And then I learned the third thing at the APA convention, namely that there are many interesting facts to learn. Here is just a sample of some of my personal favorites. People rarely dream about writing or typing. The Hindu religion posits four different paths to God for each of four different personality types. Dr. Marsha Linehan has found that sending non-demanding, brief, friendly letters to treatment refusers significantly reduced the number of suicide attempts they made in the two years they were receiving the letters.
Tacit knowledge is better than intelligence as a predictor of leadership effectiveness.
It goes without saying. Versatility is associated with thematic richness in the arts and sciences, but not in scholarly or philosophical endeavors. This was a lot to learn in only four days and, of course, if you were there, your list would be different than mine. And yet somehow we are all psychologists.