Next up in the series peeking behind the curtain of the cognitive functions are the Feeling Functions. If you missed last week’s post on the Thinking Functions, you can check it out here. For a refresher on what the cognitive functions are, check out this primer post! […]
Read MoreFirst up in this series looking at the cognitive functions are the Thinking Functions. If you want a refresher on what the cognitive functions are, check out this primer post! […]
Read MoreIn a previous post we established that understanding your Meyers-Briggs (MBTI) type is really all about understanding your cognitive functions, the next step is to understand what the cognitive functions are, how they work, and how you can leverage them to get where you’re going. […]
Read MoreI was browsing articles online recently and tripped across an oft-memed quotation attributed to Albert Einstein that says, “If you can’t explain something simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” Or some variation thereof. Considering his work delved into some of the most complex and mind-bending ideas then known in physics, I think it’s pretty safe to file this one next to Abraham Lincoln saying, “Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.” […]
Read MoreI used to draw portraits. I was really into it. I bought the fancy paper, and pencils, and those little sticks made of rolled-up paper that come to a point that were the best part of blending and shading. I got to be pretty good at it and even sold a few commissioned pieces. Then I stopped. […}
Read MoreMy grandfather was a colorful, engaging man, brimming with stories and isms that always seemed to leave his audiences a bit spellbound—which delighted him to no end. That, along with his crooked smile and the fact that his eyes actually twinkled earned him the nickname Sneaky Pete. His maxims have been told and retold so many times that I can no longer remember which ones he actually said to me. Such is the breadth of his mythos. […]
Read MoreHave you ever been involved in an effort to organize your home and tripped across an old journal? If you’re anything like me, you have and you’ve used this discovery as a perfect distraction from organizing. You flip open the journal and read a few entries, your face melting and contorting in humiliation, mouth agape, until pretty soon you become convinced that the ghost Edvard Munch is going to walk in and set up an easel across from you at any moment. […]
Read MoreDisclaimer: I wrote two versions of this story. One is polished and professional and one is a bunch of stories peppered with swear words. This is the second one. […]
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