This Minisode Monday, we try an exercise designed to make you consider the importance of perspective and useful illusions: how does your pet see the world?

Welcome to Fan Mail Friday #132! No jibber-jabber, just a short show where we answer Art of Charm listener mail and give out mini-lessons for the weekend!

Daniel McGinn is a senior editor at Harvard Business Review, and the author of Psyched Up: How the Science of Mental Preparation Can Help You Succeed.

Frank Sesno is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years of experience, and the author of Ask More: The Power of Questions to Open Doors, Uncover Solutions, and Spark Change.

When something goes wrong, we often fixate on its emotional impact rather than its actual importance in the big picture. This Minisode Monday, Dr. Srini Pillay shows us how to control this emotional feedback with the CIRCA mnemonic.

Time for Fan Mail Friday, where we'll be answering your questions and dropping some knowledge and feedback to help you kick the weekend off right.

General Ann Dunwoody grew up in a family with four generations of West Pointers, became the first female four-star general in the US, and is the author of A Higher Standard: Leadership Strategies from America's First Female Four-Star General.

Rob Reid is a tech entrepreneur (Listen.com), early-stage tech investor, and author New York Times Bestseller Year Zero: A Novel and, most recently, After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley.

This Minisode Monday, we learn Rob Reid's exercise designed to help us cut back on some of the bad habits we have when conversing and relating with others.

Welcome to Fan Mail Friday #130! No jibber-jabber, just a short show where we answer Art of Charm listener mail and give out mini-lessons for the weekend!