The Impatient Genius Syndrome

There​‍​‌‍​‍‌ are some people whose thoughts seem to operate at a million miles per hour, their intuitive sense is crystal clear, and they easily make connections. They listen to something one time and understand it. They get an idea and immediately convert it into a business. They come into a field and in just a …

Fear Sells, Consciousness Awakens Don’t Let Anyone Fool You with the “Chosen One” Story Again

People​‍​‌‍​‍‌ who go on TV and say: “I’m the only one out of the 11 that survived, the others are dead.” People who claim: “I talked with God, I am the one to bring the message.” Mediums, chakra masters, dream interpreters, reporters from the realm of the unseen who sell you energy cleansing and make …

The Clever Hans Effect: Not as Magical as People Think, Not as Miraculous as They Want It to Be

“This​‍​‌‍​‍‌ healer was so wonderful… Like no one has ever understood me before.” “This psychic basically explained my entire life without me even speaking.” Maybe you’ve come across these sentences. Maybe you’ve even uttered some of them yourself. It seems that the person in front of you has some kind of “superpower”: They find the …

Imposter Syndrome: Are You a Fraud or Actually Successful?

An​‍​‌‍​‍‌ internal voice often contradicts what you hear from the outside, especially when it comes to our achievements and success. When someone tells you, “You’re so successful,” does something inside you say: “Don’t exaggerate… I’m not that good. If they knew the truth, they wouldn’t think this way.” It is a common experience that in …

The​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Modern Sisyphus: Endless Effort, Broken Trust, Repeated Dreams

The gods once punished Sisyphus by forcing him to roll a boulder up a hill forever. Each time he was close to the top, the boulder would fall down again. Today, however, no god is to blame for our misery. It is we who carry the boulder every morning, with our own hands. The modern …

The Cobra Effect: Why Do Forbidden Things Become More Attractive?

The Cobra Effect might seem like a historical anecdote, yet it exposes a profound truth about the human mind: The more we attempt to suppress something, the longer its shadow grows. And anything forbidden begins to glow with an unusual light in the hidden corners of our psyche. The idea behind the term comes from …

Dunning-Kruger​‍​‌‍​‍‌ Effect

In the world of today, the biggest misconception that people frequently fall into is the one of equating knowledge with understanding. However there is a huge difference between the two and that difference is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect. Dunning-Kruger effect states that individuals who are not sufficiently knowledgeable in a particular area cannot even …