Perhaps the answer to this question can be found from Barbara Fredrickson, Ph.D., a research psychologist at the University of Michigan, and a vanguard in the field of Positive Psychology. According to Fredrickson, negative emotions get people to act in particular ways or what she calls “specific action tendencies.” Most of us know this as fight […]
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Liu Chi Kung, a world-class pianist in the late 1950’s was imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution in China. After seven years without a piano he immediately resumed his concert tour. His fans said he played better than ever and wondered how this was possible.Kung said, “I rehearsed every piece I had ever played, note by […]
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How many times have you gone on the sales call and you’ve left there with some vague idea about what was going to happen next? You made an assumption about what the next step was. You assumed something was going to happen when in fact, you aren’t even close to what happened. If there is […]
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