If you dig into psychology a bit – or read any “Rah, Rah, You’re Awesome!” blog post – one of the key things that keeps us sane is being able to manage the conversations we have with ourselves in our heads. Unfortunately, this is one of the things in the “easier to say than do” […]
Hell, no! I don’t care about your security policies!
Ever get the feeling that this is really what your business and IT customers are saying to you whenever you’re sitting in that last-minute security review and you catch them in violation of the security policies you know have been published for at least 6 months—and which they’ve had to go through (probably mind-numbing) mandatory […]
Psychology, safety and SABSA domains
As much as we like to deny it, our primal, animal brains control a lot more of our life than the average person who considers themselves civilized and educated would care to admit. And if you doubt this, just look at the TV news, or especially scroll through social media feeds or read the comments […]
Do you REALLY remember what it was like to learn to drive a car?
I got to thinking today about the way we internalize new behaviors. And I think that most of us don’t really remember the fundamental things we learned as we evolved through life that we take for granted today… …like learning to walk …like learning to ride a bike …and even learning to drive. Now, if […]
Mmmm…MMMMMMM! That dog food sure is TASTY!
You may have noticed I took a break from your inbox for a few days. Since I got some questions about it, I thought I’d explain it to you. So here goes: I took my own advice. One of the things I’ve been harping on about for the last couple of weeks is that if […]
