This article has multiple purposes. It will: support your understanding of some principles that might be helpful if you use technology provide a case study for consumer experience support you understand one of the reasons I have been delayed lately. Please read with attention to fully understand this article’s context and purpose. The context… Read More What Can Vendors Get Away With Under Amazon Warranty?
A person with a well-cared-for personal brand knows they can trust themselves and will ask for the same thing from others. The same goes for those who refer to persuasion as an art; trust that the items set at the beginning of the communication will be accomplished. A few important things should be noted here.… Read More What Does Trust Mean?
What’s the difference between image and identity in personal branding? Starting from the positioning that NLP (neuro-linguistic programming) should take to differentiate from psychology, as soon as an NLP specialist directly competes with a psychologist positioning himself as a psychologist but offering NLP services, this is not just a disservice made to himself or to his clients that he misleads,… Read More The Difference Between Image and Identity and How They Matter in Positioning
Motto: “Personality is not who we are but what we do.” L. Michael Hall Definition Hall & Bodenhamer (2005) and Woodmall (1988) are still considering between metaprograms and Jung’s classical concepts: Sensing / Intuition (metaprogram no. 2, Epistemological), introversion/extraversion (metaprogram no. 26, Rejuvenation), judging/perceiving (metaprogram no. 37, adaption), which according to the correspondence analyses… Read More Meta-types
An unclear contract underlies victimization. Before being a social and even a sociological position, victimization is a psychological position that must be understood. In the dramatic triangle of the transactional analysis, the victim feels helpless, powerless (whether he/she really is or imagines that), waiting for a savior, and (possibly) screams from the top of their… Read More The Psychological Contract in Working Relationships
Hello! I started writing about an exciting topic: which values are NOT needed for success … against popular beliefs that some might have. I’m doing a little recap of the first part, which you can read here. 1. Not to be laughed at. 2. The fear of making mistakes. 3. The fear of criticism. 4.… Read More 10 Things I Do Not Think Are Important for One’s Success in Life. Part II
Today I’m celebrating. Today, December 17, 2020, it’s been 13 years since I won an award that meant a lot to me as an author. Further on, I offer you an adaptation of the article for which I got the first prize for the best personal and professional development article in the competition organized by Ionuţ Ciurea in… Read More The Winner’s List
What does listening imply? The ability of virtually anyone to meet their needs by employing technology has raised the following issue. Everyone who wants to express themselves has to face increasing competition for an increasingly unavailable resource: the limited attention of the interlocutor. One of the main functions of listening is validation. This issue is… Read More In Search of Lost Listening
21 September is World Gratitude Day. Semantic Differences ” Acknowledgement” (recunoaștere in Romanian) comes from the Latin” recognitionem”. The corresponding verb is” to acknowledge”. The corresponding adjective is” acknowledged”. ” Gratitude” (recunoștință in Romanian) comes from the French” reconnaissance”, whose root is” naissance” and contains the derivative” conaissance”. The corresponding verb is “please, satisfy”. The… Read More Between Acknowledgement and Gratitude
Customize! Many of us live under the impression that there are certain “types of people” that we get along better with and others that we don’t get along with. But, in fact, we like those who are like us or those who are as we wish we were. Precisely for this reason, the objectivity of… Read More How to Speak Everyone’s Language
When you have a team of people working in task-oriented activities, such as specific projects requiring phases and deadlines, it’s essential to use a few necessary tools. Intrinsic motivation is the one that makes people act on their own initiative. It makes them happy and proud to be working on a particular project or for… Read More The Difference Between Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation
In the organizational environment and not only, mistrust is also felt in various forms, most likely due to the creative ways in which those who think it has been abused in the past, especially by persons in formal positions of superiority or authority. In my opinion, the biggest problems of the lack of trust are… Read More The Psychological Leadership Games and the Pathology of Mistrust
In my previous article, I wrote about a few of the collective myths and hallucinations that some people are spreading around about the importance of jobs. Here are a few severe and natural reasons adults decide to get employed. 1. Usually, somebody who works in an organization, whether a small firm or a corporation, a… Read More 9 Serious Reasons to Be Employed
I sometimes find it funny to compare urban myths from the last century with the trends of the new millennium regarding the economy and the perspectives of the labor market. (keep reading ↓) Graphic copyright © Diana Andreea Bădrăgan, 2017 1. They say that a job as an employee is” safe”. This myth was valid in… Read More 7 Myths about Jobs
Merry Christmas, everyone! Today, besides being Christmas, it’s the birthday of a brilliant trainer who immensely contributed to my life, Shelle Rose Charvet. With this opportunity in mind and with the best wishes from the redaction of filme-carti, where I initially published this article in Romanian, I am publishing my review of Shelle’s excellent book,… Read More Words That Change Minds: The 14 Patterns for Mastering the Language of Influence by Shelle Rose Charvet – book review
Named after research psychologist Abraham Maslow, this model has been one of the great successes in establishing specific consumer categories; subsequently, VALS I and VALS II consumer classification systems have been developed based on findings and segmentations. The model assumes that each individual has a series of levels of fundamental needs, gradually placed in ascending order starting… Read More Maslow’s Extended Pyramid
A personality profile is created either by a consultant specialized in achieving a specific type of personality profile or through a software program that a consultant has the license to use. I am using the term consultant because, nowadays, not only psychologists create personality profiles but also human resources specialists. Because there are so many… Read More What is a Personality Profile
Working as a consultant for entrepreneurs is exciting and stressful at the same time. I know because I’ve done it for years. So I decided to share some of my observations that might be useful for entrepreneurs and not only. Not having these skills will not ruin you but will certainly slow you down. But,… Read More 10 Useful Skills That Will Make You A Better Entrepreneur
I started writing a new series of articles last week, out of which I am now publishing part 2 of 4. You may read part I here. Know yourself. I know this kind of advice, “know thyself”, is very vague as for some people, it might mean meditation, traveling around the Earth, or reading… Read More How to Live a Fulfilling Life, part II. The First 4 Out of 12 Steps, In the Right Order
“I’m telling you this with hope in my heart and trust that offering patience to the initiative I’m going to tell you about will create an important and long-awaited change. Before telling you what I’m going to tell you about, thank you for listening to me, as I am sure you will consider my message… Read More To Manipulate Or Not to Manipulate, That Is the Question
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