Creative solutions are almost always preceded by some degree of risk, annoyance, confusion, and conflict.Buy on Amazon →
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We are not bound by any specific ideology or school of thought, or labels of any kind. We are not “keto” or “low-fat,” and we do not emphasize aerobic training at the expense of strength, or vice versa.Buy on Amazon →
The effects of alcohol on memory and cognition are apparent even in moderate drinkers. Studies have found that young people who drink heavily are more likely to forget even basic tasks like locking the door or mailing a letter.Buy on Amazon →
One of the signal events as we are falling asleep is that our body temperature drops by about one degree Celsius. To help that happen, try to keep your bedroom cool—around sixty-five degrees Fahrenheit seems to be optimal.Buy on Amazon →
Nobody was hurt. The bad guys were in custody. And I emerged from the experience humbled by how much more there was to learn, but at the same time, awakened to and inspired by the elemental power of emotion, dialogue, and the FBI’s evolving toolbox of applied psychological tactics to influence and persuade just about anyone in any situation.Buy on Amazon →
The very long-term effects of exposure to zero or partial Earth gravity are unknown. And as to what the effects would be on a developing human child, we haven’t got a clue.Buy on Amazon →
Once you understand what a messy, emotional, and destructive dynamic “fairness” can be, you can see why “Fair” is a tremendously powerful word that you need to use with care.Buy on Amazon →
True recovery requires probing the depths of what shaped you, how you adapted to it, and how those adaptations are now serving you (or not, as in my case).Buy on Amazon →
I am increasingly persuaded that our 24-7 addiction to screens and social media is perhaps our most destructive habit, not only to our ability to sleep but to our mental health in general.Buy on Amazon →
Often the other side is acting on bad information, and when people have bad information they make bad choices. There’s a great computer industry term for this: GIGO—Garbage In, Garbage Out.Buy on Amazon →
You think you are quitting something, but you’re not quitting anything because cigarettes do nothing for you.Buy on Amazon →
The only way to become excellent is to be endlessly fascinated by doing the same thing over and over. You have to fall in love with boredom.Buy on Amazon →
Getting significantly less sleep than this, or significantly more, will almost inevitably cause problems in the long run.Buy on Amazon →
The earth, that first among good mothers, gives us the gift that we cannot provide ourselves.Buy on Amazon →
The brain overestimates the danger of anything that seems like an immediate threat but has almost no likelihood of actually occurring: your plane crashing during a bit of turbulence, a burglar breaking in while you’re home alone, a terrorist blowing up the bus you’re on.Buy on Amazon →
Pointing-and-Calling raises your level of awareness from a nonconscious habit to a more conscious level by verbalizing your actions.Buy on Amazon →
In short: humans have had good political, economic, military, and technological reasons not to weaponize space. The one question looming at our particular moment is whether everything will change in this new age of cheap space access.Buy on Amazon →
The primary axis of the Americas and Africa is north-south. The primary axis of Europe, Asia, and the Middle East is east-west. This leads to a wider range of climates up-and-down the Americas than across Europe and Asia.Buy on Amazon →
You get there by asking for “No.” It’s the word that gives the speaker feelings of safety and control.Buy on Amazon →
If I had been told about all this in advance, would I have opted for the treatment?Buy on Amazon →
The subject, who was unaware of the ruse, would immediately become bewildered. Their eyes would open wide. They would laugh nervously to themselves. They would double-check the reactions of other participants. Their agitation would grow as one person after another delivered the same incorrect response.Buy on Amazon →
The more I kept this second guy talking and he’d come around. We’d find a way to get him out of that bank—with or without Chris Watts.Buy on Amazon →
Happiness is the space between desire being fulfilled and a new desire formingBuy on Amazon →
Man, he wrote, has two systems of thought: System 1, our animal mind, is fast, instinctive, and emotional; System 2 is slow, deliberative, and logical. And System 1 is far more influential.Buy on Amazon →
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