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Mind & Behavior
Study the science of how we think, feel, and act, with insights that help you better understand yourself and others.
From “job crafting” to questioning our preconceived ideas about work, there are many ways to fight burnout and disengagement.
Delirium is one of the most perplexing deathbed phenomena, exposing the gap between our cultural ideals of dying words and the reality of a disoriented mind.
Could AI develop true intelligence without sentience? Philosopher Jonathan Birch explores the boundaries of artificial and evolved minds.
Ethan Kross, psychologist and author of "Shift," explains how negative emotions help us live safely and well.
Performance psychology reveals the mental techniques elite athletes use to build and maintain their confidence.
Professional sport is a hotbed of "performance anxiety” — and to start managing pressure in all settings, we need to properly define it.
Tennis pro Mardy Fish and Spanx founder Sara Blakely both turned failure into their greatest asset.
What we can all learn about the journey from sporting arena to workplace — and how Aristotle can guide our thinking.
Rebuilding the NFL franchise in the early 2020s echoed the corporate overhauls that had transformed Boeing and Ford.
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Many of us wake up each morning with something Oliver Burkeman calls “productivity debt.” The bestselling author and journalist explains this term as “a sense that you’ve got to work […]
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After decades of drug and alcohol abuse, the chef and television personality labeled himself as an ‘irredeemable human being.’ Everything changed when he found the courage to ask for help.
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Sahil Bloom explores why wealth isn’t just about money, but about knowing which type of wealth matters most in each season of life.
Major League Baseball and Ivy League research confirm that tackling well-being is hard work — but well worth the effort.
Today's pseudoscience-ridden wellness industry owes a great debt to its forefathers.
Restaurateur Will Guidara explains why it’s not just what you do, but how you make people feel that leads to successful ventures.
"Ultimately, the choice rests with each individual: whether to take the convenient route of allowing AI to handle our critical thinking, or to preserve this essential cognitive process for ourselves."
An alternative vision of the future of work for senior executives might hold a solution to relentless workplace stress.
"The amount of interest is enormous," says anesthesiologist Boris Heifets. "People are dropping in and coming out of the woodwork, trying to understand how to do this."
Your teams need authentic caregiving, not an insincere plan to merely check all of the well-being boxes.
People who've never been partnered tend to be less extraverted, less conscientious, and more neurotic.