Fear of failure, that’s easy to understand.  For some people, failure means shame and permanent defeat.  Maybe they haven’t learned the mantra: there is no failure, only feedback.  But fear of success?  Ridiculous!  But pause a second.  Why else do we sometimes set ourselves up for failure – self-sabotage – before we’ve even begun?

Last Saturday I delivered a workshop called Lies and Damned Lied: How to be a Human Lie Detector at Queen’s University.  About thirty students turned up to learn about the psychology of deception and practice their new-found skills on each other through a variety of games and role-plays. I used a number of web resources [...]

On Saturday 28th February 2009 I’ll be holding a 1-day workshop at Queen’s University called Lies and Damned Lies: How to Become a Human Lie Detector. Never be fooled, tricked, manipulated, used, lied to, or taken advantage of again! Learn how to test true friendship, check out tall tales, see through people’s masks, spot the [...]