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Category Archives: Psychology
“Crazy” characters
If you want to write fiction involving mentally ill characters in a realistic way, to show how and why they no longer think clearly, you must get to know real people with real psychiatric disorders. There are many places that … Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Literature, Mental health
Tagged mental illness, psychotic, Psychoticism
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How funny am I?
Traits that are found in people who are considered humorous include: adaptability in communication, desire to make a positive impressions, orientation towards feeling/emotions, and being able to see the irony in a situation. There are advantages to being considered humorous; … Continue reading
Posted in Laughter and humor, Writer's resource
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Writing satire
Having a fondness for satire, I savor that kind of humor. But, many readers stumble over it. I introduced my children to the pleasure of reading satire when they were young. While in grade school, my daughter delighted in the annotated … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Writer's resource
Tagged alice in wonderland, through the looking glass
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Why leaders aren’t more self-aware
Perhaps the last century’s swing towards the outgoing, outspoken, in charge leader, who always exuded confidence has created the increasing need for cultivating self-aware leaders.[1] Before the twentieth century it was often considered egotistical for leaders to promote themselves. When … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Optimism and Pessimism
Tagged Self-awareness
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The price of self-awareness
Much of what I’ve perused recently on self-awareness tout the benefit of meditation in increasing self-awareness. This has led to a boom in meditation instructors providing both classes and retreats for mastering the techniques. Search for meditation on the internet … Continue reading
Learning not to be self-aware
Recently I was reading research about grammar police, the people who notice every misspelling and usage error in your writing and assume that you are ignorant based on these errors. Evidently they are disagreeable–certifiably disagreeable. One of the factors in … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Self-awareness
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Self awareness and leadership
According to the original meaning of self-awareness over 99.9 % of humanity qualify for this trait because people are aware of their existence. So, this is not enough to be considered special. However, self-awareness has a new meaning along with … Continue reading
Solving the problem of being finite
Whenever I see “problem solving” listed as a component of emotional intelligence, I tend to regard the rest of what the author says on that subject with skepticism. Typically problem solving is a combination of creativity and logic to generate … Continue reading
Reading emotions
Imagine that you are sitting down to holiday dinner at which a number of friends and family have gathered. The host, Micaela is young, a bit nervous, rushing about trying to please the guests. Timidly she offers a plate of … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional intelligence, Leadership, Manipulation
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When Emotional Intelligence is a liability
One of the four major branches of emotional intelligence (according to John D. Mayer and Peter Salovey) is the ability to reflectively regulate or manage emotions. This applies to managing your own emotions rather than those of other people. According … Continue reading
Posted in Emotional intelligence, intelligence, Leadership, Psychology
Tagged Dana Joseph, Daniel Newman, John D. Mayer, Peter Salovey
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