25 Principles of Adult Behavior
“Never assume the motives of others are, to them, less noble than yours are to you.”
Author: EBenedict
Convenience Is the Most Underestimated Force in the World Today
“Convenience seems to make our decisions for us, trumping what we like to imagine are our true preferences.”
10 Storytelling Hacks to Drive Word-Of-Mouth
“You’ll get far better results by making one strong point per well-told story. Because it’s not what you say, it’s what gets remembered that matters!”
The 100 Rules of Being a Writer
“The only way to build a sustainable audience is to show up. Over and over again. More often and longer than most people feel comfortable with.”
How to Get People to Do Things They Don’t Want to Do
“Providing a sense of progression is a form of feedback and is a key component of making unpleasant tasks more manageable.”
Why Our Preoccupation with Happiness Has Made Us Less Happy
“Happiness studies seem to be a way of convincing people they’re happy — or could be happy — even as they’re being dealt increasingly bad hands in terms of thin...
Why Sitting Down Destroys You
“Fitness talks muscles before spine. Gymnasts focus on how they are moving their body — and they also just happen to have awesome posture and a really strong co...
What to Do When You Have Too Much to Do
“Pick one thing, and give it your focus. Yes, there are a lot of other things you can focus on. Yes, they’re stressing you out and making it hard to focus. But ...
This Should Be Posted on the Wall of Every Business
“Never try to be cool. Only try to be good.”
How to Write in a Way That Makes People Feel Smart
“Good communicators make themselves look smart. Great communicators make their audiences feel smart.”