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Emotional Intelligence
When does "oversharing" become an issue?
Nicole has been dating someone for a while but it's not working out from her point of view. Is sudden radio silence an ethical option?
Dennis Klatt developed trailblazing text-to-speech systems before losing his own voice to cancer.
An excerpt from “Memory,” a primer on human memory, its workings, feats, and flaws, by two leading psychological researchers.
Marketing expert Jonah Berger explains how simple tweaks to your word use can have a huge impact on team communication.
Ditch the old brain vs. heart assumptions, and instead think about a heart-led brain.
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Harvard has conducted an 85-year-long study on what makes humans happy. Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger explains what they found.
BetterHelp
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Pathologically busy people clamoring for happiness. Founder of HATCH Monica Parker explains how we can do so much better than that.
Neuroscientist Tali Sharot recently spoke with Big Think about a two-step method for escaping the dark sides of habits.
Bertrand Russell shows us how to recognize emotional arguments smuggled into presumed statements of fact.
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Actor, author, and director Jesse Eisenberg demystifies the role of anxiety and self-doubt in leadership.
Big Think spoke to the author of "The 5 Love Languages" about the popular relationship theory — and its lack of scientific support.
Emotional intelligence (EI) is much more than a trending C-suite buzz phrase — it’s the anchor attribute of every great leader.
In "Dear Oliver," neuroscientist Susan Barry describes how her 10-year correspondence with Oliver Sacks unleashed her inner author.
Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.
The world’s workplaces are growing lonelier — but the solution requires less than you might expect.
Chloé Valdary — founder of Theory of Enchantment — explores two essential practices for generating the team “magic” that drove Apple under Steve Jobs.
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Biology plays an important role in emotional reactions, but neuroscientist Kristen A. Lindquist posits that our culture is just as influential.
Unlikely Collaborators
Actor and science communicator Alan Alda shares his three rules of three for effective and empathic communication.
Former spacewalker Mike Massimino tells Big Think how NASA missions shaped great leaders.
In a guest essay for Big Think Business, Pedro Franceschi — co-founder and co-CEO of Brex — explains why deftly navigating between vision and details is crucial for successful leaders.
Take it from teamwork gurus behind Apple and Star Wars — a new kind of psychological incubator will allow your creativity to flourish.
The sooner you can admit what’s swimming beneath the surface, the sooner you can improve your life.
Really smart people don’t just demand intellectual engagement — they need the opportunity to learn and create something special.
In our competitive world, fortune does not appear to favor the humble — but a strong counter-narrative is emerging.
We are wired to value things more when we work hard at attaining them — even if, objectively, they aren't worth that much.
In an environment of impressive IQs, emotional intelligence makes all the difference.
Survey data suggests that our bodily perceptions of love extend far beyond the heart.
If someone can make you feel insecure, incomplete, and inadequate, they then can present themselves as the solution you need.
To thrive in a rapidly changing future, we will need adaptable and diverse skill sets. Here’s where to look.