Imagination as a Career Skill
“Knowledge is limited; imagination encircles the world” Albert Einstein Have you ever thought about how amazing it is that we have the capacity to imagine? It’s part of the reason […]
Tag Archives: psychology
My Fascination With Sigmund Freud
Of all the posts I’ve written, the one that seems to consistently get the most page views is this one on strengths and weaknesses, Freud, and Alfred Adler. I guess […]
Building Awareness of Self-Awareness
I spoke in my last post about comfort zones, strengths, and growth from within areas that we are already relatively comfortable. It was a pretty straightforward account of how knowing […]
Networking and the Extravert Bias
Being a pretty typical introvert, one of the things that I need to put more effort into than a lot of more outgoing people is building and maintaining new relationships. Friends, […]
Ask Your Riding’s Candidates About Psychological Services
We’ve got an election coming up here in Canada, and the fine folks at the Canadian Psychological Association have put together a website on advocating for psychology during the campaigning. […]
Don’t Throw A Fit!
How many times and how many ways have you heard the word “fit” thrown around? I don’t know if a three letter word has ever had such wide ranging implications. […]
In Face of Chaos, Transition Only a Hindsight
tran·si·tion [tran-zish-uhn] –noun 1.movement, passage, or change from one position, state,stage, subject, concept, etc., to another; change: the transition from adolescence to adulthood. (dictionary.com) I wrote my first entry on the SFU Career Services blog about 2 years ago, and would you know it – it was a […]
Embracing Fear Makes For Better Decisions
How do you make important decisions? I’ve been reminded in my visits with students recently of the difficulty that can be a part of making big decisions. I’ve also been […]
