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Nonviolent Communication: Express yourself compassionately
Express yourself clearly and honestly in a respectful and empathic manner.
Question your unhelpful thoughts: Loving What Is
Identify, challenge, and replace your negative thoughts with more positive and functional ones.
How to have fewer regrets in life
Transform your regrets into committed actions that align with what truly matters to you.
Inattentional blindness: Why we sometimes overlook the unexpected
When we focus on something else, we may overlook unexpected objects.
The power of incentives and their effects
An incentive motivates people to perform behaviour that they would not do without that incentive.
The peak-end rule: The remembering self trumps the experiencing self
We tend to judge past experiences mainly based on how we felt at the emotional peak and the end.
The power of mindsets and how to change them
Mindsets shape how we make sense of ourselves and the world.
The sunk cost fallacy: Breaking free from the grip of irrecoverable past investments
We tend to let irrecoverable past investments influence our decisions, resulting in suboptimal outcomes.
How to create a morning routine that works for you
Start your day right with a morning routine tailored to you.
Focus on what you can control
Identify what you can and cannot control, and focus your efforts on what you can control.
How to appreciate what you have
We tend to take our favorable circumstances for granted once they become routine.
Influence: The seven principles of persuasion
Understanding the power of persuasion principles and techniques.
The unity principle: Harnessing the power of our tribal instincts
We tend to favour those we consider to be one of us.
The consistency principle: Why you should be cautious agreeing to small requests
We tend to behave consistently with what we have said or done before.
The scarcity principle: Limited availability increases perceived value
We tend to assign more value to things that are perceived as scarce.
Improve how you feel by changing your focus
What you focus on shapes your emotional state.
The fundamental attribution error: Underestimating the power of circumstances
When explaining the behaviour of others, we tend to overestimate the role of personality traits and underestimate the role of environmental influences.
Present bias: The present self trumps the future self
We tend to prefer immediate rewards at the expense of future rewards.