Every career journey has ups and downs. Be inspired by these examples of the tough starts of some of the most successful people in the world.
Unexpected Career Journeys of Successful People
Why do we forget? Tons of tips…
The memory expert in me wants to remember everything, the AI expert wants to forget with some acceptable rate. Both are right. And I also do not want my brain to age. Is there anything we should do about it? Mechanism of learning Forgetting is an important mechanism of learning. The faster we forget, the …
Speeding up visual thinking: mindmaps
If you are an engineer, mindmaps are kind of easy. But they feel kind of slow. Do not worry, we can speed them up in no time. The methods below are less suited for advanced students who often need to combine mindmaps with mental palaces. They are also somewhat different from the methods discussed in …
Fighting the herd mentality: making use of news and statistics
We read more and remember more to achieve diverse goals. One of these goals: to be informed and avoid the herd mentality. To do that we may need to understand how to read between the lines: news and statistics. For more reading, you are welcome to check here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, …
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How Can Online Learning Benefit Business Owners at Times of Great Uncertainty
If you have spare time, online learning is a great way to invest it. If you do not believe me, please run an ROI investment. Before you start your spreadsheets, Camila Marashi explains how businesses can benefit from online learning. Online education has become increasingly popular among many entrepreneurs. And this is because there are …
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Hygiene vs OCD
One of the common themes we hear from psychologists is how maintaining proper hygiene is similar or OCD. Are we clean or are we disturbed? Maybe both? Read more here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. The toilet paper panic During the COVID-19 crisis, we could not help noticing …
Healthy lifestyle. What is likely to kill us, and can we prepare for it?
No crisis is as bad as it is portrayed in media. We are human beings, and we are capable of finding meaning in all conditions. The focus of the current article is a healthy lifestyle. I got depressed in a very simple way. I binge-read about 300 articles on psychologytoday site. That is worse than …
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Addicted to being busy
Are we busy because it serves us or because we want to be busy? Why millennials appear to be more productive and miserable than the generations before them? Is this a new step in our cultural evolution, or yet another dead end? The main claim of this article: “Being busy is more than just feeling …
Just enough news
How many news are just right? FOMO is a valid phenomenon and it can get ugly if you are a voracious reader. I will share my own strategies on news consumption. Notice: I read around 100 articles per day, so my news consumption is a bit biased. Notice hidden interests Your interests are different from …
Humor that can change our world
Humor is more powerful than we think. It can change the world and make it better. Today I want to outline weaponizing humor for self-improvement. For more reading I suggest taking a peek here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. The truth is ridiculous One of the things we learn in writing classes is the …
