On October 13th, the New York Times released this article about the work of James W. Pennebaker. Pennebaker’s work is centered around counting the kinds of words that people use to derive spoken, but not necessarily explicit meaning. For example, he can count the use of first-person pronouns (I, me, my, mine) to determine how insecure or threatened people might feel. The Army Research Institute has even hired him on to look at such things as how leaders use language. The idea is that the findings can be applied to leadership development 990 new balance.
What kind of language are you using in your communications with colleagues, customers, friends and family? How do the subtleties of what you’re saying affect the social dynamics of your relationships?
For an interesting application of the word counting science, see how Pennebaker’s approach is being used to evaluate the Presidential candidates: http://www.wordwatchers.wordpress.com/.
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