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I find it interesting that our brains make 90% of our decisions without our thought process!  We constantly make decisions that are safe and familiar to us, especially doing minimal or mundane tasks.  Many poor decisions are made as a result of biases and that can sometimes lead to discrimination, like mentioned in the TEDx talk by Adela Sanchez.  It's part of being human and having a brain and it takes alot of effort and time to rework our brains to not automatically make these internal claims.  "What is considered bossy in a woman is considered leadership quality in a man".  Watching Sheryl Sandberg's TED talk, she immediately discusses how women in society face more difficult choices between professional success and personal fulfillment.  Many times, "Men attribute their success to themselves and women attribute it to other external factors."   I also need to add that this speech was released in 2010, perspectives were different at the time, al...
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Myers Briggs Self-Assessment

       I just recently re-took the Myers Briggs personality test, which is a self-report questionnaire that indicates different psychological preferences in how people perceive the world.  It is useful in helping people understand their behaviors, thoughts, decisions, motivations, and values. As a result of understanding your personality, you will have an easier time figuring out what work habits work best for you in certain environments.  I recently took the Myers Briggs test and was given the personality type of ISFP, which stands for introvert Sensing Feeling Perceiving.  My previous scores are elaborated on as follows:      The first letter of my score, which is I, stands for introvert.  This is a measure of where and how I focus my attention.  Since I acquired the letter I for this, it means that I focus more on the inner world ideas, thoughts, and reflection.  Being an introvert means that I can become exhausted...
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Write Less But Say More

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Write Less but Say More Why do so many of us suffer from the lack of clarity and the surplus of unneeded crap in passages, journals, and other informational texts that we read.   There are distractions everywhere to remove our attention or to mislead us, especially when in an online environment.   Starting the book Writing Without Bullshit , I was immediately interested and intrigued in what the book was saying and how it was going to teach me how to write with purpose and without bullshit.   From just the first chapter, I agree with so much of what is being said already.   I am a firm believer of write less but say more, and I am trying to work on that skill myself, the skill of being concise with my writing and not writing as much fluff.   I think there’s a large problem with the way that we learn to write.   We are constantly expected to and are told to “fill the page” or meet word or character requirements.   However, when we are stretched in our w...
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