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The default effect: why we renounce our ability to choose

...Why is it that we like having choices, but we don’t like choosing? Being able to decide between several options makes us feel in control. Yet, we tend to exhibit a preference for the default option when presented with a selection of choices. This is called the default effect, and it rules many aspects of our lives from the products we buy to the career we build...

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Permission To Suck

...Think back to when you started anything that you became good at. How much of a challenge was it? How much did you struggle? How many times did you fail?...

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The introvert’s guide to actually enjoying a party

...With every introduction to a member of the happy couple’s family, every grinning friend beckoning you to come dance, you feel the growing urge to disappear to the nearest stairwell and sit quietly by yourself for a while. In order to enjoy the party, it seems, you must escape the party...

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My 10 Rules for Public Speaking

...Speaking is more than just words. Your movements and physical location reinforce the message you’re delivering, or undermine it if you don’t do it right. When you do stand still—as you will from time to time—it creates high drama, and focuses everyone’s attention on what you are saying. And when you move, the energy moves with you...

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The Riddle of Rest

...Neuroscientists are now finding evidence for what the Daoists have known for millennia: that in any given moment, the mind is engaged in a tug-of-war along two fronts...

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