Saturday, March 31, 2012

The Self-improvement Myth: 9 Reasons We Don' Posted By: Gary Jordan, Ph.D.

What do you do when you"re confronted with something you"re not good at?

Some people get discouraged and quit. Others keep doggedly working to get better at it, and in the process become more "well-rounded" human beings.

Conventional wisdom says that the second response is the healthy one. But the empirical evidence suggests that it"s people who specialize in an area of aptitude who are successful and happy, not those who focus their energies on becoming "well rounded."

As a psychologist, I was trained to assess and treat what was wrong in peoples" lives, to help people accomplish this business of "self-improvement." But something changed in me about thirty years ago. I grew very weary of working on what was wrong wi ...business, psychology, Your Talent Advantage

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