The Effects of Poor Parenting Throughout Life

The Effects of Poor Parenting Throughout Life

What are the dangers of poor parenting? Do the children really outgrow the effects of poor parenting when they become adults and learn to think for themselves? Most parents mean well, but their parenting practices don’t always align with those well-meaning intentions. According to Jordan Peterson, the effects of poor parenting are wide-ranging and can last throughout a child’s lifetime. Continue reading to better understand Peterson’s argument.

Stumbling on Happiness: Review & Critical Analysis

Stumbling on Happiness: Review & Critical Analysis

Are you considering reading Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert? How was the book received by the public and critics? If you’re looking for a how-to guide on happiness, look elsewhere. In Stumbling on Happiness, Harvard psychology professor Daniel Gilbert shows how, despite our best efforts, we often fail to make choices that maximize our future happiness. It seems that we more often stumble on happiness than successfully create it. Here’s our Stumbling on Happiness review.

Healthcare Culture: Should Failure Be Acknowledged?

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Is healthcare culture failure-averse? When mistakes and failures occur, should they be acknowledged and treated as learning opportunities? In Black Box Thinking, the author talks about how certain industries progress from failures. For example, the airline industries carefully track and learn from their mistakes while our healthcare culture has an aversion to failure. Keep reading to learn why failure aversion in healthcare culture stunts growth in the healthcare system.

Why Do We Lie? Jordan Peterson Explains

Why Do We Lie? Jordan Peterson Explains

Why do we lie? What’s really behind our efforts to conceal the truth? How does lying compromise your personal integrity? We may lie to get what we want or to make a certain impression. However, lying may not be the best strategy to achieve either of those things. According to Jordan Peterson, when we lie to others, we also lie to ourselves. In his book, 12 Rules for Life, he says“Tell the truth—or at least don’t lie” for lying obscures your personal truth. Here’s why we lie, according to Peterson.

Describing Happiness: 5 Reasons Why It’s So Difficult

Describing Happiness: 5 Reasons Why It’s So Difficult

Have you ever tried to describe happiness to someone? Why is it so difficult to discuss happiness in an objective way? Daniel Gilbert, Harvard professor and the author of Stumbling on Happiness, theorizes that happiness is difficult to describe and discuss for five specific reasons. Gilbert further theorizes that most of the time people don’t even realize when they’re happy or unhappy, which complicates the issue further. Here’s why it’s difficult to objectively discuss and describe happiness.

Can You Trust Your Memory to Guide Decisions? No!

Can You Trust Your Memory to Guide Decisions? No!

When you need to make a difficult decision, can you trust your memory to guide you to the right choice? Will relying on past experiences help you make better choices in the future? According to Daniel Gilbert, a researcher in social psychology, you can’t trust your memories to help you make better decisions for the future. There are three reasons for this: you don’t remember common experiences, you tend to remember only how things end, and you remember how you should have felt rather than how you actually felt. Here’s an overview of how your memory misrepresents your past.

How to Create a Growth Mindset Culture

How to Create a Growth Mindset Culture

What is a growth mindset culture? How do you create a growth mindset culture?  A growth mindset culture is established when individuals make mistakes and then learn from those mistakes, rather than ignoring them. A growth mindset culture believes that failure is expected and that failure should be a tool for learning.  Read more to understand the concept of a growth mindset culture and how to create one. 

Fake Memories: Why and How Do They Occur?

Fake Memories: Why and How Do They Occur?

Do you ever remember an event differently than someone else who was there? How do fake memories form in the brain? A fake memory is one that is remembered differently from how it happened or one in which details of a thing or event are wrong. But, don’t worry—everybody has fake memories. It’s part of how the human brain functions. Here’s why your memory may be playing tricks on you.

Stephen Covey: Paradigm Shifts Create Leaders

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What is Stephen Covey’s theory on paradigm shifts? How are they instrumental in how we perceive the world and ourselves? A paradigm shift is a concept coined by the American physicist and philosopher Thomas Kuhn, and it describes a fundamental change in our beliefs about the world. In his book The 8th Habit, Stephen Covey applies the concept to human development and leadership. Keep reading to learn about Stephen Covey’s paradigm shift theory.

How to Make Better Decisions: Don’t Do These 6 Things

How to Make Better Decisions: Don’t Do These 6 Things

Do you want to know how to make better decisions about your future? What common mistakes do people make when considering the future? In his book Stumbling on Happiness, social psychology researcher Daniel Gilbert details six poor choices people make when planning for the future. By avoiding doing these things, you will be in a better position to make decisions that lead to happiness. Here are the six poor choices you should avoid when making decisions.