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Actions Speak Louder Than Thoughts

This is a quick follow-up to last week’s article about the feedback loop that controls your life. At the end of that post, I emphasized the importance of choosing your behavior as a way of taking control of the emotion-thought-action feedback loop: The reason I gave is that directing your behavior is much easier than directing your thoughts, but there is also another reason: Actions speak louder than thoughts. You… Read More »Actions Speak Louder Than Thoughts

Positive Psychology: It’s not what you think it is.

I believe that positive psychology is one of the most important branches of science to emerge in recent years – and also one of the most poorly named. When most people hear the words “positive psychology,” they immediately assume that it’s all about positive thinking, vision boards, and the “law of attraction.” I’d like to take a moment to set the record straight: Positive psychology is none of those things.… Read More »Positive Psychology: It’s not what you think it is.

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