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"Personality isn't based on what we say we'll do. It's rooted in what we actually do, which becomes what we think about."
Buddhism has rules for slaying your enemies. But the real surprise is finding out who your enemies actually are.
Big Think spoke with author and psychiatrist Elias Dakwar about addiction, rock bottom, and the moment you realize your compass is broken.
A re-evaluation of how we perceive introverts in leadership is long overdue. Here are the compelling reasons why.
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.
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.
Sahil Bloom explores why wealth isn’t just about money, but about knowing which type of wealth matters most in each season of life.
"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."
People who've never been partnered tend to be less extraverted, less conscientious, and more neurotic.
Sunita Sah hopes that by redefining defiance, we can build societies that allow people to live more authentic lives.
New research is uncovering why we eat first with our expectations.
From King Midas to Gordon Gekko, humanity has struggled to grasp greed's true nature.
Can we learn to always look on the bright side of life?
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It can be overwhelming to navigate the pains of life, but the iconic self-help author believes you can find yourself by answering just four questions
Unlikely Collaborators
Radically improve your work-life speaking and presentation skills with a technique used by musicians and brand-name politicians.
"Okay, dad, but GMOs help feed the world."
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
The biases that shape our understanding of the mind.
Why the advertising legend — and author of Alchemy — believes that inefficiency can be genius and insects can unlock innovation.
"Carl faced his death with unflagging courage and never sought refuge in illusions."
When appraising human behavior, people tend to forgo the lessons of psychology in favor of assumption and anecdote.
How black and white is your thinking?
The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.
When it comes to behavior, genetics may play a larger role than you think.
Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.
If you're an atheist with a vocation, who laid that path for you?
Listen, set boundaries, and point them where to go.