1. Why it is important to be well-connected Is it really true that successful people can only get to where they are because of their connections? You may disagree, but there's a benefit to networking because of the importance of being well-connected. Maybe there are...

Introduction Since joining a running club recently, I've learned that exercise builds resilience. Strong in body, strong in mind means that when you build muscle and endurance through exercise, this mindset transfers itself to other areas of your life. Exercise not...

For the past thirty days, I wrote a thousand words each day to finish a writing project of mine. Basically, I trained myself to be more disciplined and churn out those thousand words even if I didn't feel like it. How did I do this? Well, it was really a practice in...

Introduction Societal, environmental, and political issues are calling for your undivided attention everyday. If it's not eye-grabbing, it's instantaneously background noise. Easily tuned out. Filtered out of our consciousness. Are you apathetic, or just busy?...

It's useful to control what people think. It can solve a lot of problems. Exercising the power to control what people think is the end goal of a lot of individuals, companies, and entities. They do it to convince you to make a purchase, change the way you think, or...

Messages are everywhere. Some can get to the point in just a few words, like a slogan. Others take more time, whether it's an email memo, resume, or job posting. So how do you make the most of the types of words that you use? How do you immediately answer the...

As someone who has a lot of irrational fears, I worry about things that will never happen, and situations that will never materialize in real life. Why do I do this? The main reason is that fear, and imagining and cataloging all of the bad things can happen, prepares...

During the start of the pandemic, and right at its peak when the most deaths occurred, it felt like the world as we knew it was ending. The situation was dire and it was escalating too quickly for people to get a handle on it. It led people to re-examine whether what...

The potential of artificial intelligence to change the facet of every industry is limitless. Already, we have applied AI tools to the health, manufacturing, transportation, and finance industries. But can we trust AI or a robot to act in a way that we want it to act?...

There's a concept in game theory that we help others because ultimately, it helps ourselves. It's widely debated, and speculated, about why we are altruistic. The idea forms one of the principles in the theory of evolution. We help others because in some way,...

1. Does human evolution shape our habits? I was reading the bestseller Atomic Habits by James Clear, and it introduced some interesting concepts about human evolution to explain why we are resistant to changing our habits. The book isn't about human evolution, but...

1. What is social currency? The rise of social media allowed individuals to capitalize on all the ways that they can influence the behaviour of just about everyone. The influence of behaviour, when monetized, turns into social currency. Social currency is the degree...

Knowledge is valuable. But how valuable? Institutions have monetized information in acceptable ways such as private education and intellectual property (IP). But is it right to put a price on knowledge? And who has the power to choose which types of information are...

Life is totally unfair. You've heard this too many times in your lifetime: "life is unfair." Maybe life was unfair when you were a kid because you were never invited to as many birthday parties as Suzy and you still hold a grudge against her to this day. It's a truism...

I can recall a few instances where I've put off starting a project because there were too many roadblocks that got in the way. Everyone's been there, when you talk yourself out of doing something. You've quit before you've even started. For example, you may put off...

Searching for that elusive inspiration? You might be stuck in a rut and need to find a way to climb out of it. Maybe there is too much negativity in your life. What kinds of actions can you take to wake up and shake yourself out of hibernation? You can be inspired by...

In the novella The Train Now Departing by Martha Grimes, a woman meets a friend for lunch; he is a travel writer who has been to far-flung locales that the woman only dreams of visiting. She doesn't know why she is friends with him when their conversations are fraught...

Striving for perfection can make you stop before you even start. Everyone has these moments: when the voice inside your head tells you that you are not good enough, or that your efforts will be wasted because you can never achieve what you want in life. Stop listening...

I'm a confirmed night owl and I will wake up early only if I need to. But I am curious. Whether it be myth or fact, most likely you've heard that early birds are more productive and more successful. Is this true? Is it possible to reset my long established patterns of...