UNBIASED DECISION-MAKING

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ If you and I are going to make great decisions, there’s another requirement. Namely, making decisions that are unbiased. Yet in saying that we now have a problem. The problem is that we all are so […]

Short Term Thinking

Thinking is in Short Supply #4 by L.Michael Hall PhD Short Term Thinking – Another Thinking Disability I’ve been writing about why real thinking is in short supply and the various factors that actually stop thinking. Here’s another. Regarding a central time factor that’s involved […]

The Self-Actualizing Genius State

The Self-Actualizing Genius State ~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ What does a person actually do or experience when he or she self-actualizes? Maslow identified eight things that we could add to our list of prerequisites for the “genius” state. In fact, […]

Transforming Depression

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ When it comes to the complex meta-state called “depression,” given that we create it as noted in the past three posts, we can now ask two very different questions. First, “How does a person create depression?” […]

Depression as pressing down

This Thing Called “Depression” ~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Sometimes a word is highly informative and tells the story of all experience. This happens to be the case with “depression”. People who suffer depression not only go through a disappointment, loss, frustration, etc., […]

DEPRESSION: It's about the thinking

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ Given that a lot of things are called “depression,” which are not clinically depression, how can you tell? A good way to begin is to use the work of Dr. David D. Burns and his classic, […]

This Thing Called "DEPRESSION"

~ Article written by L. Michael Hall PhD ~ We are now heading into the Christmas season and all of the holidays from Thanksgiving to New Years. For many this is the season to be jolly, however for others, ’tis the season to be depressed. […]

Challenge in 5 Dimensions

~Written by Dr.L.Michael Hall~ As a Professional you can know that we frame the coaching skills in terms of two seemingly contradictory values- compassion and challenge. You also know that an ideal coach, an expert coach, is a person who has developed the skill of […]

Becoming Real in Relation to Others

Becoming Real in Relation to Others ~ Written by Dr.L.Michael Hall You are not only a human being, one with identity and value, nor are you only a doer, a person who takes action and develops skills, you are also a social being. The sub-matrix […]

Self-Efficacy

More Than Just Self Confidence -> Self-Efficacy ~ Dr.L.Michael Hall While self-confidence is good, there is something that goes far beyond self-confidence and something that would really enrich your life. Interested? Yes, I’m talking about self-efficacy. So what is that? Confidence in yourself refers to […]