Goal Achievement
How To Win Arguments Through Collaborative Truth-Seeking
Caption: Couples in argument Pointing fingers at each other (Kick Ads/Used with Permission) We frequently use debates to resolve different opinions about the truth. However, debates are not always the best course for figuring out the truth. In more emotionally charged situations, the technique of collaborative truth-seeking is often better. The Problem with Debates…
Read MoreHow to Get Your Brain Off of Autopilot
Use these science-based strategies to think intentionally instead. Imagine you are driving on autopilot, as we all do much of the time. Suddenly the car in front of you unexpectedly cuts you off. You slam on your brakes and feel scared and indignant. Maybe you flash your lights or honk your horn. What’s your…
Read More7 Tools to Build Your Willpower
Struggling to get work done instead of slacking off? Tempted by that second doughnut? Struggling to resist checking your phone? Shopping impulsively on Amazon? What you need is more willpower! Recent research shows that strengthening willpower is the real secret to the kind of self-control that can help you resist temptations and achieve…
Read MoreVideo: 3 Steps to Living Intentionally
Series: Reaching Your Goals Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder and President. How do you lead the kind of life that gets you what you want? All it takes is 3 steps, as the video describes: 1. Evaluating reality clearly, to 2. Make effective decisions, that 3. Achieve our short and…
Read MoreUse Emotional Intelligence To Address Speech Anxiety (Part Two)
In Part One of Use Emotional Intelligence to Address Speech Anxiety, we outlined how to address fears of public speaking through internal emotional management. In this part, we will focus on external emotional management strategies, namely how to use your body and practice for the big day. Use Your Body Regardless of…
Read MoreUse Emotional Intelligence To Address Speech Anxiety
What do you feel when you imagine standing up in front of an audience? Visualize the bright lights in your face, see all those people looking at you and expecting you to deliver a top-notch performance. Do butterflies start fluttering about in your stomach? Do your palms start to sweat? Does your head get…
Read MoreProtect Your Relationships By Communicating Effectively
Communication and Long-Distance Relationships In my early twenties, I said goodbye to my family in New York City and moved to Boston for graduate school. While I’d been living in my parents‘ house, I talked to my mother, father, and teenage brother all the time, and felt really good about doing so. After…
Read MoreDon’t Let Others Run Your Life!
Back when I was in high school and through the first couple of years in college, I had a clear career goal. I planned to become a medical doctor. Why? Looking back at it, my career goal was a result of the encouragement and expectations from my family and friends. …
Read MoreComing Out of the Mental Health Closet About My Anxiety
My hand jerked back, as if the computer mouse had turned into a real mouse. Would they think I am crazy? Would they whisper behind my back? Would they never trust me again? These anxious thoughts ran through my head as I was about to make a post revealing my mental illness…
Read More3 Steps To Reach Your Goals Through Intentional Awareness
Are you getting all you want? Are you achieving all of your goals? Are you living a fully intentional life? If you are, I salute you. I can’t make the same claim. I do aspire to succeed in life through having intentional awareness of the 3 key steps needed to achieve…
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