Psychology - The DESK Magazine (Page 4)

When the pendulum swings back

I’m a big believer of what I like to call The Pendulum Dynamic. Simply put, many things around us can be explained by the simple movement of a pendulum that swings back and forth. Being an optimist, I believe the pendulum swings back a little harder in the progressive direction every time it recover

by Lizzy Spano

Missed connection – we met on a street corner

Date of connection: July 7, 2016 - Lower East Side

by Lizzy Spano

Choose your own emotion

We all have our way of responding to anxiety. I tend to let it build, obsessing over whatever is causing me stress, until I have some sort of minor breakdown.

by Tobias van Schneider

The game of truth

When I’m certain I’m right about something, I try to prove myself wrong.

by Tobias van Schneider

Not knowing is power

"It’s 10 PM. Do you know where your children are?"

by Tobias van Schneider

Could this be my super power?

I’ve always been fascinated with superheroes for the same reasons kids are: They wear costumes. They beat bad guys. They have awesome powers. The older I get, though, the more I realize how amazing real human beings are.

by Tobias van Schneider

Love your haters

I’ve always struggled with haters. I grew up trying to be friends with everyone, trying to appeal to everyone with who I am and the work I do. The older I get, the more I understood that these things are impossible. There will be always someone who is against

by Tobias van Schneider

The dilemma of form follows function

It’s an extreme statement, but Sagmeister, co-founder of the renowned design firm Sagmeister & Walsh, feels strongly about our obsession with function and disregard of beauty in design. (The following conversation is part of a one hour podcast interview on the NTMY show. You can listen to the full

by Tobias van Schneider

The power of saying “I don’t know”

It feels good to say that. I used to speak at a lot of conferences, and at most of them there would be a Q&A session at the end. The questions were usually not a problem, but here and there I would get a question I just didn’t know the answer to, at least not at the time. I always struggled with