Our society extols consistency. Consistency, stability and firmness are praised values while inconsistency, instability and indecision become …
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Personal Growth
Personal growth is a process of psychological maturation that involves learning from the mistakes we made and developing new strategies to get to know one another better and adapt better to the world. Personal development requires a high degree of awareness, the ability to look within oneself.
Positive psychology is responsible for studying the best personal growth techniques in order to achieve a state of wellbeing that will give us happiness. This branch of psychology watches over our mental health and is based not only on positive thinking but also on scientific studies that help us to have more self-esteem, to be more confident and to maximize our potential.
Double standard, when we measure with different rods
We like to think that we are very congruent, logical and sensible people, but many times our beliefs and preconceptions shape prejudices that push us …
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Mirror Law: How to take advantage of what exasperates you in others?
We all know some "unbearable people." These are people who have a special ability to touch our most sensitive points, in such a way that they end up …
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Wanting to make the most of our free time makes us more unhappy
Do you feel like you've started a race against time? Is 24 hours a day not enough for you? You are not the only one, the world is spinning at …
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A society that doubts everything except itself is doomed to fail
Doubting everything. That could be the maxim that characterizes the times in which we live. Times in which the power of the referent seems to be …
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“That’s how it goes”, the trap of resignation
That’s how it goes. You take it on, even if it's reluctantly. You convince yourself that there is nothing you can do to change it. And you …
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Window of Tolerance: How much discomfort can you take without breaking down?
We all have a point where things get too big, too heavy, too uncomfortable ... At that point we can feel cornered. We believe that we cannot take it …
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