Personality

Our Personality Determines How Long We Will Live
by eNotAlone.com
The latest research by the scientists from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM), found that it is our personality that could be a factor to determine how long we live. Researchers have discovered that the children of centenarians, in general

Men With Sense Of Humor Attract More Attention Than Not-So-Funny
by eNotAlone.com
Did you know that women prefer men who can make them laugh to those who are not so funny? Well, according to a new report, they really do, and what is even more - women perceive men with good sense of humor as more intelligent and more suitable for a long

Are Professional Comedians Really Shy Off-Stage?
by eNotAlone.com
You must be surprised to hear this but, according to a new scientific evidence, it turns out that professional comedians are, on average, shyer when compared to people in other professions.

Gratitude Expressed Differently By Men And Women
by eNotAlone.com
Gratitude, thankfulness, or appreciation is a positive emotion or attitude when individuals acknowledge a benefit of receiving help, depending on their interpretation of the situation.

Do Our Genes Decide Whether To Make Us Popular Or Shy?
by eNotAlone.com
A new study has found that it is genes that might be responsible to determine whether a person is sociable or shy. The researchers Nicholas Christakis from Harvard University and Christopher Dawes and James Fowler from University of California

The Importance of People
Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personality Types Determine Your Success on the Job
by Otto Kroeger, Janet M. Thuesen, Hile Rutledge
Are you one of those organized people who always complete your projects before they are due? Or do you put off getting the job done until the very last possible moment? Is your boss someone who readily lets you know how you are doing?

Recognizing Personality Types
The Productive Narcissist: The Promise and Peril of Visionary Leadership
by Michael Maccoby, Ph.D.
A provocative examination of the essential - and widely misunderstood - personality type of today's most innovative leaders. In The Productive Narcissist, Maccoby proposes a new paradigm of modern leadership and zeros in on one common character trait

How to Get on in the World: A Ladder to Practical Success
by Major A.R. Calhoon
Character is crystallized habit, the result of training and conviction. Every character is influenced by heredity, environment and education; but these apart, if every man were not to a great extent the architect of his own character

The Wisdom of Life
by Arthur Schopenhauer
We have already seen, in general, that what a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has, or how he is regarded by others. What a man is, and so what he has in his own person, is always the chief thing to consider

The Foundations of Personality
by Abraham Myerson, M.D.
Man's interest in character is founded on an intensely practical need. In whatsoever relationship we deal with our fellows, we base our intercourse largely on our understanding of their characters.

Character
by Samuel Smiles
Men of genuine excellence, in every station of life - men of industry, of integrity, of high principle, of sterling honesty of purpose - command the spontaneous homage of mankind. It is natural to believe in such men, to have confidence in them

Genes or Environment?: Epigenetics Sheds Light on Debate
by National Institute of Health
Which is more important in shaping who we are and what we will become - our genes or the environment around us? For centuries, people have debated whether nature or nurture decides how we look and act.

Discovering Your True Colors
The Dewey Color System
by Dewey Sadka
Genuine love, personal happiness, and professional success begin and continue to grow when you know what you want from life. It's simply not enough, however, to say, 'I want this.' You need to understand why you want it.

The Meaning Of Identity, Part 2
The Identity Code
by Laurence Ackerman
The effects of the Laws of Identity can be seen, for instance, by observing the apparent quality of your own life: How content or discontented are you? How grounded are you as an individual?

The Myth Of Personal Freedom: And The Meaning Of Identity
The Identity Code
by Laurence Ackerman
The idea that you can be whatever you want to be in life is a myth that tortures people needlessly. It forces you to follow false trails such as money, fame, or family approval, or to stay the course out of sheer desperation.

Epilogue
The Cult of Personality Testing
by Annie Murphy Paul
An X-ray of personality. Since the early days of personality tests, this has been the testers' favorite metaphor, and no wonder: it calls to mind a precise and powerful instrument, capable of penetrating mere surfaces to produce an image of what's within.

Introduction
The Cult of Personality Testing
by Annie Murphy Paul
Hello. Nice to meet you. Please allow me to tell you who you are. Such is the introduction, polite but firm, extended by personality tests. When we first encounter them we are strangers (even, as some tests would have it, to ourselves).

Foreword
Color Your Future
by Taylor Hartman, Ph.D.
Observing a caterpillar's transformation to becoming a butterfly is magical. The process brings with it the same dynamics we experience in our transformation from mere personality to fully charactered souls.

The Elements of Personality
The Color Code
by Taylor Hartman, Ph.D.
Every child is born with a unique set of personality traits. Ask any woman who has given birth to two or more children and she will attest to the fact that while still in the womb her children showed marked differences in their behavior.

Two Ways of Looking at Life
Learned Optimism : How to Change Your Mind and Your Life (Vintage)
by Martin E. Seligman, Ph.D.
The optimists and the pessimists: I have been studying them for the past twenty-five years. The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do.