Rehab for Social Media, Email, Texts (SMET) Addiction
In response to my post highlighting SMET addictions, Maya Larson (@connectionsbym), an Etsy shopkeeper, asked, “Is there a 5-step (rehab) program” for... Read More
Protection from Unwanted Unconscious Influences
Posted on03 Apr 2014
Tagssubconscious, anchoring, control, decisions, free will, Influence, negative, price, sales, smells, Twitter, inflammatory rhetoric
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Finola Howard (@FinolaHoward), a marketing professional, found my post, “Information You Know Is Wrong Still Influences You,” interesting but wanted to know,... Read More
Three Key Emotional Triggers
Over fifteen years ago, a psychologist shared with me three key emotional triggers in humans: long-term security, novelty of experience and emotional... Read More
Optimism Genetically Determined
Posted on08 Aug 2013
TagsPersonality, complacency, glass half full-half empty metaphor, Oxford Centre for Emotions and Affective Neuroscience, Elaine Fox, YinYang, The Economist, problem solving, Pollyannaism, pessimism, optimism, nature/nurture, innovation, glass, genetic code, free will, dissent
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We aren’t born blank slates; we come with personalities. These personalities, along with our bodies (more) and hormones influence our views, including... Read More
Personalities Lurk Behind Twitter Streams
Posted on25 Jul 2013
TagsThe Economist, Google, logic, marketing, merchandising, neoclassical economics, Personality, politics, rational actor theory, relationships, free will, Twitter, Bloomberg Businessweek, Joshua Green, Eric Schmidt, Barack Obama, seed planting analogy, personality as software analogy, advertising, behavioral economics, business, computers, decisions, education
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Increasingly, we are seeing the connection between all that we do and our personalities. Why is this “groundbreaking?” For centuries now, we’ve... Read More
Top Seven Sun Tzu Quotes: #6 Seeking Victory
Posted on09 May 2013
TagsInfluence, Gallipoli, Sun Tzu Top 7 Quotes Series, The Art of War, Sun Tzu, Anatomy of an Event, warfare, strategy, skills, problem solving, Pollyannaism, free will, employees
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At number six in my list of top seven Sun Tzu quotes from The Art of War, I have: Therefore, a skilled... Read More
Your Brain, the Final Frontier
Posted on08 Apr 2013
TagsHuman Genome Project, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Brain Mapping Analogy, The Economist, technology, Star Trek, brain, rational actor theory, Management by objective, management, knowledge, humans, genetic code, free will, emotions, context, conditionality, biology, behavioral economics
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“Space, the final frontier” introduced Star Trek’s original series, but assessments of our human knowledge indicate that the space between our ears... Read More
Correlation: Muscular Men & Self-interest
The book The Geography Behind History by W. Gordon East, which discusses the influence of geography on countries’ cultures led me a... Read More
Competition, Success & Testosterone
Posted on10 Dec 2012
Tagsaggressive, Challenge, competition, competitive, conscious, control, free will, rational actor theory, risk, success, The Economist, Patrick Markey, Charlotte Markley, Rutgers, Villanova University, testosterone
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Many chemical reactions occur in our bodies. This we know, but how they affect our decisions and actions is another matter. The... Read More
Memorable Pictures: Unconscious Attractions
Allison Bond’s article, “Haunting Scenes” (Scientific American Mind, November/December 2011 edition), discusses the research of Phillip Isola (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) as... Read More
