Archive for February, 2009

Characteristics of entrepreneurs: passion, drive, but maybe despair

entrepreneurs and passion, entrepreneurs and discouragement, psychology of entrepreneurs, characteristics of entrepreneurs There are many challenges to being an entrepreneur, both internal and external. You may be enthused and passionate about a venture, but still feel discouraged, deflated and despairing at times. What can you do about it? For example, entrepreneur Yaro Starak says, “I [...]

Video: Sonja Lyubomirsky, Ph.D. on happiness & positive psychology

Video about the positive psychology iPhone app developed with Dr. Sonja Lyubomirsky from the Live Happy site. See another video interview with Dr. Lyubomirsky below.

Developing multiple talents is an adventure – but not a sure thing

developing multiple talents, scanner personality, gifted adult books, gifted adult information, gifted adult personality .. .. In this American Express commercial, Liz Lemon (Tina Fey) of the tv comedy 30 Rock is called on for a series of executive and creative decisions, as well as being a mom. As a multitalented multitasking marvel, Lemon handles [...]

The gifted adult: a lot going on inside

gifted adults, gifted adult information, gifted adult personality, psychology of giftedness Growing up, many people with exceptional ability and multiple talents experience themselves as too different to fit in with ‘normal’ groups. As adults, some do become the high achievers that Malcolm Gladwell writes about in his book Outliers: The Story of Success [see the [...]

Multitalented but stressed – Slow down, you move too fast

anxiety relief products, treating stress, gifted people and anxiety, gifted people and stress The high frequency nervous system of multitalented people is the engine for great creative work, but can also be a major factor in stress. Intensity and sensitivity – a couple of the hallmarks of people with exceptional intellectual and creative potential – [...]

Positive psychology can enhance emotional stability and access to our intelligence

positive psychology books, mindfulness books, positive psychology news, calmness In her article Mindfulness: A Call to Clarification, Kirsten Cronlund (Positive Psychology News Daily) notes a metaphor that can serve for resilience, equanimity and  Wu-wei, the experience of “knowing when to act and when not to act.” She writes, “A widely used metaphor in Eastern philosophy [...]

Anxiety relief: Energy Psychiatrist Judith Orloff on Emotional Freedom

Judith Orloff on anxiety, anxiety relief programs, high sensitivity and anxiety, hypnosis for anxiety Dr. Orloff says one of the reasons creative people may be vulnerable to anxiety is “They are extremely sensitive.. they are very finely tuned and open to all kinds of energies from the outside, so it’s important they protect themselves and [...]

Positive Psychology Books Say Happiness is a Key to Thriving

Video: Dr. Barbara Fredrickson, Kenan Distinguished Professor of Psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, discusses her new book, “Positivity” Many of us live with more anxiety and depression than cheerfulness As a melancholic and anxious type most of my life, more like the driving instructor Scott, I have distrusted and even [...]

Margaret Lobenstine on Mozart types and the Renaissance Soul

Margaret Lobenstine on the Renaissance Soul, gifted adult personality, careers for gifted adults, scanner personality ~~~ Margaret Lobenstine is author of The Renaissance Soul: Life Design for People with Too Many Passions to Pick Just One. In her article Telling A Ben Franklin From A Mozart, A Swan From A Duck, she describes how people [...]

Peak performance requires stress relief

peak performance, anxiety relief programs, anxiety relief products, stress products A newspaper story reports: “The brain images of the stressed medical students gave the inside story: During the attention-shifting task, activity in their prefrontal cortices — the seat of such functions as attention, task-planning and judgment — was far lower than that of the non-stressed-out.” [...]

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