Psychology
One of my goals this year is to learn how to be happy independent of others. I’ve been around the block long enough to have heard that happiness can be manufactured–that you can make yourself happy. But like so many others, it turns out, I have convinced myself that such happiness is artificial. If you [...]
I am an introvert. I admit it with pride. It takes work to be an introvert, but not as much work as it would take for me to be an extrovert. I can be extroverted, but I’ll be wiped out for the rest of the day. CarlKingdom.com has a great post about the 10 Myths [...]
In Isaac Asimov’s book “Prelude to Foundation”, he presents through his character “Hari Seldon” the “Hand-on-thigh Theory”: That which we uncover we invite to be touched. This comes about from an encounter between Hari and a female associate on the beach. She is wearing a swimsuit when he comes to sit on the arm of [...]
Feeling lucky? While sometimes luck truly is luck, there is new evidence to suggest that we can create our own luck sometimes. Psychologist Richard Wiseman conducted a study using people who would self-describe themselves as lucky or unlucky. His findings? “Unlucky people miss chance opportunities because they are too focused on looking for something else. [...]
I’ve been toying with the idea of expanding the subject matter of this blog, and I’ve decided to take the plunge. This week will be an exception, but on Monday-Wednesday-Friday I’ll take on business topics as usual. On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays I may slip in something else that’s on my mind. I’ve been watching [...]