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It’s Time for Psychological Science to Become More Entrepreneurial
Entrepreneurs have brought us smartphones, GPS, and online shopping. What drives these innovators? Why do some succeed while most fail? Psychological scientists face a ripe opportunity to help answer these questions, says APS Fellow Robert Baron.
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Why You Should Find Time to Be Alone With Yourself
Being lonely hurts — it can even negatively impact your health. But the mere act of being alone with oneself doesn’t have to be bad, and experts say it can even benefit your social relationships, improve
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The Joy of Clutter: What Marie Kondo Got Wrong
I AM AN UNABASHED magpie; tchotchkes dot the hill I will die on. They’re mostly vacation mementos, like the silver, Victorian, mussel-shaped “match safe” that I splurged on in a Rome antique shop with my newly
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Want To Stifle Your Team’s Creativity? Do These Things
The slate of companies going public this year— Pinterest, Slack Technologies, and Uber, to name a few—should silence anyone who doubts the power of a bold idea. After all, one seemingly crazy brainstorm can up end an entire
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Boost your creativity by developing your “distant thinking” skills
The common human default mode is that we focus our energy on the here-and-now, and care less about ourselves and the events of the farther-off future. This present-bias can get in the way of all
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New Research From Psychological Science
