As a trial lawyer, I’ve studied persuasion my entire career. These two secrets will help you be more persuasive in your own life — I will never forget the first time I went to trial to represent someone in Court. It was almost 20 years ago. I was a baby lawyer, less than a year out of law school. I was defending a plumbing company that had caused one of its employees to fall…

The New York Times reviews a fascinating new book that explores the conscious states of vegetative patients: A Pioneering Neuroscientist Reports From ‘the Border of Life and Death’ https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/books/review/into-the-gray-zone-adrian-owen-.htmlhttps://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/22/books/review/into-the-gray-zone-adrian-owen-.html

A Tipping Point? — Late last night Tesla unveiled it’s mass-market electric car, the Model 3. The folks at Wired have already driven a Model 3, and here’s what they had to say about the experience: I Drove a Tesla Model 3. Here's What You Need to Know The Tesla Model 3 might be the newest vehicle in the electric automaker's lineup, the "affordable" car starting at…www.wired.com And Business Insider apparently likes the Model 3 as well:

When Will The Right Get That? — Nice article in the Huffington Post this morning about Obamacare surviving yet another challenge. Obamacare Is Alive Because It Has Made Life Better For Millions The Affordable Care Act has survived yet another effort to snuff it out. And one reason is a simple reality that…www.huffingtonpost.com Obamacare isn’t perfect by any stretch of the imagination. But the Republicans seek to repeal it only because they can, not because they have a better plan in place. …

A game-changing update — A year and a half ago, I first reviewed the iPad Pro, Apple Pencil and Smart Keyboard. I predicted that a lot of lawyers would ditch their bulky Acer laptops and rush to adopt the iPad Pro as their primary computing device. While many lawyers and other professionals did just…

One of the most common misconceptions I hear from iPhone / iPad users is that “force quitting” apps saves battery life and makes your device run faster. Not true. In fact, the opposite is true — force quitting apps makes your battery life and overall phone performance worse. iOS puts…

Seth Godin is one of the most prolific authors and online writers of the last 20 years. He writes a blog post every day. He’s published more than 10 books, many of which were bestsellers. His latest post on “making two lists” is terrific. Seth suggests you make two lists…

Over the past decade, researchers have looked carefully at what we can do to live longer and also to live better while we age. (After all, there’s no point living a long life if you’re not healthy also.) Many researchers believe there is one change you can make right now…