How Magicians Control Your Mind

Over the past couple of years, neuroscientists and magicians have been getting together to create a science that might be called &quo...

Worth Watching - A list of 25 TED Talks

Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” If this sounds like a philosoph...

Accelerated thinking can improve your mood

  Lousy day? Don't try to think happy thoughts--just think fast. A new study shows that accelerated thinking can improve your mood.  In ...

13 Steps to Selling that Actually Work

The Psychology of Selling Step #1: Drop the enthusiasm. This is my biggest passion in the sales training space today. Salespeople ne...

How do "non-shy" people regard the shy person?

H ow do "non-shy" people regard the shy person? Actually the term "non-shy" is a misnomer. There is no one who...

How the City Hurts Your Brain

The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century coffeehouses of London, where citizens gathered to discu...

The Myth of the 8-hour Sleep

We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night - but it could be good for you. A growing body of evidence from both scienc...

Are You A Worry-Wart?

A recent survey by the Psychology Department of the University of Texas discovered that 15 percent of the US population would describe t...

How To Bridge the Integrity Gap

I am a big fan of the modern day philosopher, Brian Johnson. He has created over 200 Philosopher’s Notes . Philosopher’s Notes are lik...