Self-Awareness
A Powerful Tool To Unlock Your Future
A lesson from the father of American psychology
Did you know each of us has a powerful tool that can unlock achievement, happiness, and resilience? Some people already understand its advantages, but many overlook its potential. Once you learn to use it effectively, it will transform your life and the lives of those around you. Let’s explore this tool and how you can begin using it right now.
Attitude and psychology
Some of the greatest insights about life’s most important concepts have been with us since the beginning of civilization; how deeply we understand them is another matter. Let’s turn to one of the first Americans to study and teach about the power of attitude, William James. What more is there to learn about attitude? Isn’t a positive attitude clearly good and a negative one bad? Yes, but there is much more to say!
Often called the Father of American Psychology, James was the first U.S. educator to teach a psychology course, spending most of his career at Harvard. His work has had a lasting impact on the field. One of his most important contributions, The Principles of Psychology, was published in 1890. This groundbreaking text spanned two volumes, totaling 1,200 pages, taking him 12 years to…
