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Some people always look for the best possible option. Others choose the first one that meets their criteria. Research suggests that the second group is often more satisfied with life.
Many writers and philosophers have said that their best thoughts come to them while walking. A 2014 study tested this idea and found that walking increased creativity in most participants.
You close your email and open the report. But part of your mind stays on the message you just read. The psychologist Sophie Leroy called this "attention residue" and showed that it lowers performance on the new task.
After a failure, everyone sees clearly what went wrong. What if we did this analysis before we started? That is the simple idea of the "pre-mortem".
Most meditations teach us to observe the breath or our thoughts. Loving-kindness meditation does something else: it deliberately cultivates feelings of warmth towards ourselves and others.
Do you find yourself thinking about an email you have not sent just when you are trying to concentrate on something else? Research shows that you do not need to finish the task to calm your mind. Often a plan is enough.
For many years psychologists believed that willpower is a limited resource that is used up with use. Then replications were run in dozens of laboratories, and the picture changed.
We often think a relationship is tested in hard times. But research suggests that how we behave when things go well for the person beside us matters just as much.
Emotional intelligence is one of the most widely used concepts in popular psychology. But what exactly does it mean, and how great is its importance really?
What is the thing that makes people feel best and most motivated at work? Many managers think it is praise or rewards. The diaries of hundreds of employees showed something else.
For several years millions of people were advised to stand for two minutes with their hands on their hips before an interview. The history of this idea shows how science works, and what you can do instead.
With the same money you could buy an expensive jacket or a weekend in the mountains with friends. Which choice is more likely to make you happier a few months later?
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