3-2-1: On mental toughness, when confidence fools you, and the importance of neighborhoods
But after thirty minutes of talk we’d uncovered overthinking, people pleasing, and an inability to let go of defeats—three traits we had already realized belonged on a confidence blacklist.
Katty Kay • The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self-Assurance---What Women Should Know
People who score high in neuroticism have more emotional ups and downs over the course of the day. They can fall into a particular kind of emotional spiral: They are quick to see threats and negative emotions; they interpret ambiguous events more negatively; they are therefore exposed to more negative experiences; this exposure causes them to
... See more