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It’s the paradoxical observation that the more we try to process, the less we actually can.
George Orwell got it right: “Never use a long word where a short one will do.”
Take a hint from Einstein and Mozart — unplug and make peace with some degree of failure.
Intelligence is not fixed but fluid. A growth mindset allows our brains to flourish while lowering our stress levels.
His greatest speeches were loaded with empathy.
Neuroscience suggests that it’s way better to give than to receive — and high performing people agree.
The old linear job model is obsolete. Our post-pandemic work lives are defined by options and flexibility.
When it comes to spotting a lie, less is more.
Self-help gurus for the digital age.
Are you a video gaming master? Put it on your résumé.
Find it easier to sort out your friends’ problems than your own? This paradox is for you.
Find your wallet or keys — or a nuclear submarine.
Mindfulness, detachment, selecting off-time activities with care: Here are evidence-based strategies to achieve healthy work-life balance.
Our concept of “failure” is way too narrow.
Not every “expert” has the expertise to back up their argument.
Social isolation, back pain, and screen fatigue getting you down?
If Rome was not built in a day, why do you think you can be?
Success can be measured in different ways. When it hinges entirely on our careers, we fall victim to a devastating addiction.
Arguments are a normal and often healthy part of a relationship. It all depends on picking the right kind of arguments, though.
We each have the same 24 hours in the day. How will you spend yours?
It’s time to put on your listening hat.
Easily distracted? Try a “distractibility delay.”
Sludge may be inevitable, but there are better ways to manage such frictions in our daily lives.
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Are you a striver or a pioneer?
How much we enjoy a conversation can all be a matter of timing — specifically, how long it takes us to respond to what was just said.
And what if both parties are skilled at mirroring each other? Will it produce a stalemate?
A recent study offers new insights into the so-called marriage wage premium.
The power of play: our forgotten lifehack.
To overcome burnout, we need to change how we think about the relationship between dignity and work, argues Jonathan Malesic.
The fruits of long-term thinking will reveal themselves in five or ten or 30 years, when you’ve created the future you’ve always wanted.