What motivates different kinds of people towards action? (in Big 5 format)

This post is a re-blog from The Procrastinator's Mind. The Big 5 personality factors or test is by far the most accurate personality test available in the world right now. I've taken this test during my business school, and it is fairly accurate to not only me but also to all the other 400 students …

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The 5 Characters That Succeed And Don’t Succeed In Sports (& Life)

People who know me well know that I am very fascinated with sports. I love playing even in my busy schedule and I always take time to play cricket and other sports with the local kids around. Cricket is a sport I loved playing growing up for hours and hours, and I especially love the …

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One Reason Why We Fail To Be Disciplined

As an individual, we might be in one skin and flesh but we have multiple avataars of our personality. An event can be interpreted as a positive one or a negative one depending on the avataar we wear at that time. Our wishes, our fears and our emotions are driven by the avataar of that time. …

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Your Emotion Is Not Your Will

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 …

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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 control by Dan Ariely

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPQhj6ktYSo