Negative emotion (i.e. neuroticism) is manageable and, potentially, a powerful aid in life. People higher in neuroticism have more active fight and flight systems; they are more sensitive to stimulation and threat. [It looks like there’s overlap between neuroticism and what the scientific community is [...]
Despite the strange looks I knew I’d get, I decided to jump on the Carnivore Diet train. Note: This post contains affiliate links! I’ve experienced some mild auto-immune issues in the last few years and was beginning to wonder how they’d affect my health long [...]
The Queen of Vulnerability recommends reading her book The Gifts of Imperfection first, but I found it lacked the substance to be worth the price of admission. Don’t get me wrong. There are good principles here, and the occasional helpful concrete actionable item. But overall, [...]
Gary Vaynerchuk’s CRUSH IT! offers a punchy, concise, and inspiring - albeit sometimes dated - approach to finding success in the new media. Rewind 12 years. It’s 2009, and sites like Facebook and YouTube are huge - but they’ve still only been around for 3 [...]
I Used to be a Miserable F*** has the potential to help men wake up and grow up - and grown men are something the world always needs. Yep, another book with an f-bomb in the title. I can feel the judgement coming. Actually, [...]
If you like fantasy, wacky things like anime, or respond quite emotionally to art or music, you might be high in trait openness. Chances are, you feel a bit like a weirdo at times. Likely, you're creative, open-minded, explorative, imaginative, abstract-minded, and higher in emotionality. Open [...]
Confirmation bias can be an ugly thing. No more is this true than when people of other political (or otherwise) persuasions end up railing against your party, your values, your ideas, etc. Yes, it’s ugly when they don’t understand you, don’t care to understand you, [...]
Disclaimer! I’m not an expert on the Big Five, though I’ve been intaking a lot of content on it. This is some of what I’ve interpreted from the data and my own experience. Adventures in Self-Discovery Part 3 “I usually prefer to make a rough [...]
Agreeable people care well for others; not always for themselves. This post is part of a series - read Part 1 first. Agreeable people have big hearts. Love and compassion come easy; words tend to be tactful and careful. If you’re agreeable, you’re a peacekeeper, [...]
Understanding yourself is a fascinating process... but it's also a devastating one. Like many of my fellow Millennials and psychology nerds, the Myers-Briggs and Enneagram have granted me some cool personal insights. Recently, however, the Big Five has superseded them. An atheoretical scientific model of [...]
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