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Note To Self
Short Notes on Psychology To Keep Your Thinking On Track


When Plans Meet Reality
Plans are simply flexible guidelines, not rigid commandments, and accepting their inherent adaptability helps us make better decisions.
Dr Jenni McArthur
Apr 82 min read

Avoidance, Anxiety and Achievement
Avoidance feels safe, but what if it's quietly hindering your potential? Discover how our natural instinct to dodge anxiety can hold us back
Dr Jenni McArthur
Mar 252 min read


The Many Roads to Emotion Control
Emotion regulation encompasses the processes through which we influence what we feel, when we feel it, how we experience emotions...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Feb 222 min read


The True Meaning of Competition: Beyond Winning and Losing
Do you ever remember being in a class where you formally discussed what it really means? Sports people and performers of any kind are rarely
Dr Jenni McArthur
Oct 17, 20242 min read


Not More Than Important.
This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… Rules, goals, deadlines are not dire necessities. Even so, people have a...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jul 11, 20241 min read


Back to Base
This week’s short "Note to Self" to keep your thinking on track… A personal performance philosophy, which is a set of opinions of the...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 28, 20242 min read


Means and Ends in Managing Motivation.
Mastering an art, a skill, or a situation requires a certain quality of drive or motivation. It doesn't matter if it is the combination...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Nov 28, 20233 min read


Stuck In Stress Or Advancing In Adversity?
It's hard, if not impossible to learn effectively when stressed. The networks of neurones in our brains have to choose. Do I learn or do...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jul 20, 20235 min read


Helpful, Peaceful, Purposeful, and Energy Efficient?
This morning I spent my time with my research colleagues discussing new approaches to measure the ways in which people habitually think...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 30, 20234 min read


Don't Go Global
In the world of business and entrepreneurship going global represents, for many, the ultimate success. Reaching people in the farther...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 23, 20232 min read


The Up Side of Negative Emotions
We spend so much time pushing uncomfortable emotions away that we often don't realise their potential to help us move forward. Today's...
Dr Jenni McArthur
Jun 2, 20233 min read
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