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  • Get OUT (of your head)

    9:06am
    Saint Paul

    Not gonna lie:

    The fear of judgement holds me back.

    Your judgement. People on social I’ve never met. My wife and kids. Friends, bosses, coworkers, whatever.

    Not always, of course.

    But it’s that stupid feeling that asks “who are you?”

    Who are you to share those thoughts?

    Who are you to try something new?

    Who are you to make mistakes?

    Imposter!

    Years ago, some friends found this website. They didn’t like what I was writing about persuasion and how humans make decisions and how we can influence that decision-making process.

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  • 10 Things You’ll Learn from “Mistakes Were Made (but not by me)” by Tavris & Aronson

    “Why do you hate so-and-so, so much?” And he had answered them, with his shameless impudence, “I’ll tell you. He has done me no harm. But I played him a dirty trick, and ever since I have hated him.”

    –Dostoyevsky, “The Brothers Karamazov”

    Can you justify such behavior? Image from Steve Martin's movie "The Jerk", 1979
    Cat Juggling! Can you justify such behavior? Image from Steve Martin’s movie “The Jerk”, 1979

    The human brain is excellent at keeping itself free of blame. We have a self-image that we’re a good person, and we also do things that harm others. The cognitive dissonance this causes can be uncomfortable… until we rewrite our memories or justify our actions. (more…)