Something You Should Know about Personality

August 12, 2011

Interview with Dr. Philip Zimbardo, author of the book The Time Paradox: The New Psychology of Time That Will Change Your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Each of us has our own time bias. That is, some of us are more oriented to the past, some to the present and some to the future. And that helps to shape our personality.

Dr. Philip Zimbardo:
If you're future-oriented you always take account of the future consequences but you don't have much fun in life because you never take time out to enjoy the moment.
 

May 4, 2010

Interview with Dennis D. Adams, author of the book Honest, Direct, Respectful: Three Simple Words that will Change your Life

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Mike Carruthers:
Would you consider yourself a passive person or a reactive person?

Dennis Adams:
I think that eighty percent of people in any given population are passive and I think that twenty percent are reactive by nature.
 

Dennis Adams, author of the book, Honest, Direct, Respectful says passive people tend to have a thought process that goes something like this…

November 2, 2009

Interview with Nicholas Christakis, M.D., author of the book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives

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Mike Carruthers:
We humans are social creatures. We live in communities and networks and we’re all influencing each other.

Nicholas Christakis, M.D.:
We are much more affected by these networks in which we’re imbedded than we are even by media. That is to say whether you gain or lose weight, for instance, has a lot more to do with whether your friends are gaining or losing weight than what the models looks like on the covers of magazines.
 

October 15, 2009

Interview with Linda Kaplan Thaler author of The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World With Kindness

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Mike Carruthers:
If you want to get ahead, is being nice a good thing or a bad thing?

Linda Kaplan Thaler:
You know, "nice" has been getting a bad rap. "Nice" is defined by people as someone who's milquetoast - you can step all over them. The fact of the matter is, it's probably the toughest four letter word you'll ever learn.