ABOUT
JEFFREY
K. HANSLER
SPEAKER
• TRAINER •
CONSULTANT
• AUTHOR
What
is Jeffrey trying to accomplish?
I
hope to contribute to your everyday interactions with others
by increasing your love and understanding of communication.
You have a right to get what you want out of life and
language skills can help you get what you want!
Life
begins right now. Each moment is a choice: an
opportunity to be better, different, and happier. Even
though life is not always kind or easy, if we constantly
work to increase our skills, I believe we will have more
options when we need them.
Language is our connection to
ourselves and the world around us, and I work to contribute
to that connection for everyone each day. Except, of course,
those days when I want to pull the covers over my head and
sleep in ;-)
Personal
Disclaimers
Two
pieces of information that I believe are important to
remember when working with me.
1)
I believe in what I teach and talk about, and at the same
time I am readily interested in different perspectives. I'm
on this journey to discover the universal truths of life,
and I believe I'll get there faster by keeping an open mind.
Which means, you're likely to get very honest answers from
me, even when that means getting an 'I don't know'.
2)
When I was 9 years old, I jumped out of the back of the
station wagon my mom was driving. I was working on my
stuntman skills in preparation for my career choice at the
time. Not being thoughtful of the laws of physics at the
time I jumped, I ended up cracking the back of my skull on
the asphalt. Not wishing to scare my mother any further, I
told her I was OK, even though my vision was blurry and my
head ached for days. I also had trouble remembering things
the next few days. After that, things seemed to be fine,
except since that time, I've had trouble remembering names
and faces - lots of trouble. In fact, it was a big joke
during high school for my friends to ask me to identify my
classmates after summer break: an exercise in futility for
me.
There
has been some research during the recent years identifying
the rear portion of the brain for being responsible for name
and face recognition: fusiform face area
[medical equipment: positron emission tomography (PET) and
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)]. It
is possible that I've damaged that part of my head resulting
in Prosopagnosia (there's a $3 word) or maybe I'm just slow
in that area naturally. The point I'm leading to is that if
I see you after a long time (2 months is a long time isn't
it?) and I don't recognize you, I apologize. A person's name
and being recognized is very important, and I just suck at
it. Help me out and introduce self, please.
Oh
yes - and hope I never get a job with TSA.
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