"I'm an influencer" is the new "Would you like to help me inventory my many and varied personality defects?".
#personality
This book is about people like me—probably the first time a psychologist has identified my 'type' of person. It should be a fascinating read for anyone.
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/9ea5e89f-03cc-4b9e-bcd1-4303fc49708f
#psychology #psychiatry #personality #otrovert #nonfiction #ramikaminski #thegiftofnotbelonging #books #bookstodon
Wow! How many video clips about #sigma males!
So. if you can't be a sigma male be a fake sigma!
For example, if you tell others that you are a sigma male then you are a fake sigma.
Breaking up with some #toxic people without providing an explanation is a good idea, though some may say it is cowardice. If you do so you don't have to seek validation.
Hype for the Future 27G: Other Potential Influences for novaTopFlex
Apart from the previously-mentioned influences of the Ohio Challenge, the Voices of America Country Music Festival, the Ohio State Fair, Country and Blues Festivals at Lebanon OH, the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival, the Lebanon Horse-Drawn Carriage Parade, Country Jam USA of Eau Claire WI, and the NYC Ball Drop at Times Square (perhaps), novaTopFlex has also identified additional elements of potential interests. Such interests may include, but are often not limited to, additional country music and […]Hype for the Future 27D: Festivals and Events to Influence novaTopFlex
The novaTopFlex ideals involving festivities and related events are very distinct from the standard realities faced by the vast majority of the population. Existing festivals that shall influence the personality and the scope of novaTopFlex may include the Voices of America and Country Jam USA country music festivals (West Chester Township, OH, and Eau Claire, WI, respectively), the Ohio State Fair (Columbus, OH), the Ohio Sauerkraut Festival (Waynesville, OH), and the country and blues […]Hype for the Future 27C: Two Country Festivals of Major Interest
The personality style of novaTopFlex is highly influenced by the Voices of America Country Music Fest as well as by the possible presence at the Country Jam USA in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
Suggested metric for the "novelty-seeking - familiarity-preferring" continuum:
How much time must pass before you are ready to meaningfully consume new media? Let's say it's songs. How often can you give a new song by an unfamiliar artist a fair listen?
One song per day? Per hour? Every five minutes?
Anyway, I'm about one song every hour or two. My beloved ex is one new song every few months. Somehow we stayed married for almost 20 years.
(Some might recognize that I am probably just creating a new metric for Openness to Experience)
The thing about #politics—especially #USpol—it’s usually very, very dumb.
So, making your entire #personality about politics without the correspondent ability to read the room, know what time it is, and understand how to deliver a punchline can get very cringe, very quickly.
Now this is beautiful!
"Laptop stickers are more than decoration, they’re a form of self-expression.
Each one is a snapshot of a moment, a place, and an attitude. But they’re fleeting; when the technology becomes outdated, the laptops along with the stories stuck to them often end up in the waste pile."
#stickers #art #design #tech #personality #individuality #creative
Reading Round-Up 11.21.2026 – Supervisors, Neuroinclusivity, Queer Safe Spaces, Psychological Safety, and Feedback
A little round as I work to get back into the habit of writing regularly. I have been busy. I ran for and won a seat on the Board of Directors for the Iowa Library Association. I’ll step into this role in January, which also means I will step down from the Government Access Committee and the Leadership Development Committee.
The white paper I wrote for the Public Library Association abut adult learners and public libraries was released. You can watch a recording of the webinar here. It was wonderful to learn so much about what amazing work is happening on the frontlines of public libraries.
I’m putting together a list of coaches to recommend to librarians and library managers. If you have worked with a coach and would recommend them, please share. Feel free to send me an email.
I am writing a post based on a question I saw on Facebook this week: “How do you navigate burnout when the root problems aren’t within your control?” I plan to have it out the week after Thanksgiving (US).
I’ll be spending Fall break getting started on the new book and working on ThriveLib 2026!
Here are some things I’m reading and thinking about right now.
When the Support Isn’t There: Navigating the Silent Supervisor from Trevor Dawes
Working without adequate supervisory support creates a peculiar kind of professional isolation. It’s not always dramatic—there’s rarely a single catastrophic moment. Instead, it’s the accumulation of unanswered emails, the scheduled one-on-ones that keep getting postponed or canceled, or the completed project that receives neither acknowledgment nor critique. Over time, these absences compound into something more corrosive than simple neglect.
Bellamy, L., Flores Glosson, A., Glosson, J., Oberlies, M., Runyon, M., & Showalter, P. (2025).Are we implementing neuroinclusive hiring practices?: An investigation for academic library positions. In the Library with the Lead Pipe.
The application and interview process for academic library positions, especially those at the non-staff, librarian level, are often quite demanding and frequently require candidates to engage in processes that are particularly distressing to those with certain neurodivergent conditions, such as ASD or ADHD. As such, the barriers to entry into the profession are often larger for this population, and this can lead to underrepresentation within the academic library workforce. With fewer neurodivergent voices at the table, academic libraries will find it harder to identify the particular challenges that neurodivergent individuals face and the accommodations that could increase their recruitment, thus perpetuating a cycle of exclusion.
Coltman, Z. (2025). Small acts to make safe space: a case study of the Queer Liberation Library as a queer space. Information Research an International Electronic Journal, 30(CoLIS), 366–374. https://doi.org/10.47989/ir30CoLIS52246
Though there is much that could, and should, be done to build queer space into public libraries, especially for multi-minority individuals, this paper argues that small acts can and should be implemented before tackling larger tasks that require excess manpower, funding and time. Though these small acts do not replace the need for larger change, they can be implemented quickly and work to make public libraries safe spaces while larger changes are slowly implemented.
6 Defensive Behaviors That Show Up at Work—and How Psychological Safety Can Help
The language of “fight, flight, or freeze” to describe the body’s instinctive survival responses to perceived threats is commonly understood. But some clinicians and researchers now recognize six distinct threat responses: fight, flight, freeze, please/appease (sometimes called fawning), attach/cry for help, and collapse. While our threat responses originate in our earliest experiences of safety and danger, they don’t disappear when we grow up. They remain deeply wired survival strategies—patterns we unconsciously carry with us into adult life.
And unsurprisingly, we bring these responses to work.”
From a LinkedIn post by Dr. Victoria V
If your “feedback” is about my tone, personality, or how I “make you feel” when I speak up—it’s not feedback. It’s your discomfort with my presence.
#adultLearners #burnout #careerCoaches #feedback #managers #personality #psychologicalSafety #publicLibraries #queersSafeSpaces #supervisors #tone
Dysfunctional Parenting May Lead To Adult Problems Through Personality Traits Like Low Conscientiousness https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2025/11/20/dysfunctional-parenting-lead-to-adult-problems/
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#parenting #psychology #personality #conscience #mentalhealth #family #therapy #childhood
#personality : that which constitutes distinction of person
- French: personnalité
- German: die Persönlichkeit
- Italian: personalità
- Portuguese: personalidade
- Spanish: personalidad
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"People don't look at your personality first. People judge you automatically by your looks and then try to get to know your personality. But the second they don't like your looks, they don't get to know you. - Unknown" #looks #personality
Can you identify someone's personality based on the breed of the dog that they have?
#Polls #Psychology #Survey #Personality #Poll #Dogs #Pets #DogBreeds #Breed
Hype for the Future 15B: The Smartest Part of the Country?
While Boston is often highly associated with the pinnacle of human intelligence and is often the city that novaTopFlex thinks the most highly about, Amherst, Northampton, and Hadley are also notable places that support novaTop values. Breaking free from tradition and opening up doors to values of the modern day, novaTopFlex is highly interested in learning more about social roles in a more communal worldview.
#KnowledgeByte: #Personality #Tests are a method of assessing human personality constructs.
They are designed to elicit responses from participants about their behaviors, preferences, emotional responses, interactions, and motivations.
https://knowledgezone.co.in/posts/What-is-Personality-Testing-5a69f01a4cbd612c14b5fe3b
i wonder if Adorno's "The Authoritarian Personality" is considered ableist now?
for daring to suggest that ideology relates to ethics which correspond to particular behaviors and personality traits
he was wrong about jazz but not about that
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#Narcissism #Psychology #Authority #Authoritarianism #Fascism #Nationalism #Personality #Autonomy
Envie de faire un petit test de personnalité rapide pour vous resituer sur la partie pro ? J'ai trouvé celui-ci via #HackerNews et il est plutôt propre :
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