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Question Your Feelings 25 Aug 2013 | 06:13 am
One of the first pillars of emotional intelligence is self-awareness. This is the process of better understanding your feelings through self-observation and self-inquiry. It requires that we look at ...
There Are Many Paths to Choose From 23 Aug 2013 | 03:11 am
“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same.” Chinese Proverb The beauty of life is often found in its diversity and complexity. When I observe the variety in h...
Don’t Label Yourself 19 Aug 2013 | 09:49 pm
How you choose to label yourself becomes an intimate part of who you are. Once you identify yourself with a particular group of people – whether it’s social, political, or religious – then you often ...
Power Posing: Using Your Body to Improve Confidence and Reduce Stress 14 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
When we think of our body posture and facial expressions, we typically consider them to just be a display of what we’re feeling on the side. However, the truth is more complicated. Our body language ...
3 Reasons to Give People the Benefit of the Doubt 9 Aug 2013 | 04:56 am
Never trust people blindly, but I believe it’s better give people the benefit of the doubt rather than be cynical about everyone and everything people do. If you don’t really know someone, you should ...
How to Create Your Own Placebo Pills 6 Aug 2013 | 05:39 am
The more we study the mind, the more we find just how mysterious it can be sometimes. The placebo effect is one great example of this. It’s a popular concept in psychology that describes how individu...
Why Meaningful Happiness is Better Than Pleasurable Happiness 3 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
What does happiness mean to you? Often times people think of happiness in two different ways. The common view of happiness is hedonic well-being – which is the belief that happiness is based on the a...
Self-Identity: I’m the Type of Person Who… 1 Aug 2013 | 05:20 am
Your self-identity is how you view yourself as an individual person. It is the basic answer to the question, “Who am I?” However, how you view yourself isn’t always an accurate depiction of who you r...
7 Simple Ways to Break Your Current Pattern 30 Jul 2013 | 05:34 am
For better or worse, our lives are often dictated by our daily routines and patterns. If these patterns are mostly filled with positive thoughts, emotions, habits, and relationships, then you’ll cont...
The Rational Man’s Guide to Taking Smart Risks 25 Jul 2013 | 04:19 am
As I mentioned in how to act with uncertainty, every action comes with some amount of risk because we never know for sure how the future is going to work out. In general, the more information you hav...
