Psychology: Fear, Gloom, and Panic, Oh My!
In a recent post, I suggested that our survival instinct, which has served us so well for so long, may now be failing us. Why? because the reactions that arise as part of the fight-or-flight response are often no longer effective in a world that is far more complex, unpredictable, and uncontrollable than that of […]
Read MorePsychology: What is the Best Emotion?
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about what I thought was the worst possible emotion. There are certainly enough worthy aspirants including hate, anger, and sadness. But I felt regret was the winner (or should I say loser) because its causes can’t be undone, it slowly eats away at your soul, and it […]
Read MorePsychology: Is Our Survival Instinct Failing Us?
The human instinct to survive is our most powerful drive. Since animals climbed out of the primordial muck and as our early ancestors rose from all fours to walk upright, evolution has been guided by its ability to help us survive and reproduce. Just about everything that humans have become serves that essential purpose, in […]
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child
I just uploaded a 60-minute talk to my YouTube channel on Positive Pushing: How to Raise a Successful and Happy Child that I gave recently at the Stevenson School in Carmel CA. To learn more, visit my Prime Family and Speaking Topics web pages.
Read MoreYouTube Channel: Prime Business: The Psychology of Spectacular Success
I just uploaded a 60-minute talk to my YouTube channel on the role of psychology in business performance that I gave recently at the Transamerica Leadership Forum in Minneapolis. As a featured speaker for Natixis Global Assessment Management, the 14th largest assessment management firm in the world, I regularly speaking to financial-industry and other business professionals […]
Read MorePersonal Growth: Should You Take a Leap of Faith?
I’ve been on a bit of a self-help kick in my writing lately. And given the strong response from my last post about regret, I figured I would continue my personal-growth jones and write about another topic that might be of interest to readers. Living the life you want often means making some big changes […]
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