Tag Archives: perception

Criticism No More

By Gal Baras | Published: October 1, 2009
Hostile young womanAbsolutely everybody receives some criticism in life. Some of us have the misfortune of growing up with critical parents, while others bump into their first critic at school, but we all have to face criticism at some point, right?
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Change for Happiness

By Gal Baras | Published: July 21, 2009
Standing in the coldYou may have noticed this about yourself or the people around you, but being happy can be a bit of a challenge. Sure, there are moments of joy and elation, but they do not seem to last very long and then we go back into, well, "normal" life. Why is this? Better yet, once we know why this is, how can we benefit from this knowledge to become happier?
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What do you think of yourself?

By Gal Baras | Published: May 6, 2008
The thing with beliefs is that we make decisions based on them. So you might expect people to confirm their beliefs and validate them before using them to decide what to do, especially in matters of importance. Well, as scary as this may seem, they don't. Oh, and neither do you.
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Personal Growth vs. Financial Success

By Gal Baras | Published: April 30, 2008
Let’s face it, most of the people we know measure themselves and others by the perception of their “net worth”. They may not know what others are “worth”, but that doesn’t stop them from making wild guesses, based on external appearances, like clothes, cars and house, and decide whether a person is successful in life [...]
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