Why You Do What You Do: How The Founding Fathers, Not Freud, Got It Right

You and many others may be using a very primitive model to understand yourself and not even know it. People for thousands of years have used character traits to explain why people do what they do, especially attributing good or evil to any behavior. If the person is obedient [...]

Why Decision Making Fails So Often When You Don’t Trust Your Gut

Despite all the advances of modern science, man’s knowledge of himself hasn’t come very far in the last two thousand years. While we think of modern society as being so progressive, we are still grappling with the same questions that the Greeks debated as far back at the 14th [...]

Through The Looking Glass: 7 Benefits To Seeing Yourself Through Your Emotions

Without realizing it, you have been trained to see yourself and others in a very destructive way. You were given a looking glass that reduces the patterns in human behavior to character traits.  This understanding is not only limited but also it is destructive to your belief in yourself and [...]

Why Trusting Your Gut Is Important (And Critical) To Have A Successful Life

The idea of trusting your gut is an appealing idea. It smacks of internal strength, telling right from wrong and not being unduly influenced by the opinions of others. If you can trust your gut, you can believe in your self and stand up to others who believe differently. [...]

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