What Is the Best Emotion?
June 19th, 2012
By Dr. Jim Taylor A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about what I thought was the worst possible emotion. There are certainly enough worthy aspirants including hate, anger, and sadness. But I felt regret was the winner (or should I say loser) because its causes can’t be undone, it slowly eats away at […]
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Tags: emotion, empowerment, future, hope, Opportunity, psychology, regret
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Ski Racing and Parenting: Fear of Total Failure
November 7th, 2010
By Dr. Jim Taylor In my very first Kids & Culture Alert! e-newsletter published in April of 2005, I discussed the sad epidemic of fear of failure that I found to be rampant in America at that time. Well, over five years later, fear of failure is still the most pervasive and debilitating issue among […]
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Tags: expectations, fear of failure, pride, regret, risk, ski racing, success
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