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Tag Archives: self
The Way We Think (2): Authority versus Power
“Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence” – Leonardo da Vinci An earlier post presented an overview of Jonathan Haidt’s The Righteous Mind and a description of the development of Moral Foundations Theory (MFT), which seems to be a fairly … Continue reading
Posted in 04: Games People Play, 10: Integrity, 13: Values & Self, 14: Behavior, Uncategorized
Tagged Added Value, asymmetry of competence, Authority, authority curve, behavior, behavior curve, career, Competence, conservation of behavior, control role, dealing with people, ethics, human nature, influence role, integrity, moral foundations theory, Nobel Syndrome, people management, people managers, positive sum game, power, practiced behavior, self, sleeper values, transactional, transformational, values, zero sum game
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Agents of Influence
“It’s not what you have, it’s what you do with it.” – Brazilian Samba instructor If there is any merit to the previous post proposing a connection between actual observed behaviors and the shapes that our Individual Behavior Curves or … Continue reading
Posted in 04: Games People Play, 05: People, 06: Incomplete Information, 10: Integrity, 11: Growth, 12: Character, 13: Values & Self, 14: Behavior, 15: Baggage, 16: Culture, 17: Choice
Tagged and/and, baggage, behavior, breast cancer, character, choice, chromosomes, decision making, DNA, games, genes, genomes, genotypes, human nature, incomplete information, integrity, learning, life experience, Nature versus Nurture, parenting, personality, phenotypes, practiced behavior, self, sleeper values, temperament, values, vicarious learning
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Individual Behavior Curves (Illustrated)
“This idea that there is generality in the specific is of far-reaching importance.” – Douglas R. Hofstadter In the back of my mind there has always been a quiet nagging question: Why can’t the Behavior Curve enable us to reproducibly pinpoint … Continue reading
Posted in 02: Value Added, A Definition, 06: Incomplete Information, 10: Integrity, 12: Character, 13: Values & Self, 14: Behavior, 15: Baggage, 17: Choice
Tagged Added Value, and/and, baggage, behavior, bohr model, character, disc, either/or, external forces, human nature, incomplete information, integrity, internal forces, marriage, myers-briggs, parenting, people management, practiced behavior, professed behavior, self, self-awareness, sleeper values, survival instincts, takers, value added, values
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Road Signs and Blind Spots 