Reading Stories Can Teach Empathy to Both Humans and Robots.
“There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them,”Joseph Brodsky, a Russian and American poet, once said. Books let the reader experience new, different worlds, unexpected events, wild adventures. But...
How self-fulfilling prophecies are ruining people’s lives (including yours)
There is one particular phenomenon that saddens me personally, but fascinates me profesionally. It happens when people experience failure as a result of their own mistake or series of mistakes, but think that the cause of this failure...
3 Reasons Why Productivity Systems Don’t Work (And How To Fix Them)
If you’re like me, you’re always looking for the perfect productivity system. Unfortunately, it doesn’t exist. The problem isn’t with the productivity system — the problem is that none of them can solve a few really important...
It’s Better To Do It In Bed… Napping, You Naughty, Napping! :)
Who doesn’t feel sleepy after the lunch? Scientists consider this post-lunch sleepiness to be a part of a natural day-to-day rhythm. It occurs whether you consumed your meal or not[1]. Most of us prefer to sleep while lying down...
How To Unleash Your Productivity By Putting Your Mind Into Meditative State During Work
There isn’t a productivity guide in the world that will solve the problems that pretty much all of us face daily. I’m the same as you — I face these obstacles to getting stuff done: Doing busywork, instead of important work....
The Simplest Plan For Healthy Life (Anyone Can Do This)
There are a lot of complicated diet and exercise plans out there, a lot of workouts that are the latest craze, a lot of fad diets and detox juicing and more. If it’s the newest craze, I recommend skipping it. Instead, let’s get...
7 Steps To Finally Declutter Your Home
One of my favorite habits that I’ve created since I changed my life 9 years ago is having a decluttered home. I now realize that I always disliked the clutter, but I put off thinking about it because it was unpleasant. The thought...
20 Easy and Actionable Tips for Meditation Beginners
The most important habit I’ve formed in the last 10 years of forming habits is meditation. Hands down, bar none. Meditation has helped me to form all my other habits, it’s helped me to become more peaceful, more focused, less worried...
How to Become a Better Coach, Therapist, or Changeworker
Unlike my ‘How to Become a Better Trainer’ article, in which I suggested just one key thing that would benefit most self-development and changework trainers, the challenge of ‘How to Become a Better Changeworker’ is a bit more...
What men need to understand about relationships
When there is a crisis or breakup between partners because of strong emotions, the primal, unconscious mechanisms often take over. Many times I’ve seen men use the same strategies that worked in relationships with their mothers...