Success is the acknowledgement of daily efforts.
It is the little achievements day in and day out that build up our capacity to be successful. This is why little achievements matter. In this sense, little achievements are what define us, and success is just the acknowledgement of our daily efforts. Continue reading
Avoidant personality disorder is especially prevalent in people with anxiety disorders, social anxiety in particular.
Avoidant Personality Disorder (APD) is in the newest American diagnostic manual (DSM-5) characterized by impairments in two domains of personality functioning: self and interpersonal functioning. Continue reading
Feel more compassion for yourself and others.
Self-compassion involves acknowledging that suffering and failure are a part of the human condition, and that all people are worthy of compassion. The concept of self-compassion has its roots in Eastern Buddhist philosophy. Continue reading
Posted in Meditation, Personal Development, Psychology, Self-esteem
Tagged self-compassion
All organisms have the potential to grow and develop, but people may have learned not to.
Posted in Mental Health, Motivation, Perception, Personal Development, Personality Psychology
Tagged development, goals, mindset, motivation, problem-solving
Why do men and women sometimes find it so difficult to communicate? Do they communicate differently, or is that just a stereotype?
Good morning self-control.
New experimental research by Kouchaki & Smith (2014), published in Psychological Science in January, shows that people are more likely to act ethically and to overcome temptation in the morning than later in the day. The authors refer to it as the morning morality effect. Continue reading
Posted in Moral, Self-control
Tagged experiment, goals, morality, self-control, self-regulation, temptation
Have you ever wondered whether you have a strong self-efficacy belief or not? Or perhaps you are curious about how people develop their self-efficacy beliefs? This post describes the theory of self-efficacy, the research surrounding it, and four ways in which people develop self-efficacy beliefs.
My name is Simon Moesgaard, a psychologist from Denmark, and this is my blog about psychology.
