by Benard Makaa | Jul 3, 2017 | Psychology
Once in a while, my mind wanders into superfluous thinking. I caught myself analyzing or rather trying to decipher what attracted me to the friends I have. I have a couple friends I consider dear, and they all seem to have some similar conspicuous traits. Most of them...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 26, 2017 | Books, Psychology
The Creed is borrowed from Peter Diamandis If anything can go wrong, fix it! (To hell with Murphy!) When given a choice, take both! Multiple projects lead to multiple successes. Start at the top, then work your way up. Do it by the book, but be the author! When forced...
by Benard Makaa | Jan 21, 2017 | Psychology
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by Benard Makaa | Dec 11, 2016 | Books, Psychology
Caution: The phrase “Self Help” has become a cliché. Its use here is not intended to mean these “feel-good-about-your-self” ideology so prevalent in today’s motivational texts. Rather it implies those actions you can take on your own without being taught and explained...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 31, 2016 | Psychology
As part of being victims of the Sunken costs fallacy, we find it a tough call to change our careers. You studied say, Electrical Engineering and thus you think you must practice electrical engineering forever even you do not enjoy it. We only live once, yet we spend...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 1, 2016 | Psychology
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a...