Psychology

Secret to Ageing Gracefully

15 years ago
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A foresight report provides the following (somewhat commensense) tips on how to stay alert, prevent senility and have a fulfilling life. Connect Be Active Be Curious Learn Give Avoid significant debt Additional Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2008/oct/23/healthandwellbeing

Online Life Coaching

16 years ago
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People are increasingly making use of life coaches to help them align their lives with their values.  Here are two sites that focus on helping people transition to their next stage in life. What’s Next in Your Life My Next Phase

Opinion First Justification Second

16 years ago
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At the heart of these two studies (Choice Blindness,  Secret Attitude Changes) is the fact that we seem to have opinions first and then our brains come up with the justification for those opinions with little historical awareness of how our opinions may have changed over time.

Pursuing a Balanced Life

16 years ago
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Hubert’s Rampersad’s personal balanced scorecard helps keep your life in balance. Internal: your physical health and mental state External: relations with your spouse, children, friends, employer, colleagues, and others Knowledge and learning: your skills and learning ability Financial: fiscal [...]

Brain Exercises

16 years ago
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From the ririanproject (a fitness blog) we get the following brain fitness tips. Meditate Move aerobically Change your routine Read a book Caffeine for short term boost Engage in debate Play video games Subscribe to a daily newsletter Eat curry Play pool Learn an instrament Eat raisins Play [...]

Fooling Ourselves

16 years ago
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Wade Meredith reminds us of all the ways we distort our own view of reality in his “26 Reasons What you Think is Right is Wrong“.

Most Successful Investors not Motivated by Money

17 years ago
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William Bernstein writes about how the most successful investors are ones which are not focused on financial success. Two nuggets from the piece. Three things provide long-lasting satisfaction, as quantitatively measured by academic psychologists: autonomy meaningful contact with others the [...]

Is It Worth Being Wise

17 years ago
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Paul Graham is a venture capitalist who runs an incubator program for technology start-ups. He often writes provocative and interesting essays. His latest essay is an exploration of the difference between wisdom, intelligence and their relation to ones happiness. He writes “I think it’s important [...]

Jonathan Clements on Happiness Research

17 years ago
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This is from December. The Wall Street Journal’s Jonathan Clements wrote about six academics in the field of “happiness research” who took some of their own advice and made changes for the better: Here are the highlights for those without a subscription. Relish the day — When we get a raise or [...]

How to help adult kids stand on their own two financial feet

17 years ago
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Here are some tips to parents who have adult children living with them. Make sure they have health insurance Charge them rent (you can always give it back to them in a gift after they move out). If they are on their own, try to help them stay on their own. And the conclusion “How do you know that [...]
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