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When you feel that fear, treat it as an opportunity and grasp onto it. By doing so, you’ll meet your goals and overcome anything. I’m sure you’ve heard a variation of this phrase before. My 12-…
When you feel that f…
When you feel that fear, treat it as an opportunity and grasp onto it. By doing so, you’ll meet your goals and overcome anything. I’m sure you’ve heard a variation of this phrase before. My 12-year-old grandson said this to his mum when he was talking about her fears about his avocation. He was reminding her he had a sense of what he needed to do and what he could do to stay motivated. Napoleon Hill, who wrote “Think and Grow Rich” in the last century, said that fear should not be seen as something to be feared — but something we can use fear as motivation for outstanding success!…
Royce Shook
March 23, 2023
Today and tomorrow I am going to talk about fear. There are many things that scare us in life, whether it’s the thought of failing or just not having enough money to pay our bills. But, the thing is…
Today and tomorrow I…
Today and tomorrow I am going to talk about fear. There are many things that scare us in life, whether it’s the thought of failing or just not having enough money to pay our bills. But, the thing is, when you feel that fear, treat it as an opportunity and grasp onto it. When you beat that fear, you will meet your goals - a goal accomplished by facing your fears head-on.Fear is a powerful emotion. It can keep you stuck and powerless to the things that scare you most, but it doesn’t have to. Fear can be your friend if you let it motivate you toward what’s important to you.Fear is a natural…
Royce Shook
March 22, 2023
Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word, MergatroydHeavens to Mergatroyd!The other day a not-so-elderly (I say 75) lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy; and he …
Would you believe th…
Would you believe the spell-checker did not recognize the word, MergatroydHeavens to Mergatroyd!The other day a not-so-elderly (I say 75) lady said something to her son about driving a Jalopy; and he looked at her quizzically and said, “What the heck is a Jalopy?” He had never heard of the word jalopy! She knew she was old... But not that old.Well, I hope you are Hunky Dory when you read this and chuckle.About a month ago, I illuminated some old expressions that have become obsolete because of the inexorable march of technology.These phrases included: Don’t touch that dial; Carbon copy; …
Royce Shook
March 21, 2023
The backfire effect is a cognitive bias, meaning that you can use general debiasing techniques in order to counter it effectively. Such strategies include, for example, increasing people’s awareness…
The backfire effect …
The backfire effect is a cognitive bias, meaning that you can use general debiasing techniques in order to counter it effectively. Such strategies include, for example, increasing people’s awareness of this bias, using simpler explanations, and changing the way you present information.This means that when you’re talking to people to change their stance on something, you need to remember that how you present information is just as important as what information you present if you want to avoid a backfire effect. You need to display the new information in a non-confrontational manner, that al…
Royce Shook
March 20, 2023
People experience the backfire effect because of the process that they go through when they encounter information that contradicts their pre-existing beliefs.Essentially, when a person encounters info…
People experience th…
People experience the backfire effect because of the process that they go through when they encounter information that contradicts their pre-existing beliefs.Essentially, when a person encounters information which suggests that their current beliefs are wrong, they feel threatened, which causes them to generate a variety of negative emotions. This is especially likely when the beliefs in question are crucial to their self-concept, so they represent an important part of that person’s identity and ideology.The negative emotions that people generate end up negatively affecting their ability to …
Royce Shook
March 19, 2023
