We are deluged with data, but is more data and more rapidly acquired data actually contributing to higher quality decisions? One of the most frequent errors we observe people making is the failure to distinguish Risk from Uncertainty.
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IPPA Closing Session: Short Snippets of Research on Meditation and Thought
As the very last event of the IPPA Conference, Dr. Richard Davidson and Dr. Barbara Fredrickson invited a panel of five scientists to give very brief reports on their own work related to meditation and decision-making. Bethany Kok, Helen Weng, Clifford Saron, Erika Rosenberg, and J. David Creswell each gave 10 minute excerpts.
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A Chief Executive Officer’s decline almost always begins during the most successful period of his (or her) business life. Often, it is a time when accomplishments become increasingly interrupted by preoccupation with the ultimate reality of succession, the final test of stewardship. How does a CEO get this message? What awakens him? Must he be …
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Does the World Need ‘Positive’ Psychology?
James McNulty and Frank Fincham challenge a key assumption of positive psychology, that certain psychological traits and processes are inherently beneficial for well-being. They say that context, so often ignored in positive psychology research, is paramount. They suggest that well-being is determined jointly by the interplay between those characteristics and qualities of a person’s social …
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As an entrepreneur owner-manager of a successful business, would you be willing to buy your business today at the same value that you would agree to sell it?
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Primitive man’s reaction to death was one of fear. Today, man still reacts to death with fear. Without exchanges about end-of-life issues, there is confusion, which adds a psychological, spiritual, and financial burden for those dying, and their families. Our failure to address these concerns can lead to greater suffering.
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Thinking about Thinking and Acting: Journey to Self-Regulation Part 2
by John Yeagerby John YeagerLast month, in Part 1 of a Journey to Self-Regulation, the focus was on the influence of character on behavior, how people develop habits that help them control their urges. However, there is another interesting way to look at self-regulation that addresses the power of the environment, regardless of how virtuous a person might be.
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Are You Being Held Hostage Without Knowing It? (Book Review)
by Sulynnby SulynnI love books that begin with a question such as this one. Hostage at the Table is exciting, a clever tapestry of psychological insights woven into the complexity of human conflict behavior, all set against the dramatic backdrop of riveting insider stories of hostage negotiation.
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Why Riches are not Equivalent to Happiness
To further elaborate on why the riches are not equivalent to happiness, I adopt the approach used by Daniel Kahneman, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, of looking at happiness as moment-to-moment experience instead of general well-being or flourishing. When we break down happiness into moment-to-moment experience, riches do not necessarily make people happier. …
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When at Work, Can You Leave Your Heart at Home?
While employers would like to think that people leave their problems at home, the reality is that most people find it challenging to turn off stressors from their personal life when they get to work. Rather than ignore the home-life/work-performance connection, we argue that employers who encourage and support healthy home lives in their employees …
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What Do You Fail to Notice?
We like to think that we are in charge of our choices. But what if making a choice or decision is based on things that we don’t notice? A new article from Song and Schwarz at the University of Michigan looks at the consequences.
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I over-think. A lot. I bet many of you can relate. My over-analysis rarely takes me to a higher state of being. In many cases, I get caught in spirals of “What if…?” and “If it weren’t for…” that spin me around until I’m exhausted but still standing in exactly the same place. Most therapy …
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Guitar Hero or High School? One Family’s Choice
It was not an easy decision for his parents to let Blake leave high school and it continues to be a hard choice. They are attacked by critics —most of whom they’ve never met. If the Peebles had taken the expected path and insisted that their son stay in school, no one would be giving …
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Faith, Fear, and Motivation – The Back Story of The Stockdale Paradox
by John Yeagerby John Yeager“You must retain faith that you can prevail to greatness in the end, while retaining the discipline to confront the brutal facts of your current reality.” The Stockdale Paradox – Jim Collins
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Janet is about to interview for a new job. She wants to leave a toxic work environment. Janet took that job with high hopes that were soon dashed. … How does she avoid yet another? For this dilemma, Alan Foster suggested that she ask six questions in her interview to discover what the job environment …
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Chess and Positive Psychology by NY State Open Chess Champion
by Zak Mayminby Zak MayminBy Zak Maymin, Guest Author I have read PPND articles for years, and recently several of the articles showed me the similarity between positive psychology and chess. There may be two analogies in chess that illustrate and bolster up a few positive psychology principles about change and happiness.
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Positive Organizational Behaviour and Better Work Performance
There has been a widespread discussion on whether or not positive psychology is effective from a business perspective. There are strong links between positive psychology and organizational performance, many captured in work in the field of Positive Organizational Behavior (POB). Here I summarize a longer, recently published paper.
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I have been thinking about what it takes for folks to change, especially the kind of change positive psychology focuses on — from ok to good or good to better: from +1 or +2 in well-being to +4, +5, or +6.
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Leaders’ Emotional & Social Intelligence: The Lazarus Drug in Crisis?
At the end of 2008, Daniel Goleman published another paper with Richard Boyatzis about Social Intelligence (SI) and Leadership. They define social intelligence as ‘a set of interpersonal competencies built on specific neural circuits (and related endocrine systems) that inspire others to be effective.’ SI may rock the fields leadership and management, just as Emotional …
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How does happiness work in the body? Ever fantasize about duplicating yourself? Like when you want to go to your kid’s little league game and be at an important business meeting at the same time? Imagine a world where there is not one, not two, but trillions of you! (Yes, that would require lots of …