Big Think
How fear of regret influences our decisions
3 min · · One of the primary motivators of human behavior is avoiding regret. Before the legendary behavioral economists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky formalized prospect theory and loss aversion, they… · Shared by 1333
Ivaylo Durmonski
Why Micro Habits Are Better Than Typical Habits
10 min · · Unlike typical habits - the ones you start and abandon after a while. Micro habits have the potential to change your life for good. See how... · Shared by 3243, including Touche Theories, Ines Bieler
Vox
How to be enough
6 min · · Our obsession with self-improvement is making us miserable. · Shared by 1210
Collab Fund
The Dumber Side of Smart People
4 min · · Most people will die after three days without water. But drinking too much can be equally dangerous – water intoxication is deadly, and during rigorous training about a dozen soldiers per year are… · Shared by 1630, including Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Peter Herger
The Guardian
The vorfreude secret: 30 zero-effort ways to fill your life with joy
11+ min · · How can you change your life for the better today? Learn not just to appreciate happiness – but to anticipate it · Shared by 832
Collab Fund
Lucky vs. Repeatable
3 min · · Luck plays such a big role in the world. But few people want to talk about it. If I say you got lucky, I look jealous. If I tell myself that I got lucky, I feel diminished. Maybe a better way to frame… · Shared by 810, including Slawomir Polanski
devinterrupted.substack.com
The Snow Melts At The Periphery
5 min · · How senior leaders can stay connected to the outside world · Shared by 338
Harvard Business Review
Want to Be More Productive? Try Doing Less.
4 min · · A step-by-step guide to pare down your to-do list. · Shared by 3639, including Bertrand Duperrin, Michael Hyatt, Henneke Duistermaat, Deb Lee, Whitney Johnson, Thomas Power, Rachel Botsman, ̗̀ ̗̀Manuel Marquina, Stephanie A Kowalski, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Christian Hartmann, davidabrock, Howard Getson, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jonathan Kogan, Niklaus Gerber, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Tom Martin, Shawn Venasse, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️
calvinrosser.com
40 Unconventional Pieces of Advice That Most People Ignore
5 min · · Good life advice is easy to find, but hard to follow. These 40 pieces of advice will help you create an aligned life with more inner peace. · Shared by 469
Aeon+Psyche
The achievement society is burning us out, we need more play
5 min · · This is about more than a self-help switch – it will take structural changes to reject capitalism’s productivity obsession · Shared by 439, including Michelle Boisson
Ness Labs
Intentional Curiosity: Get your Brain to Focus on What Matters
3 min · · Intentional curiosity is the ability to direct your attention towards information inside or outside of you in a deliberate way. In other words, curiosity helps us direct our limited attentional… · Shared by 971
Darius Foroux
Why We Need Purpose
2 min · · Why do we need purpose? When I read Friedrich Nietzsche's The Gay Science, I discovered found why we need purpose. · Shared by 471
Mark Manson
33 Powerful Books That Might Change Your Life
17+ min · · I’ve read over 1,000 nonfiction books, and these 33 truly changed my life. Maybe they'll change yours too. · Shared by 935
UX Collective
The loss of the process in the name of progress
5 min · · “Making it” or “making” in the creative world. · Shared by 159
Greater Good
Feeling Lost? Here Are Four Steps to Finding Your Path
8 min · · There are times in life when we lose our direction. Here are some research-tested ways to figure out a way forward. · Shared by 419