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How Self-Promotion Can Backfire
TIME: There are social consequences to tooting your own horn too often. Tuesday in social faux pas news comes a paper showing that when we try to make people like us, we often come across as
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Body Dysmorphic Disorder, Social Media and PTSD, Preventing Procrastination
BBC: Claudia Hammond investigates Body dysmorphic disorder and asks if social media can really cause Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. She also talks to the psychologist who explains why describing events in terms of the number
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HOW TO PULL YOURSELF OUT OF A CAREER RUT
Fast Company: It’s human nature to feel overcome with doubt during periods of change. Sometimes an event in your personal life can derail positive momentum in your professional career. These disruptions have a tendency to
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Braggers Gonna Brag, But It Usually Backfires
Live Science: People who brag may think it makes them look good, but it often backfires, new research suggests. Self-promoters may continue to brag because they fundamentally misjudge how other people perceive them, according to
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The Simple Mind Trick That Will Boost Your Savings in No Time
TIME: Human nature being what it is, probably the best strategy to ensure you’ll sock money away and achieve long-term savings goals is to involve your fickle, easily distracted brain as little as possible. As
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The Mechanics of Preventing Procrastination
The Atlantic: Procrastination is, in essence, stealing from yourself. The reason goals are so hard to reach, many psychologists think, is because each person believes they are really two people: Present Me and Future Me.
