“Of course they’ll like you! Just get out there, smile and be friendly.” Sound familiar? The scientifc version of this (or at least one scientific version of it) is known as the Acceptance Prophecy: If you expect people to like and accept you, they will. If you don’t, they won’t. I know, it hardly seems fair, right?…
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Flu Season Rx: Be More Sociable
Do people ever ask you, “How do you find the time?” Or maybe, “How did you meet so many people?” If this sounds even a little bit like you, I’m guessing you are healthier than most people. Why? We used to think that belonging to too many groups, being too sociable, was bad for you. It complicates…
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True False Confessions
Would you admit guilt for something you didn’t do, just because someone accused you? What if they told you they had video? In a recently published Applied Cognitive Psychology study, working with a large group of people, all of whom had done nothing wrong, 100% admitted guilt when told there was video evidence of them stealing – or were…
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230?
Have you heard the big buzz about the awesome new Volt EREV scheduled to come out next year? Chances are if you’ve heard about it, it hasn’t been with a positive spin. I’ve heard about it on NPR, where its not-yet-EPA-verified 230 miles per gallon claims were questioned, and on a few marketing sites critiquing the…
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YOU Also Inspire With Music
Do you have friends who say, “I love music, but I can’t play anything.”? I have always been a firm believer that almost everyone has musical talent – they just haven’t had the opportunity to discover what they’re good at yet. And this study confirms my belief. (I love it when that happens.) It turns out that…
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This Monty Python skit
This Monty Python skit on the Argument Clinic somehow reminds me of projects being implemented regardless of the input, advice or opposition of those they affect. Seeing this – well, it puts a whole different emphasis on the importance of change management. Or maybe it’s just a profession only a lawyer could love… (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)…
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Mind Control?
Vaughan at Mind Hacks has a new post reminiscent of your favorite sci-fi films. Indeed, many world governments are now ordering weapons systems incorporating artificial intelligence. Maybe you don’t get the blue screen of death quite as often as I do, but this gives it a whole new meaning. In South Africa a software problem with a robot canon carried…
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The brain takes control
The brain takes control. Yes, it’s a commercial. I hope it makes you smile anyway. (Source: http://www.youtube.com/)…
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The Source of The Economic Crisis
The Source of The Economic Crisis From the New Yorker, brought to my attention by Jim Collins (of Good to Great and other fame). “This crisis is the culmination of events and trends reaching back, depending on your perspective, four, seven, seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-seven, thirty-eight, sixty-five, or a hundred and two years. (…) The causes…
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Too many people overvalue what they are
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are. Malcolm Forbes…
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