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Personality Analysis: This is Why Winners Rarely Lose

“If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose. If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself.” [Last Verse, chapter 3, the Art of War, which spawned the following modern proverb] “If you know your enemies and know yourself, you can

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Personality Analysis: Intelligence vs. Intellectualism

The basic meaning of intelligence involves mental sharpness, comprehension, and adept application of knowledge. There are various types of intelligence, including practical intelligence, emotional intelligence, and spiritual intelligence. In a mundane sense, my findings show that intelligent people more often possess admirable traits such as a tendency to be sensible,

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A Common Error That Kills Objectivity

Bias is one of the most common problematic personality traits. The inability to make impartial decisions blocks professional success, and destroys personal relationships. It ranks right up there with other atrocious red-flag personality traits such as indecisiveness, dishonesty, vanity, volatile emotions, lack of analytical ability, and lack of discretion. Bias

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Common Personality Traits That Kill Relationships

Everyone has his or her own unique personality talents and flaws. My findings show the primary characteristics are inborn. It’s unfortunate that unconventional appraisal methods aren’t universally part of every young person’s schooling to discover and understand his or her key strengths and weaknesses. Currently, everyone must discover his or

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Warning: Key Personality Traits Are Inborn

The age-old debate rages on: are you born with your personality traits, or do they develop, mostly due to environment? Ask any parent with multiple children if his or her kids all possessed blank slate personalities from the beginning and you’ll get a look of disbelief and be told all

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The Hidden Cause of Success and Failure

Success is entirely attributed to hard work and luck. At least that’s what you’ve been conditioned to believe. I always recommend setting realistic goals and working diligently, ceaselessly toward your aspirations. But my findings tell me the underpinnings of success are transcendent and have far less to do with mere

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Identifying Weakness in Personality Strengths

Everyone’s personality strengths and weaknesses are unique and sometimes personality strengths can become detriments. Under pressure, facades melt away and the true personality traits emerge; sometimes it takes months or even years to get to know an individual’s real flaws. Since there isn’t a shortage of miscreants in this world,

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Secrecy—How to Know if You Can Trust Someone

“If you wish another to keep your secret, first keep it to yourself.” Seneca Everyone has secrets, ranging from inconsequential to momentous. Secrecy is an integral part of the human experience, largely having to do with the mostly harmless natural defense mechanism to maintain your peace of mind and save

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Handwriting Analysis—Variability in Script and Flexibility

Variability in script as discerned through handwriting analysis suggests a flexible personality. I’ve been asked before if it’s possible to change your handwriting, and what it means if your handwriting varies a lot. To the untrained eye, several handwriting samples by an adaptable individual, someone who prides herself on multiple

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Digital Lie Detector Detects Dishonesty On-line

A group of four academics claims to have developed a digital lie detector that is 70% accurate. Evidently, it can be used to scan social media, e-mail and text communications, and more. The group developed a text analytic algorithm that involves word usage, in part, to detect fraud and dishonesty:

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