The Puzzle of personality disorders: Understanding the Blueprint of dysfunction

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The ancient Greeks were among the first to elicit that certain personality traits are problematic. For instance, they described “melancholia” and “hysteria,” which can be seen as early descriptions of what we now know as personality disorders. Sigmund Freud and his psychoanalytic theory in the late 19th and early 20th centuries greatly influenced the understanding of personality disorders. Freud identified …

Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle

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Managing a Remote/ Hybrid Work Lifestyle With remote/hybrid work environments, there is more time to enjoy a sip of our tea/coffee, spend that extra 10 minutes catching up on news/ social media, and an additional 15 minutes to be with our pets or children. And within a few minutes, we can quickly jump into a work meeting and shift context. …

The Power of Positive Feedback: How to Give and Receive Feedback For Better Performance Management

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“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better. I think that’s the single best piece of advice — constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.” – Elon Musk, CEO SpaceX, Tesla (2015) A positive feedback loop …

Building Emotional Resilience: Tools for Managing Stress and Overwhelming Emotions

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In our everyday life, we come across various life hassles that are a cause of stress for us. Some would cause minute inconveniences while some can have a profound effect on us. Emotional resilience helps us not only deal with these uncertain situations but also to come out of it as stronger individuals. Most of us must have heard of …

From Mistakes to Mastery – Embracing A Growth Mindset In Learning

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“Excited for a get-together the host enthusiastically prepared a welcome drink for the guests on her own and even after being meticulous she added extra sugar which resulted in undesirable effects. Although a connoisseur still made a mistake” I guess we all have been there when subconsciously we do make mistakes and sometimes the situations are not in our control. …

Beyond Disagreements: The Psychology of Conflict Resolution in Clinical Teams for Optimal Patient Care

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Conflicts in clinical teams can be an enormous barrier to providing patients with optimum care. Not being able to resolve conflicts leads to anxiety and poor trust among healthcare practitioners, leading to more errors at work than professionals who do not have conflicts. This can lead to adverse outcomes and compromise their work and the quality of patient care (Sexton …

The Human Factor: Unleashing the Power of Psychological Factors for Effective Communication and Collaboration in Teams

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Being a part of any work team, a certain amount of knowledge and skill set is required. But, it is not only limited to that. In this era of betterment mentally, the psychological aspects known as Human Factors are equally significant. These factors make working in collaboration with people more accessible and better, resulting in growing productivity, individually and as …

Beyond Words: The Power of Emotions in Teamwork and Strategies for effective collaboration

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Emotions illuminate various levels of human engagement. In daily life, human interactions are influenced by both positive and negative emotions. Interaction between humans requires the coexistence of emotions. Team building requires emotional intelligence, according to Randy Taran’s book “Beyond Words”. A team’s success is dependent on emotional intelligence, as demonstrated in the book “Beyond Words,” while the opposite can lead …

The Dangers of Groupthink: When collective intelligence leads to poor decision making

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To be human is to be part of a group in one way or another. And in most cases, belonging to a group also means having to take some collective decisions. Have you ever observed people keeping their thoughts or opinions to themselves because they differ from that of the group? Have you ever refrained from challenging a certain decision …