Can Having a High IQ Hurt You?
Common sense tells us that intelligence (what we call “verbal” or “academic” intelligence, and what is represented by the Intelligence Quotient, or IQ), should always give us an advantage, but under certain circumstances it does not. When is IQ a liability?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Intelligence Social Life Stress Work emotional intelligence IQ leadership social intelligence Source Type: news

When Is IQ a Liability?
Common sense tells us that intelligence (what we call “verbal” or “academic” intelligence, and what is represented by the Intelligence Quotient, or IQ), should always give us an advantage, but under certain circumstances it does not. When is IQ a liability?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald E. Riggio, Ph.D. Tags: Intelligence Social Life Stress Work emotional intelligence IQ leadership social intelligence Source Type: news

5 Ways to Stop Loathing Your Job
Five ways to make your work and life more enjoyable, especially if you loathe having to show up everyday, or your balance is completely out of whack.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Megan Dalla-Camina Tags: Self-Help Stress Work Source Type: news

The Psychology of the Artistic
Lessons on art, leadership, and rejection.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 25, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Creativity Work artistic leadership management musicianship Source Type: news

Get to Know Your Dark Side
Researchers Todd Kashdan and Robert Biswas-Diener think we should get more comfortable with our full range of emotions, both positive and negative. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Lybi Ma Tags: Happiness Health Self-Help Work Source Type: news

How to Use Your Intuition
We all have intuition but we don’t consciously listen to it, trusting only what appears to be rational in our often irrational mind. This post gives you steps and an exercise to start hearing the important messages from your heart and gut more clearly. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marcia Reynolds, Psy.D. Tags: Cognition Creativity Procrastination Work Decision making emotional intelligence gut instincts heart instincts intuition regret Source Type: news

Getting Your Ph.D. in Retirement
Getting ready for the losses, gains, fun and change of retirementread more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: John P. Schuster Tags: Memory Work retirement Source Type: news

Two Essential Exercises For Knowing Your Professional Self
We get pulled in a million directions and sometimes we forget who we are at our core. We sometimes feel dragged down and too tired to figure out the root cause. Many of us feel like we’ve lost focus of what we’ve wanted for ourselves and aren’t quite sure what we need in order to thrive. These exercises helps us connect to professional focus and growth.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Brad Waters Tags: Happiness Resilience Self-Help Work career growth Career path focus happiness strategies i hate my job job dissatisfaction personal growth professional growth Source Type: news

5 Ways to Show-Up, Shine, and Succeed at Work
With two out of every three people reporting they’re actively disengaged in their jobs it’s clear many of us are functioning, but not flourishing at work. But what are the practical, tested ways you can show up, shine and succeed consistently at work?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 24, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Michelle McQuaid Tags: Happiness Work flourishing grit habits purpose self-doubt Source Type: news

Who Is Your Anti-You?
Bad decisions in life, love, and business can be avoided by discovering your Anti-You. read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Nick Tasler Tags: Behavioral Economics Work Source Type: news

Helping Careers
13 under-the-radar alternatives to a career as psychotherapist.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Psych Careers Work counseling careers psychology careers Source Type: news

Avoiding Innovation Failures
Tempted by how-to books to adopt a business innovation? The underlying idea may be a good one. But misapplying a new idea or introducing it in the wrong place can absorb time and resources that could have been better spent. How could you discern which ideas might help you and which won’t? Ask this question: “For this to work here, what must be true?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 23, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Gary Klein, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Creativity Resilience Work Source Type: news

Leader-as-Decision-Maker: Decisions Matter
I’m often brought into a company to help them solve a problem. The problem might have to do with strategic planning, research and development, or entry into a new market. I’m no expert in any of these areas, but what I am pretty good at is helping companies understand and go through the best possible process for making decisions.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Jim Taylor, Ph.D. Tags: Behavioral Economics Work business cognitive biases corporate Decision making decisions doubt Great Recession groupthink indecision Iraq War leadership thinking Source Type: news

Spouse’s Personality May Be the Key to Success
When we look at promotions, financial compensation, status and career success, it is the spouse that may be exerting a bigger influence on that success.read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ray Williams Tags: Work Source Type: news

Is That All There Is?
How much can we really expect from life?read more (Source: Psychology Today Work Center)
Source: Psychology Today Work Center - September 22, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Marty Nemko, Ph.D. Tags: Happiness Philosophy Spirituality Work acceptance limitations meaning of life Source Type: news