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 Associate Professor of Marketing at Northwestern University. He specializes in the science of…
Today, I’m honored to share a post from author, world adventurer, and The Tonight Show guest, Michael Wigge, who traveled from Germany to Antarctica without having any money — a feat necessarily reliant on some everyday psychology “hacks.” Below, he has provided his personal insight on three strategies for self-motivation that helped him achieve his…
A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it. — Rabindranath Tagore Today marks a pretty big milestone for this blog. So, I thought I would take today to talk about something particularly meaningful to me – which, by virtue of you reading these articles, is…
Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. — Alan Dundes There are few compliments that make me blush more than saying I have a nice voice. Maybe it’s the storyteller in me, maybe it’s the wannabe cowboy desperado. But in high school, I was so…
Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. — Aristotle I have a simple question for you: In general, which do you like better, the ocean or the mountains? Although this may seem like a meaningless question, research shows that if you prefer the ocean, you tend to be more extroverted, whereas if you chose the…
Eye contact is a dangerous, dangerous thing. But lovely. Oh, so lovely. – Hazel Hira Ozbek One of my favorite things about grad school? I can tell people that I literally study persuasion for a living. From writing chapters on persuasion to conducting my own research on the topic, there’s hardly a day I don’t think…