Category Archives: self-esteem

Self-handicapping: Are you sabotaging yourself to avoid evaluation or failure?

Posted on August 06, 2010 by Dr. Aliye Kurt - Suedhoff

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 →

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Falling prey to “False Consensus Effect”: Are you normalizing your success?

Posted on Dezember 05, 2009 by Dr. Aliye Kurt - Suedhoff

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”

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Dr. Aliye Kurt - Suedhoff

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?

Posted on Juni 23, 2009 by Dr. Aliye Kurt - Suedhoff

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 →

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