5 things you didn’t know about luck:
llow @bakadesuyo 1) Wish people luck. It really can improve their performance. 2) Homes with addresses ending in lucky numbers have been known to sell at a premium. 3) Feeling lucky can dramatically change people's behavior. 4) Casinos should buy more hand sanitizer. Many people believe you can wash away bad luck. 5) There are methods for becoming more lucky. Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.
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5 things you didn’t know about body language:
Men can tell if women are fertile by the way they walk and psychopaths can tell who is a good victim by their stride. 2) You can learn to be more charismatic. 3) Hand position can signal power or submissiveness. 4) There are types of body language that are better when you're trying to persuade someone. 5) Sitting up straight can make you feel more powerful, act more powerfully, feel less pain and increase your self-confidence... unless you're a…
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5 things you didn’t know about the power of colors:
llow @bakadesuyo 1) Green can make you more creative. 2) Blondes are better at fundraising and they do have more fun. 3) Countries with lots of colors in their flags are less happy. 4) A yellow price tag makes people think they're getting a discount -- even if they aren't. 5) The color red has all kinds of interesting, athletic, angry, very very sexy and seemingly magic powers. Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.
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5 things people can tell about you from your handshake:
llow @bakadesuyo 1) There is a connection between the quality of that handshake after a job interview and whether or not you get an offer. 2) People can tell how extraverted and conscientious you are by your handshake. 3) Touching in general has incredible power: it makes us more persuasive, influences risk-taking, and improves team performance. 4) You can judge someone's overall health by a handshake. 5) Your handshake says a lot about you sexually as well. Follow me on Twitter here…
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5 ways to make a better first impression:
llow @bakadesuyo Name-dropping doesn't work. Flattery and mimicry do. Trying to seem smart makes you seem stupid. What you say about others says more about you. Mistrust is self-fulfilling. Expect that others will like you and they probably will. Follow me on Twitter here or get updates via email here.
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Does it really matter where you went to college?
bsp; Absolutely. Via Jordan Weissmann in The Atlantic: The rankings, it turned out, mattered a great deal. The more elite a school, the better its alums' paychecks. The effect also increased over time. Among students who had graduated high school in 1980, those who had gone on to a top private university eventually made 20 percent more than their counterparts from bottom tier public school. For the class of 1972, the wage boost was just 9 percent. Join 25K+ readers. Get…
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When does planning interfere with achieving your goals?
bsp; Specific plans make it easier for you to achieve a single goal. Specific plans make life harder when you're trying to achieve multiple goals at the same time. Via Eurekalert: "We found that specific planning helped people who had a single goal on their to-do list, but not people with multiple goals," the authors write. A second study, which involved a computer task, yielded similar results. Why is specific planning less effective when applied to a number of goals?…
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25 research-based ways to increase your intelligence:
ffee and cigarettes. For nonsmokers, coffee and a donut. Chew gum. Doodle. Red Bull. Think about college professors. Don't think about morons. Sniff rosemary. Do NOT take an IQ test or be ranked by intelligence. Have good relationships, be social and adopt other people's perspectives. Exercise. Listen to some Bach or Mozart. Better yet, learn how to play some Bach or Mozart. Or learn any new skill. Stop multitasking. Guys, stay away from pretty girls. Don't even think about them.…
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