Category: Make Better Decisions

Be Happier

This Is How To Be More Self-Aware: 5 Secrets From Research

just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! You probably know more than a few people who are just clueless about themselves. They make the same errors over and over but never seem to notice. They think they're great at stuff that, frankly, they're terrible at. But that's not the real problem... The real problem is you're one…


7 minutes
Live The Good Life

This Is How To Kill Bad Habits With Mindfulness

just wanted to let you know my first book is now a Wall bestseller! We all struggle with bad habits. Resisting them is hard. Changing them feels impossible. Now there are plenty of tricks from standard psychology on how to deal with bad habits. But what if there was a way that really helped you understand yourself better? Something that wasn't just a "lifehack", but actually led…


8 minutes
Be Happier

This Is The Best Morning Ritual: 3 Secrets From Research

st a quick reminder: my first book will be coming out on the 16th and if you preorder before Tuesday, you get awesome bonuses. For more info, click here. A morning ritual sure sounds nice (if it didn't, you wouldn't be reading this) but what's the point of one? What's it even supposed to accomplish? No, you don't have to eat kale or mechanistically begin planning your day according to some odd formula. You're…


9 minutes
Be A Great Communicator

How To Say No Without Feeling Guilty: 6 Secrets From Experts

hey're asking you for something. And you feel like if you say no, they're going to hate you. So you're tempted to say yes, even though you don't want to. Ever been there? We all have. But if you say yes, you're going to be frustrated with yourself. And you'll…


8 minutes
Be More Productive

Computer Science Reveals 4 Secrets That Will Make You Happy

ere do you go for most of your answers these days? Google. And it's no surprise that Google's a company full of engineers. Engineers solve problems. That's what they do. And computer software engineers have developed methods -- algorithms -- to solve some of the most insanely complex problems out there. So what if we turned that cold, clinical science toward the warmest and most human of problems? Turns out you can get some amazing solutions. No, you don't need to understand calculus…


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Interviews With Experts

How To Make The World A Better Place: 4 Secrets Backed by Research

ny people aren’t happy with the way things are going right now. You want to make the world a better place -- but you don’t have superpowers (I think that’s a safe assumption) and you don’t get to vote all that often. Actually, it's worse than that. It turns out many of the philanthropic things we can do don't work all that well. And the way we go about engaging in them is fraught with problems too -- like cognitive biases. And then…


10 minutes
Be Happier

This Is The Most Insane Way To Be Smarter, Confident, and Resilient

at critical voice in your head. Always telling you how you're screwing up. Always putting the worst-case-scenario front and center. We all have it. (I call it "Lefty.") You're hearing a lot these days about how to turn down the volume on your critical inner monologue. (Um, sometimes from me, actually.) But let's try looking at it a little differently for a sec, shall we? What if you don't need fewer voices in your head -- what if you need more…


7 minutes
Have Great Relationships

5 Questions That Will Make You Emotionally Strong

ver been caught in the grip of extreme emotions? I'm gonna guess whatever decision you made next probably wasn't a good one. When we're anxious, angry, or sad, we rarely do the smart thing. And that can seriously mess up our lives. At work, in love, or pretty much anything…


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