Posts Tagged ‘personality’

Dealing With Negative People

Draining, anti-productive negative people. It may be someone who is always complaining about something, or attacking you personally; there is much to gain by correctly handling these people.

Catherine Pratt has written about 9 ways to deal with a negative person. The key, in my opinion, is becoming detached emotionally and looking at things objectively. Is this worth my time or energy? Can I make something positive out of… » Continue

May 22 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: people, personaldevelopment, personality, social, socializing | 2 comments»

Status Cues and the Presentation of You

In his great book, Improv for Actors, Dan Diggles talks about how actors use status to convey subtext. In this context, status means how one actor’s role is perceived against the other actor. A rich CEO acts full of vim and vigor while the lowly gardener keeps his head low and his eyes averted. In acting, status is helpful to convey the meaning of a scene. It’s exaggerated to make a stronger contrast for the sake of the audience. But there’s something here for you to consider. » Continue

April 27 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: attitude, behavior, Communication, performance, personality, tool | 5 comments»

Getting Things Done vs. Fear of Failure

Dave Pollard is on to something. What if you’re following along with David Allen’s Getting Things Done, and for whatever reason, it’s still not working? He suggests you consider your feelings around failure.

As the delightful Imogen Heap song suggests, maybe you’ve got your heart in a headlock. Fear of failure is not the same as procrastination: Procrastination is usually the result of a project or Next Action just being… » Continue

April 26 2006 | By Chris | Tagged: failure, fear, gtd, personality | no comments»

Sleep position gives personality clue

There is a study on sleeping positions which scientist believes closely related to personality. Professor Chris Idzikowski, director of the Sleep Assessment and Advisory Service, has analyzed six common sleeping positions. The article has not mention how he came up with the result, but it is pretty interesting to see the position and the relevant personality, such as the log position:

… Log (15%): Lying on your side with both arms… » Continue

March 6 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: personality, sleeping | 1 comment»