No one is a grumpy old man at heart. No one is genetically miserable. No matter our current circumstances, we all have the capacity for a joyful and purposeful life.
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It seems like __________ is important. It seems you feel like my company is in a unique position to __________. It seems like you are worried that __________.
NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCESelf-Help / Business
One thing that really surprised me about this process was how generous people were with their time and expertise. I sent many sections of the manuscript to experts for feedback. Without a single exception, every person that I asked said yes.
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge.
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The downside of habits is that you get used to doing things a certain way and stop paying attention to little errors.
ATOMIC HABITSSelf-Help / Business
“No” starts conversations and creates safe havens to get to the final “Yes” of commitment.
NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCESelf-Help / Business
Exercise is the only intervention shown to delay the progression of Parkinson’s.
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The best strategy to target cancer is likely by targeting multiple vulnerabilities of the disease at one time, or in sequence.
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The best we can hope for is reducing our uncertainty. A good experiment in biology only increases or decreases our confidence in the probability that our hypothesis is true or false.
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The best way to get your counterparts to lower their demands is to say “No” using “How” questions. These indirect ways of saying “No” won’t shut down your counterpart the way a blunt, pride-piercing “No” would.
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The key is to change the task such that it requires more work to get out of the good habit than to get started on it.
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For example, doctors have traditionally relied on two tests to gauge their patients’ metabolic health: a fasting glucose test, typically given once a year; or the HbA1c test we mentioned earlier, which gives us an estimate of their average blood glucose over the last 90 days. But those tests are of limited use because they are static and backward-looking.
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Emotions drive behavior. Every decision is an emotional decision at some level. Whatever your logical reasons are for taking action, you only feel compelled to act on them because of emotion.
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When you grow up in poverty and then you’re making $10 million when you’re twenty-two, that’s not your money.
THE ART OF SPENDING MONEYSelf-Help / Business
Owing to the chaotic nature of a crisis, a leader should always be skeptical about first reports. They are invariably inaccurate or misleading.
CONQUERING CRISISSelf-Help / Business
Habit stacking is a special form of an implementation intention. Rather than pairing your new habit with a particular time and location, you pair it with a current habit.
ATOMIC HABITSSelf-Help / Business
If Christ came out on the Dawn of the Third Day, why not Watson?
NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCESelf-Help / Business
The opposite of that is tactical empathy. In my negotiating course, I tell my students that empathy is “the ability to recognize the perspective of a counterpart, and the vocalization of that recognition.”
NEVER SPLIT THE DIFFERENCESelf-Help / Business
The Sun already spends most of its time blasting out hot ions in every direction. Earth’s magnetosphere and atmosphere protect you from most of these.
A CITY ON MARSNon-Fiction
While female Alzheimer’s patients outnumber men by two to one, the reverse holds true for Lewy body dementia and Parkinson’s, both of which are twice as prevalent in men.
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“No” creates safety, security, and the feeling of control. It’s a requirement to implementable success. It’s a pause, a nudge, and a chance for the speaker to articulate what they do want.
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Making sure that your breath can be wide and three-dimensional and easy is vital for creating good, efficient, coordinated movement.
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Stability is the subconscious ability to harness, decelerate, or stop force.
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Hailing a cab each morning may be a tiny action, but it is a splendid example of the 3rd Law of Behavior Change.
ATOMIC HABITSSelf-Help / Business
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