Grief is love with no place to go
In the opening of the book The Year of Magical Thinking (2005), Didion writes: Life changes fast.Life changes in the…
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How to find meaning in a meaningless world
The beautiful ones The 8 mice arrived on July 9, 1968 and got dropped into a steel enclosure at the…
Emotions vs Feelings: What, Why and How it Matters
Article summary Your brain constructs emotions the way an improvising chef builds a dish. Not by following a recipe written…
What is motivation and how to get it?
A groom let himself into the writing room with a cup of coffee. He had been paid £5 a year…
How to Memento Mori
When a Roman general won a major battle, the senate awarded him a triumphus. A triumphus was a massive public…
Systems vs Willpower
On October 30, 1935, the Boeing Model 299 lifted off the runway at Wright Field in Dayton, Ohio, climbed to…
The Soft Place We All Need
What a lonely monkey, a stuffed orangutan and 70 years of science tell us about being human. A small monkey…
What Personality Tests Predict about Your Future
Most personality tests can’t predict your future. Research shows that only two frameworks reliably forecast grades, income, health and happiness.…
How to Achieve Happiness: The ONE Choice that Matter
The longest study on human happiness (85 years, 2,000+ people) reveals that relationships, not money or success, predict health and…
How to fix and train your attention
Your attention span isn’t permanently broken and it’s trainable. This guide reveals neuroscience-backed strategies to rebuild focus in 30 days…