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Letting Kids Fail Is Crucial
When my older son Jack was in high school, he accepted a summer job selling solar panels door-to-door. My first reaction was to tell him not to do it. I felt protective—afraid of the rejection he
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Welcome to the Zero Sum Era. Now How Do We Get Out?
Zero-sum thinking has spread like a mind virus, from geopolitics to pop culture. … “One thing I’ve seen people do if they know they’re being forced into a zero-sum game is minimize investment and hold
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‘I Spent 30 Years Searching For Secret to Happiness – The Answer Isn’t What I Thought’
… Professor Bruce Hood, of the University of Bristol, speaks of the human tendency “to blow things out of proportion…[focusing] on our own failings or inadequacies”. He runs ten-week courses at Bristol on the science
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Facing the Holidays Without Family Ties or the Romantic Partner of Your Dreams?
While the holiday season is often a time rich with cheer, sentiment, love and family connections, it can also be a painful reminder of what once was or what many other people have but you don’t. …
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The Science Behind Why People Think They’re Right When They’re Actually Wrong
There may be a psychological reason why some people aren’t just wrong in an argument — they’re confidently wrong. … Todd Rogers, a behavioral scientist at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, likened the findings
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End-of-Day Meltdowns Are Not Just for Kids
It’s been a while since I really fell to pieces at the end of a long day. But I know the feeling, and I instantly recognized it when a colleague with young children told me
