Category: Make Better Decisions

Be A Great Negotiator

How To Be Strategic: 5 Secrets From History’s Greatest General

We don't think about it much, but a surprising amount of life involves strategy. Career goals. Negotiating salary and major purchases. And the near-constant attempts at persuading others that we…


9 minutes
Be More Productive

The Uncomfortable Reason You Keep Self-Sabotaging: 6 Secrets From Philosophy’s Most Honest Madman

Why do we so frequently self-sabotage? The usual answers can’t be accurate. We're far too good at it for that. Too consistent. Some part of us must be quietly invested…


9 minutes
Be A Great Negotiator

How To Handle Conflict: 7 Secrets From History’s Master Strategist

Work conflict. Relationship conflict. Family conflict. Conflict is everywhere and I’ll be honest with you: I’m kinda tired of it. So what are we gonna do? Well, today we’re gonna…


10 minutes
Live The Good Life

4 Secrets to Smarter Thinking

In 2005, Philip Tetlock did a study, “Expert Political Judgment”, where he basically asked, “Hey, what if we tested whether all these Very Important Experts™ were any good at predicting…


9 minutes
Be Happier

This Is The Simplest Way To Make Your Life Awesome

We love freedom. And so it is with a heavy heart and a full awareness that I am committing a kind of cultural treason that I report the following: Freedom…


10 minutes
Be A Great Communicator

How To Deal With Difficult People At Work: 4 Secrets From Experts

Each workday we march into battle against the most fearsome foe imaginable: other people’s personalities. Every office contains exactly two types of people: People trying to do their jobs People…


11 minutes
Make Better Decisions

New Neuroscience Reveals 5 Secrets That Will Make You Smarter

IQ is real, folks. It’s a number that tells you how good someone is at puzzle-solving, logical reasoning, and making you feel inadequate at dinner parties. But here’s the rub:…


9 minutes
Be Happier

This Is How To Deal With Negative Thoughts: 6 Secrets From Research

In the theater of the mind, unwanted thoughts are the hecklers in the back row, throwing popcorn at the screen of your consciousness. Your brain, that squishy blob sitting in…


9 minutes

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