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Todd Kashdan

Psychologist

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Todd Kashdan is a psychologist.

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Profession: Psychologist

About Todd Kashdan

[Wikidata] American psychologist... | [Wikipedia] Todd Barrett Kashdan is an American psychologist. He is a professor of psychology and director of the Well-Being Laboratory at George Mason University. His research explores why people suffer, with an emphasis on the transition from normal to pathological anxiety. Other research explores the nature

Quotes by Todd Kashdan

“When we are open to new possibilities, we find them. Be open and skeptical of everything.”

New possibilities

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“Let me see if I am following you…am I missing anything?”

Following

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“Two types of avoidance cause problems for people: avoiding pleasure and avoiding pain.”

Avoidance

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“Most people overestimate risk, failure, and danger and underestimate the value of being curious.”

Failure

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“Living a life of curiosity is not about ignoring risk and anxiety. It’s about being willing to do what one values, even…

Anxiety

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“We need to be wary of the need for certainty. Seeking certitude can cause our beliefs and decision making to crystallize prematurely,…

Certainty

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“In a survey of more than 10,000 people from 48 countries, happiness was viewed as more important than success, intelligence, knowledge, maturity,…

Happiness

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“As Tibetan Buddhists remind us, “If we take care of the minutes and moments, the hours and days will take care of…

Buddhism

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“Without being interested in what we do, it is nearly impossible to be motivated to reach the goals that are most important…

Disinterested

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“Without curiosity, we are unable to sustain our attention, we avoid risks, we abort challenging tasks, we compromise our intellectual development, we…

Curiosity

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“I wake up with the hope this day is even more uncertain than yesterday. It’s the unknown that we live, breathe, and…

Hope

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“Our moods change constantly and thus our ideas about the past change with them. As for the future, it remains unwritten. Anything…

Change

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“When people can’t handle their partner’s periodic requests for privacy or their random bursts of anger and anxiety, they resort to extreme…

Cybersecurity

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“Rather than be encouraged to learn about ourselves and our interests, we are more often taught how to make decisions about what…

Goals

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“You are going to be dead a long time, and only have a brief period of time to feel, to do something…

Death

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“We put off engaging with the new for a future day. But what are we waiting for?”

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“Abolish categories, labels, and stereotypes. Artificial barriers only prevent us from knowing ourselves, making choices that fit our interests, and obtaining the…

Barriers

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“According to the National Institute of Mental Health, in any given twelve-month period one of five American adults is afflicted with an…

Anxiety

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“Although you might believe that certainty and control over your circumstances brings you pleasure, it is often uncertainty and challenge that actually…

Doubt

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“Only in the present can we be liberated to do whatever it is we want. It’s a razor-thin moment when we are…

Time

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“If I waved a magic wand so that you were guaranteed a lifetime of being accepted, loved, and admired, what would your…

Life

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“Power—To gain social status and prestige Purpose—To have meaning and direction in my life Romance—To have intense, exciting love in my life…

Character

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