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Kaizen taught me that tiny, consistent changes can be more powerful than dramatic overhauls.
Time blocking is a remarkable technique for ensuring your daily actions are guided forward by your overarching goals and intentions. Here’s how to supercharge it.
In this excerpt from "Playful," Cas Holman surveys the research that brought the neuroscience of play into the mainstream.
In this excerpt from "The Art of Spending Money," Morgan Housel lays out the spending and financial habits guaranteed to end in regret.
Stuck on a hamster wheel of mindless social media scrolling? Neuroscientist Anne-Laure Le Cunff explains how to consciously redirect your reward system.
A mid-flight scare reveals how embracing death can bring purpose and meaning to everyday life.
Nurture your passions instead.
Be more like Goldilocks.
It's simpler, more compact, and reusable from year-to-year in a way that no other calendar is. Here's both how it works and how to use it.
This supremely simple hack can help you establish good habits, break bad ones, and guard against failure.
Storytelling skills are not just for entertainment — practical exercises used by the cream of Hollywood can transform your work-life.
These practical strategies can help you conquer burnout and achieve a state of calm and focused productivity.
Executive coach Jodi Wellman explains how to “make it to the end with no regrets.”
Take a seat. Take a breath. Take a break.
The Reitoff principle gives us permission to "write off" a day and intentionally step away from achieving anything.
Prolonged and repetitive tasks rewire us in profound ways – which can be a force for good at work.
Psychologist Noel Brick shares the mental techniques we can use to improve our performance on and off the field.
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.
We each have the same 24 hours in the day. How will you spend yours?
Many conversations start awkwardly and derail from there, but a few simple techniques can put them back on track.
There are many things in life that cannot be improved with greater effort. Sometimes, life requires that you step back.
Morning, afternoon, or night: When is the best time to exercise? Scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.
Spend well, save well, live well.
Quality down time is important for relationships. Here are three practical suggestions to create more of it.
Don’t argue with science. Just do it.
How we organize all our digital stuff — from work research to side hustles to family photos — is key to our productivity.
Math can explain why your laces spontaneously come untied — and how to stop it.
We all spend way too much time worrying what other people think of us — it’s time to cut loose.
Better cognitive control over our decisions can stave off disappointment in our actions.
You'll be able to sleep through a war.