Friending
...Three decades ago, 55% of men reported having at least six close friends — plenty for a pickup basketball game. Today only 27% of men can say the same...
...Three decades ago, 55% of men reported having at least six close friends — plenty for a pickup basketball game. Today only 27% of men can say the same...
...Living in community requires us to be a bit less short-term selfish than we might be if we’re on our own...
...One of the most important yet overlooked social skills is setting boundaries...
...Teachers and coaches implicitly told us the returns were linear. "You get out," I heard a thousand times, "what you put in." They meant well, but this is rarely true. If your product is only half as good as your competitor's, you don't get half as many customers. You get no customers, and you go out of business...
...The Psychology of Human Misjudgment is the magnum opus on why we behave as we do. Below is the fully revised talk...
...What the science of stress tells us about peak performance...
...A good deal is better than a big deal...
...This may seem like a dumb thing to get worked up over, but it makes a difference. A hundred dollars ten years from now is worth $39 today if you discount it at 10% per year; it is worth about $3.50—less than one-tenth the amount—if you discount it at 40% per year...
...No matter how much we’d like it to, the world does not only operate in our circle of competence...
...Why do we urge people to develop a false confidence about their future, when we could instead teach them how to develop a healthier relationship with the unknown?...
...AI isn’t impatient, easily bored or distracted. It’s insatiable...
...Researchers found that older adults who upped their walking pace by just 14 steps per minute significantly improved their physical abilities—even those who were already frail....
...Changes that improve the show but cause mistakes are not worth it. You want high consistency, low variance...
...Because it will break. Because plans won’t work out. Because we’ll be surprised...
...Why weighted vests and packs help us lose weight...
...When we think of home maintenance and repair, we tend to think in terms of big, sweaty jobs. But you can keep your house from falling down around you with just five minutes a day...
...Ideas to help you make sense of the world...
...There’s never enough time…
...Whether you saw it coming or were completely blindsided, getting laid off is one of the most stressful experiences in life...
...If you like being distrusted and excluded from the best human contribution and company, this prescription is for you...