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Don’t Find Your Passion — Cultivate It, Psychologists Say
When students enter college, many are told it’s an arena “to find your passion” — that in classroom lectures, late-night debates with roommates, student clubs and/or literature, you will unearth the thing — your career
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A new study on the psychology of persistent regrets can teach you how to live now
Lingering regrets, the kind you hang onto for years, can be great company, returning daily to keep some part of you living an alternate version of your life and career. They’re the stuff of sublime
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10 Things You Don’t Know About Yourself
1. Your perspective on yourself is distorted. Your “self” lies before you like an open book. Just peer inside and read: who you are, your likes and dislikes, your hopes and fears; they are all
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Workers Pursuing a ‘Calling’ Face a Double-Edged Sword
The portrait of a young Asian guy in a red toy car in front of a gray wall with spaceship and planets.
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Investigating Emotional Spillover in the Brain
Scientists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are discovering what happens in the brain when emotions from one event carry over to the next.
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Thinking Strategically About Study Resources Boosts Students’ Final Grades
College students who reflected about how to best use classroom resources had higher final grades relative to their peers.