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The REAL reason the Unconscious holds you back

Behavioral Science, Emotion, Neurology, Neuroscience, UX Magazine

When you look deep into eyes of another and don’t see your own beauty reflected back — you know that the unconscious is holding you back.

Article by Kaushik Ram

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The REAL reason the Unconscious holds you back

The unconscious is not made up of thought but dictate behaviours that happen automatically and these are behaviours you may not be aware of.
Some of the ways that we unconsciously deflect attention and prevent ourselves from being seen:
- Humour
- Sarcasm
- Intellectualism
- Perfectionism
- Isolation
The unconscious exists because the brain is a metabolically expansive structure.
The Ego and two things that are inherently wrong with working with the ego:
1. When you invent a desired ego in an attempt to hide your mistakes.
2. It is not healthy to keep things smooth and under control.
The problem with reprogramming the unconscious mind is subjecting the unconscious to see a certain way ****— essentially fabricating a new ego.

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April 21, 2022

7 min read

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How humans understand identity

Behavioral Science, Design, Emotion, Human factors, Personal and Professional Development, Usability, UX Magazine

What is identity and how to define it?

Article by Nima Kamoosi

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How humans understand identity

This article explores the different aspects of how a typical user understands concepts related to identity.
In order to explicitly understand abstract terms like “identity”, Nima Kamoosi**,** Founder at Universal Identity, suggests looking closely at the following points:

- Definitions (reiteration of the basic terms and concepts)
- Economic activities and mental models (our mental models have evolved with significant influence from the economic activities that help sustain us and our societies)
- Multi-identity (a person’s self-identity morphs depending on the context of the social circle or context it is embedded in)
- Identity as a tool (identity-related artifacts and tools)
The ultimate goal of understanding the mental models of typical users is building intuitive identity systems and applications.

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February 8, 2022

13 min read

Stop Bastardizing Design with False Empathy

Design, Design Theory, Emotion, Empathy, Psychology and Human Behavior

Empathy Building Ain’t Easy If You Do It Right

Article by Ovetta Sampson

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Stop Bastardizing Design with False Empathy

For empathy to be a successful part of design, it can’t just be an external reflection, it must be an internal activity that leads to transformative action.
Ovetta Sampson, principal design director at Microsoft, suggests considering 3 levels of empathy:
1. Cognitive/intellectual empathy – talking to people, writing down what they said and sharing photos and quotes to communicate what they heard.
2. Emotional empathy – when you feel what people feel, as though their emotions were contagious.
3. Compassion empathy or empathetic concern – something we should thrive for when building empathy.
In order to build empathy in design, you need to decouple your experiences and your mental models associated with those experiences, from the product user.

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February 3, 2022

16 min read

A New Design-Centered Meeting Framework: Better Capture the Product Design Narrative

Customer Experience, Design, Emotion

How to have productive design conversations and incentivise collaboration in the remote working era.

Article by Chris Hardtman

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A New Design-Centered Meeting Framework: Better Capture the Product Design Narrative

Understanding what users feel when using the product is the path towards a great user experience.
A good starting point is to research who are the users and subsequently map their emotions at different stages of using the product.
Once users emotional background is figured out, it’s easier to frame problems, prevent negative emotions and build a greater user experience.

Read the full article to learn about designing great interactions that suit human emotions.

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September 29, 2021

6 min read

Experience Design For “Targeted” User Emotion

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The Practical Workbook for Product Experience Design

Article by Aditi Priya

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Experience Design For “Targeted” User Emotion

Understanding what users feel when using the product is the path towards a great user experience.
A good starting point is to research who are the users and subsequently map their emotions at different stages of using the product.
Once users emotional background is figured out, it’s easier to frame problems, prevent negative emotions and build a greater user experience.

Read the full article to learn about designing great interactions that suit human emotions.

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August 23, 2021

7 min read

Working with assumptions

Behavioral Science, Business UX Leaders, Emotion, Empathy

We should never work on assumptions but we definitely should work with assumptions.

Article by David Dikman

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Working with assumptions

Although decisions in UX design shouldn’t be based on assumptions, it’s important to use generalizations to prioritize effectively.
An example of a useful tool based on assumptions is poker planning – a technique aimed at estimating work and avoiding anchoring to one guess.

Discussing and working with assumptions can benefit the whole team, help to set realistic expectations and mitigate the risks for further work. Read the full article to learn about how to deal with assumptions in UX design.