This Idea Must Die: Some of the World’s Greatest Thinkers Each Select a Major...
“To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact,” asserted Charles Darwin in one of the eleven rules for critical thinking known as...
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(Source: National Energy Board) Table of Contents Background The Safety Culture Indicators Research Project Project participants Project methodology Outcomes: The Suite of Indicators Next steps...
View ArticleDonald Trump: Sociopath?
This week, the co-author of Donald Trump’s autobiography said in The New Yorker that if he were writing The Art of the Deal today, it would be a very different book with a very different title: The...
View ArticleThe Secrets To Acting Confidently In The Face Of Uncertainty
Imagine this: You're driving along an unlit winding road in the darkness, the air so dense with fog, you can't see past your headlights. You grip the wheel, lean in, and drive cautiously ahead, all...
View Article18 signs you have high emotional intelligence
Empathy is one of the most significant gateways to a high EQ. See Also LinkedIn Influencer, Dr. Travis Bradberry, published this post originally on LinkedIn. When emotional intelligence (EQ) first...
View ArticleELECTION 2016: Why People Will Vote For Their Own Destruction, And How To...
The realities of why we vote the way we do are actually more to do with appearance, and less to do with policy. In the shadow of an election, Dr Lissa Johnson explains the psychology behind the polls....
View ArticlePay attention to emotional quotient
Attitudinal change We all have wondered when people with average intelligence quotient (IQ) levels have shown better leadership, sometimes even better than leaders with higher IQ. And then there are...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull: ‘Small L’ Liberal Or Planet-Eating Death Star? Early...
Next week, Malcolm Turnbull will clock up six weeks as Prime Minister. So what’s changed? Has the direction changed, or are the messages just a little more polished. Psychologist and New Matilda...
View ArticlePrivate Camelot
From the first, Jackie had declined to meld into the overpowering Kennedy clan, where “Hey, kiddo” was a standard greeting. Jack Kennedy had married late, at age 36, and his family worried that “he’d...
View ArticleUnderstanding dependent personality disorder, part 3
This article is a continuation of our look at Theodore Millon's historical review of dependent and how it has been classified by various psychologists and schools of thought. Aaron Beck and his...
View Article5 Emotional Biases That Are Hazardous To Your Wealth
In our last post, we reviewed five of the most prevalent cognitive biases that trip up amateur and professional investors alike. This particular post is a continuation of that effort, and the third in...
View Article2015-2016 Insurer Annual Assessments (Arizona Department of Insurance)
(Source: Arizona Department of Insurance) NEWS: Insurer annual assessment statements were NOT mailed 7/9/2015 as previously planned. We expect statements will print 7/21/2015 and assessment payments...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleTurkey and Iran: Bitter Friends, Bosom Rivals (International Crisis Group)
(Source: International Crisis Group) Executive Summary Turkey's response to the influx of Syrians is a source of national pride. The massive numbers pose significant absorptive and financial challenges...
View ArticleMy President Was Black
“They’re a rotten crowd,” I shouted across the lawn. “You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby I. “Love Will Make You Do Wrong” In the waning days of...
View Article'I am not naturally magnetic': can you learn how to be charismatic?
From politics to business, charisma is the 21st-century must-have. But what is it – and can you really turn a shy type into a George Clooney?...
View Article16 Overall Favorite Books of 2016
To look back on any period of reading with the intention of selecting one’s favorite books is a curious two-way time machine — one must scoop the memory of a past and filter it through the sieve of an...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View ArticleNot Safe at Home
Not Safe at Home Violence and Discrimination against LGBT people in Jamaica Glossary Note on Jamaican Language Summary Key Recommendations To the Prime Minister To the Ministry of National Security To...
View ArticleThe Irony Effect
Danny Kahneman’s love affair with Amos Tversky began in the spring of 1969, when his dazzling and clever colleague, also a professor of psychology at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, came to give a talk...
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