Online Connections as Your Personality Indicators
Posted on16 May 2013
Tagsadvertising, marketing, Personality, phraseology, Real-time personality assessment, social media, The Economist, who we are, who we think we are, word choice
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We can assess personalities through everyday discussions. Everything we think, do and say are personality indicators. Friend selection works this way too.... Read More
Word Power: Pronouns, Articles, Prepositions, Conjunctions
Word choice tells much about people. James Pennebaker of The University of Texas explores this in his article, “Your Use of Pronouns... Read More
Lying About Honesty
We like to believe we’re honest. However, who we are is often quite different from who we think we are; thus, we... Read More
Positive Thinking as Myth
Posted on19 Sep 2011
Tagsattitude, biology, biotechnology, business, Hal Arkowitz, Influence, motivation, negative thinking, optimism, pessimism, Pollyannaism, positive, positive thinking, problem solving, Scientific American, Scott O. Lilienfeld, subconscious, thinking process, who we are, who we think we are
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I’ve seen positive thinking do much harm to some folks; if they can’t keep their smiley face on, they feel they’re failing.... Read More
“Who We Are” is Different From “Who We Think We Are”
Posted on14 Feb 2011
TagsChallenge, conscious, crisis, friends, iceberg, market research, outer world, parents, personal world, potential, quality service, subconscious, Thoughts, who we are, who we think we are
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As I had mentioned in a previous post, who we are (WWA) is different from who we think we are (TWA), an... Read More
What the Failures of Online Dating Can Teach Us
Posted on06 Jan 2011
Tagsorganizational culture, education, hypocrisy, online dating, politics, questionnaires, religion, speed dating, The Atlantic, The Economist, upbringing, who we are, who we think we are
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In the last two weeks I ran across articles in The Atlantic and The Economist about online dating: “Take the Data of... Read More
