Showing posts with label negative mood. Show all posts
Showing posts with label negative mood. Show all posts

Disproportionate magnification

This term denotes an optical illusion, but here it describes our obsession with our faults.

Our weaknesses assume such gigantic proportions that we stoop under their weight and stumble around unaware of the opportunities. They so disillusion us that we assume that everything is a mirage or beyond our reach.

It is good to know our weaknesses and our faults and work towards eliminating them.

However, rabid obsession with them will serve no purpose and hold us back from exploring our potential.

Do you see your faults magnified disproportionately?

 

Can a bad mood serve a good purpose?


Can a bad mood serve a good purpose?

According to Jennifer M. George, a management professor at Rice University. Positive moods are better for promoting confidence, creativity and new ideas, but negative moods can be good for focusing on the work at hand and getting it done, she said.

That is because people in bad moods tend to be more realistic, more self-critical and more attuned to detail, she said.