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Top 10 Thinking Traps Exposed
O ur minds set up many traps for us. Unless we’re aware of them, these traps can seriously hinder our ability to think rationally, leading us to bad reasoning and making stupid decisions. Features of our minds that are meant to help us may, eventually, get us into trouble. “Is the population of Turkey greater than 35 million?
Top 10 Ways Your Brain Is Sabotaging You (and How to Beat It)
An unexamined brain is a tricky thing to carry around. You've got unintentional biases, marketing weaknesses, "overclocking" issues, and all kinds of other mental bugs you may not know about. Here's a helpful list of the mind's weird ways. There's a way of thinking that goes that, since you didn't grow up with genius parents or Einstein's instinctive reasoning, you're only going to be so intellectually able throughout your life. But consider that when a group of college students were given a course that studied the ability to grow smarter and improve performance, they performed notably better in their further college studies than those students who were never taught such thinking. You can easily convince yourself that rigorous study can be a time sink, or let yourself believe in the brain's ability to adapt, and then actually adapt your own gray matter.
The Ten Most Revealing Psych Experiments
Psychology is the study of the human mind and mental processes in relation to human behaviors - human nature. Due to its subject matter, psychology is not considered a 'hard' science, even though psychologists do experiment and publish their findings in respected journals. Some of the experiments psychologists have conducted over the years reveal things about the way we humans think and behave that we might not want to embrace, but which can at least help keep us humble. That's something. The Robbers Cave Experiment is a classic social psychology experiment conducted with two groups of 11-year old boys at a state park in Oklahoma, and demonstrates just how easily an exclusive group identity is adopted and how quickly the group can degenerate into prejudice and antagonism toward outsiders.
PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement
Most people have never stopped to think, “Am I breathing well?” because it seems like a patently ridiculous question. Sure, you’re breathing – but breathing well will unlock some valuable reserves your that body had long ago, probably as far back as your childhood. Your ability to relax, for example, where did that go?Stress
Get Unstuck & Get Going is a self-coaching program designed to help you get unstuck and solve the problem at hand, quickly, easily and effectively. Because everyone gets stuck, it’s called “being human”.
Box of Crayons | Do Less Good Work. Do More GREAT Work.
Your life is woven from the answers you’ve given. Now face the tough questions; the questions at whose heart lies courage, adventure and happiness. Answer the 5.75 questions you’ve been avoiding.
The 5.75 Questions You've Been Avoiding - by Michael Bungay Stanier
"So true! I smiled when I watched the video. Thank you for this wonderful encouragement for people to just go out and do what they love and leave the excuses and hindrances behind."
The Eight Irresistible Principles of Fun
The Find Your Great Work Movie - by Michael Bungay Stanier
Are you doing your Great Work? How do you begin to even figure out what that might be? The Find Your Great Work movie outlines the 5 choices you need to make to do less Good Work, and more Great Work.
8 Things Everybody Ought to Know About Concentrating
Welcome! Here, you will find articles that enable you to get focused in our digital age of distraction. The articles and topics you'll find here stem from the philosophy outlined in the book. Enjoy! “Music helps me concentrate,” Mike said to me glancing briefly over his shoulder.