Identity-first leadership flips the script. Instead of performing a role, you lead from a clear understanding of your ...

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Feel trapped by expectations? Learn how your roles shape you and how noticing discomfort can help you act from your true self.

As a therapist, it’s my business to help people get to know themselves better. There’s so much going on in the external world (job, social media, friends, family, the news) that we don’t spend much ...

As humans, most of us want to be deeply authentic. We want to be grounded in our skin, secure in who we are, and accepting of our strengths and weaknesses. We also want to be able to live a lifestyle ...

The perennial debate about nature and nurture–which is the more potent shaper of the human essence?–is perennially rekindled. It flared up again in the London Observer of Feb. 11, 2001. REVEALED: THE ...

There's two types of people in this world. People who shine. People who shine are light, and by “light” I mean self-aware, aware of themselves and how their actions, words, and energy impact others.

As a shop that studies human behavior through surveys and other social scientific techniques, we have a good line of sight into the contradictory nature of human preferences. Today, we’re calling out ...

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