Habits are the mechanisms that control much of our lives. The majority of our actions and responses are based on conditioned reaction to certain stimuli. The patterns of behavior you consistently use will ultimately determine the kind of life you live. If you have habits that allow you to have more fun, achieve greater success […]
Beyond Introversion and Extroversion
There are many ways to track personality from the ancient Greeks philosophers who thought that people tended to come in four varieties based on their emotionality and, of course, introversion to extroversion. Myers-Briggs personality tests are fairly popular today using four different measurements of personality with the first personality distinction being that between an introvert […]
Thoughts on University
I apologize for my lack of posting during this past week. I usually try to get a full article in every day or two, but moving to University has eaten up all my time and energy to write a new post until now. Seeing as this has been a big transition for myself it has […]
Moving to University
As some of you probably already know I am attending university in the fall, and it looks like that time has come. I’ll be moving during the next few days so I might not get time to write a blog entry during this period. I’m really excited to explore all the new opportunities that come […]
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