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 …
Jake Takes a Two-Week Break
One's destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things. -- Henry Miller Currently, I, my brother, and my dad are doing a roadtrip across Ireland and Scotland (right now, I'm typing this …
The Definitive Guide to FoMO
For everything you have missed, you have gained something else. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson Possibly one of the greatest psychological afflictions of our time is concealed by a relatively short and …
The Schemer’s Schema
Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time. -- Henry Ford One benefit of coming to this site is learning how others might try to use psychology against …
It Gets Better (and Worse)
Luck is believing you're lucky. -- Tennessee Williams Do you ever have that moment where you say something only to immediately think: “I should not have said that thing.” Yeah… So, some …
Emotions vs. Expectations
We never live; we are always in the expectation of living. -- Voltaire Expectations are more powerful than you believe. Sure, you may be familiar with the placebo effect, where 35% of …