First of all, I'd like to apologize for not publishing on here for the last three weeks or so... I had a rough couple of days and needed a little break. But I'm back, so let's get to it! 🙂 It was someday during this week that I had started a 15 thread long LinkedIn... Continue Reading →
Bibliotherapy – The therapy through reading
Uhm, no, I haven’t invented the word. It’s something that goes way back to King Ramses, but it didn’t had this weird name (source - Wikipedia). It seems that the name was “invented” by Samuel Crothers, or at least that’s what an The Atlantic Monthly article stated in 1916. Ok, the name is... Continue Reading →
Perfection equals Paralysis
In the search of creating a post, I stumbled across this video that reminded me something I often forget: perfection is a self-imposed standard impossible to achieve. But we all want to achieve it in whatever we do. It’s healthy to strive for perfection, but it’s not healthy to expect to achieve it.... Continue Reading →
A way to achieve any goal – Reblog
Lately, my life got very busy and I started to ignore the goals I’ve set to myself. Because of it, I did a quick search here, on PO, because I know I wrote something about goals a while back. This post reminded that we can do anything and everything we set our mind to... Continue Reading →
The Most Important Thing(s) To Understand About Your Relationship
One of my most interested fields in psychology is that of dating and understanding how to find and interact with our romantic partner. There is no doubt that if you are in a relationship or married, that you haven't been through some sort of emotional or mental rollercoaster with your partner. That's just part of... Continue Reading →
Together Is Better
'A Lion used to prowl about a field in which Four Oxen used to dwell. Many a time he tried to attack them; but whenever he came near they turned their tails to one another, so that whichever way he approached them he was met by the horns of one of them. At last, however,... Continue Reading →
The scenarios from your mind
Have you ever wondered why we sometimes run some weird negative scenarios through our mind that makes us feel bad or angry? How often does that happen to you? Today I caught myself running such a scenario with some people walking around me. Out of nowhere my mind made up a situation in... Continue Reading →
Your Feelings Are Overrated.
We are often told to act in alignment to what we feel. How we feel. For whom we feel. This notion of acting in alignment with our feelings can be a dangerous mindset. In fact, allow me to tell you that your feelings are completley overrated. They are unimportant. Look, there are only 2 reasons... Continue Reading →
How To Give Advice Without Being an Asshole
Let's be honest. We are living in the age of the internet where everyone and their dog consider themselves an expert at something. Whether that is advising your nephew on how to deal with the school bullies or critiquing some dudes starcraft theory on a nerd forum. And because we all consider ourselves to be... Continue Reading →
Question of the Day – No. 207
Why do you think humans are social animals? Looking forward to your answers, Max
A Short Story of Inspiration For Your Day :-)
Consider the story of two stonemasons. You walk up to the first stonemason and ask, 'Do you like your job?'. He looks up at you and replies, 'I've been building this wall for as long as I can remember. The work is monotonous and I work in the scorching hot sun all day. The stones... Continue Reading →
|| Psychology behind the Excuses ||
The rationalization actually lodges the person in a bad faith, a faith that is far away from reality. It puts a resistance on the real tough phase situations like emotional distress and cognitive dissonance.
A Little Thought For Your Day :-)
We've all read countless articles on many well-known websites, blogs, and guru-platforms that we shall NEVER compare ourselves to other people. In fact, we're told to only compare ourselves to the person whom we were 'yesterday'. The problem is that looking back to 'who you were yesterday' actually inhibits your development more than improving it.... Continue Reading →
The Confidence Problem.
The other day, I wrote a longer comment on a 'Question of the Day' post, all about confidence. So I thought I'd say a couple of more words about this... We are all familiar with classic situations where we know we MUST 'be' or 'act' confident (usually because we're told so). Job interviews, dates, presentations... Continue Reading →
‘With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility’
But does it really Uncle Ben? Let’s consider the following… We have all been through some tough shit in our lives. But you know who also went through some pretty tough times? William James. (Let's call him William for the sake of his story) Many of you may have heard of William before. If you... Continue Reading →
Failure Is The Way Forward
We all know that improvement comes from many, MANY tiny failures. In fact, the more we fail, the greater our chances of success (not always, but most of the time). I mean, let's face it. If someone is worse at anything than you, then it's probably because they haven't been through all of the learning... Continue Reading →
