The feeling of being controlled makes you feel 'defeated' because humans do not like to be controlled. It is in their fundamental nature to resist control and it is through resisting control that they assert their independence. When we don't listen to our emotions, it makes us feel 'defeated'. This is because we feel like we are being …
Category: Self-development
What to do about low self-esteem?
This is an article from Psychology Today and the link to the original post is here. A woman responded anonymously to my most recent blog post by saying, “…I really have nothing to offer. I can’t see why anyone would want to marry me.” Then she goes on to add, “I’ve been treated like a …
Why are some people always late?
I read somewhere 'Discipline is the art of checking how late the other person gets'. Business schools teach that discipline is used by people to make the other person feel guilty and then ask for favor in return. Whatever it is, discipline is one trait that really matters in job success. But, we see some people …
Unhappiness and Procrastination
The more unhappy you are, the more you wander or think to solve that unhappiness. This implies that you are not in the present. Therefore, the more unhappier you are the more you procrastinate Or probably unhappiness is just created within to serve the purpose of procrastination. Refer to Psychology Today's article on Depression and …
Procrastination As A Virtue For Creativity, Why It’s False
This is a post from Psychology Today and the link to the original article is here. What better way to attract readers than to say that up is down or in is out. When we challenge basic assumptions about the world, we attract that limited resource of attention. Moreover, when what we say is that …
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Self-efficacy, Autonomous motivation and procrastination
This is a post by PsychologyToday and the link to the original article is here. The bulk of the research on procrastination has been conducted on undergraduate students. This isn’t surprising, as most psychological research has been conducted on this captive group of willing volunteers who often earn grade-raising credit for their participation. However, as …
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The Psychology of Laziness, Procrastination and Idleness
This article is from Psychology Today and is actually adapted from the book "Heaven and Hell: The Psychology of Emotions" A person is being lazy if he is able to carry out some activity that he ought to carry out, but is disinclined to do so because of the effort involved. Instead, he carries out …
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Stop slouching to work smarter – Bloomberg
This is a Bloomberg post and the link to the original article is here. Posture matters more than you may think. In fact, there’s evidence that whether you sit up straight or slouch affects the quality of your work. To understand why, it can be helpful to look back at our evolutionary ancestors. Millions of years ago, if you were …
Difference between an academic exam and a job interview
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Conscientiousness – The Personality Trait That Most Often Predicts Success
This is an article from the Business Insider and the link to the original article is here. The only major personality trait that consistently equates with success is conscientiousness. "It's emerging as one of the primary dimensions of successful functioning across the lifespan," Paul Tough writes in "How Children Succeed." "It really goes cradle to grave …
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If you want great results, you need to be committed
The following is a post from http://www.entrepreneur.com and is written by Joe Judson, President and CEO of Fusion Logistics. The link to the original article is: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/242288 In the game of life, I have never known anyone who achieved great success by simply being interested in what they do. The road to success is littered with people who are interested …
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What ‘A’ Players Do?
The below article is a Harvard Business Review blog post written by Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman. The link to the original article is - https://hbr.org/2014/04/what-a-players-do/. Individual contributors sometimes ask themselves, “What will it take for others to recognize my potential?” They may simply want acknowledgement of the importance of the work they do. Or they …
A Note On Assertiveness
The below post is influenced by the ideas of Dr. Jonice Webb, a leading psychologist and parental education trainer.As an individual, we think we know everything about ourselves. But, it can be said with a good degree of certainty that there is a lot that we don’t know about ourselves than what we think we know. …
Delaying Gratification
The below article is highly influenced by the ideas of the popular Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Scott Peck. Delaying Gratification is a process of scheduling the pain and pleasure of life in such a way as to enhance the pleasure by meeting and experiencing the pain first and getting it over with. It is the only …
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