“It’s commonly assumed that normal, well-adjusted people have realistic views of their own potential.
“And it is also commonly assumed that those who do not have realistic self-concepts are very possibly neurotic or unbalanced.
“Are these assumptions true? I’ll have to say absolutely not.
“As a psychologist, the healthiest and happiest people I’ve known are totally unrealistic about [...]
“I believe the ultimate aim of all human beings is
to obtain happiness and a sense of fulfillment.”
The Dalai Lama – in the book: Mindscience – an East West Dialogue [more quotes on the page Positive psychology 2]. Baby photo by gadgetgirl.
Seemingly endowed with endless effervescent glee, Drew Barrymore has been quoted, “You have to [...]
“The problem with bad moods is that they stop you in your tracks, they hinder you from doing other things that can lead to continued small successes and that can move you forward in life.
“Additionally.. you can’t always be waiting for the muse. Most often in life, you need to do things whether you’re in [...]
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I was a bay tree / Quiet and unseen
I lived in stories / But inside I kept a mystery
I was a starling / Nobody’s darling
Flying in perfect circles / Just for company
And now I’m ready …..
And now I’m ready to be Extraordinary
Mandy Moore expresses thoughtful perspectives in [...]
“Academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life… people with high IQs can be stunningly poor pilots of their private lives.”Daniel Goleman in his book Emotional Intelligence.
In her article Emotional Intelligence of the Gifted, Joanna Fletcher notes that Goleman gives examples of high IQ people “who are not achieving the heights they were destined [...]
That sort of reaction [in the title] is not so unusual for exceptional, gifted and talented children and adults.
“I got that whole precocious thing [as a child]. I had no reason to doubt my own abilities or not share my opinion. The adults were offended, and the kids were resentful. I was persona non grata [...]
In the new movie “Nancy Drew,” the heroine (played with style and grace by Emma Roberts) engages and celebrates her intuitive and intellectual abilities as a teen sleuth, and comes to accept the fact she is exceptional, and does not fit in with her high school peers concerned with cliques, clothes and crushes.
Yes, it is [...]
Deanne Repich, Founder and Director of the National Institute of Anxiety and Stress and ConquerAnxiety talks in this video about anxiety feelings, how she overcame her own feelings, and her programs to help others.
In her article Soothing Anxious Thoughts about Work, she talks about insecurity-related thinking in a work context:
“Anxious thought: ‘Everyone is going to [...]
This is a brief excerpt of a longer audio interview – “Avoiding Art Career Overwhelm with Ten Zen Seconds” – by Alyson B. Stanfield with creativity coach Eric Maisel, PhD, about his new book.
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Play interview here – or download MP3.
Play or download full length interview at ArtBizCoach.
Also see my [text] interview with Eric [...]
Hoon Lee plays David Henry Hwang’s alter ego in the play “Yellow Face.” He graduated with a degree in visual and environmental studies and English literature from Harvard University, is the son of two molecular biologists; his brother is a postdoctoral candidate in gene expression research at MIT.
“There was a lot of academia floating around [...]
In his article Is feeling better as easy as ABC?, Nicholas Hall talks about using a positive psychology strategy to modify self-limiting thinking:
“I recently applied to a one-week summer scholarship program, one that sounded really great, and wouldn’t you know it, ‘we were overwhelmed by applicants, and although yours was excellent…’ Sigh. Another rejection!
“Ugh. That’s [...]
Jessica Simpson infamously asked in a video clip whether the Chicken of the Sea tuna she was eating was really chicken or fish. She also reportedly indicated she thinks buffalo wings are made from actual buffalo.
“Growing up I was always the blonde that everybody made fun of, and I just played into that, because that [...]
multitasking and achievement, limitations of multitasking, multitasking and quality of life
Our complex lives seem to demand multitasking to keep up. But can we be trying to balance too many plates in the air, doing too much at once to really express our creative talents, or to effectively achieve?
Or just be as fully human as we [...]
Many authors and leaders emphasize the value of focus and planning to achieve success and personal growth.
This brief video of motivational speaker, philosopher and entrepreneur Jim Rohn [a SuccessCast from TSTN The Success Training Network] includes some of his ideas on planning in order to achieve.
Jim Rohn also says in his article Personal Development – [...]
Her creative work can be “psychologically disturbing, sexually loaded and wickedly funny” according to a recent interview article, in which artist Louise Bourgeois talked about her emotional and social influences:
“My work is a form of psychoanalysis. It is a way of coming to grips with my anxiety and fears. It is an attempt to be [...]
This video of a talk by Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? is an excerpt from the longer video from the TED conference [Technology, Entertainment, Design] – which summarizes the talk:
“Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it. With ample anecdotes [...]
Musician Ani DiFranco produced her album, “Educated Guess,” entirely on her own. An interviewer asked, “Your approach, your energy on the current tour and on the new album seem different. Why is that?”
DiFranco: “The difference is solitude. I have it in my life now, and I didn’t for years, at all… now I’m alone [...]
In her article How to Attract Positive People and Situations, Judith Orloff, M.D. advises looking for signs of your positive intuitions such as:
* a feeling of comforting familiarity or brightness; you may sense you’ve known the person before, as with the experience of deja-vu
*you breathe easier, chest and shoulders are relaxed, gut is calm
* you [...]
Paul Newman announced last week that he is retiring at 82, that he can no longer perform like he used to: “I’m not able to work anymore as an actor at the level I would want to. You start to lose your memory, your confidence, your invention. So that’s pretty much a closed book for [...]
“There is no prize, out there. The only prize is, this one, and what you feel and what you want to accomplish. …
“I feel that I very often watch a lot of young people sort of meander around without any idea about why they’re doing what they’re doing.
“I mean to want and to be ambitious [...]
