7 tips to make the workweek easier:
llow @bakadesuyo Tuesdays at 3PM is the best time to set a meeting if you want the largest number of people to be available. There's a right and wrong way to speak during presentations. You can game your performance review. Stop complaining - you're actually happier when you're busy. Some weekend activites help you recover from a stressful week better than others. Redecorating your office isn't just procrastination -- it can make you more productive. There are tricks to help…
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Would you be attracted to someone trying to kill you?
a The Heart of Social Psychology: A Backstage View of a Passionate Science: In particular, people are more likely to to be attracted to someone they meet during unusual or "boundary-breaking" experiences, such as those involving power, mystery, isolation, or strong emotions. And: In the high-emotion condition, one of the scenes was that the subject played a captured soldier being tortured for information by the female subject. She would "torture" him by dripping "acid" (actually water) on him from an…
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Is technology tearing us apart?
bsp; Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other, makes a compelling argument that we may be at the precipice: Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: Does technology make us more or less happy? Can compulsive internet use improve a marriage? Does the Internet make people happier?
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If you want to be happier should you be a billionaire or be Amish?
ther one will do fine, really. Via 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior: As an illustration of the striking disconnect between money and happiness, the average life satisfaction of Forbes magazine’s 400 richest Americans was 5.8 on a 7-point scale (Diener, Horowitz, & Emmons, 1985). Yet the average life satisfaction of the Pennsylvania Amish is also 5.8 (Diener & Seligman, 2004), despite the fact that their average annual salary is several billion dollars lower.…
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Do opposites attract?
re often than not, no. You're much more likely to be attracted to, have a happy marriage with or just be friends with someone similar to you. Via 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior: Indeed, dozens of studies demonstrate that people with similar personality traits are more likely to be attracted to each other than people with dissimilar personality traits (Lewak, Wakefield, & Briggs, 1985). For example, people with a Type A personality style…
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Does this blog do more harm than good?
ybe. Via 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior: Debunking myths comes with its share of risks (Chew, 2004; Landau & Bavaria, 2003). Psychologist Norbert Schwarz and his colleagues (Schwarz, Sanna, Skurnik, & Yoon, 2007; Skurnik, Yoon, Park, & Schwarz, 2005) showed that correcting a misconception, such as “The side effects of a flu vaccine are often worse than the flu itself,” can sometimes backfire by leading people to be more likely to believe this…
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Does your IQ score really mean anything?
ah. It predicts academic and job performance quite well. It's even related to how successful US presidents are. Via 50 Great Myths of Popular Psychology: Shattering Widespread Misconceptions about Human Behavior: IQ tests yield scores that are among the most valid and cost-effective predictors of academic achievement and job performance across just about every major occupation studied—factory worker, waiter, secretary, police officer, electrician, and on and on (Neisser et al., 1996; Sackett, Schmitt, Ellingson, & Kabin, 2001; Schmidt & Hunter,…
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What do Americans spend their money on?
bsp; Full story at Planet Money. (I highly recommend their excellent podcast.) Join 25K+ readers. Get a free weekly update via email here. Related posts: 10 things you need to know to be happier 8 ways that money can buy happiness How to make yourself happier in just a few seconds
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