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Self-handicapping: Are you sabotaging yourself to avoid evaluation or failure?
I was watching an old episode of Grey’s Anatomy – my only TV addiction – where a lawyer who’s about to take the Bar exam in a few days for the 5th time is brought in for severe burns in … Continue reading
Posted in beliefs, expats, goals, mindsets, perspectives, self-awareness, self-esteem, Self-limiting beliefs
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Falling prey to “False Consensus Effect”: Are you normalizing your success?
In a study published 10 years ago Cornell University psychologists David Dunning and Justin Krueger (now at NYU) demonstrated an interesting relationship between competence and self-confidence. Their findings showed that incompetent people were also unaware of their incompetence and tended … Continue reading
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“Confidence always needs to be a half-step ahead of competence”
This is one of the best pieces of advice I’ve heard of recently. Really, take a moment and let that sink… It is very precise about what should come first and by how much. When you think about it makes … Continue reading
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Are self-affirmations only for high self-esteem people?
A recent article in Psychological Science (March, 2009) by Dr. Joan Wood and her colleagues from University of Waterloo has stirred up quite a bit of discussion about the value of self-affirmations. People started questioning if we’ve been all wrong … Continue reading
Posted in mood, self-affirmation, self-control, self-esteem, stress
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