Imagine you are offered a chance to move to a new school. You feel excited about new friends. At the same time, you feel sad about leaving old ones. You feel two opposite emotions together. This ...

Start by creating a list of pros and cons. It may help make you more likely to act. By Malia Wollan “You can use ambivalence as a shield against the fear of rejection,” says Taly Reich, an associate ...

Once, when I was in primary school, I saw a few words scribbled on a desk, in an older student’s handwriting: “I love you, and I hate you.” The sentence impressed me greatly. It had never occurred to ...

That is why decisive people often are promoted into leadership positions in the first place. But that kind of thinking has it backward. In more than two decades of research into how leaders’ ...

Ambivalence: having two conflicting emotions at once. Word origin: Latin 'ambi' (both) & 'valentia' (strength). Understanding it aids self-awareness & decisions. Have you ever felt excited and nervous ...