Psychology and Training

I often say that there is nothing more destructive for men and women than to look at popular culture magazines. Cosmo, People, Shape, Flex, whatever. It’s all bs. The celebrities in these magazines are photoshopped beyond belief. You can’t look like them because even they don’t look like them. Check this out All you have [...]

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Brain Fitness

November 27, 2010

in Psychology and Training

Just like the body, the brain adapts. In fact, the brain drives our actions that drive positive adaptation. So if your brain isn’t functioning optimally, neither will your body. The three things that neuroscience tells us we need to keep the brain healthy is social interaction, intellectual pursuit, and physical exercise. The phrase “use it [...]

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Having empathy for other people is the ability to feel what they are feeling through conscious means. You should always try to put yourself in someone else’s shoes before judging their actions. But having empathy isn’t the same as sympathizing with someone and giving your tacit approval of their behavior. Someone can tell me a [...]

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Confirmation bias is a well established psychological principle which states that people will favor information that confirms pre-existing preconceptions or beliefs. Confirmation bias exists everywhere. Anyone that writes a book about why Liberals are evil will actively look for evidence that already confirms their suspicions. Any evidence to the contrary will be discarded. Likewise, anyone [...]

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