Conceited, self-centered, as in Ever since she won the prize Mary's been so full of herself that no one wants to talk to her. This expression uses full of in the sense of “engrossed with” or “absorbed with,” a usage dating from about 1600. How do I deal with a self-centered ...
I’ll bring this up again when I go over how to prep a submission packet (probably in September; I want to go over query basics first, so PLEASE, if you have pitched within the last few weeks and are impatient to send things off, read through the HOW TO PUT TOGETHER A SUBMISSION PA...
The truth is the medical field still knows so little about mental illness in general that I for one am not confident doctors always positively identify it when they see it. Mental illness cases are infamously complicated, often taking years to definitively diagnose. Symptoms and diagnostic indicator...
After administering the FMAQ to pilots from an airline in an extremely high PD culture, I presented the survey results through a translator to a meeting of senior managers and chief pilots. As always I stressed the importance of the first officer speaking up when the situation is deteriorating...
extremely exhausted throughout the day. I only ever get 4-6 hours of sleep per day because I wake up before 8am daily. I didn’t realize this until I caught myself being jolted awake whenever I was tired and wanted to take a quick nap. I dream every night and never hit deep sleep...
He was obviously getting more and more fatigued, and his strength was failing. “An unseemly farce which I foresaw when I came here!” cried Dmitri indignantly. He too leapt up. “Forgive it, reverend Father,” he added, addressing the elder. “I am not a cultivated man, and I don’...
Raj:I have lived in Southern California since I was four years-old. I’ve lived in every different part of Los Angeles, so I very much have had the opportunity to see the disparity within Southern California. I am extremely aware of how the disparities that we have within our neighborhoods...
2. I’ve used a similar thinking pattern to stop feeling depressed about the fact that I’m not extremely intelligent or have a great positive impact on the world. 3. As an aside, this mental reframing bears also some resemblance to Nate’s post “Simply locate yourself“: “Your observat...
I thoroughly enjoyed your review of Walker’s sleep book. I myself am a sleep researcher but - I would like to think - of quite a different ilk from the Walker variety. In fact, I was so infuriated by the Walker claims that I bought a copy of the book so that I could review it...
I was observing a lesson taught by our head pro to a junior, with his parents looking on. The student attends a group clinic and also takes this private 1-on-1. The coach asked whether the boy was fatigued in the clinic and the parents whole-heartedly agreed. He said that learning of...