...When the cost of topping off your battery is less than the catastrophic risk of running out of juice, it pays to add to your reserves...

...these mini breaks might be a good way to see how your spending habits might change...

...With three distinct layers, the bar may look difficult to make. But as long as you let each layer set properly before adding the next, it’s an easy project that you can return to whenever it’s convenient...

...It makes a lot of sense since once distractions are removed you run into a finite resource: Your cognitive energy...

...Start the day in a positive state and you’re more likely to take action. And action is the secret. You can’t think your way to a new life...

...If you’re trying to gain a rapid understanding of a new area, one of the most important things you can do is to identify common mistakes people make, then avoid them...

...Cognitive biases are systematic errors in thinking that distort our decision-making, leading to objectively worse outcomes...

...Insufficient effort is a shortcut that wasn’t worth taking...Sufficient effort is the goal of the industrial capitalist. Capture the most value with the least work…And then, perhaps, there’s a third option...Expending more effort than most people think is sufficient...

...Be clear that, at times, helping might mean you allow the other person to learn from making a mistake. At other times it might mean some in-the-moment coaching. Or sending a team member to a training class. Hovering is NOT help. Constant correction is NOT helping...

...a complex chocolate cake...

...What is in more desperate need of appreciation and perspective are the things you never asked for, the things you worked hard to prevent from happening in the first place. Because that’s where gratitude will make the biggest difference and where we need the most healing...

...If a commitment is bite-size, it appears less daunting to us, and we’re more likely to stick to our word. Making smaller, more frequent commitments is more effective than making larger, less frequent ones, even when they amount to the same commitment...

...The takeaway is that even people who expect to rely on government resources if they develop a long-term-care need should think through the financial and other implications of long-term care for their retirement plans. And people who expect to rely on their own resources or purchase some type of insurance to cover long-term-care expenses should be methodical about it, thinking through their prospective coverage needs and weighing their options...

...No matter what it is you’re cooking, if you put too much in the pot, it’s not going to come out as well...Very few things scale forever...

...Goals are good for setting a direction, but systems are best for making progress. A handful of problems arise when you spend too much time thinking about your goals and not enough time designing your systems...

...For Smaller Givers: Take Advantage of the Deduction Available for Nonitemizers...For Midsize Givers: Use Qualified Charitable Distributions...For Larger Givers: Donate Highly Appreciated Assets From Taxable Accounts...

...Earthy and sweet with molasses, rich with cream, and bittersweet with dark chocolate...

...is suddenly changing your mind really a mark of insight? Major revelations make for memorable stories, but our research shows they rarely represent how the best analytic minds revise their beliefs. Rather than doing a 180, those who excel at making accurate predictions tend to change their beliefs gradually. They revise their predictions to reflect new information, but they do so slowly, comparing it with the information they had before...

...The arc of our evolutionary history is long. But it bends toward goodness...

...When jotting down the questions for your interview panel, focus on your deal breakers: What would make you walk away?...