Once, a kind woman put a peaceful statue on the street corner to spread kindness to others. One day, a hard rain was coming down, and a poor man who was...
Look for the Good in What Others Do
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Making Assumptions
Be Mindful of All or Nothing Thinking
Splitting is a psychological concept that describes the way people have a tendency to see things in terms of black and white. In splitting, you tend to see...
The Chalkboard: Keeping Your Mind Open to New Ideas
The teacher used every part of the chalkboard to explain about vast new discoveries to the class. The students stayed on the lesson until each one truly...
Seeing the Pain of Others
When people can see the struggles that others have, they tend to treat them with more compassion and understanding. For instance, it would be strange for...
Stereotypes Are Natural
Evolutionary psychologists have argued that stereotypes were absolutely necessary for our survival. In other words, picture that it is 10,000 B.C.E. Imagine that you and your clan come across a rocky terrain and one of the members of your group gets fatally bitten by...