Posts Tagged ‘Psychology’
The concept of anger is either hated or loved. It is both blamed for the worst violence in the world and also praised for the most inspiring protest against such violence. And like most things that draw out such intense emotions, it is mostly often misunderstood. To uncover the gift of anger is to see…
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Ink in the pen.
Don’t wait until you’re hungry to go shopping. Your choices will be irrational and will often cost you more. Don’t choose what time you will wake up when you’re exhausted and about to go to bed. You may confuse what your priorities are. If you want to start trusting yourself and accomplishing higher levels of…
Read MoreListening is relational proprioception
Proprioception is the perception or awareness of the position and movement of your body. The reason this is important is that you use this information to guide your decision making about position and movement. As you walk, it is proprioception that tells you the shape and firmness of the ground and helps guide appropriate motor…
Read MoreNobody can make you feel
Nobody can make you feel wrong. Nobody can make you feel stupid. Nobody can make you feel. You’re more powerful than that. 1) You notice someone do something. 2) Your mind gives meaning to what they did and determines if it contributes to your life, or doesn’t. 3) Then you feel. When you take ownership…
Read MoreThe Weak End
When starting a new diet, the easiest part is typically the first few days that lead up to the first weekend (aka the “weak end”). This is when you start to think, “this diet is hard.” In the days leading up to the ” weak end”, we have the structure and routine of our work…
Read MoreContribution
When your ancestors traveled in tribes, it’s hard to believe that the equivalent of the modern day couch potato would have been allowed to suck up resources without contributing to the lives of the other tribe members. Multiply this over millennia and you have the need for contribution built-in as a survival mechanism to the…
Read MoreCoincidences
If you notice two streets cross each other, like 9th Street and Main Street, the intersection is called 9th and Main. If you notice two things happen at the same time, this is called “two things happening at the same time”. Add a place that you wish you could work at the corner of 9th…
Read MoreThr heroics of empathy
Two people in a conversation are standing in almost the exact same place in the world with almost the exact same set of environmental influences on their internal experience of the moment. Both people are looking into the other person’s eyes. Both of them are squinting. Both have a furroughed brow. One of them has…
Read MoreThe 90-second phenomenon
A three-year-old throws a tantrum about not wanting to go to sleep. He lies in bed wailing about wanting to do a laundry list of other things instead of getting rest. Each time the thought of sleeping re-enters his mind, a new emotional action potential spreads throughout his physiology. The boy’s dad lies with him…
Read MoreIn service of the long game
A good starting point for the long game of any endeavor is to identify who it is that you want to spend your life serving. What change do they hope to make in their lives? What promise can you make to them when they experience your service? What beliefs do they have? Continue to become…
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