I am not seeking a new job, but if I were, I might be asked to show that I am creative. More and more companies want to hire creative individuals. Could…
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A friend of mine told me that she tries to help all her children identify their greatest strength so they can use that strength to do well in life. I…
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Do self-help books actually help? They can, if a person does what the books suggest. A student and I surveyed over a hundred adults who had recently read a psychological…
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Several years ago I attended a psychology conference in Sydney. Just after the conference ended, I stood a few steps from a female scientific colleague, when a young man approached…
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If you are like most people, you have taken many shots to boost your immunity to organisms such as those that cause measles and mumps. Every year I get the…
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Years ago I played on a volleyball team with a university student who submitted every assignment as late as possible. She lost 20% on every assignment by submitting two weeks late. If she…
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I like to climb. Mountains, rock faces, trees. If it goes up, I want to climb it. Why is that? I blame my primate ancestors. They used to live in…
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“Margo” won a national award for her work. A co-worker sent Margo an email commending her. Margo did not reply. Another co-worker saw Margo in a corridor and asked her…
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We think with distaste of bad decisions we made. Hitler decided to invade Poland. I bought an MG Midget. Along with our bad decisions are many good decisions. One of my…
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Trying to help people increase their frustration tolerance is popular now among psychologists. I could have used more frustration tolerance this past week when I dealt with various technical and…
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