How To Make The World A Better Place: 4 Secrets Backed by Research
ny people aren’t happy with the way things are going right now. You want to make the world a better place -- but you don’t have superpowers (I think that’s a safe assumption) and you don’t get to vote all that often. Actually, it's worse than that. It turns out many of the philanthropic things we can do don't work all that well. And the way we go about engaging in them is fraught with problems too -- like cognitive biases. And then…
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This Is The Most Insane Way To Be Smarter, Confident, and Resilient
at critical voice in your head. Always telling you how you're screwing up. Always putting the worst-case-scenario front and center. We all have it. (I call it "Lefty.") You're hearing a lot these days about how to turn down the volume on your critical inner monologue. (Um, sometimes from me, actually.) But let's try looking at it a little differently for a sec, shall we? What if you don't need fewer voices in your head -- what if you need more…
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5 Questions That Will Make You Emotionally Strong
ver been caught in the grip of extreme emotions? I'm gonna guess whatever decision you made next probably wasn't a good one. When we're anxious, angry, or sad, we rarely do the smart thing. And that can seriously mess up our lives. At work, in love, or pretty much anything…
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This Is How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 5 Secrets From Research
ow long do you think the average work email goes unread? 10 minutes? 5 minutes? 1 minute? Try 6 seconds. From Irresistible: The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked: In reality, 70 percent of office emails are read within six seconds of arriving. Yes, Houston, we have…
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New Neuroscience Reveals 4 Easy Rituals That Will Make You Stress-Free
e modern world seems to be designed to increase stress and I'm starting to wonder if worrying will soon be an Olympic sport. You may have your own ways of coping with stress. Problem is, research says they probably don't work. From The Willpower Instinct: The APA’s national survey on stress found that the most commonly used strategies were also rated as highly ineffective by the same people who reported using them. For example, only 16 percent of people who eat…
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This Is How To Have A Happy Life: 4 Proven Secrets From Research
metimes just being happy is hard enough. Figuring out how to have a happy life can seem downright overwhelming. In his book, Authentic Happiness, University of Pennsylvania professor Martin Seligman (the Big Kahuna of happiness research) says that there are four types of happy lives. That's right -- not only do we have a blueprint for what makes a happy life, you even get four choices. That doesn't mean they're all created equal. As you move down the list, the lives get better --…
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Stoicism Reveals 4 Rituals That Will Make You Happy
right, you’ve probably read a zillion articles about happiness online and you’re not a zillion times happier. What gives? Reading ain't the same as doing. You wouldn't expect to read some martial arts books and then go kick ass like Bruce Lee, would you? All behavior, all changes, must be trained. The ancient Stoics knew this. They didn't write stuff just to be read. They created rituals -- exercises -- to be performed to train your mind to respond properly…
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This Is The Deadly Sin That Makes Life Awesome: 3 Proven Secrets
, not lust. Calm down. This is not that kind of website. I'm talking about pride. When you think about the deadly sins, pride's actually kinda confusing. Few ethical people are running around advocating greed. Wrath isn’t going to make you a lot of friends. And, as the saying goes, envy is the one deadly sin that's no fun at all. But we all think it's okay to be proud of your family, proud of your country, proud of your…
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