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High ability people and career choices by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article There are choices! Making choices: a gifted case report, By Noks Nauta Kitty did well in school, until seventh grade, when she began to experience academic and so ... Read on »

Gifted in the workplace by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article Giftedness in the work environment, By Noks Nauta, Sieuwke Ronner.“Gifted individuals possess many more creative possibilities than the averagely gifted person.“T ... Read on »

Hilary Swank and Emotional Excitability by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Most people experience strong feelings occasionally, unless they are depressed. But for some, their emotional reactions are especially intense.Psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski ... Read on »

You’re intense, complex, and driven because you’re gifted by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Excerpt from The Gifted Adult: A Revolutionary Guide for Liberating Everyday Genius, by Mary-Elaine Jacobsen.To feel like an outsider, to constantly pressure yourself to hold ... Read on »

Dacher Keltner on positive emotion and living a good life by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Dacher Keltner (PhD in Social Psychology, Stanford University) has worked with Paul Ekman, and is now a professor in U.C. Berkeley’s Psychology Department.Here are the Youtube ... Read on »

Excitabilities – Our Teeming Brains by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness What are Excitabilities?One of the key concepts of Polish psychiatrist and psychologist Kazimierz Dabrowski, MD, PhD (1902 – 1980) is that individuals with strong “overexcitab ... Read on »

Brian Tracy on Cultivating Self-Esteem by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Personal growth and achievement leader Brian Tracy writes about the importance of positive self-regard :“Your self-esteem is probably the most important part of your personali ... Read on »

Our potential for evil and creativity by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Psychologist Rollo May explains the classic Greek conception of the “daimonic” or darker side of our being (unlike the demonic, which is merely destructive) is “as much concer ... Read on »

Peter D. Kramer on normality and mental health by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness B eing exceptional is by definition to be out of the ordinary, not normal in some notable ways, and according to some common standards of behavior or values.Processing informa ... Read on »

Developing our talents: the Growth Mindset by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness The growth mindset In her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Stanford psychology professor Carol Dweck explains how important attitude can be in developing our talen ... Read on »

Where do ideas come from? Malcolm Gladwell reads from his book by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness This is an excerpt from the audio book What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell, including some of his experiences and anecdotes on finding creative inspirat ... Read on »

Personal development: Tama J. Kieves on doing more with joy by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Tama J. Kieves, an honors graduate of Harvard Law School, left her law practice with a large corporate law firm to write and lead workshops as a life/work and creativity coach ... Read on »

Relieving anxiety: Slow down, you do too much by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Trying to keep too many projects going at once – doing too much multitasking – is not only likely to decrease our real productivity, but also increase stress and anxiety.As La ... Read on »

Developing creativity – SARK on living a juicy creative life by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy, better known as SARK to millions of fans worldwide, is a writer and visual artist who “encourages and inspires women of all ages to become “succul ... Read on »

Any more chocolate than my limit is an anxiety cause. Jen Crippen by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness From article Confession: Anxiety Cause Revealed, by Jen Crippen. Why is it that when we know our limit on something and if we go beyond that, we’ll feel like “junk”?For exampl ... Read on »

Audrey Hepburn: a highly sensitive person? by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Excerpts from A toast to Audrey Hepburn, by Susan King, The Los Angeles Times Oct 22 2009.Robert Wagner (appeared with Hepburn in the 1987 TV movie “Love Among Thieves”) : “Sh ... Read on »

Unconscious decisions and intuition: Tim Burton and neuroscience by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Much of what we do, including our creative motivation and work, comes from or is strongly influenced by subconscious aspects of our mind – our intuition and shadow self, among ... Read on »

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Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness The Inner Entrepreneur Video: Real Advice from Successful Entrepreneurs – Valerie Young of ChangingCourse.com joined Yanik Silver and Maverick Business Adventures on an extrem ... Read on »

Developing creativity – some quotes on fear by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness Fear may be a barrier for many of us, getting in the way of realizing our creative ventures. There are probably hundreds of related quotes and articles on Talent Development R ... Read on »

Steve Pavlina on self-limiting beliefs and benefiting from The Lefkoe Method by Douglas E. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Happiness “I believe I can fly; I believe I can touch the sky; I think about it every night and day; Spread my wings and fly away; I believe I can soar…”Dick (Jim Carrey) from a scene i ... Read on »

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