A lot of traffic lights, elevator buttons and others things in our daily lives don’t actually work. They are not even connected to a system. These items do however have an important function. A function I experienced first hand when…
Category: Personality
We act in ways that make us feel better about ourselves
When reading the news, I can hardly believe the selfishness that it reports. CEO’s getting big bonusses while employees are getting fired. Stores getting robbed at gunpoint. Athletes competing on doping. But it also reports incidents of amazing selflessness. People…
Gym membership is very cheap considering the value being offered. With rent, employees, equipment and insurance to pay, the math simply doesn’t seem to add up. However, insights into human psychology can explain the low membership fee. Golden Behaviors –…
We put blame on others more often than is warranted. We blame others when our children get hurt, when we lose a sports game, and when we show poor performance at work. However, these situations may cause us to miss…
At the entrance of my supermarket is a homeless person selling De Daklozenkrant. Whenever I buy one of these newspapers I also come home with more potato chips and chocolate bars. If you have similar experiences, you are not the…
A new year, a new you. You may have set some good intentions for the New Year. You may have experienced that following up on your intentions requires willpower and self-control. I know exactly what you mean. In this blog…
Does the feedback you receive from colleagues and friends often just feels like criticism? Like you can’t do anything right? Then you are probably experiencing the psychological phenomenon of reactance. This unpleasant arousal occurs when you feel your freedom is…
Why is it so difficult to stay motivated? And more importantly why do you always seem to suffer from bad weather, malfunctioning equipment, and just bad luck, whereas others do not seem to have that problem? I will explain why…