Reading Time: 6 minutes “The common characteristics of groupthink include: an illusion of invulnerability; an unquestioned belief in the group’s inherent morality; collective efforts to discount warnings; stereotyped views of the enemy as evil; self-censorship of deviations from group beliefs; a shared illusion of unanimity; suppression of dissent; and the emerge of self-appointed mind-guards who screen the group from […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes There will usually come a time that a conflict will arise in any relationship. A rupture is a form of communication that can result in an argument, misunderstanding, and/or disagreement. For example, there may be miscommunication resulting in an argument. There may be a falling out due to not hearing, listening and/or understanding the other […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you gotten to a point where you are taking care of yourself? Has your inner attitude and perspective changed so that now you are your own best friend? Do you make decisions that benefit your own health and well-being? Have you decided that your thoughts are your own; your plans are your own; your […]
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Looking back at the achievements of the human race, it’s hard to deny that we’re pretty amazing. We’ve survived terrible ordeals, eradicated deathly diseases, flown into space, etc, etc. There are so many great things we’ve done; yet, we cannot seem to shed one of the most prominent problems of the current age: fear. People […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Walking along the shores of my life I realized that I missed the warning signs of the coming tsunami. It was there, the news flashes, the sirens went off and pressure sensors showed an increase in pressure, but I chose to ignore it. I noticed it, heard it but I chose to not heed the […]
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Reading Time: 3 minutes A while ago I saw 2 movies that touched me deeply, I decided that I needed to write about them. The first one was Sully, which is about the pilot that landed on Hudson river back in 2009 and saved 155 passengers, and the second one was The Good Lie, which talks about The Lost Boys […]
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Reading Time: 4 minutes Connie Yang explains that while there’s always the option to remove someone with whom you’re in conflict from your life, the reconciliation tactics she learned from experience are worth trying first.