¿Para qué nos sirve el sentimiento de culpa?
Para nada o, como mucho, la culpa nos sirve para hacernos la vida más complicada, más incómoda, más angustiosa. Esta es una creencia generalizada. También es una creencia generalizada considerar que la culpa tiene únicamente un origen religioso, casi bíblico, que nos han transmitido en la infancia merced a una educación religiosa católica basada en …
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Estados
"No hay felicidad o infelicidad en este mundo; sólo hay comparación de un estado con otro. Solo un hombre que ha sentido la máxima desesperación es capaz de sentir la máxima felicidad. Es necesario haber deseado morir para saber lo bueno que es vivir”. -Alexandre Dumas.
Intensity vs Consistency
This is your brain under the spell of storytelling
Archetyping
Carl Gustav Jung, the well known Swiss Psychiatrist, created a theory to classify human personalities, which has serve as foundation for many personality tests like MBTI, DISC and many others, known as the 12 Jung Archetypes. This theory is based on the idea that there is a single mind embracing everything; ideas and behavioural patterns are universal, they …
If you had a second chance
Stories, Storytellers and Storytelling
A story is something that comes out when we arrange images and/or words to represent events and ideas, as a way to communicate with others. All stories have some basic elements: Theme or idea – what do you want to communicate? Character – who is the person, or the humanized animal or thing starring the story? Setting – when and …
Storytelling, a powerful and strategic business tool
Did you know that our brain releases hormones while we are paying attention to a story? Cortisol is released during the tense moments to keep us more focus; Oxytocin comes into place when we see something lovely, so we can feel empathy and affection; and, Dopamine are brought into action when we see a happy …
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Time pressure kills creativity
You might feel that you are very productive and come up with loads of ideas when you are working at a fast pace. But acording to Teresa Amabile, Harvard Business School professor, time pressure in the corporate world affects creativity: "Managers who believe that frenetic activity is the hallmark of innovation may be making a …
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