Post 600, Thank You to the Disagreeable and Dislikeable People
Posted on19 Dec 2016
Tagsthinking process, awareness, Bridge on the River Kwai, diversity, empathy, Personality, Twitter, homophily, Thank You Series, disagreeable
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This is my 600th post. My blog is finishing its seventh year. In the past, I have thanked specific people for their... Read More
Eighteen Intuitive Assumptions Regarding Influence
Posted on14 Nov 2013
Tagsrationale, knowledge, intuition, Influence, emotions, awareness, subliminity, Thoughts, 18 intuitively influential assmuptions, muscle-intuition analogy
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We’re influenced subliminally every day. Our intuition sorts through these influences. Here are eighteen assumptions regarding these influences and intuition’s role: Emotions... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #2 Integration, Holism
At number two in my top-seven list of Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: And therefore I say:... Read More
Inflammatory Rhetoric’s Subliminal Influence on Us
Posted on04 Jul 2013
Tagsawareness, Influence, information, leadership, phraseology, website, words, Mother Jones, Chris Mooney, trash talk, inflammatory rhetoric
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Information we know is wrong still influences us. Well, it also turns out that the information’s emotional context also influences us. Chris... Read More
How Psychopaths Become CEO’s (Pt 1) – Introduction
The short answer to this post’s title is that we let them. To understand this, we need to examine this outcome as... Read More
Intelligence vs. Wisdom (Pt 2): Magical Difference
Posted on21 Mar 2013
Tagstangibles, innovation, intangibles, intuition, knowledge, learn, logic, reason, situational awareness, sum of our experiences, innate, wisdom, Wisdom's Magical Hierarchy, synergy, additive, Intelligence vs Wisdom Series, awareness, creativity, emotions, experience, information
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As I had posted earlier, one cannot be wise without sensitivity to the human condition. This means wisdom has innate, emotional, intangible... Read More
Beauty as Power (Pt 7): Lessons from Men’s Movements
Posted on07 Mar 2013
TagsUniversity of Liverpool, Craig Roberts, attractiveness, awareness, competence, compliments, confidence, decisions, Influence, Performance, subliminity, team building, The Economist
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How we feel about ourselves influences our decisions, but it also influences how others feel about us. One of the more interesting... Read More
Emotional Intelligence vs. Intuition (Pt 4): Conscious vs. Unconscious
A major difference between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and intuition is the relationship of each to our conscious and unconscious selves. Whereas EI... Read More
Protection from the Power of Subliminal Smells
Posted on02 Aug 2012
Tagsunawareness, We Li, The Economist, awareness, conscious, Influence, intuition, Northwestern University, smells, subconscious, subliminity
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Smells are among the best examples of influences acting upon our unconscious. In fact, their power to influence is greatest when we... Read More
Body – Emotion Connection: People Are Very Different
Posted on30 Jul 2012
Tagssubconscious, body, Beate Herbert, awareness, apologize, Carrie Arnold, conscious, cooperation, emotions, empathy, interoception, Jamil Zaki, Joshua Ian Davis, Kevin Ochsner, laser lamp analogy, Olga Pollatos, people, people's differences, Scientific American, sensitive people, situational awareness
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People are different. However, we tremendously underestimate how different we are. We often think someone is purposely trying to upset or harm... Read More