In her article Nature and Nocturnal Themes in Positive Psychology, Iris Marie Bloom [Positive Psychology News Daily] relates some of the personal development values in this new orientation of psychology. She notes, “Norman Doidge’s research, practice, and writing focuses on neuroplasticity. Every thought we think, every feeling we feel, and every action we take actually [...]
“In this mindset, the hand you’re dealt is just the starting point for development. This growth mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things you can cultivate through your efforts.” In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol Dweck considers two basic attitudes and paradigms about human ability and [...]
In a recent Tavis Smiley Show interview, Alan Alda talked about his search for meaning: “I’ve been lucky enough to live through most of the things that we all think will give meaning to our lives, trying to be an artist, being a father, a husband, being devoted to love and even trying to do [...]
“Artists need to be outsiders in order to really view what’s going on. That little bit of detachment has been great for me… As artists, we have to be brave. If we aren’t brave, we aren’t artists.” Writer, Producer, Director Paul Haggis [imdb.com] Haggis is speaking from the perspective of a creatively accomplished adult. [His [...]
“Everybody’s a mad scientist, and life is their lab. We’re all trying to experiment to find a way to live, to solve problems, to fend off madness and chaos.” Director David Cronenberg In her article Creativity, the Arts, and Madness, Maureen Neihart, Psy.D. notes there is “a long-held view in psychiatry that artistic endeavors heal [...]
“Recently, psychology has begun to study people whose lives are successful in health, relationships, and work. What could we learn if we studied couples who are enjoying their marriages, families who are thriving, children who are successful in school, and people in stressful jobs who are nevertheless healthy, happy, and who go home to good [...]
Before acting, Terrence Howard studied chemical engineering at Pratt University, and is working on an album of his “urban country” music for a Fall 2007 release. His perspectives are from a Bullz-Eye Interview by Jason Zingale (2005). We have to remember.. that we’re all artists. Every one of us is an artist, and as an [...]
“It is in the compelling zest of high adventure and of victory, and in creative action, that people find their supreme joys.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery Psychologist and creativity coach Eric Maisel, PhD writes about one of the literary icons of adventure, and some of the value of new experiences: “Huckleberry Finn escapes his father’s clutches [...]
Jack Canfield: Well, I always say that success or money amplifies who you already are, so if you are someone who is an idiot and you make a lot of money, you can be a really big idiot, but what happened for me was that I spent a lot of time before I was successful [...]
“I believe that curiosity, wonder and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways that less intense emotions can never do. “I believe, in short, that we are equally beholden to heart and mind, and that [...]
“At school, I found reading and writing hard. Back then, dyslexia wasn’t understood and my teachers just thought I was lazy. So I taught myself to learn things by heart. Now I have a very good memory and it has become one of my best tools in business.” Those comments by entrepreneur Richard Branson are [...]
The oracle of Delphi in Greece [approx. 1400 B.C. to A.D. 381] was visited by people seeking answers about the future, from when to plant fields to the most auspicious time to declare war. Answers supposedly came from the god Apollo. The photo is the oracle in the movie “300″ [DVD], a depiction of the [...]
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Site author: Douglas Eby, M.A./Psychology, is a writer and researcher on the psychology of creative expression and personal growth, especially for high ability adults. He is publisher of the Talent Development Resources series of sites.
