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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,
“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
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
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:
A facial personality profiling technology company claims to be able to evaluate specific personality traits with 80% accuracy, including those that help to identify terrorists. They allegedly identified nine of the eleven Paris (11-13-2015 attack) terrorists “after the fact as potential terrorists with no prior knowledge,” while only three of
Perfectionism, or the need to be perfect, can be an immobilizing personality trait in excess and handwriting analysis effectively measures it. A modest amount of this trait won’t hurt your productivity and keep you from reaching success, but according to this article, “The all-or-nothing, impossibly high standards perfectionists set for
Quickly identifying someone’s core personality traits isn’t easy, even for the shrewdest judge of character. But there’s a way to quickly get an idea of a person’s character. According to a study referred to in this article, asking someone’s opinion about other people exposes a lot about their own personality. “The
Rationalization is a universal human trait and most people don’t have it in excess. Occasionally explaining away behavior such as, “…it’s okay to have extra helpings at dinner tonight because I’m going to the gym tomorrow…” or “…I’ll postpone that important task because it would be better completed tomorrow…” isn’t
The power of choice is sometimes yours, and sometimes not. The erroneous belief that you’re in absolute conscious control of your fate is as outlandish as believing you will live forever. I’m all for inspiration—I generate inspiration every day—but put aside the rhetoric spewed by motivational speakers for a moment
Narcissists and psychopaths can be very charming and persuasive and there is no shortage of these types of undesirables in the world. You’re likely to encounter such jerks regularly in business or your personal life and you need a concrete plan of action to limit your risk. One of the