# Personality
What Your Personality Type Says About You
While growing up, most of us have categorized our behaviour into just three types- either you are an introvert or extrovert or an ambivert. There are various definitions and theories given by many experts on these personality types. Almost every single person knows about these personality types, but not everyone may know about the Myers-Briggs Personality Types.
Learning To Say No
The other day Mike asked me if I wanted to go to the store. Absolutely not, was my answer. I don’t want to go to the store, ever. I go to the store because I need apples and arugula and chicken, not because I need to pass some time. There’s nothing more irksome than going to the store, returning home, and realizing you forgot an important item. Toothpaste or tampons or bananas, for instance. Last year, while on a trip to Mexico, one of my fellow travelers asked me what my favorite food is. Apparently, he meant something like tacos or pad Thai, but I said, “bananas.” A perfectly ripe banana can soothe any malady, real or imagined, physical or of the heart.
36 questions to help you better know yourself.
These research-based reflections can help individuals enhance their self-understanding.Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels. There is a well-known set of 36 questions that helps two strangers get to know each other, and potentially fall in love. These questions, popularized in the NY Times article “The 36 Questions That Lead to Love,” were created by my Ph.D. advisor, Arthur Aron. The questions’ goal was to fast-track friendship, build closeness, and perhaps spark romantic interest. (You can read the original research article here; it includes all 36 closeness-building questions at the end.)
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How to Predict Human Behavior More Effectively
Have you ever found yourself surprised by someone’s behavior? Perhaps a friend who had always shown you kindness betrayed you by disclosing private information. Maybe old classmates at a high school reunion felt unrecognizable from when you last saw them. Maybe you surprised yourself when you acted in a manner that was out of character.
Research, opinion: People who are unafraid of being single have high standards and healthy personalities
Have you noticed those people who just won’t quit their romantic relationships, no matter how miserable they have become? Or the people who cannot bear spending any time at all uncoupled – when one romantic relationship ends, they rush off to the next? I’ve always thought that those people were scared of being single.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and Gautam Buddha: The Same Great Enlightenment
This article will explore the similarities between Two Great Personalities. It will explain that both these great figures were Hindu, poor, and raised in oppressive conditions. They led revolutions to liberate their people from oppression and established egalitarian principles of equality for all human beings. It will also discuss how both had a natural understanding of worldly matters, especially social issues like poverty, inequality, and injustice. Dr. Ambedkar and Gautam Buddha are philosophers who have done a lot of thinking in the field of philosophy, sociology, economics, and Buddhism. They might not agree on everything, but they have both made some considerable advances in their fields to benefit mankind.
Heyoka: The Most Powerful Empath
The term has Native American roots, stemming from the Lakota branch of the Sioux tribe, today confined to 5 large reservations in the Dakotas. Heyoka translates to “sacred clown” and refers to those members of tribal society chosen for public roles not dissimilar to court jesters, thanks to their unusual talents.