Particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual.
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Early birds vs. night owls: what does research have to say?
I know that I personally work a lot better in the evening and at night rather than in the morning. However, I am curious whether it is just a matter of habit or some sort of natural predisposition. ...
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Mind keeps wandering during conversations
I have trouble remembering instant things in mind. It really feels weird when I am talking about something and then I ask the person talking to me as, "Excuse me! Where were we?." I have been told by ...
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Managing a competitive colleague [closed]
I am facing this issue with a colleague. In general, we get on well, but when it comes to technical discussions or about new technologies , he will try to prove himself superior and try to make me ...
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Would Like To Be A Better Person In Life [closed]
I'am 28 now and i have the tendency to take everything for granted.I have always been extremely ignorant about numerous things that one would encounter in his/her life like studies,taking care of ...
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What are the steps to be taken to bring more clarity to your thought process?
I had recently migrated from being a student to an IT professional and I realized that I need to bring in more clarity in my thought process.
My job requires me to ask critical questions (I do ...
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How come some people are able to think out of box while others fail?
How come some people can think out of box while others fail to locate the very basics. In my context, I've been more than 2 years in IT industry and most of the things that I think of, have already ...
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How to constrain my emotions and act based on my wisdom?
I am not sure that this is the right SE site to place this question. If not my early apologies and please redirect me right SE site.
I am suffering from a high intensity of my emotions. Anger, fear, ...
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Pollen or hay fever season and personal productivity
There are several weeks in each year when my productivity drops to zero because of hay fever. I basically can't think about any productive solution for this problem.
I am a programmer. It's not just ...
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Losing Motivation during project
I am a Computer Engineer and working at a Software House as Software Engineer for the last 2 years.
I usually observe things a lot and try to get an idea from everything to do something ...
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How to increase ability to “think on your feet”?
I am not sure whether this question is appropriate for this forum. But still I would share my reason for posting it.
During official meetings (and even shouting matches and arguments) to substantiate ...
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How can I communicate with others to help them consider alternative viewpoints?
What is the best way to communicate with others such that they will make strides to consider alternative viewpoints? I feel this would help to reduce anger in groups.
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How can I deal with others who have different personal productivity goals?
I have many interests in personal productivity. I don't like to waste time so I sometimes pass up social events (going out or to bars) for 'bettering myself' through some extra work on a weekend ...
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Life-changing fiction/non-fiction for a-holes [closed]
My younger brother is an asshole. I love him and we have a pretty good relationship, but he's an asshole.
He's doesn't break the law and he doesn't harm people physically but he is cheap, ...
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How to keep focused without losing interest?
I am not sure how common is this, but I experience loss of interest pretty often. Unlike many people, my problem is not in starting things but in sustaining the interest.
One day, I decide that I am ...
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How can I learn to say “no” and fight back?
I think that sometimes I accept that what other people say takes a priority over my own time or my personal choices. Also I'm not so "fighter" type. For example, suppose that if I go to rent an ...
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Do I need to find the most appropriate time to study?
At a time, I was a night owl. My family kept nagging all the time why would I stay up the whole night and go to bed when everyone else is waking up. So I changed it, as I also read articles that ...
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How to treat people who hate you? [closed]
Mostly you come across people who hate you at your back and some times in front of you too and they keep on irritating you. I was reading 7 Habbits of Highly Efficient People and I came across this ...
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How to overcome lazyness and procastination?
My greatest defect.
Present in almost all aspects of my live... Like my house, it's a mess right now, but I have time to clean, I just don't do it. I'd rather stay in bet and do nothing (high ...
