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“The ultimate goal of Jungian psychotherapy is to make the symbolic process conscious”

Process Goal Psychology Conscious Ultimate Symbolic Psychotherapy Ultimate Goal

Author:Edward F Edinger

“The striving for significance, this sense of yearning, always points out to us that all psychological phenomena contain a movement that starts from a feeling of inferiority and reach upward. The theory of Individual Psychology of psychological compensation states that the stronger the feeling of inferiority, the higher the goal for personal power.”

States Feelings Individual Goal Psychology Movement Theory Higher Stronger Strive Psychological Significance Yearning Compensation Inferiority Personal Power

Author:Alfred Adler

“A man like me cannot live without a hobby-horse, a consuming passion - in Schiller's words a tyrant. I have found my tyrant, and in his service I know no limits. My tyrant is psychology. It has always been my distant, beckoning goal and now since I have hit upon the neuroses, it has come so much the nearer.”

Knows Men Passion Found Goal Psychology Limits Horse Like Me Tyrants Hobbies Consuming Neurosis Beckoning

Book:The Origins of Psychoanalysis: Letters, Drafts and Notes to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1902

Source: The Origins of Psychoanalysis: Letters, Drafts and Notes to Wilhelm Fliess, 1887-1902

“Oosthuizen's red spot is a classic example of what's known in sports psychology as a process goal-a technique by which the athlete is required to focus on something, however minor, to prevent them from thinking about other things: in Oosthuizen's case, all the ways he could possibly screw up the shot.”

Thinking Way Sports Process Goal Known Cases Psychology Focus Example Shots Red Athlete Technique Spots Classic Minors Screws Screw Ups Sports Psychology

Author:Kevin Dutton

“Politically, the goal of today’s dominant trend is statism. Philosophically, the goal is the obliteration of reason; psychologically, it is the erosion of ambition.”

Reason Philosophy Today Political Politics Goal Economy Psychology Society Economic Ambition Economics Trends Dominant Erosion Goals And Objectives

Book:The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought

Source: The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought

“There is no masculine psychology in my cinema. There is only the resentments and desires of women. A man should not attempt to recognize himself in my male characters. On the other hand, he can find [in the films] a better understanding of women. And knowledge of the other is the highest goal.”

Men Should Character Hands Film Desire Understanding Goal Psychology Highest Males Cinema Resentment Masculine

Author:Catherine Breillat

“When a child makes a mistake or fails to accomplish a certain goal, we must avoid any word or action which indicates that we consider him a failure. 'Too bad that didn't work.' 'I'm sorry it didn't work out for you.' We need to separate the deed from the doer.”

“Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.”

Inspiration Happens Motivation Goal Psychology Tests Proven

Author:Derek Sivers

“Happiness cannot be attained by wanting to be happy - it must come as the unintended consequence of working for a goal greater than oneself.”

Goal Psychology Greater Consequence Oneself Want To Be Happy Unintended Consequences

Author:Viktor E. Frankl

“Purposeful action is thus the goal of all that is truly educative.”

Action Goal Psychology Positive Psychology

Book:The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1935-1937

Source: The Later Works, 1925-1953: 1935-1937

“Life is teleology par excellence; it is the intrinsic striving towards a goal, and the living organism is a system of directed aims which seek to fulfill themselves.”

Life Is Goal Psychology Aim Excellence Strive Organisms Living Organisms

Book:The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche

Source: The Collected Works of C. G. Jung: Structure and dynamics of the psyche

“The decisive question for man is: Is he related to something infinite or not? That is the telling question of his life. Only if we know that the thing which truly matters is the infinite can we avoid fixing our interest upon futilities, and upon all kinds of goals which are not of real importance.”

Ifs Knows Men Feels Kind Real Matter Desire Goal Interest Attitude Psychology Importance Infinite All Kinds This Life Related Links Fixing Futility Memories Dreams Reflections

Author:Carl Jung

“No fantasy, however rich, no technique, however masterly, no penetration into the psychology of the opponent, however deep, can make a chess game a work of art, if these qualities do not lead to the main goal - the search for truth.”

Ifs Art Truth Games Goal Quality Fantasy Rich Psychology Technique Chess Opponents Works Of Art Search For Truth Chess Game Penetration

Author:Vasily Smyslov