Ignoring our blind spots while driving is not a wise thing to do. In fact, it’s downright dangerous if left unchecked. And our psychological blind spots can be just as hazardous, mainly because we don’t believe we have them. As an example, I can tell you right now I...
Have you ever felt really annoyed with yourself for judging a co-worker, losing your patience with a friend, or something else entirely, instead of cutting yourself some slack? Usually when we’re frustrated with ourselves we try to ploy through the emotion, and at the...
Anyone who hasn’t failed please raise your hand? A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new, Einstein reminded us. Failure is often the result of taking chances, of getting comfortable being uncomfortable for a short period of time. And it’s much more...
Have you ever heard of the rabbit effect? I hadn’t. In Dr. Kelli Harding’s book scientists did a study on how diet impacts cardiovascular health, using rabbits that were fed a high-fat diet. Surprisingly, there was 60% less damage to one group of rabbits eating the...
I was teaching a class in Connecticut and one woman, sitting in the front row, kept her head down, eyes facing her lap for an hour and a half. It had to be incredibly uncomfortable; she didn’t want to attend my class. A man stood up at the beginning of a two-day...
