This 106-Year-Old Psychological Rule Is Still the Secret to Peak Performance. A Harvard Behavior Scientist Just Explained How to Use It TodayAs a child, you probably learned the story of Goldilocks. When she stumbled into the three bears' house and discovered their breakfast on the table, the first bowl of porridge was too hot, the second was too cold, but the third was just right. She gobbled it up.
The Difference Between Peter Walsh and Marie Kondo's Decluttering MethodsMarie Kondo and Peter Walsh are great organizational masterminds in their own right whose tips on decluttering people's homes and lives have helped tons of people.
The Science of Intuition—and How to Tune Into Your OwnEmma Seppälä writes about intuition, the gut feeling you probably ignore—but shouldn’t.
We are all addicted to something: How to identify the secret addictions in your lifeImagine a typical "addict." What comes to mind? Perhaps someone staggering down the street clutching a wine bottle, or maybe someone staying up late, glued to their Instagram feed? More often, it’s the first image that strikes.
‘I wanted sexual adventures, I didn’t want to fall in love’: Molly Roden Winter on her astonishing memoir of an open marriageMolly Roden Winter wasn’t planning an extramarital affair. Certainly not a string of sexual encounters with multiple partners, each liaison now intricately catalogued in the public domain.
Managers can boost productivity by changing one word in their questionsLeaders are grappling to understand and cope with emerging technologies, cybersecurity challenges, social and economic upheaval, and environmental sustainability. But their top concern, according to IBM, is productivity.
The Glorious Proletarian Theater of Pro WrestlingAn ode to one of the greatest working-class art forms of our time. Bayley fights IYO SKY for the WWE Women’s Championship during Night Two at Lincoln Financial Field on April 7, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
How the Founding Fathers' concept of 'Minority Rule' is alive and well todayIt's a fundamental tension in a democracy: How do you have majority rule in a way that also protects minority rights? Journalist Ari Berman says the Founding Fathers struggled with that question back in 1787 — except, for them, white male landowners were the minority in need of protection.
The indoorsy person’s guide to the great outdoorsNature is for everyone. Here’s how to enjoy it, no matter where you live. As a dog walker in Southern California, Rubén Arteaga spends a lot of time outside — at nearby parks, the beach, and on mountain trails.
No One Has a Right to Protest in My HomeProduced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. As a constitutional scholar and the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law, I strongly defend the right to speak one’s mind in public forums.
How to Do More By Doing Less (and Doing It Better)Over the last decade, Cal Newport has become something of a modern workplace ombudsman. A professor of computer science at Georgetown, his books have addressed the ways in which technology can be a cognitive drain on “knowledge workers,” people whose jobs require them to process information.
Use Thunderbird to Get All of Your Emails in One PlaceWe're now much more used to checking emails inside a browser tab, or loading up a mobile app, but for years everyone used desktop clients to get their email and try and get their inboxes into some kind of order—and since way back in 2003, Mozilla Thunderbird has been one of the best programs for t
Cultivating Mindfulness Beyond Meditation: How 8 Skills Empower Us in Everyday LifeWe’ve all been there—a moment of high stress calls for mindfulness, but meditation alone doesn’t seem to cut it. While formal meditation practice is an incredibly valuable practice, everyday mindfulness demands a broader set of skills.
Columbia University’s Impossible PositionWhat happens when protest culture and antidiscrimination law keep coming into conflict? At Columbia University, administrators and pro-Palestinian students occupying the main quad on campus are in a standoff.