Fresh ideas about career, education, the life well-led, and improving the world.
Some people try to make others feel gratitude with such reminders as, “People are starving in Africa.”
Alas, too often, that goes in one ear and out the other. Perhaps the bases for gratitude that I describe in my Psychology Today article today will be more helpful.
Fear of missing out (FOMO) usually is criticized when we say yes to a new opportunity when it’s not in our best interest. For example, let's say that my friends invite me to join a road trip and, although I'm really busy with more important things, I fear missing out and so I go.
There’s a less-considered variant of FOMO: the fear of losing
something we already have. My Psychology Today article today offers five examples and thoughts on making
it a positive.
A number of my clients want to become an expert at something. It matters less what it is. They just want to become a master at something.
My Psychology Today article today offers thoughts on how to make the most of the three tools toward mastery: school, out-of-school learning, and practice.
Many people would love their life to be transformed instantly, And just occasionally, I've seen that happen. My Psychology Today article today lists the triggers I've most often seen.
An angry personality can hurt a person professionally and personally. I had always thought of an angry personality as difficult to change, requiring a personality transplant, lots of effort, long-term with no guarantee of success.
Yet I had a client who—no credit to me—went from being a man usually seething to quite calm. My Psychology Today article today tells his story and lessons that may be of value to us all.
