The New York Times
The Power of Positive People
While many of us focus primarily on diet and exercise to achieve better health, science suggests that our well-being also is …
LifeLife
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Personal Growth
The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You
Almost everybody thinks of themselves as self-aware. They think they know how they feel and what they want and what their …
LifeSeth's Blog
The jerk fallacy
There’s a common misperception, particularly in media, business and politics, that being a jerk is a necessary …
LifeThe New York Times
How to Make This the Summer of Missing Out
What’s happening? Who cares. Meet JOMO, FOMO’s benevolent younger cousin.
LifeSapiens
Why Envy Might Be Good for Us
Namibian hunter-gatherers deride those who stand out. What does this tell us about why, and how, we care about fairness?
LifeQuartz
Being rational all the time isn't going to do you any favors
We now know that our brain has certain cognitive biases that stop us from seeing the world as it really is and interacting …
LifeMedium
Where Are You From?
Accents are a point of connection. We’re constantly influenced by the people around us, and that extends to accents — …
Language LifeQuartz
People's egos get bigger after meditation and yoga, says a new study
A recently published psychological study directly contradicts that approach, finding that contemporary meditation and yoga …
LifeAssociation for Psychological Science
Around the World, People Have Surprisingly Modest Notions of the Ideal Life
“Our research shows that people’s sense of perfection is surprisingly modest,” says psychological scientist …
LifeNomadic Matt
How to Stop Making Excuses When it Comes to Travel (or Anything in Life)
Inaction is the easiest action. Doing nothing takes less work than doing something. Then, when we start to feel guilty, we …
Life TravelCollaborative Fund
The Psychology of Money
Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way.
Life MoneyDaniel Gross
The Psychology of Dread Tasks
There are things you want to do. There are things you need to do. Sometimes these are the same. This post is how to handle …
Life ProductivityPersonal Growth
The Scientific Argument for Mastering One Thing at a Time
The problem is, even if we are committed to working hard on our goals, our natural tendency is to revert back to our old …
LifeRaptitude
Want More Time? Get Rid of The Easiest Way to Spend It
For the month of May I time-traveled back to 2007, when social media platforms were still just websites you visited. I …
Life ProductivityThe New Yorker
How to Be a Stoic
For Epictetus, the only thing we can totally control, and therefore the only thing we should ever worry about, is our own …
LifeHow to Get Rich (without getting lucky)
You’re not going to get rich renting out your time. You must own equity - a piece of a business - to gain your …
LifeHacker Noon
Just Start: Lessons From an Entire Year of Daily Blogging
Today marks day 365. An entire year of daily blogging. I have grown an incredible amount as a result. A friend asked me if …
LifeThe New York Times
Why You Should Stop Being So Hard on Yourself
We’ve evolved to give more weight to our flaws, mistakes and shortcomings than our successes.
LifeThe Guardian
'I felt exposed online': how to disappear from the internet
Worried about what’s out there about you? You’re not alone. But is it even possible to become a digital ghost?
LifeThe New York Times
Are My Friends Really My Friends?
The quantity of human interactions has increased, but the quality is arguably diminished.
LifeThe Economist
People crave silence, yet are unnerved by it
The human race is exhausting itself with noise and longs for its opposite—whether in the wilds, on the wide ocean or in some …
LifeTim Harford
Judge the value of what you have by what you had to give up to get it
We should weigh opportunity costs with some care, mentally balancing any expenditure of time or money against what we might …
LifeThe Cut
How to Stay Zen During Times of Transition
“A transition can be exciting but it’s a disruption of routine, and a disruption always involves an adaptation. …
LifeBBC
Why being a loner may be good for your health
We tend to decry being alone. But emerging research suggests some potential benefits to being a loner – including for our …
LifeACM Interactions
Is there a fix for impostor syndrome?
For those who are always challenging themselves and who are facing hard problems, some level of uncertainty is inevitable. …
Life WorkTechCrunch
The alternative to the four-hour workweek mindset
What is missed in all of this is the mindset of craftsmanship; that one’s expertise and deliberate focus on one’s …
Life WorkJocelyn K. Glei
How to Feel Progress
As humans, we can’t help but be goal-oriented. We love to move forward. We love to feel a sense of momentum. And, more …
LifeBBC
What I learned by living without artificial light
Linda Geddes decided to live for weeks in only candlelight – no bulbs, no screens. Along the way, she discovered simple …
LifeTED
How to gain control of your free time
There are 168 hours in each week. How do we find time for what matters most? Time management expert Laura Vanderkam studies …
LifeThe New York Times
You Share Everything With Your Bestie. Even Brain Waves.
New research suggests the roots of friendship extend even deeper than previously suspected. Scientists have found that the …
Life