Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently. — Maya Angelou If you could ask a genie to improve just one of your personal traits, there’s a good chance you’d wish for more courage. Indeed, in one study, researchers examined the major religions and…
“For a while” is a phrase whose length can’t be measured. At least by the person who’s waiting. — Haruki Murakami, South of the Border, West of the Sun You may have noticed that it’s been about five weeks since my last post on everydaypsych.com, the longest break I have taken from posting in over six…
Nobody beats Vitas Gerulaitis 17 times in a row. — Vitas Gerulaitis after beating Jimmy Connors following 16 consecutive losses to him Did you miss me? Wait, don’t answer that. My fragile ego couldn’t take the truth unless it were a resounding “yes OH YES I did!” Regardless of your answer (though I’ll imagine it…
God comes to a Russian and tells him he will grant him one wish. “But whatever you choose,” God says, “I will give your neighbor twice as much.” So the man thought and thought and finally said: “Take out my eye.” — Russian joke Today’s post is inspired by the book Prisoners of Geography, the…
Intelligence is what intelligence tests measure — E. G. Boring Have you ever wondered what is intelligence? When we call someone intelligent, what do we mean? Are you intelligent? Am I? Would you even want to be? Numerous studies report that greater intelligence is associated with greater success in life. Yet at the same time, greater intelligence is also…
There is no knowing what is in a man’s heart. — from True Grit, by Charles Portis My brother once told me about an obstacle course he had to complete as part of his Marine training. Naturally, this wasn’t your happy-go-lucky, rubber balloon slide kind of course. It wasn’t even an adult version of “I want to…