Encyclopedia Development
Your personal tool for organizing concepts and mechanisms from development and psychology. We skip academic formulas in favor of clear definitions, cognitive biases, and self-reflection questions that help you name your states precisely.
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Adaptive stubbornness
Adaptive persistence is persistently sticking to an important direction while being willing to change the way we act.
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Apparent laziness
Apparent laziness is a situation in which inaction looks like laziness, but is due to overload, anxiety, lack of clarity…
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Authenticity
Authenticity is the congruence between values, identity and way of acting in the world.
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Change
Change is a transition from an existing state, pattern or way of operating to a new system.
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Circle of influence
The Circle of Influence is a practical map that distinguishes the things you can influence from the things you can…
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Comfort zone
The comfort zone is a range of situations, behaviors and challenges in which a person feels predictable, safe and low…
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Consequence
Consistency is repeated action in accordance with the chosen direction despite changing emotions, conditions and short-term obstacles.
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Determination
Determination is a permanent readiness to act in a chosen direction despite obstacles, fatigue and a temporary loss of motivation.
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Direction of action
A direction of action is a consciously defined turn of activity: where the effort is heading and why it is…
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Discipline
Discipline is the ability to repeat important actions despite changing motivation, mood and momentary impulses.
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Dreams
Dreams are images of a desired future that can inspire a course of action, but they do not themselves replace…
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Inconsistency of operation
Inconsistency of action is the discrepancy between declared goals, values or plans and actual behavior.
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Inner office
An inner office is a practical term for the mental space in which a person organizes thoughts, emotions, values and…
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Integration of experiences
Integration of experiences is combining experiences, emotions and conclusions into a coherent narrative that supports learning and further action.
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Patience
Patience is the ability to endure delay, difficulty, or frustration without impulsive resignation or reaction.
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Personal development
Personal development is the conscious development of the way of thinking, acting, relationships and self-regulation in accordance with values and…
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Reflection
Reflection is consciously pausing over an experience to better understand its meaning, consequences, and possible conclusions.
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Reflection journal
A reflection journal is a regular writing down of experiences, emotions and conclusions to better understand yourself and your own…
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Release
Letting go is the conscious reduction of attachment to an emotion, belief, control, role or situation that no longer serves…
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Resources
Resources are internal and external elements that increase the ability to cope, act and recover.
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Self-discipline
Self-discipline is the ability to maintain a chosen course of action despite changing emotions, temptations and momentary resistance.
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Self-reflection
Self-reflection is the conscious analysis of one's own thoughts, emotions and actions in order to better understand oneself.
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Self-sabotage
Self-sabotage is a colloquial term for actions or omissions that make it difficult to achieve one's goals despite the declared…
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