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The mindset you hold when making conversation with someone influences greatly your conversation style, the path the conversation takes, the results you get with the other person, and how much you enjoy the interaction overall. Most of the bestselling self-help books on making … [Read more...] about The Healthiest Mindset for Making Conversation

The concept of self-esteem has been popular in psychology and the self-help industry for decades. And the understanding of what self-esteem is has changed over time. Over the last several years in particular, some psychologists have convincingly argued for a groundbreaking new … [Read more...] about Self-Esteem Is Not What You Think It Is

Have you noticed that with some people, especially those with differing views from yours, it’s getting harder and harder to talk like mature adults and to get along? Have you noticed, more broadly, that people in general nowadays seem to have a harder time engaging in a … [Read more...] about Why It’s Getting Harder for Us to Get Along

I still remember when I first put my hands on a self-improvement book. It was 1999 and the book was Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People”. I was 16 at the time and, although I no longer think highly of that book now, it fascinated me then and reading it … [Read more...] about The Most Effective Approach to Personal Development

More than 2000 years ago, the Greek philosopher Aristotle said that we are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. I believe this idea holds true today just as much as it did in Aristotle's time. Confidence, success, health and happiness, conditions … [Read more...] about 10 Top Habits for a Better, Happier Life