How To Take A Perfect Profile Picture
“The results are in — we find it more attractive when people fully face the camera. This is especially important for men. Why? Fronting is a nonverbal sign of r...
Author: Josh Spector
How To Judge Someone’s Character By Asking Them One Question
“A powerful hack for evaluating other people’s character — if you want to know if they themselves display a trait, just find a way to ask how common they think ...
10 Creations Worth Recommending This Week
If you’re one of The Interested, here are a few creations I discovered this week I think you’ll dig.
Theo Epstein’s 20% Rule For Getting Ahead At Work
“Whoever your boss is, or your bosses are, they have 20% of their job that they just don’t like. So if you can ask them or figure out what that 20% is, and figu...
How To Prevent Pressure From Turning Into Stress
“Pressure is not stress. But the former is converted to the latter when you add one ingredient: rumination, the tendency to keep rethinking past or future event...
A Manager’s Pledge
“I will listen to you. Your experience at work, in previous jobs, at home, and in the community are valid. You know things that I don’t know. Your perspective o...
The World Needs More Followers, Not More Leaders
“Perhaps the biggest disservice done by the outsize glorification of ‘leadership skills’ is to the practice of leadership itself — it hollows it out, it empties...
How The Like Button Ruined The Internet
“Once other people start telling you what they like via Like buttons, you inevitably start hewing to their idea of what’s good. The stuff you publish will start...
Why Complaining Is Bad For You
“When a problem keeps manifesting in an organization or relationship you need to resolve it, and that begins by putting it into words. But purposeless complaini...
To Create A Culture, Start A Revolution
“Shocking rules — particularly when you get into a company — end up being the important thing because people have to question, they have to ask themselves why d...