We humans take socialization seriously, and for good reason. In the wild, humans cannot survive outside our social groups. Socialization is the process of learning to live with other humans,...

Presumably, you have no six-year-olds on your project team (although you might have colleagues who lead you to believe otherwise on occasion). So, as a leader in an organization, what value is...

Jean Piaget characterized discrete stages of childhood cognitive development. Robert Kegan studies adult development, and has identified ongoing stages that can emerge throughout life (more on that...

When you were 18 months old, you had the world all figured out. You could see, hear, feel, touch, and taste things. You could walk. You could make sounds that caused things to happen. The world was...

What do streamline, color theory, anatomy, and arpeggios have in common?

If you guessed “fundamentals,” you get a gold star. Streamline is fundamental to competitive swimming. Color...

As of this week, it has been one year since I stopped drinking. As a person who has long been self-critical for my perceived lack of willpower, discipline, and “stick-to-it-iveness,” I...

We fool ourselves into separating social/personal from work/business. But a company is just a group of people. It is personal. It's all personal. It can only be personal. This morning, Retexo...

A member of your project team—let’s call him Flash—fails to complete an important task by the agreed-upon date. You have a cordial conversation, and he explains that the supplier...

Empathy has long been a soft skill that's overlooked as a performance indicator. Top companies across industries —think, places you might like to work — agree that empathy is the single...

These are my feet. Because I know you were all just thinking, “what I’d really like right now is a photo of Greg’s feet.” Bear with me.

Specifically, this is a photo of my...

Retexo co-owner Martha Walker explains how very conference room, boardroom, or Zoom room is like a clearing in the woods. In our encounters both with our own species and the diverse others with...

Four days in June, 2023 will be remembered for two maritime disasters — maybe. The world was rapt in suspense when the Titan submersible disappeared on June 18 on a dive to the Titanic wreck....

Personality tests, and personality psychology in general, are topics fraught with controversy. This morning, Retexo co-founder Martha Walker discusses personality tests and explains Retexo's...

Did you know you have a blind spot in each eye? And that your brain hides it from you?

None of us see the world as it is, but only as we interpret it. Even what we see with our own eyes is a...

Our eyes are amazing things, but it is our brains that are truly miraculous. The mind — our conscious experience — arises from our brains.^{1, 2} Thus understanding our brains is pretty...

None of us are, or should be, truly independent. Without our relationships to others, we would not be who we are. Learning to navigate the winding path between connectedness and independence is key...

Healthy Assertiveness is a gift, but high and healthy are not the same thing. To be healthy, high assertiveness must be balanced by other dimensions of emotional intelligence. Without balance, you...

A poker face is an asset when playing poker, but I don’t like playing poker. In real life, it is a recipe for being misunderstood. I speak from experience here. In a card game, the purpose of...

If you have ever encountered someone with a shocking lack of empathy (and we all have), chances are good that they also struggle with Emotional Self-Awareness. They can’t relate to how you...

We have all felt this way at times: we’re bored. New ideas feel “meh.” We have no sense that we’re getting anywhere. What we’re looking for is Self-Actualization, and...

Low Self-Regard, often a by-product of perfectionism, will make you miserable and rob the world of your gifts in the process. Let's not allow that to happen. In this series, we are exploring the...

To understand complex traits like emotional intelligence or personality, we create theoretical models. These models are useful not only in measuring abstract traits, but also in simply giving us...

We know what you're thinking: TLDR. But don't give up! It's a five-minute read - a thousand words to answer a very big question that has a very big impact on every aspect of your life:

Can you...

Need to call employees back to the office? Or maybe you're being called back yourself? Retexo co-owner Martha Walker offers a quick, positive affirmation in times of flux and turmoil at the office....