I had the privilege of spending almost four hours with Dr. Sam Goldstein yesterday afternoon. He’s an Assistant Clinical Instructor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of Utah School of Medicine and an Affiliate Research Professor of Psychology at George Mason University. He’s an incredible researcher and a wonderful speaker. Topics, if you’re not familiar [...]
Posted here is a very interesting article about the country of Bhutan and ever-broadening world views of what constitutes success. The article discusses, among other things, GNH or Gross National Happiness. Here in the US, it seems we often assume that with ‘success’ will come happiness. I think most of us know that while some [...]
Today in the NY Times there’s an article about Obama’s proposed changes to the evaluation of success in schools. Without a doubt, this is either at the heart of current problems in the educational system or a big symptom of the problems. How do we measure success for our students? I would argue that it [...]
MSNBC has a news article about institutionalizing the use of the phrase ‘at hope’ kids instead of ‘at risk’ kids using the legislative system. It’s an interesting idea and one that fascinates me very much. Language is so very powerful, often in ways we aren’t thinking about when we use it. Even when we decide [...]
I was recently thinking about love and how I believe it’s one of the easiest emotions to share with others. And not just that but when you do share it, the benefits that come back to you (and hopefully others!) are significant. A few weeks ago the January 2010 edition of Scientific American Mind came [...]
So, I know you’ve probably heard it everywhere in the last few days. I have too. What will we do differently this year? Now, I’m not usually one for New Years resolutions, mostly because I feel like I make changes in my life when they’re necessary and it doesn’t generally correspond with a tidy date. [...]
Blame. Why do we do it? Is blame a necessary component of group interaction? What’s the real difference between blame and accountability? How do we foster one and not the other? If blame is contagious, could accountability be contagious too? Wouldn’t that be useful? Below is a link to an article about a new study [...]
Fascinating and fun little article from the British Psychological Society on the worlds leading psychologists and what they say they still don’t understand about themselves… http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/10/one-nagging-thing-you-still-dont_05.html Also, the link to the boingboing blog post about it today (searchable if you are there at a future date): http://www.boingboing.net/
I’ve been spending a bit of time lately trying to ‘feel’ things without the usual accompanying thoughts in my head. This, it turns out, is exceptionally difficult for me! I do ‘feel’ a lot and often use those feelings to help me navigate through my life. However, in some ways, I have a brain that [...]
This was sent to me from a friend and illustrates the ‘everyday-ness’ of EQ in action which, sometimes, is the best kind! From a Six Seconds Network member (with a fabulous sense of humor, by the way!): “My daughter and I walked into Peet’s coffee on a Saturday morning. We had trouble approaching the front [...]