MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'heroism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:32:49 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4294710&cid=t_235497_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2010%2F12%2F27%2Faccepting-imperfection%2F Professional organizer Debbie Jordan Kravitz was a perfectionist through and through. “I’ve struggled with perfectionism all my life. Between having parents with perfectionistic tendencies and my own people-pleasing and competitive nature, it’s been a part of me for as long as I can remember,” she said. As a wife and mom of two young kids, her perfectionism seeped into everything, no matter how big or small. She dwelled on her flaws and failures — defined essentially as “anything less than perfect.” But as any perfectionist truly knows, perfectionism is unreachable. It sabotages your self-image, squashes your satisfaction and turns life into a series of disappointments. In the book The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Wh... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4294710 Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:36:23 +0100 4294710 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4245359&cid=t_235497_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F09%2Fspeaking-truth-to-the-situation%2F This week’s This American Life was titled “Last Man Standing,” which included three outstanding “stories about people who feel compelled to keep going, especially when everyone else has given up,” including: a story about the only Juror on the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who believed he was innocent of trying to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat; the story of Duke Fightmaster, who refused to give up his simple dream: to replace Conan O’Brien; and a story about God and extraterrestrials. It’s a terrific show, which you can listen to for free here. Also this week at Harvard, an event at the Carr Center featured “four stories of dissent.”  A story about the event is posted below. Lecture-goers were so intrigue... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4245359 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 04:01:59 +0100 4245359 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4237947&cid=t_235497_109_f&fid=36089&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthesituationist.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F12%2F07%2Fdr-z-on-dr-phil%2F Heroic Imagination in Action, December 9, 2010. Situationist Contributor, Phil Zimbardo will co-host the DR. PHIL TV show, on: Thursday, Dec. 9, 2010 (for local airing times, see www.drphil.com). This program continues an earlier show (Oct. 25, 2010) that focused on The Lucifer Effect, understanding how good people can turn evil, and centered on the issue of obedience to authority. The new show builds upon that theme by adding demonstrations of bullying by girls in groups, and the power of group dynamics and social trust as revealed in the recent “Bling Ring” Hollywood thefts. Millions of dollars worth of celebrity jewelry and clothing were stolen by a group of young girls, as described by one guest. The final component shifts focus to understand how “bad kids” can turn good and ev... The Situationist blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4237947 Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:22:56 +0100 4237947 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477546&cid=t_235497_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FQ8orLWaXbq0%2F Whether the federal government should be building a $58 million memorial to the heroic passengers on United flight 93, who thwarted the plot to crash a fourth plane on September 11, is a question that has yet to be asked in Washington.  But it clearly is improper for the authorities to acquire land for the memorial through eminent domain. Thankfully, Washington has backed down from its plans to seize the property.  Reports Tony Norman of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Yesterday, the U.S. government announced that it wouldn’t resort to eminent domain to seize land in Somerset, Pa for the proposed Flight 93 memorial. This is good news for fans of the concept of private property. When the National Park Service announced that it would seize the land from the seven property owners fo... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477546 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:44:45 +0100 2477546 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2347785&cid=t_235497_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FgkSo9avkEJU%2F Did you ever notice how astronauts are praised simply for being astronauts? They have heroism imputed to them simply for what they might do in the future. So it is with political appointees, such as the chief technology officer President Obama named Saturday morning during his weekly radio and Internet address. Reports the Wall Street Journal: Silicon Valley execs and tech bloggers sounded genuinely excited about Obama’s choice Saturday morning and tech industry lobbying groups TechNet and the Business Software Alliance quickly released statements of support, as did several tech heavyweights. Would any group with business before the government, hoping for influence and goodies from the White House, not praise an appointee? We learn from these paeans precisely nothing. To me, Aneesh Chopr... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2347785 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:37:23 +0100 2347785