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Classics – Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
Do you get sick of the succession of students falling over themselves to obtain a career in ‘The City’? Even the credibility-destroying events that led to the worst recession in decades don’t seem to...
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Does it flow?
Go with it... Have you ever been… in the zone … in the pipe … in the groove … with your head in the game … on the ball … lost in concentration … in hackmode? Hearing about the ‘experiencing self’ from...
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Will you read this post? Think about it…
Will he or won't he? What do you think would motivate people more — getting them to focus on what they are about to do or asking them to think about whether they will do it or not? When a group of...
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Anticipation versus consummation
If you dream it will be plain sailing, you may never set off In a recent post (What might have been), I discussed a way of looking back to the past called counterfactual thinking. In this post, I would...
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Difficult decisions
Yes...no...maybe...I don't know...can you repeat the question... In last week’s post I talked about the decision-making profile developed by Itamar Gati. Along with some other researchers, Gati has...
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Putting it off
Why have I left it so long between the last posting and this one? Partly, of course, there was the Christmas break. Too many things to do (and besides, who is going to read this blog in preference to...
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Towards or away from?
Sometimes you don't know if you're coming or going Think about a recent job change that you made by your own initiative (rather than by force of circumstance, such as redundancy). Why did you change?...
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Approach or avoidance matching
Do you think they're motiviated by a promotion or prevention focus? A few weeks ago I wrote about regulatory focus theory (approach and avoidance motivations) and its possible impact on your career...
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How many needs?
How come softness doesn't appear on any of these lists? According to Maslow we have five (or is it eight?). However, many other people have thought about what human beings need to be happy and...
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Self creation or self discovery?
Who put that there? What metaphor do you use to describe the development of your sense of identity or self knowledge? Do you think about increasing self awareness as an act of self discovery? As you...
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