> According to a recent study published in Emotion, students who evaluated their performance on an exam as higher than it actually was – a form of undeserved self-praise – later felt dejected and depressed. According to Chi-Yue Chiu, of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore: “Distress following excessive self-praise is likely to occur when a...
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Confidence is one of the most important traits in achieving a happy and successful life. Recent research shows how confidence played an important role in our evolution as a species by motivating us to take advantage of opportunities life presents us….
Healthy self-esteem is one of the most important attributes of a happy and productive person. Those who don’t believe in themselves automatically inhibit their potential by not thinking they are capable or deserving of achieving their values and goals in life. But those who do believe in themselves are willing to do their very best...
All societies and cultures have certain spoken and unspoken rules that influence how we judge people, label them, and rank their overall “value” in society. Those who we typically perceive as “high value” (like CEOs, celebrities, athletes, politicians, good-looking people, etc.) we place at the top of our social hierarchy, while those we typically perceive...
