Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of human or animal mental functions and behaviors.
It seems to be human nature to compare everything. I see my two daughters doing it every day; "but she has more sweeties dad!". Heaven help me if I don't ensure that both girls have exactly the same size piece of cake. Adults are not immune and past studies of happiness have shown, rather cynically, we're happiest when we're doing better than our peers.
How many of us wonder what it must be like to be the guy who has the world's best job? Usually, said person has found a way to earn a living doing something they love. And how many of us then think "lucky guy but that's not going to happen to me".
I owe a lot to Dave Rastovich. I have never met Dave and he's never met me. In fact most of what I know about Dave comes from the one surfing DVD I own. And to be precise it was Dave's Dad who inspired an idea - an idea that in part led to this blog.
... our memories guide what we expect to see, what we expect to see guides what we pay attention to, and what we pay attention to determines what goes into our working memory, and we retain most those things that have meaning or we understand best (that which is already in our memory banks). In this post I'd like to explore the relationship between memory, perception and positive thinking.
The lawyer approaches the stand and asks, “Mrs Doogood, did you see a tall slender man running into the alley with the TV” “Yes I did” “Is that person in the room today?” “Yes, he is sitting right over there”…
I am always hunting for my keys, usually because I wasn’t paying attention when I put them down, or I was interrupted by something else when I walked in the door, or I put them down on Friday evening and…
“You are today where your thoughts have brought you; you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.” Quote by James Allen, the author of the classic (and possibly the first) positive thinking self help book, “As a Man Thinketh”…
How would define yourself? As a doctor, lawyer, CEO, surfer, father, daughter? How would other people define you? As rich, poor, attractive, skinny, friend, foe? How would marketers define you? As middle class, 30 to 39, black diamond? The world…
If I had to ask you whether you wish you could improve your memory”, I would imagine many of you would sound a resounding “yes”. There have been many books written on improving memory (names, phone numbers, lists) and they…
Do you what it takes to be a secret agent? James Bond needs to have a high level awareness and attention. Let’s see if you make the grade. Here’s an exercise for you to do to test your awareness. Watch…