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The Heretic’s Guide to Getting More Done
March 29, 2014 Editor 0
Are you working endlessly but not accomplishing all you want? Mystified that continuous attention to work is not resulting in satisfactory progress toward your goals? So focused on work that you’re not thinking about or doing much else? If so, you may not be giving your brain the benefit of adequate downtime. A recent article in […]
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Entrepreneurs Don’t Have an Optimism Bias — You Have a Pessimism Bias
February 14, 2014 Editor 0
It comes as no surprise that entrepreneurs are an optimistic bunch. Research has confirmed as much, suggesting that entrepreneurs suffer from an “optimism bias,” one that is linked to both advantages and disadvantages. Optimism can help entrepreneurs persist in the face of a challenge, but it can also lead them to take imprudent risks. But what […]
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Leaders Who Can’t Forgive
December 5, 2013 Editor 0
I had a CEO in one of my leadership coaching seminars recently who seemed to be quite bitter about life. Whatever suggestion I would make, he would put a negative spin on it. Curious about his remarkable negativity, I asked him to tell more about himself. After a little bit of prompting, he was ready […]
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Will Your Bad Boss Make You a Bad Boss, Too?
November 29, 2013 Editor 0
One of the best predictors of whether a person will become an abusive parent is if he or she was abused as a child. On the face of it, this is puzzling. Certainly, as children, these people did not say to themselves, “This is how I want to treat my kids.” To the contrary, our […]
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Differential Effects of Personality Traits and Environmental Predictors on Reproductive and Creative Imagination
November 20, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to analyze the effects of both personality and environmental variables on the imagination of video/film major university students; and (2) to test the mediator effect resulting from the variable of social climate. The results of this study supported both indicators of imaginative capabilities and environmental influences. […]
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Opening up Openness to Experience: A Four-Factor Model and Relations to Creative Achievement in the Arts and Sciences
November 16, 2013 Editor 0
Abstract Openness to experience is the broadest personality domain of the Big Five, including a mix of traits relating to intellectual curiosity, intellectual interests, perceived intelligence, imagination, creativity, artistic and aesthetic interests, emotional and fantasy richness, and unconventionality. Likewise, creative achievement is a broad construct, comprising creativity across the arts and sciences. The aim of […]
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