Who do you think about and what affect does this thinking have on the way you perceive your self.
It seems that we rate ourselves differently depending on who we have just been thinking about. The researchers here say that people could benefit from being more aware of the influences the mere thought of others can have.
If we have just been thinking of a parent we rate ourselves as more submissive and less pro-active than if we’ve been thinking about a friend or current or ex-lover.
Although it seems from this study that ones level of self esteem also has an impact on how we feel when we imagine other people we know.
When we know about these things we can actually start to use them as tools. See: Suggestibility: How to be an Einstein which also shows that the type of people we think about can affect our IQ and even fitness performance.
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