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getting the most for the least
A phrase which encapsulates the idea that it is rational for every participant in an interaction to always endeavor to get the most by giving the least.
The fact that every participant in an interaction always endeavors to get the most by giving the least reveals that every human interaction is a negotiation. That reality of life is called "getting the most for the least."
getting the most for the least by but for April 19, 2018
Identity Imposition
Imposing a better or worse identity on an individual than his or her present one by treating that individual in certain ways in order to manipulate him, her, or it.
My mother is an identity imposition master. When we're on good terms she treats me as if were a celebrity and a genius, but sometimes if she feels she's losing an argument she might speak to me as if I were a fool.
Identity Imposition by but for April 19, 2018
parallel message
Another message individuals express by means of the tonality, volume, pitch, or pacing they use while expressing the main message. It can support, compliment, refute, deny, or even contradict the main message.
When the girl said, "You're welcome" in a tone which said, "You're not fucking welcomed you fucking idiot," I knew something was up. To understand parallel messages say any word in the opposite intonation of what it means. Say "beautiful" while making a face of disgust. Say "ugly" as if you were saying "beautiful."
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word therapy
Healing oneself by working with words and letting them order and clarify the way one feels, thinks, and acts.
After a major television network offered to interview me, but then cancel the interview, lowered my self-concept, confused me, made me feel powerless—even helpless, but not hopeless.
Soon after I started to edit the index of a book I'm writing, working with words made me feel increasingly better.
Working with words balanced my emotions and allowed me to feel, think, and act correctly again. I call that word therapy.
Soon after I started to edit the index of a book I'm writing, working with words made me feel increasingly better.
Working with words balanced my emotions and allowed me to feel, think, and act correctly again. I call that word therapy.
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word therapy
Healing oneself by working with words and letting them order and clarify the way one feels, thinks, and acts.
After a major television network offered to interview me, but then cancel the interview, that series of events first raised but then lowered my self-concept, confused me, made me feel powerless—even helpless, but not hopeless.
Soon after I started to edit the index of a book I'm writing, I began to feel increasingly better.
Working with words balanced my emotions and allowed me to feel, think, and act correctly again. I call that word therapy.
Soon after I started to edit the index of a book I'm writing, I began to feel increasingly better.
Working with words balanced my emotions and allowed me to feel, think, and act correctly again. I call that word therapy.
word therapy by but for March 8, 2018
a likely benefit triggers action
People and animals decide how to act based on a sophisticated and usually subconscious cost /benefit analysis they conduct.
People and animals have already run a cost/benefit analysis of each behavior they repeat, and know the benefit(s) repeating each of those actions will yield.
When a human or an animal foresees that it is very likely that a specific action will produce a specific benefit, he or she will execute it.
Thus, "a likely benefit triggers action."
When a human or an animal foresees that it is very likely that a specific action will produce a specific benefit, he or she will execute it.
Thus, "a likely benefit triggers action."
a likely benefit triggers action by but for March 5, 2018