Personality Blog

Would you like to makes tons of money, drive a low slung sports car and visit exotic locations? Perhaps your key to the good life is writing mystery stories. The best writers are unlikely to need help from the President’s stimulus package. A best selling author can make millions–just ask Rowling. I believe she owns Scotland. You may very well have what it takes to run with the big dogs of murder–Dean Koontz, Agatha Christie, Patricia Cornwell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Anne …

Do you envy Captain Jack Sparrow and wish you had his freedom from the mindboggling technology of the 21st Century. Would you rather set sail and challenge the wind, the sea and various monsters? According to Pirate expert Dr. Peter Leeson of George Mason University, “Unlike their Somali successors, early 18th Century pirates, men like Blackbeard, “Black Bart” Roberts, and “Calico” Jack Rackam, weren’t only thieves. They were also early experimenters with some of the modern world’s most cherished values, such as liberty, democracy, and …

Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder is the 8th personality disorder in our series. You don’t want to miss any of them. People with OCPD have impossibly high standards for themselves and others. Personal relationships are a challenge for them because of their tendency to be critical of others who do not share their inflexible standards. They are convinced of the rightness of their beliefs, therefore they can be contentious. There are few gray areas as far as OCPD individuals are concerned. They perceive everything as …

Recently I read a “cool” list, written by successful author Stephen King. I began pondering what makes someone cool. Alas, I discovered that, “cool” is impossible to define. We know it when we see it, but we become tongue tied and very uncool when we attempt to define it. There are some things in this life that simply “are” — and that is that. The word “cool” first became popular with jazz and soul musicians in the 1930’s and 1940s. It spread from there and …

The 4th article and quiz in our series on the Personality Disorders focuses on Schizoid Personality Disorder (SPD). We don’t know what causes the disorder, though we must assume that both genetics and environmental factors are involved. As with individuals with Paranoid Personality Disorder it is challenging to treat these solitary individuals. They may consider therapy either intrusive or threatening – or both. Some therapeutic techniques and medications have proved to be beneficial in treating some of the symptoms associated with this disorder. …

Ever since early man drew on cave walls we have attempted to express our inner artistic souls in song, art and words (or in their case grunts). We all have a bit of the artist in us; it is simply more developed in some individuals than in others. Discover how creative you are by taking our “Do Have the Soul of a Poet” test. You will have great fun, ask a friend to take the quiz with you and double the fun.

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All of us want to be healthy, slim and our prettiest, unless of course, you are a guy. Then you want to be a buff, muscular stud. Part of the answer may be in learning how to turn on and up your metabolism. Increased metabolism means more calories burned. The changes you may need to make in eating habits and activities really aren’t that time consuming or painful. Perhaps, you just need a little more direction on achieving wellness and a great body (or better). Remember, …