking out that website. It's worth a gander. It actually helps.
The other thing I mentioned was telling if someone is lying or not. That really has no basis other than I think it's a very valuable tool. Not only will it keep you from getting bamboozled, but it's a great way to train your eyes and other info gathering tools to really pay attention to body language and clues that get you inside people heads. Quick fact: The vast majority of the population scores very low on emotional intelligence tests. We're becoming more of a technology driven and owned society and paying less attention to our fellow man's emotional body. This is a neat way to train myself to listen more with my eyes and give someone my full attention. How great is it for improv too. That's usually my motivation behind my interests. That and action movies. (Or old Bill Murray and Tom Cruise films. Did anyone see Who am I? It was a Jackie Chan flick. Goofy.) Anyways, those are the two avenues of interest I have recently had.
I'd love to hear of any other cool interests that one might have recently had or currently pursue.
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