Psychology – You are awesome

This is one of the most inspiring talks I’ve seen in a long time. particularly Amy’s heartfelt story about how she overcame significant personal challenges early on in life to become one of the worlds leading social psychologists. She is the embodiment of motivation, commitment and an inspiration to anyone that has the belief they can accomplish a goal regardless of disability.

She discusses how assuming power poses can help boost confidence and testosterone levels. It’s a compelling talk, especially for someone like me, who although large in stature can sometimes suffer from huge deficiencies in confidence. I know I’ll be power posing in the bathroom before I have to give a big talk to lots of people.

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Daniel Goleman gave a great presentation a couple of years ago on Compassion. He discusses five great topics, one of which centers on the notion that people are hard wired to give, however that we feel good about ourselves and slightly narcissist. We give to help but to feel good so essentially giving, super cialis while supposed to be altruistic can sometimes have the opposite effect.

The thing that separates people from sociopaths or Machiavellian is their empathy, or ability to tune in to others. Here is the insight that touches me, we are hard-wired to collaborate but have been taught to turn this off to pursue selfish objectives. I myself am turning it back on as selfishness serves no-one. The simple act of noticing other makes a huge difference, even just saying good morning to other when walking the dog make both you and them feel good, a little acknowledgment goes a long way.

You are awesome

Category: Psychology

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