Psychology (26)
- Why some smart people are reluctant to share? | Life Beyond Code
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I am sure you have seen many smart people around you who are reluctant to share what they know.
I have seen many of them up close.
Tags: expertise, learning, psychology, sharing, article - view - pmarreddy - 01/18/2010 - 21:44 - - -
- Why nice people will win BIG TIME in the long run? | Life Beyond Code
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In many ways, just like water finds its level, people find tribes that they are comfortable with. These tribes change with time but generally most people within a tribe are at the same level when it comes to the “capacity to perform in the marketplace.”
Tags: leadership, nice, people, psychology, article - view - pmarreddy - 01/18/2010 - 21:38 - - -
- Getting Comfortable With People Who Make You Uncomfortable – GigaOM
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If you’re out to create something truly great, you’ll likely need to challenge some widely held — but incorrect — beliefs. Challenging conventional wisdom is much harder than most people realize, and those that do make us uncomfortable.
Tags: culture, entrepreneurship, management, psychology, startups, article - view - pmarreddy - 01/08/2010 - 20:57 - - -
- 9 Secret Ways to Persuade and Influence People - by Dumb Little Man
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Persuasiveness is one of the most important skills anyone can learn because it is useful in countless situations. At work, at home, and in your social life, the ability to be persuasive and influence others can be instrumental for achieving goals and being happy.
Tags: influence, persuasion, psychology, relationships, article - view - prasanth - 01/08/2010 - 20:30 - - -
- Mind - How Nonsense Sharpens the Intellect - NYTimes.com
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An experience, in short, that violates all logic and expectation. The philosopher Soren Kierkegaard wrote that such anomalies produced a profound “sensation of the absurd,” and he wasn’t the only one who took them seriously.
Tags: creativity, learning, nonsense, philosophy, psychology, article - view - prasanth - 01/04/2010 - 16:34 - - -
- How to Motivate Others
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If you’re leading a group of people towards success, you must learn how to motivate others. If you concentrate on understanding what motivates others and you meet the needs of these people, you’ll be on the right track for a positive and enlightening experience for all involved.
Tags: leadership, management, motivation, psychology, article - view - prasanth - 12/28/2009 - 03:51 - - -
- Creating Passionate Users: Angry/negative people can be bad for your brain
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Everyone's favorite A-list target, Robert Scoble, announced the unthinkable a few days ago: he will be moderating his comments. But what some people found far more disturbing was Robert's wish to make a change in his life that includes steering clear of "people who were deeply unhappy" and hanging around people who are happy.
Tags: brain, happiness, health, psychology, article - view - bharath - 11/18/2009 - 00:55 - - -
- Creating Passionate Users: Your brain on multitasking
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If you're a programmer, you know that context-switching in a multi-threaded system isn't 100% free. There's overhead with tiny bits of time lost on each switch, as a new thread takes control. Well, it's the same way with your brain. Only a lot slower. And it doesn't look like
Tags: brain, multitasking, productivity, psychology, article - view - bharath - 11/18/2009 - 00:49 - - -
- Creating Passionate Users: Fine-grained treats = user happiness
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In an article called "Make Yourself Happy", author Maja Storch explains that personal happiness has two components: short-lived/immediate and long-term/habitual. "Short term pleasures create a stirring of emotions that psychologists refer to as positive affect", she says,
Tags: design, happiness, marketing, psychology, article - view - bharath - 11/18/2009 - 00:45 - - -
- Digg as a Game | shmula
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The Digg system of measuring a story’s importance is based on a semi-random set of people voting for or against a semi-random set of news stories.
Tags: digg, game, groupthink, psychology, theory - view - bharath - 11/14/2009 - 11:31 - - -
