thefocuscourse.com
“Margin” as Part of Your Decision-Making Process
6 min · · If you can make margin a factor in your normal decision-making process, you will be able to protect the breathing room you need to maintain margin in your life. Here are a few questions you can ask… · Shared by 20, including Fabricio Teixeira, Oscar MacDonald, Tom Connor, Liv 😷, Jacob du Toit
Live Science
What is quantum cognition? Physics theory could predict human behavior.
6 min · · Some scientists think quantum mechanics can help explain human decision-making. · Shared by 160, including Lee Keyes, Ines Bieler, Ward Plunet, Liv 😷
Harvard Business Review
How Systems Support (or Undermine) Good Decision-Making
5 min · · It’s about your process, not your people. · Shared by 116, including Jonathan Kogan, Liv 😷, Charles Duhigg, Mark Kaigwa, Carla Johnson - Keynote Speaker, Stowe Boyd, davidabrock, Kate Nasser, sircharlsxavier, Tom Connor, Massimiliano Aroffo
Guardian Tech
The meaning of life in a world without work
20+ min · · As technology renders jobs obsolete, what will keep us busy? Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari examines ‘the useless class’ and a new quest for purpose · Shared by 1369, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Claudia Sommer, Howard Getson, Dominik Grolimund, Liliane Ferrari ™, Jonathan Kogan, Andreas Von Gunten, Chris Messina, DonDahlmann, Nils Hitze, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Jane, Herbert Bay, Stephen C Sanders, Richard Joerges, Nir Eyal, Klaus Eck, Sergio Caredda, Kris Fannin
Brian Tracy
How to Stay Motivated in Any Situation
15+ min · · Whether it's looking for a job, trying to lose weight, or lacking drive work, we are breaking down how you can stay motivated through them all. · Shared by 1398, including Andres Saldarriaga, Keerthi G, Carly, Jonathan Kogan, Liv 😷, Shawn Venasse, Katja Evertz, Ceferino Díaz, Matthias Lampe, venkat - bala, Thomas Power, Gabrielle Mendoza
Mashable
How to stop caring what people think about you
8 min · · It's not simple. But it's part of being human. · Shared by 1115, including Liv 😷, Ceferino Díaz, venkat - bala, Liliane Ferrari ™, Bilal Aslam, Kevin Roberts, Lali, Gabrielle Mendoza, Beth Price Almeida, Seán Köhlmoos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Carly, HealthyWomen.org, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, LoriBeth
The Guardian
Skim reading is the new normal. The effect on society is profound
20+ min · · When the reading brain skims texts, we don’t have time to grasp complexity, to understand another’s feelings or to perceive beauty. We need a new literacy for the digital age writes Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader, Come Home · Shared by 1089, including Mark Little, Ste Davies, Lorenz König, Joe Germuska, Scott Williams, Mark Kaigwa, Massimiliano Aroffo, fernand0, Aamir Raz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Aleksandra Wazgird, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Alex Barrera, Katja Evertz, Brian Solis, Fabricio Teixeira, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Ines Bieler, Jane, Michael Carroll
The Oatmeal
You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you
1 min · · This is a comic about the backfire effect. · Shared by 762, including Rico Grimm, L. Taylor Banks, Esther Schindler, Ryan Hoover, Jane, Kunal Bhatia, Tris Hussey, Klaus Eck, Luca Hammer, Bram Kanstein, John Battelle, Dominik Grolimund, Chris Messina, Kenneth Kalmer, Tillmann Allmer, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Chris Calo
BBC News (World)
Why procrastination is about managing emotions, not time
5 min · · Address the real reasons you procrastinate and you’re more likely to start achieving your goals. · Shared by 1324, including Gabriele, Nir Eyal, Liv 😷, Esther Schindler, LARRY ELKAN, Shawn Venasse, Henneke Duistermaat, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Dez S. Papp, Matt Heinz, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Matthias Lampe, HealthyWomen.org, Lluís Codina, Shelley Bonanno, MA, LLP (she/her/hers), Katja Evertz, John Lee, Mark Kaigwa, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Carly
insidemymind.me
Today I Learned That Not Everyone Has An Internal Monologue And It Has Ruined My Day.
3 min · · My day was completely ruined yesterday when I stumbled upon a fun fact that absolutely obliterated my mind. I saw this tweet yesterday that said that not everyone has an internal monologue in their… · Shared by 1974, including sircharlsxavier, mrbrown, Tom Connor, Tom Raftery, Fern, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Gabrielle Mendoza, Ceferino Díaz, Eric L. Barnes 🏝️, Liv 😷, Dominik Grolimund, Carly, venkat - bala, Scott Hanselman 🌮, Jansnet, Trae Blain, Tamsen Webster, Message Strategist (she/her), Mina Markham, Beto Esquivel, Ward Plunet
medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
16+ min · · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite. · Shared by 2877, including fernand0, Parin Vachhani, Leo Polovets, Ryan Boren, Ernst-Jan Pfauth, Brent Summers, Tristan Harris, Kenneth Kalmer, Curadoria | Update or Die!, Matthias Sala, Nir Eyal, Thomas Power, Chris Messina, David Cant ~👷🏻♂️, Courtney Bolton ★, Howard Getson, Matt Navarra, Rand Fishkin, Antonio Vieira Santos, hiten.eth
The New Yorker
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds
Summary · 12+ min · · New discoveries about the human mind show the limitations of reason. · Shared by 2236, including Shelley Bonanno, MA, LLP (she/her/hers), Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Jeff Atwood, justin caouette, Braden Kelley, Liliane Ferrari ™, Anita Leirfall, Mathew Ingram, 💥 Katie Martell, Jason Silva, Stowe Boyd, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, Matthias Sala, Christina Farr, DP, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Jane, Nir Eyal, Moritz Meenen
The Atlantic
Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
Summary · 20+ min · · More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis. · Shared by 2194, including Jonathan Haidt, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Chris Messina, Mark Kaigwa, Balaji, Damien Van Achter, Josh Elman, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™, Curadoria | Update or Die!, Stephen C Sanders, Thomas Power, Justin Tiehen, Mathew Ingram, Howard Getson, Gerd Leonhard, Stowe Boyd, AfroMum, Bruce Daisley, Azeem Azhar
Visual Capitalist
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
17+ min · · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge. · Shared by 2635, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Kirk Borne, Andy Budd, Stef Walter, George J Huba PhD, Casey Smith, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, LARRY ELKAN, Helen Yu, Stu Collett, Klaus Eck, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, AI, Warren Whitlock, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Andreas Staub, Jennifer Ouellette, Terence Mills, Andrew Spence, ClearAction / Lynn Hunsaker, CCXP
Gabriel Weinberg
Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful
Summary · · Update: Since this post came out, I co-authored a book about it called Super Thinking. Get notified about book updates here (currently… · Shared by 5672, including Konrad Weber, Tim Herbig, Data Science Renee, Thomas Schwenke, Klaus Eck, wahalulu@fosstodon.org Marck Vaisman, Matthias Sala, Antonio Vieira Santos, Pat Kua, Sid Sijbrandij, John Jantsch, Christiane Link, Leo Polovets, Craig Mod, Melanie Deziel (she/her), designshard, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Stefan T, Chris Messina
Entrepreneur
Inspire Innovation By Avoiding Decision-Making Traps
3 min · · Lean on purpose and weed out the opportunities that don't fit your vision. · Shared by 14, including Liv 😷, Real Marsha Wright®, Ron McIntyre