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It’s no secret that the US economy is in a bit of a slump right now, and it’s hitting a lot of people very hard. Beyond the immediate financial problems that many people are facing, stress levels are rising and psychological and emotion problems can follow.
So I can’t really help with financial troubles, [...]
This isn’t a full post, just a couple note worthy articles I think you might find interesting.
Smelly Dreams
My last post, The State of Consciousness You’re Missing Out On, was all about sleep, dreams, and the fact that consciousness never really quits. In the comments, Rod brought up an interesting point, that even in our dreams, [...]
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A few months ago I read Jeff Warren’s Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness (you can read a fascinating interview with Jeff Warren here) which deals with all the different states of consciousness that exist. Most people would say there are two, maybe three states of consciousness: awake, sleeping, and dreaming. They [...]
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I wanted to pass along this great little flash video that deals with the point of life. Is it sucess, or money, or is it instead the journey and the experiences it contains?
The video is great, and it’s animated by the creators of South Park, of all people.
You can see it here.
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I stumbled across this really fascinating article on the creative process over at the Times which explains the psychology behind the creative process.
The article is actually an interview with Washington University psychologist R. Keith Sawyer, who is a leader in the field of studying creativity. In it, he shares some valuable insights that all [...]
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I love daydreaming, it’s one of my favorite activities. Like most people though, I always feel a little guilty doing it, because daydreaming is seen as counter productive. Time spent daydreaming is time that could be spent doing something worthwhile, something more productive.
I’ve never liked that belief about daydreaming though, because I get [...]
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When I wake up in the morning, I go the mirror, look at myself, and I ask, “If today was my last day on this earth, would I still want to do the things I’m going to do today?”
If the answer is no too many days in a row, I start doing something [...]
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A smile!
But not just any kind of smile, it has to be a slow smile.
Slow Smiles over Quick Smiles
In this study, participants were asked to judge smiles shown to them on a computer screen. Overall, it was found that the smiles that formed slowly (0.5 seconds) were more attractive, trustworthy, and authentic than [...]
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the psychologist behind the concept of flow and guru on all things having to do with creativity, has posted an excerpt of sorts from his book Creativity: The Work and Lives of 91 Eminent People on Psychology Today and it is excellent. So excellent in fact that I started copy and pasting [...]
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