The black-and-white thinking divides reality into light and dark with a clean cut, canceling its complexity, ambiguity, and every nuance. It makes us think in terms of "all or nothing". Exercising black-and-white thinking means believing that things can be completely right or totally wrong, that people are either friends or foes, that the days are [...]
Critical thinking activities not only help us develop a sharper mind, they help us develop a consistent mindset and way of thinking. While thinking is easy, critical thinking, on a consistent basis, takes some skill. Critical thinking activities help us develop a healthy way of reasoning, analyzing and empathizing that helps us take the right [...]
We all have our own definition of happiness. But how does it vary amongst the MBTI Personality Types? Before we talk about the definition of happiness, let's have a brief overlook of the Myers-Briggs classification. There are a total of 16 different personality types. Each type is decided by a series of choices: Extraversion/Introversion Sensing/Intuition [...]
We all have to cope with conflict in our lives, it’s a fact of life. But wouldn’t knowing how conflict management styles vary among people help us deal with it a little better? According to Thomas, K.W., and R.H. Kilmann, there are five conflict management styles: Accommodating – Where you are the one who is [...]
By taking the right approach to the decision-making process, you can reach your goals and make the right choices in life. So often in life, your dreams and your reality don’t match up. Isn't that frustrating (not to mention draining)? Wouldn’t it be nice if there was some way to make them meet so that [...]
Unless you’re the most laidback person on the planet, it’s likely you’ve suffered your fair amount of stress, as we all have. When we come across a stressful situation or go through difficult times we learn to cope. However, there are healthy coping mechanisms and unhealthy ones. Before we talk about healthy coping mechanisms, here [...]
Often when we have a problem, we try to solve it in the same way we did before. However, some issues cannot be solved with existing ideas and solutions. In this case, we need to turn to creative problem-solving strategies. Creative problem-solving is a way of moving beyond predictable and obvious solutions to problems. When [...]
Much of the time when we are out and about we are unaware of what is going on around us and this can make us vulnerable. Developing good situational awareness skills can keep us safe. We have all had moments when we felt unsafe or vulnerable or when bad things happened to us because we [...]
