“A grandfather told his grandson, my son, there is a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority, lies, and ego. The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, and truth. The boy thought about it, and asked, which wolf wins? The old man quietly replied, the Read more…
Not to report too much on Facebook, but an interesting study was published over the summer about how Facebook photos predict later happiness. It was a small study, but in it, researchers coded a single Facebook picture for both men and women at their first semester of college and then compared that to their ratings of life satisfaction 3 1/2 years Read more…
“Lesson not just karate only. Lesson for whole life. Whole life have a balance. Everything be better. Understand?”-Mr. Miyagi Ever felt disheartened? Ever wonder when _____ will ever end? Ever had your life’s outlook be partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms? Maybe it’s just been one of those days/weeks/months/years? What to do when you’re in one of those funks? Think about Read more…
“I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells.” Dr Seuss There’s nothing like the feel of cardboard underneath your back as you whirl around in a circle. Yeah, breakdancing was popular back in the day and I was into it. Totally into it. I was my-belt-is-actually-a-bandana into it. You get the point. My breakdancing career took off just after Read more…
We talk a lot on CI about empathy. And it’s not just us, it seems to be an important point anywhere you look: The video, almost without knowing it, demonstrates two important components of empathy: cognitive empathy and affective empathy. Stick with me for just a minute here. Cognitive empathy is having an understanding, intellectually, of what someone is feeling. Read more…
