psychology

Key Characteristics of Love Bombing

• Gushing compliments or ‘soulmate’ talk very early on

• Lavish gifts or grand gestures that feel out of proportion

• Constant texting or pressuring to always be available

• Pushing for big commitments quickly (moving in, future plans, saying “I love you” fast)

• Possessiveness, but presented as concern or

men’s biggest problem is, likewise, a feeling—an unreachable itch, or a marrow-deep belief—that men should still rank above women in the social hierarchy, just not as much as before. This belief may be misguided or unconscious, but it is nonetheless insuperable, and it must be accommodated, for the good of us all.

High-context vs Low-context Culture — “In a higher-context culture, many things are left unsaid, letting the culture explain. Words and word choice become very important in higher-context communication, since a few words can communicate a complex message very effectively to an in-group (but less effectively outside that group), while in a

What if we all lived life like a surfer on a wave?

The answer that kept coming to me was that we would take more risks.

It seems people are very willing to give up their private information in return for perceived benefits such as ease of use, navigation and access to friends and information.

short-term emotion, which can be an unreliable adviser. When people share the worst decisions they’ve made in life, they are often recalling choices made in the grip of visceral emotion: anger, lust, anxiety, greed.

To use 10/10/10, we think about our decisions on three different time frames:

• How will we feel about it 10 minutes from now?

• How about 10 months from now?

• How about 10 years from now?

The stage you are in determines much of what you notice in reality and the opportunities available to you.

And the higher stages you reach, the more you can tap into the stages beneath, meaning you have both the ability and wisdom to spot opportunities for varied versions of success and achieve them with grace as you move up the spiral.

The question

And feel it all. Feel the anticipation of the risk. Feel the pre-risk cringe. Then, during the risk, and after, take a deep breath and feel that too.

You’ll become familiar with those feelings and, believe it or not, you’ll start to enjoy them. Even the ones you think of as unpleasant. Because feeling is what tells you you’re alive.

You know that