When you talk trash, you're motivating the other person

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ADVERTISEMENT [] Smarter Communication [] [When you talk trash, you're motivating the other person]( Trash-talking motivates the targets of negative messages to increase their efforts and improve performance, but these people also tend to underperform on tasks that require cooperation or creativity, according to a study by Jeremy Yip and Maurice Schweitzer. "We see rivalry as something that typically occurs over a long period of time with competitive interactions, but trash-talking is a way to fast track that relationship," Schweitzer says. [Knowledge@Wharton]( (7/5), YouTube]( (7/5) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [How to give presentations your audience will remember]( Presentations need context and a logical structure if you want people to store and remember the information, writes Tim Pollard. Be sure to stick to a couple of big ideas, and use "your best data, not the most data." 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