...to be a world-beater, “you absolutely must choose your parents correctly.”...

...They’re not necessarily a warning that you’re failing to take care of yourself, or drowning in sleep debt. Sometimes they’re a sign that your mind is at peace, your body is at rest, and you’re lucky enough to have a half-hour to spare in the middle of the afternoon...

...These sandwiches combine the shattering panko crispiness of katsu-style cutlets and the fiery heat found in Nashville-style hot chicken with some cooling shredded lettuce to put out the fire...

...If leaders take these practices seriously, they will be able to inculcate new norms much more quickly. Doing so is not only important for employee safety but for the health of your business...

...The economy isn’t like an individual family that earns a certain amount and spends some other amount, with no relationship between the two. My spending is your income and your spending is my income...

...Footprints might be a fine compass, but they’re not much of a map. That’s on us...

...Be strategic, have a plan, and evolve...

...we are often terrible judges of our own work...

...We think we can easily see into the hearts of others based on the flimsiest of clues. We jump at the chance to judge strangers. We would never do that to ourselves, of course. We are nuanced and complex and enigmatic. But the stranger is easy...

...The first and most important is probably that incentive structures should take the idea into account. This is a fairly intuitive (but often unrecognized) idea: Far-away rewards are much less motivating than near term ones...

...Braising chicken with charred limes adds bite but no bitterness thanks to rich peanuts and tomatoes...

...Trees that grow tall and live long grow slowly—especially at first—but then grow steadily. They may be underground a long time, and a vulnerable sapling for longer still, but like a good idea or a new habit, once the roots are in, they’re hard to dislodge...

...Behavior happens when Motivation AND Ability AND Prompt converge at the same moment...

...If your intranet has indeed become a junk drawer, use these tips. It’s never too late to pull items out, clean everything up, and start over. Your company — and your team — will thank you for it...

...There is a big difference between moving on and moving forward. The former means that you’ve slammed the door on the pain and frustration and, therefore, the lessons learned from your setback. That’s impossible and undesirable. Moving forward means you carry the full experience with you, painful loss alongside your hope for the future...

...But on the other hand, it could simply mean, “today is special.”...

...women are, on average, better at expressing emotions and remembering the details of emotional events...

...Before you invest your money by paying your own costs or footing the bill for a loved one to attend a particular college, understand that the responsibility for doing research and asking questions is on you...

...Tamales are traditionally wrapped in individual corn husks and steamed, but baking a single large-format tamal in a foil-covered pan set in a roasting pan of hot water produces a similarly tender texture...

...There is no limit on better. Talent is distributed unfairly, but there is no limit on how much we can improve what we start with...