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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.
3mins
“Say what you want to say, and not what you feel.” Harvard happiness professor explains ‘metacognition’ techniques so you can grow your emotional intelligence:
Whenever something goes wrong — in business as in life — we tend to get cause and effect totally muddled up.
Four startup founders explain how to derive lessons from the past while still looking ahead to what’s possible.
Josh Kaufman — best-selling author of entrepreneurial classic "The Personal MBA" — explores an essential truth about all decision-making.
Big Think asks startup legend and VC heavyweight Ben Horowitz to reflect on his bestseller "The Hard Thing About Hard Things."
After almost a century in print, "How to Win Friends and Influence People" still has lessons to teach us.
Chip Conley — founder and CEO of JDV Hospitality and Airbnb’s former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy — maps out an inclusive path from hindsight to wisdom.
Could exercise be more effective than recently approved drugs?
A-list lessons for better work-life collaboration — direct from the movie set.
When caught between the urge for wholesale change and fear of stasis, the best approach is to take it easy.
7mins
90’s kids know him from All That, Kenan & Kel, and Good Burger. This is Kel Mitchell, who sat down with us to share how he persevered through some of the hardest moments of his life.
Unlikely Collaborators
“The brain is never the same from one moment to the next throughout life. Never ever.”
There's a fine line between ambition and ruthlessness.
1mins
Testing is an attempt to measure intelligence. But is intelligence really what’s getting measured? A neuroscientist weighs in:
You will need determination, humility, and courage if you are to master anything.
Much like a muscle, providing effective feedback is an asset leaders can develop over time with focus, consistent effort and commitment.
"Upon emergence, these patients are sincerely unsure what was reality and what was a ‘dream.'"
We must get happiness right — even when the world around us gets it wrong.
Propofol, a drug commonly used for general anesthesia, derails the brain’s normal balance between stability and excitability.
How to make sure our formative tendencies don't derail us from being the great leaders we are trying to become.