No matter how much you move, you still take yourself with you. – Elizabeth Stirling Over the past three days I have been doing everyone’s least favorite pastime: moving. Boxing up junk you know you don’t need; lugging said boxes that may or may not cause everlasting back injuries; and then reopening those boxes and…
Sometimes all it takes is one presentation to unlock your team’s potential. With years of experience training corporate audiences and teaching some of the world’s most successful MBA students, Jake can help you, too. As a psychologist and marketing professor, he conveys the knowledge of behavioral science in an applicable and entertaining way. Here are some of Jake’s most…
People keep saying, ‘It’s horrible that an innocent black man was killed, but destroying property has to stop.’ Instead try saying ‘It’s horrible that property is being destroyed but killing innocent black men has to stop.’ – Randall Telfer In 1966, a Gallup Poll revealed that almost two-thirds of Americans had a negative opinion of…
YouTube comments: The most cogent written argument for why you should never learn how to read. — John Oliver Have you ever wondered why it nearly takes a hazmat suit and CDC clearance to wade into the comments section on a YouTube video? Although you may not expect something like a cat video to trigger…
Not to be absolutely certain is, I think, one of the essential things in rationality. — Bertrand Russell Like many people, you have certainly been presented with the following dilemma: Should I go with my gut instinct or should I change my decision based on further reasoning? Sometimes this occurs when trying to figure out…
A yawn is a silent scream for coffee. — T-shirt, Amazon.com This may have been one of the more difficult posts for me to write, both because of the sparse and sometimes conflicting research, as well the fact that every time I typed “yawn,” I’d start yawning myself. See, I just did it right there! But…