What does it mean to be an introvert in a connected world? The pressure is to engage in order to validate that you exist. Is true introversion dying out?
read more...Human Interaction
The most complicated and interesting aspects of our lives are how we relate to other humans:
- family
- friends
- coworkers
- strangers
Our lives are one long experiment in figuring out how to relate to our fellow humans.
I’ve had a lot of problems with relationships. By my nature I’m not an extroverted person; I much prefer my own company to that of most other people. But I’ve been observing.
I’ve studied the mechanics of human relationships because I’m so sensitive to new ones and how they work out.
In these articles, I reveal all that I know about how to survive and even thrive in relationships… even when, like me, you have some degree of social anxiety.
You Talk Like a Lone Wolf, But Act Like a Sheep. How to Break Away from the Herd and Achieve Your Goals.
We revere people who follow the beat of their own drum. It’s also obvious that 99% of the population is unwilling to do that. Are you? And how can you break free?
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Why You Hate Looking in the Mirror, and How to Accept the Person You See There
How harshly do you judge your own features? Why are we so hard on ourselves? We can remove some of that judgment from our reflections with – appropriately enough – some self-reflection.
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Who Can You Trust? How to Make Better Choices When Your Money Is On the Line
Why do we quickly give our trust to people, companies or products on a hunch? How to stop this perilous instinct when important decisions are on the line.
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