Wow!! What a glorious review of the great CD! So well written with fine attention to detail. 👏
I especially appreciated your thoughts about the character trait of "good humor". It's the universal lubricant for human relations that in the personality research field is referred to as "Agreeableness". In my work on talent assessment in organizations, I found that dimension to be as important as skills and abilities in selecting the right person for each job. We need more agreeableness and good humor in the world. Thanks for bringing so much of that in your essays, Ramya!
To return the favor, here is my review of A Christmas Carol:
Thank you so much, Baird! You're always so sweet about leaving an encouraging comment, and it means a lot to me that you enjoyed this review. It's so interesting to see how this trait is also important in the professional sphere, but that definitely makes a lot of sense: organizations depend on people working together, and who wants to work with someone always in a bad humor?
And thank you for sharing your review—will definitely check it out! A Christmas Carol is one of my favorites.
absolutely love this essay! especially this section: This orientation towards life might be referred to by what people call “good humor,” and only lately have I come to appreciate its importance. Good humor makes possible all positive social relationships; it makes possible that best relationship to the self, where one can take in the vista of oneself with an honest, forthright eye, without illusions and yet without despair, without egotism and yet without self-loathing, sending out warm rays from the heart equally to the highest bird that soars above and the humblest worm that crawls in the dirt below.
especially this phrase: sending out warm rays from the heart.
Wow!! What a glorious review of the great CD! So well written with fine attention to detail. 👏
I especially appreciated your thoughts about the character trait of "good humor". It's the universal lubricant for human relations that in the personality research field is referred to as "Agreeableness". In my work on talent assessment in organizations, I found that dimension to be as important as skills and abilities in selecting the right person for each job. We need more agreeableness and good humor in the world. Thanks for bringing so much of that in your essays, Ramya!
To return the favor, here is my review of A Christmas Carol:
https://open.substack.com/pub/bairdbrightman/p/a-christmas-miracle?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
Thank you so much, Baird! You're always so sweet about leaving an encouraging comment, and it means a lot to me that you enjoyed this review. It's so interesting to see how this trait is also important in the professional sphere, but that definitely makes a lot of sense: organizations depend on people working together, and who wants to work with someone always in a bad humor?
And thank you for sharing your review—will definitely check it out! A Christmas Carol is one of my favorites.
absolutely love this essay! especially this section: This orientation towards life might be referred to by what people call “good humor,” and only lately have I come to appreciate its importance. Good humor makes possible all positive social relationships; it makes possible that best relationship to the self, where one can take in the vista of oneself with an honest, forthright eye, without illusions and yet without despair, without egotism and yet without self-loathing, sending out warm rays from the heart equally to the highest bird that soars above and the humblest worm that crawls in the dirt below.
especially this phrase: sending out warm rays from the heart.
my deepest thanks
Thank you so much, Robert, I’m so glad you enjoyed reading!