Self-Development

The Expectation Effect

December 30, 2024 | Reading Time: 4 min

self-development
expectation
psychology

The Expectation Effect is one of the best books I’ve read this year. In this post I’ll give an overview of the message and explain why I think it contains such mind-blowing content. What is the Expectation Effect? Most of us know, on some level, that our expectations can impact events in our lives positively or negatively. I think what this book illuminates so clearly is that this effect is widespread and can change outcomes dramatically.


The Courage To Be Disliked

June 6, 2024 | Reading Time: 7 min

self-development
psychology
mindfulness

I re-read The Courage to be Disliked recently and wanted to share some of the amazing insights I learned from it. The book is about a conversation between a philosopher and a youth, based on similar style texts written by Plato about dialogues with Socrates. The philosopher is a follower of the psychology of Alfred Adler, who is the least well known of the three giants of psychology; Freud, Jung and Adler.