The Psychology Behind Our Decisions
Your brain often decides before you are aware of it. Emotions, habits, and cognitive biases shape our choices more than logic — and understanding this makes us better decision-makers in both work and life.
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Can You Learn to Be Neutral?
Can neutrality be learned? Discover how stepping back, listening with curiosity, and seeing beyond your own perspective can help you think more clearly and make better decisions.
Why We Stop Thinking for Ourselves When Someone Knows Best
What happens when obedience overrides conscience? Stanley Milgram’s famous experiment revealed how easily ordinary people follow authority. More than sixty years later, the same psychological mechanisms influence workplaces, leadership, groupthink, and even AI-driven decisions.
When Ego Stands in the Way of Results
The ego can be both a driving force and a roadblock. It helps us stand tall – but can also make us stand in our own way, and in the way of the results we’re trying to create.
Why Good Ideas Are Often Stopped Too Soon
Discover how negativity bias, workplace culture, and the timing of feedback can determine whether an idea grows into something valuable or disappears before it begins.
Why Negative Experiences Carry More Weight
Why do negative experiences stay with us longer than positive ones? This article explores negativity bias, the psychological tendency to remember criticism, setbacks, and painful experiences more vividly than success and praise. Discover why our brains are wired this way, how it affects our daily lives, and how negative experiences can become a source of growth, resilience, and empathy.
What Is Success?
Success is often measured in money, status, and growth, but does more always lead to a better life? In this personal reflection, Raymond Sebergsen explores the pursuit of success through psychology, business, society, and life experience, questioning whether true success is really about having more, or simply having enough.
The Communication Trap: When We Think We’ve Said It, But They Haven’t Heard It
We often think we've communicated clearly, but people haven’t heard or understood the message. This article explores how psychological biases like the illusion of transparency, anchoring, and confirmation bias affect communication – and how to avoid these traps by being more intentional, explicit, and open to feedback.
Take Your Place: The Courage to Be Yourself
A chance encounter sparked a reflection on authenticity, first impressions, and the courage it takes to be yourself. In a world full of filters and expectations, taking your place is often easier said than done.
