The truly talented are those who got to where they are despite preconceived expectations.
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Eric Markowitz is a partner and the Director of Research at investment firm Nightview Capital. A former investigative journalist, with bylines in The New Yorker, GQ, Fast Company, among other[…]
Do you always act professionally in the workplace? Depends what you mean by “professional.”
Jonny Thomson taught philosophy in Oxford for more than a decade before turning to writing full-time. He’s a staff writer at Big Think, where he writes about philosophy, theology, psychology,[…]
“People will claim that something is rigorous because it’s by an authority figure or it’s written in a book. But anyone can write a book.”
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How Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky cracked open behavioral economics and enlightened all our choices.
Why would someone who has spent their entire career following orders become a great leader overnight?
Some news is slow, some news is fast — and there are two simple techniques to help you filter both.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
Unraveling the subtle mechanics of luck can help us better steer the wheel of fortune.
Welcome to the Big Think debut of The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
“We can use neuroscience and tools from psychology to learn how to take advantage of anxiety.” From Zen Buddhism to flow state, these 3 experts explain how to hack your brain.
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Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.
After almost a century in print, “How to Win Friends and Influence People” still has lessons to teach us.