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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
Who in their right mind would take their psychological advice from a fiction writer?!? First, no, anxiety is not in your body. Fear, just like any other emotion is in your brain. You might get physiological responses in the form of chemical
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
You are right, it is. Removed, thanks for the heads up.
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
Insanity, right? Let me add another one - have you seen how they advertise job openings? With the "technical specifications." It's like they actively try to do a bad job. We only worked with founders that are involved in the
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
I love it! What if I am the owner? Is then "guilty capitalism?"
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
Personality tests are broken - there is no way a functioning human being will answer them truthfully. Not for the lack of trying... our subconscious will try to protect us and we'll answer in a way we imagine it is socially acceptable.
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
Amazes me how little data-driven recruiting is. Just as the author puts it, a good hire is for culture ad, and that means being explicitly aware of what's missing. Tough stuff to really look inside and see what's missing. Most hir
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
(disclaimer: I do this for a living) First, what is the purpose of the feedback? NPS and similar are old-school corporate CYA tactics. Today you can look at the attributions for referrals and work with what people do not just say. For impro
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by johnsmith4739 5y ago
Clarity is underrated. There's a confusion here: No AI - no human for that matter - can recognise emotions. At best, they can recognise an expression - a physiological response - associated with an emotion. This distinction is essentia
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
Recruiting - behavioural interviews to be precise - and you're pretty close, I work with methodologies developed by law enforcement/intelligence as well as psychotherapy.
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
Recruiting
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
You're completely right (and this, my friend, is a lie).
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
...after all, in the end is not truth most situations are about, but power. Tell the truth, you're exposed, vulnerable. Tell something else - a lie sometimes - and the balance of power is restored. For good or bad, who am I to judge.
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
I hope it is ok to share this here: https://freyasense.com/recruiting/ Give me a sign and I would be happy to give you a tour
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
>> Psychologists have long known how hard it is to spot a liar. Absolutely this. Lying is a loose concept. Is it lying if I believe it is true? Is it lying if it's just an omission of truth? You can spot nervousness, you can spot
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
> I don't know of any approach to interviewing that I think is fair. That is true, because it was my motivation to build a wizard for behavioural interviews designed to remove biases and be objective. In practice, most of the time
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
try this: https://saylordotorg.github.io/text_introduction-to-psycholo...
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
Happy to do so, here is the data I operate with: Maslow's hierarchy of needs is supposed to provide a prioritisation of needs - physical needs take priority over self-actualisation. If the model is wrong you would see many inversions.
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
(disclaimer?) I teach empathy, and maybe this helps: 1 - most people did not get what is called an "emotional education." What are emotions and how they guide our behaviour? What are habits and how they differ from intentional act
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
The conclusion is as moronic as the rest of the article. Every single organ in the body "truly rests" only when dead.
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
Exactly, this is the core concept of homeostasis. Organism in equilibrium? Passive. Stimuli toy with the balance? Compensatory behaviour to restore equilibrium. Humans work just the same, the only difference is the complex brains that allow
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
(citation needed) here is an alternative: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celts_in_Transylvania
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
What a great find, thank you
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
I will give this a try, looks promising
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Ask HN: Does everything has to have a ROI?
7 points by johnsmith4739 6y ago|5 comments
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
Co-founder, 3rd startup, helped a handful of others grow. I meekly suggest a different framing or mindset. It is less "this idea is good or bad / market demanded it or not" - which suggests a passive, fixed worldview - I prop
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by johnsmith4739 6y ago
"several studies have shown that individuals demonstrate a preference for choice, or the availability of multiple options, over and above utilitarian value." -> yes, it is called the need for orientation/control and "