somewhere out there...
...Are the different parts of myself that i've been trying to find and the parts i've been struggling to loose.
the difference between a situation that goes your way and one that does not is simply that we tend to credit ourselves for the former and blame the latter on the environment. an internal locus of control is when we accredit all things that happen in our life to ourselves, negative or positive and an external locus of control is when we hold the world responsible for everything. the difficulty and dissonance in human thought comes when we have to actually do the opposite and take responsibility on ourselves for things going wrong. escalation of commitment dictates that when we make a bad decision and it is proven as such we tend to make consecutive decisions just because we feel we've committed ourselves to the first decision. its as simple as throwing good money after bad hoping to turn the situation around.
the strength of the mind and in the character of a person would hence be in being able to rationally differentiate between what happens as a result of our actions and what actually happens as a result of uncontrolled factors.
a 100% score in this is nearly impossible but a conscious effort towards evaluating outcomes in a neutral manner not only signifies intelligence but, in fact, gives proof of an innate wisdom. the kind of wisdom that even children can possess. unfortunately, the kind of wisdom that sometimes even adults lack.
the difference between a situation that goes your way and one that does not is simply that we tend to credit ourselves for the former and blame the latter on the environment. an internal locus of control is when we accredit all things that happen in our life to ourselves, negative or positive and an external locus of control is when we hold the world responsible for everything. the difficulty and dissonance in human thought comes when we have to actually do the opposite and take responsibility on ourselves for things going wrong. escalation of commitment dictates that when we make a bad decision and it is proven as such we tend to make consecutive decisions just because we feel we've committed ourselves to the first decision. its as simple as throwing good money after bad hoping to turn the situation around.
the strength of the mind and in the character of a person would hence be in being able to rationally differentiate between what happens as a result of our actions and what actually happens as a result of uncontrolled factors.
a 100% score in this is nearly impossible but a conscious effort towards evaluating outcomes in a neutral manner not only signifies intelligence but, in fact, gives proof of an innate wisdom. the kind of wisdom that even children can possess. unfortunately, the kind of wisdom that sometimes even adults lack.
posted by K Yousaf at 1:18 AM
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