This Is How To Change Someone’s Mind: 6 Secrets From Research
If you could only tie that special someone to a chair and force them to listen. Or make them read that one thing that would finally change their stubborn mind. They'd finally see the light... But that's never going to happen. And even if that whole "it's illegal to kidnap and…
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This Is The Simple Way To An Awesome Marriage: 4 Secrets Backed By Research
Maybe you should fight with your spouse more. I can imagine the reactions to that sentence: "Oh, we got more than enough of that already. All stocked up here, thanks!" Well, I'm joking... Kinda. Truth is, research shows fighting can be a good thing. From Why Marriages Succeed or Fail: ...we found that…
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This Is How To Make Your Kids Amazing: 4 Secrets From Research
Every parent wants their kid to do well in school. And it's simple to measure because GPAs and SATs have nice numbers that are easy to quantify and rank. On the other hand, we don’t have a universally accepted “emotional intelligence index” or a “decent human being metric” let alone a “this…
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How To Stop Checking Your Phone: 4 Secrets From Research
If I told you we check our phones 5 billion times a minute you’d probably just shrug and agree. We've seen the shocking stats over and over and at this point no number would surprise us. But there's one study that haunts me... Here's what NYU professor Adam Alter told me: There’s a study…
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How To Make Your Relationship Amazing: 6 Secrets From The Top Marriage Researcher
Everybody asks how you got together. Nobody asks how you stayed together. You get all kinds of relationship advice but it's usually worth as much as the fortune cookie paper it's printed on. Romance novels, self-help gurus and your aunt Margaret who still quotes "When Harry Met Sally." Nobody has a…
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This Is How To Make Your Kids Successful: 4 Secrets From Research
ou want your kids to grow up and be more than just... older. You want them to be successful and fulfilled. But it’s a daunting challenge for a parent. Never mind that the price of 4 years of college looks like a phone number these days. You also get a…
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How To Make Your Marriage Awesome: 6 Secrets From A Top Divorce Lawyer
ctually, I lied. This is not a "how-to." Good god, there are so many "how-to" posts about relationships, it's exhausting. (I'm tired of them and I'm responsible for plenty of them myself.) So let's mix it up, shall we? This is a "how-not-to." How not to make the mistakes that destroy relationships, marriages,…
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3 Simple Rituals That Will Make You A Fantastic Parent
ou know how it goes. You want this little person to do the thing and they won’t do the thing and somehow zero-point-two-seconds later you're in the midst of a tear-filled screaming match in the hair care aisle at CVS. You start thinking about how your real kid may have…
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