What is sunk cost fallacy and how does it impact our decision making The sunk cost fallacy is a cognitive bias that impacts our decision making. It happens when we let the sunk costs of an action affect our judgement about whether or not to continue on with it. We...
Have you ever wondered how to get people to like you? Well, if so then this blog post is for you. If not, don't worry - it's still worth a read! In this article, we will explore ways on how to make people like us more. We all want people...
What I call a mimetic crisis is a situation of conflict so intense that on both sides people act the same way and talk the same way even though, or because, they are more and more hostile to each other. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "What do you want?" "I don't know." "Do you...
If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Emotional intelligence is...
Everyone cares - but we rarely want to do the work. We want the positive outcomes, but no one wants to be on the hook for creating change. The truth is, we should all strive to be more like vampire bats. Confused? Stay with me. It will make sense soon....
Frederick Herzberg has the kind of name you would assume belongs to a great scientist, psychologist or philosopher without me needing to tell you. He’s the mind behind the two-factor motivation theory. Herzberg suggested that there are two mutually exclusive sets of factors in the workplace which drive both...
