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Posts Tagged ‘Risk-Taking’

Sitters and Rovers: Healthy Risk-Taking

Some biologists say that between 15-20% of the animal kingdom are sitters. They are defined as having a passive temperament – “slow-to-warm up” to their surroundings, and “often sitting on the sidelines observing.” The other 80% of animals are rovers. The have a more aggressive temperament, making them more engaged with their environment and motivated [...]

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Changing Habits: What Keeps Me Stuck In Old Ways?

This post is dedicated to Sean Cooper, author of The Shyness & Social Anxiety System. There are problems in my life that I have been conscious of for a very long time, but haven’t yet found the capacity to fix. I reflect on these old ways and old patterns, and I can clearly see the [...]

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Downsides To Happiness

Some research suggests that too much happiness can be a bad thing by giving us unrealistic expectations and making us more reckless decision-makers.

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6 Tell-Tale Signs You’re Going To Fail

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Mindful Risk-Taking: In Life And In Business

Whether it is in life or in business, what does it take to get that X factor?

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