How Stores Trick You Into Buying Things
“People don’t know what anything is worth, so we need clues. But stores control the clues we see.”
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How Norms Change
“The voice of authority speaks not for the one but for the many; authority figures have a strong and rapid effect on social norms in part because they change ou...
How Online Dating Is Changing Society
“Research into the strength of marriage has found some evidence that married couples who meet online have lower rates of marital breakup than those who meet tra...
Why The Creator Of Facebook’s Like Button Has Stopped Using It
“It is very common for humans to develop things with the best of intentions and for them to have unintended, negative consequences.”
12 Questions That Will Change Your Life
“Am I doing my job? It’s important to remember that we can be very busy — exhaustingly busy — and still not be doing our job. We can be caught up in the things ...
3 Things You Can Learn About Making Decisions From Jeff Bezos
“If you’re a creator or a maker of any kind, the creation is almost never going to feel perfect. Dwelling on the minor tweaks before sharing that work will eat ...
5 Things Not To Do In Your Next Job Interview
“A good interview is a conversation, where both sides are engaged. The purpose is to discover if the position is a match. If the candidate asks no questions, it...
Why Most Writers Fail
“There are benefits of writing, and some of these benefits — perhaps the most valuable benefits — exist even if you can’t find one single reader.”
There’s A Lot Of Interrupting Going On These Days
“Men are almost three times as likely to interrupt women as they are to interrupt other men. Women interrupt each other constantly, and almost never interrupt m...
The Best Auto-Reply Email I’ve Ever Seen
Today I sent an email to a successful lawyer I know. In response, I got not only the best auto-reply I’ve ever received, but also an email that could actually c...