I JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO BE HAPPY (SVP, voir plus bas pour la version Française) Why are some people more prone to depression than others? The answer is far from straightforward. Many people are sad because their lives aren’t going well. Failed relationships and employment problems account for many of these. But plenty of [...]
Tag Archives: innate temperament
Tabula rasa? Not quite.
Here is something I published last week as a follow-up to my last post. I’ll add a few comments at the end. From whence our characters? (Source: D’où vient notre charactère? Journal Métro, May 22, 2012) Voir plus bas pour version Française. In my last column I wrote about the challenge of having – or [...]
Genes trump Dad. So does Facebook.
If you have more than one child, or if you have siblings, you will be struck by how different they are. Same basic genetic make-up, radically different personalities. While siblings can be remarkably similar in many ways, just a few subtle differences – a little more of this trait, a little less of that one [...]
