Don’t worry! We all know what it’s like. Those horrible, sneaky, sleazy, dishonest, backbiting, manipulative, and awfully impossible-to-work-with co-workers are everywhere. It’s just like high school again, where you simply can’t rid of that annoying bully who’s ready to make a rude comment or two about the way you look, talk, eat, dress, or whatever....
Have you heard about The Marshmallow Test? This is fascinating. Back in the 60’s a psychologist, Walter Mischel, conducted an experiment with 4 year old children. So, try to imagine that you're 4 years old, and participating in this little experiment. First a friendly adult welcomes you into a room and sits you in front...
No organization on the planet has more recruiters working for them then the U.S. Department of Defense. They have over 12,000 recruiters across 5,500 recruiting stations. However, the enlisting numbers show room for improvement. Between 1987 and 1996 the U.S. Department Of Defense sent 2.2 million recruits to basic training. That's after losing up to...
So....anger primarily occurs in your head, and happiness is felt all over your body? That's what scientists in Finland have determined based on research involving over 700 subjects from Sweden, Taiwan & Finland. In addition to mapping where our emotions are felt, the researchers also concluded that these emotional signatures are not subject to cultural bias,...
We like to think that every choice we make is based off of intelligent thought processes and beyond a doubt well chosen. Yet we may not be so aware of the irrational decisions we make quite freely. Dan Ariely is a Behavior Economist professor at Duke University. He found this idea of why we make...
Do you ever wonder what your brain is thinking when you make a decision? If our bodies are designed to survive and make rational decisions, why do we make some choices that we end up regretting? Our brains want to make a logical judgement based on all the options that are possible. However, given the...
