When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.
— Dale CarnegieAuthor of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" & Self-Help Pioneer
“If you see less poor people in the streets, and abandoned children, it makes you feel better- and that helps us to build a more independent attitude in foreign policy. That, again, has feedback in Brazil- making people more confident feeling that we don't always have to say yes to whatever is presented.”— Celso Amorim
Brazilian Diplomat & Foreign Minister under Lula's Presidency
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Connection is why we're here. It gives purpose and meaning to our lives. The ability to feel connected is neurobiologically wired into us.
— Brene BrownResearcher & Author on Vulnerability, Shame, and Leadership
In a highly emotive and risk-averse market, rationality seems to fall by the wayside, with investors trigger-happy to pull immense volumes of liquidity out of assets at the earliest risk warning.
— Not AvailableWe therefore see the drone exhibiting through software signs of the moral-affective function of 'guilt' when engaging in each mission.
— Ronald ArkinRoboticist & Pioneer of Ethical Autonomous Systems and Robot Ethics
What analysts mean by 'game changing' is, in fact, the level of naturalisation of technology. This is the degree to which a technology becomes an intuitive part of human life.
— Not specifiedhighly motivated teams, who are motivated by the 'end' (the cause) rather than the 'method' (the task)
— Not Availableindividuals throughout an organisation are usually far more passionate and committed to the organisation than in most for-profit companies
— Not Availablehave to persuade people to part with money for goods or services that are used by others
— Not AvailableMobile phones can really revolutionize the study of human behavior.
— Ramón CáceresUnknown.
We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.
— BuddhaFounder of Buddhism & Spiritual Teacher of Enlightenment
Only a small, really dedicated group of people manage to maintain it.
— Dr. Neel HalderThose suffering Anorexia Nervosa are obsessed with weight, checking sometimes 30 times a day, and keeping a close reign on their weight. A pound gain in weight can be perceived as terrible.
— Dr. Neel HalderUnfortunately, it tends to be females who are the most affected by these conditions- influenced by external factors, they will check their weight very regularly, and do everything they can to lose weight- but then will lose the motivation, willpower and focus to control it.
— Dr. Neel HalderThese new regulations should (in theory, although there is no research to test it) prevent this psychological risk aversion by ensuring that all counterparties know that at a wholesale and institutional level, they are safe.
— Anonymous Banking ExpertWhen we talk of economic confidence, business confidence, or even confidence in global markets, we are talking of the mindset of the majority of participants in that market. In a 'booming' market, participants feel happy, with little sense of risk- so they are happy to invest in their businesses, create jobs, buy property, and drive strong economic figures.
— Not specifiedAnimals in this third group had learned from being exposed to inescapable shocks that nothing they did made a difference- they were essentially helpless when it came to controlling their fate. Most of our fundamental sense of well-being crucially depends on our having the ability to exert control over our environment and recognising that we do.
— Martin SeligmanPsychologist & Founder of Positive Psychology Movement