Be Careful – Your Virtual Reality Avatar Can Influence Your Behavior

Scenario #1: As your virtual reality avatar, you’re playing a superhero in a video game, first-person perspective. You swoop in, confront a malicious foe, entrap him, and defeat him. You feel elated. A happy smile spreads on your lips. Scenario #2: As your virtual reality avatar, you’re playing a super villain in a video game,…

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Self-Criticism: Take These Steps to Stop Beating Yourself Up

Researcher Kristen Neff has discovered something life-changing about culturally predominant beliefs regarding success, self-improvement, and self-criticism: beating yourself up actually prevents you from doing your best and from doing the most. Chances are good that you were led to believe productivity meant comparing yourself to others and holding yourself to an ever-higher standard. Maybe you’ve…