Self-compassion is more valuable than self-criticism
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Psychology
Your birth year and your political alignment are correlated
Was talking with my friend on the phone on Sunday and we were discussing the possibility of doing some type of podcast, or video podcast, or some other endeavor/initiative in 2015. This particular friend has a ton of different ideas… Continue Reading
What if we trained people at work to do multiple things at once?
The whole idea of multi-tasking is basically a myth, even though I’ve worked in dozens of offices where people consistently refer to themselves as doing it all the time. It’s a myth in part because there’s no such real thing… Continue Reading
Take a vacation with your friends/family, you overworked dipshit
Americans love to think of themselves as busy workaholics — even though, give or take, they do about 590 hours of actual work per year — and as a result, they can’t sacrifice time for vacations; they annually leave about… Continue Reading
Get organized in 2015 with “speed elimination”
Driving to work this morning, my wife and I were talking about this cycle that seems to occur every year after the holidays. You hit the holidays with a lot of hope — there will be less e-mails and calls… Continue Reading
Happiness isn’t a linear thing; it’s more like a U-Curve
You’ll probably be happier at certain ages throughout your life, which is pretty logical. Continue Reading
Going to a random wedding is basically like watching 1/6th of a movie
Sometimes I think we — in the global sense, meaning “humans” — are conditioned to believe that every wedding we attend is some majorly special thing, because for two people — and two families — it truly is. The thing… Continue Reading
Voice mail is basically dead. Is e-mail next?
Even 20 years ago, everyone opened their workday by checking VMs. Now that’s a relic. Could that happen with e-mail? Continue Reading