Archive for the 'Values & Beliefs' Category

Simple or Complex Approach?

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006

Today I read a simple but powerful little book called “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, where I found out an interesting distinction between two kinds of brains. “Simple brains and good instincts” of mice (animals in general) and “complex brains, filled with many beliefs and emotions” of human beings.
These two kinds of brains […]

Our Daily “Psychological Background”

Sunday, March 26th, 2006

Our daily life begins, progress and end on a “psychological background”. Through “psychological background” I mean all our daily thoughts, beliefs and attitudes that don’t play the leading part of our day, but the second one. They are in the background, not in the spotlight, of our daily buzz, but this doesn’t mean they are […]

From Patient to Coach

Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

I just read an interesting article about Steven Hayes, who had suffered panic attacks when he was speaking in public. He doesn’t suffer panic attacks anymore. Even more, he became a great psychologist and publisher (300 peer-reviewed articles & 27 books).
Questions: How did he solve his panic attacks? How could he make such a […]

Try and Measure your Patience

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

If you made shopping quite before Christmas Days, you probably stood in line for minutes or hours to buy presents, food, etc. While shopping on crowded days you have to choose the shortest possible line to stand in, if you want not to wait for a long time. But even so you have to wait […]