You know there’s a catch… I bet you never thought the way you slice zucchinis before your cook them can have a meaningful impact on your life. In your defense, I didn’t think of it either until minutes ago. The funny thing is that my initial claim is backed by science. I’ll explain how. Thinking …
And how to use them wisely. When used appropriately and tailored to our specific goals, fitness trackers can significantly boost performance and overall well-being. However, these increasingly complex devices may trigger negative effects when their integration into our daily lives is done in a rather chaotic, unstructured way. Here is how fitness tracker use can …
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The wrong kind of Motivation and how to fix it. So, you’ve turned the activity you love the most into your full-time job. Congratulations! And now you’re likely reading this because things are not the way they used to be. Did you start resenting your former passion? Are you stuck? Only doing it for the …
Short psychological answer. No fluff. We sometimes keep pursuing relationships, options, or objectives that no longer serve us. Here is one of the main reasons why. We consider our previous engagement in the context that no longer brings us joy — be it a relationship, a job, the perspective of participating in a social event, etc — an investment. Time, …
It’s not cute. It’s reckless. So many parents engage in this behavior that it gained its own label. “Sharenting”, according to Collins English Dictionary, refers to “the habitual use of social media to share news, images, etc of one’s children”. To me, sharing images of your children online is a definite sign of reckless parenting. …
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Why I’m Writing About This I believe that during this pandemic we can achieve more as a society by sharing valid information from reliable sources and by having open discussions about all aspects of this crisis, than through fear-triggering messages, blaming of others, or pressure from either peers or authority figures. The information available online …
None of us likes to receive criticism. Even when the person delivering it means well and we understand their intentions. Let’s face it. Dealing with criticism is tricky. I created two courses on the topic and more than 6000 people have enrolled so far. This is how I came to discover even more subtle everyday …
A few weeks back I had an exchange on Twitter with a podcaster, on the subject of “uninvited criticism”. It ended with him blocking me but that is not the reason behind this article. His attitude toward his audience, shared by many other content creators, is what prompted me to write about a phenomenon that …
And what’s up with all that space travel? Richard Branson, the billionaire founder of Virgin Galactic, is going to space on Sunday (July 11). Woo-hoo, I guess. The 70-year-old junior astronaut — vanity label — will leave Earth tomorrow for a 90-minute suborbital flight, thus beating Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the wacky space race by 9 whole days. …
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Unless your brain’s activity completely flatlined in the last couple of years under the pressure of irrational ideologies and ridiculous so-called social justice movements, then you have no excuse not to read “The Parasitic Mind” by Gad Saad. It takes courage to write a book like “The Parasitic Mind” nowadays. It shouldn’t be the case …