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The Self

Articles on the psychology of the self from Larry G. Maguire psychologist and lecturer in organisational psychology on the blog at Human Performance.

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Psychological Time: How We Create Our Own Reality

14 November 2025 By Larry Maguire READING TIME: 6 MINUTES

Psychological Time How We Create Our Own Reality

Psychological time is the subjective experience of past, present, and future that shapes how we perceive ourselves and our possibilities—yet it is not a window onto objective reality but rather a …

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The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): Is It Personality Pseudoscience?

11 July 2024 By Larry Maguire READING TIME: 14 MINUTES

Myers Briggs Type Indicator MBTI Cover Image

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one of the most popular personality tests in the world. Developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers and based upon Carl Jung's …

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Does Free Will Exist? An Examination of Who or What Makes Our Decisions

6 November 2022 By Larry Maguire READING TIME: 10 MINUTES

Does Free Will Exist

In this article, I'm exploring the question "does free will exist?" in the context of choosing to command one's own working life. In other words, if free will exists, if we are truly conscious agents …

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Autotelic Personality: The Key To Peak Performance

5 July 2020 By Larry Maguire READING TIME: 15 MINUTES

Autotelic Personality Human Performance

In today's article, we will explore the autotelic personality and the aspects of the self that are essential for peak performance in work, sport and, indeed, life. We will also explore the nine …

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The Lifelong Struggle To Be Yourself

18 December 2019 By Larry Maguire READING TIME: 6 MINUTES

the lifelong struggle to be yourself

In today's article, we'll examine the human struggle to find out who we are. In a world that demands us to fit in, to join the machine of society, it is perhaps the greatest of human achievements to …

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