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When Emotions Make Better Decisions

Antonio Damasio, noted researcher and professor of neuroscience at USC, explains how emotions are integral to decision-making. He discusses his experiences working with people with brain damage who are unable to decide things as simple as where to go to dinner.

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Childhood memories of father have lasting impact on men's ability to handle stress
(physorg.com) -- Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable in the face of day-to-day stresses, according to psychologists who studied hundreds of adults of all ages.

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20 August 2010
Sing-Song Speakers Score Highly on Measures of Empathy
(Scientific American) -- People who talk in a more melodic way have a stronger bead on social communication

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13 August 2010
Do stock options improve employee performance?
(physorg.com) -- It has become an article of faith in Silicon Valley that stock options create incentives for employees to work harder and smarter. But does that assumption stand up? It depends on who is receiving the options, according to a new study co-authored by Nicole Bastian Johnson, assistant professor of accounting.

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30 July 2010

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Learning by failing

In making a point clear I often find myself asking people to come with answers to questions I already have the answer to. A large part of my message has been that trying is more important than succeeding....

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Happiness and the release of self-control

Psychologists have conducted an experiment that supports the notion that self-control is no guarantee to achieving happiness. They found that when test subjects ability to control themselves had been compromised,...

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‘Money only’ mentality

Success and money are practically synonymous in our society. As a measure of success, money allows for comparison between different successes and thus it has taken on much weight as the accumulated outcome...

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The art of impression

Listening skills, as they are taught in the Meaningful Relations Training, build on clues that people bare without necessarily being aware of it. You see, people express the totality of their being through...

Cees de Bruin

31 July 2009

The management role in light of Meaningful Relations

A manager is in a unique role as he or she is bound by the results of others. Going from this point, the success of a manager is largely defined by his or her ability to inspire success where responsibility...

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07 July 2009