Category: Psychology
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Unveiling the Charms: Warm and Cool Personalities
In our diverse world, we encounter a myriad of individuals, each with their own unique personality traits. Some people exude warmth, drawing others toward them like moths to a flame, while others possess a coolness that creates an air of mystery. Understanding the differences between these warm and cool personalities can help us navigate social…
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4 Ways to Postpone your Procrastination
We’ve all done it at some time or other. We put off our exercise routine until tomorrow; we continually delay nishing that project or starting that business. Procrastination is the mother of all demons and can literally stop you in your tracks from achieving all that you desire. We first have to understand what procrastination…
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9 Ways To Combat Fear
Fear gets to the best of us, whether it is fear of failure, fear of success or even fear of fear. All of us have experienced fear at some point in our lives and it can be a real stumbling block that holds us back from being truly successful. Fear can’t hold you back forever,…
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Vulnerability and Gay Men – My Journey
Vulnerability. This is a topic that I talk about regularly at work. When I am working with leaders and teams, the conversation often comes back to the concept of vulnerability and vulnerable-based trust for healthy relationships. In “Daring Greatly”, Dr. Brene Brown describes vulnerability as “uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure“. It is choosing to share…
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My 10 Year Anniversary at Rocket Companies
It has been theorized that it takes 10 years or 10,000 hours to master something. Anders Ericsson, a professor of psychology at Florida State University, and two other colleagues published this information in a 1993 paper after researching the role of practice in violin students. On June 3, 2013, I started a new job at…
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Mental Health Awareness – 5 Things You Need to Know
Today I has the opportunity to moderate the “You Are Not Alone” panel for our Mental Health Summit at work. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. This month of awareness is to help break the stigma of mental health and mental illness. It is to normalize that mental health is a part of the human…
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Friend Group Norms
What is the difference between your team at work and your group of friends? Not much, it turns out.
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Why Friendship is Important
Friendship is a unique relationship that can profoundly impact our lives. We need friendships for overall well-being. #friendship #friendshipisimportant
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Making Conflict Less Scary and More Productive
Conflict. Just reading that word probably made you feel a certain way. That tends to happen when we think about conflict. I teach a class on conflict resolution and work with leaders and teams on this topic regularly. I have seen with consistency just how people feel about conflict. Hint: they don’t love it. I…
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Imposter Syndrome – What it is and how to overcome it
Imposter Syndrome. It’s a phrase that a lot of us have probably heard before. It may also be new to others. To make sure we are all aligned, imposter syndrome is defined as: “A psychological pattern in which one doubts one’s accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”. According…