I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you’re not in this world to live up to mine. — Bruce Lee Take a look around you. Is there anyone nearby, or are you alone? If you’re loner-minded like me, it’s probably just you and your digital screen. Which is good. Because…
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. — Pablo Picasso How often do you wash your hands compared to others? A survey ran in 2009 found that approximately 50% of people wash their hands more than 10 times a day. Broken down by gender: about 62% of women…
Cell phones are so convenient that they’re inconvenient. — Haruki Murakami If you were being mugged and had to give up either your wallet or your cell phone, which would you choose? In formulating your own answer, you probably tried to determine which of those two items was more replaceable (or rather, why the mugger…
The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. – Leonardo da Vinci Without any further information, if I asked you whether you would be more likely to buy a more expensive meal at a restaurant called Studio 97 or Studio 18, which would you say? Clearly, the only difference between these restaurants (as…
Nobody reads ads. People read what interests them, and sometimes that is an ad. – Howard Gossage Have you ever felt your attention suddenly yanked away — while walking, maybe even driving on the freeway, certainly while scrolling your phone — all because… …of an advertisement? Bus stop posters. Signs on the side of semi-trucks. Videos…
Change how you think. Improve how you live. If the answers for how to live an easier, happier life were out there, wouldn’t you want them? video Meet Jake Teeny, author of everydaypsych.com Jake has his Ph.D. in social psychology and is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University. He specializes in the science of…