Tag Archives: personality

Book Review: Reading People

Posted on December 28, 2020 by nathanalbright

Reading People: Ho Seeing The World Through The Lens Of Personality Changes Everything, by Anne Bogel I must admit that, if it is not obvious to others, that I greatly enjoy looking at other people (and myself) through the lens … Continue reading →

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A Course In You: A Missed Opportunity

Posted on September 27, 2020 by nathanalbright

Between two and three weeks ago I received an e-mail from someone who was launching a website to encourage people to educate themselves about themselves called “The School Of You,” which offers a variety of courses related to personality theory … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Copycats & Contrarians

Posted on August 3, 2019 by nathanalbright

Copycats & Contrarians:  Why We Follow Others…And When We Don’t, by Michelle Baddeley It must be said that this book has an interesting idea behind it, even if that idea is cloaked in bogus evolutionary thinking.  Even with this, though, … Continue reading →

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The Talmud And The Porcupine

Posted on June 6, 2019 by nathanalbright

As I have commented before, I can often tend to be a prickly person when it comes to my discourse with other people.  Today a conversation I had on my goodreads page where I had a testy conversation with a … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The People Code

Posted on May 1, 2018 by nathanalbright

The People Code:  It’s All About Your Innate Motive, by Dr. Taylor Hartman This book reminds me of one of those sketchy late-night infomercials where an orange fake-tanned spokesman with an equally fake smile attempts to oversell a product that … Continue reading →

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On Drawing Intricate Characters

Posted on December 10, 2017 by nathanalbright

Those who are well-attuned to the sort of books I read will likely find a great deal of evidence that I am greatly fond of intricate characters.  Perhaps, in many ways, that is because I am a particularly intricate character … Continue reading →

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Laughing Matters

Posted on December 8, 2017 by nathanalbright

What we choose to laugh about tells us a lot about the sort of people that we are.  Abraham Lincoln was a president known greatly for his sense of humor–but his sense of humor was not natural, rather it was … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Dealing With People You Can’t Stand

Posted on June 26, 2017 by nathanalbright

Dealing With People You Can’t Stand:  How To Bring Out The Best In People At Their Worst, by Dr. Rick Brinkman and Dr. Rick Kirschner In reading this book I was struck by a very powerful set of mixed feelings. … Continue reading →

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But Sometimes Out Of His Senses

Posted on June 14, 2017 by nathanalbright

It is revealing that after attempting to write a parallel biography of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson [1] that midbrow historian David McCullough chose to write a biography of John Adams.  It is also revealing that both his book and … Continue reading →

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You Were Wrong; I Was Right; You Said Goodbye; I Said Goodnight

Posted on June 13, 2017 by nathanalbright

Early this morning, shortly after I arrived at work, I found that one of my erstwhile coworkers was handing out tasty candy with a card attached.  The card I received had a cute pink and orange bird on level ground … Continue reading →

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