American - Psychologist | February 21, 1948 -
Denial is not always a bad thing. Without it, you couldn't function. For instance, if you were hyperaware and hypervigilant regarding all the dangers in the world - from driving your car to crossing the street to eating food that might have contaminants in it to taking medications that have many side effects, etc. - you would become frozen.
Mark Goulston
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There is something calming and emotionally restoring when you focus on gratitude for a known deed that helped you, instead of fear of the unknown.
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Yes, CEOs are under pressure from all sides, and executives have all sorts of people pushing and pulling at them. But too often, they begin to view and treat their teams, and especially their assistants, as appliances. And a good assistant knows that the last thing their boss wants to hear from them is a personal complaint about anything.
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When you listen with memory, you have an old agenda, and when you listen with desire, you have a new one. You can't listen to the other person if your agenda is overtaking you.
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Women work and feel like they have to take care of so many details. Sometimes they don't get much help from their husbands.
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I know CEOs, and they get sick when they have to lay people off, especially around Christmas.
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The crux is this: you can't be sincerely empathic towards and angry at someone at the same moment. In other words, you can't walk in someone else's shoes and step on their toes at the same time.
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Sadly, most labor attorneys will advise you not to say you're wrong to anyone, because that might lead them to have something they can use to sue you.
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Self-esteem is crucial to how much or how little contentment you feel at the end of your life.
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Leadership is more about clarity than it is about control.
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A leader who is confused or confusing causes too much anxiety, and a leader who is too controlling is revealing more insecurity and a lack of leadership.
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When as smart as you think you are is as wrong as you turn out to be, your life can fall out from under you.
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