The Art and Value of Paying Attention

Your attention is a crucial asset and resource. Its proper application can be a differentiating factor in your life and work, in distinguishing you in relation to other people and, crucially, in what you can offer to the world that artificial intelligence/AI can’t. Attention can also be a valuable component of self-development. Thinking of attention […]

Why Maladaptive Daydreaming Deserves More Attention

About 12 years ago, the movie “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” depicted the push-pull between accepting disappointing real-life experiences and conflating them into imaginary ones. And a 2017 YouTube analysis, currently touting 743,000 views, dives right into the core issue: maladaptive daydreaming—a growing research area since 2002, when the term was first coined by […]

Paranoid Personality Traits Should Capture Our Attention

Some suspiciousness is healthy. If we get a text, for example, we may resent the intrusion and question its legitimacy. What do they want? Access to an account? Our money? Too much suspicion sends other signals. Paranoia is that unwarranted feeling that people are out to do us harm. To rise to the level of […]