Category Archives: Psychology

Inside your head

Book review: Flow

February 18, 2003 Alexander Leave a comment

Everybody knows the state of Flow. Flow is when you're engrossed in doing something. You may forget time and place. You may forget to eat or sleep. You're doing what you're doing, and your entire attention is focused on that. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi wrote a book about it back in 1990, based on many years of … Continue Reading ››

Happy At Work, Psychology

Quote

February 1, 2003 Alexander Leave a comment

What I "discovered" was that happiness is not something that happens. It is not the result of good fortune or random chance. It is not something that money can buy or power command. It does not depend on outside events, but, rather, on how we interpret them. Happiness, in fact, is a condition that must … Continue Reading ››

Learning, Psychology

Learning styles

January 28, 2003 Alexander Leave a comment

While webresearching about learning, I found some info on learning styles. It seems there are different basic approaches to learning.

You can be either:
Active or reflective:
Active learners learn by doing, reflective learners learn mostly by thinking

Sensing or intuitive:
This is the same distinction as in the MBTI personality type. Sensing … Continue Reading ››

Book Reviews, Psychology

Book review: Feel the fear and do it anyway

January 22, 2003 Alexander Leave a comment

This book is about the fears that we all have in our lives to some degree. Fear of failing. Fear of succeeding. Fear of decisions. Fear of aging, of loss or of helplessness. The books basic premise is, that your aim should not be to get rid of your fears. You should feel your fear, … Continue Reading ››

Book Reviews, Psychology

Book review: Getting past no

January 16, 2003 Alexander Leave a comment

The next lot of books arrived from Amazon yesterday, and I speed-read the first one in a couple of hours. This book is the sequel to "getting to yes". The first book outlines the classic techniques for skillful, issue-based negotiations. The sequel, subtitled "Negotiating with difficult people", presents strategies you can use when … Continue Reading ››

Change, Happy At Work, Psychology

Anger management

December 10, 2002 Alexander Leave a comment

There's a new series on TV2 about anger management. It turns out that in most cases where we danes are hopping mad inside, we try hard to maintain a calm exterior.

Which got me thinking: Might this also be going on at work..?

The most interesting part of the show is danes being … Continue Reading ››

Psychology

FAST personality test

December 3, 2002 Alexander Leave a comment

How about an MBTI test that only takes a couple of minutes? I tried it, and in just four questions it figured out that I'm an ENFP. I've tried other MBTI tests that had a lot more questions, and they gave the same result. Try it.

Book Reviews, Change, Happy At Work, Psychology

Book review: Change

November 28, 2002 Alexander 1 Comment

When and how do people change? And when do they get stuck in situations and problems that seem hopeless? This is the focus of this book, Change: Principles of Problem Formation and Problem Resolution. The book is based on the authors' experiences with brief therapy. Unlike traditional psychotherapy, which tries to uncover the "deeper" causes … Continue Reading ››

Psychology

Exercise: See the stuff you like

October 17, 2002 Alexander Leave a comment

Walking down the street, it's easy to fall into the habit of noticing all the things you don't like. The next time you're out shopping, driving your car or just walking around somewhere, try this simple exercise to break the habit...

Try noticing a lot of things you DO like. No matter where you … Continue Reading ››