Daniel Gilbert - Happiness Researcher - New York Times

At Harvard, the social psychologist Daniel Gilbert is known as Professor Happiness. Saved By: Turadg Aleahmad | View Details | Give Thanks
At Harvard, the social psychologist Daniel Gilbert is known as Professor Happiness. Saved By: Turadg Aleahmad | View Details | Give Thanks
Sadness Spurs Spending, Experiment Shows : NPR

Feeling blue? You may want to think twice before heading to the mall. A recent experiment found that people who watched a clip from a sad movie were willing to pay significantly more for a water bottle than those who watched part of a documentary about the Great Barrier Reef. Saved By: projectionista | View Details | Give Thanks
Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let?s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb. Saved By: webponce | View Details | Give Thanks
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Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let?s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb. Saved By: webponce | View Details | Give Thanks
garfield minus garfield

Who would have guessed that when you remove Garfield from the Garfield comic strips, the result is an even better comic about schizophrenia, bipolor disorder, and the empty desperation of modern life? Friends, meet Jon Arbuckle. Let?s laugh and learn with him on a journey deep into the tortured mind of an isolated young everyman as he fights a losing battle against lonliness and methamphetamine addiction in a quiet American suburb. Saved By: webponce | View Details | Give Thanks
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INteresting feature in Greater Good magazine... turns out long-term power comes from bring good.duh! Saved By: Jason Calacanis | View Details | Give Thanks
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Just as there are the four seasons in nature, our creative lives also have their seasons. Each new creative project we take on has its stages of growth and development, its own four seasons.
As summer looms, students at dozens of schools across the country are trying hard to be in the present moment in what is known as mindfulness training. [...] Although mindful education may seem like a New Yorker caricature of West Coast life, the school district with possibly the best experience has been Lancaster, Pa., where mindfulness is taught in 25 classes a week at eight schools. The district has a substantial poverty rate, with 75 percent of students qualifying for free lunch.
Social proof is a psychological phenomenon whereby people base their actions on the behavioral cues of others. This article examines how you can use the concept of social proof to optimize your website and make it and yourself more attractive to the masses.
20 Ways to Eliminate Stress From Your Life

The best way to catch liars is to tell them to recount their stories backwards.
10 Benefits of Rising Early, and How to Do It | zen habits

Benefits are often hokey, but the practical tips for how to change your sleep habits may actually work. Always been a night owl with habitual insomnia to boot, so I'm no easy mug to change. We'll see how it goes.
A recent article in The WSJ reported that because they have been told since infancy that they were special, they believe it and expect to keep hearing it. "Bosses, professors and mates are feeling the need to lavish praise on young adults, particularly 20 somethings, or else see them wither under an unfamiliar compliment deficit" it said.
There is a considerable body of research showing that eye contact is a key component of social interaction. Not only are people more aroused when they are looked at directly, but if you consistently look at the person you speak to, you will have much more social influence over that person than you would if you averted your gaze.
An adult reflects on how he came to be a toy collector, "It all began with a bizarre recurring dream..."
Have you ever had the feeling of overwhelming sense of familiarity with something that shouldn't be familiar at all, well you are not alone!
Death threats against bloggers are NOT "protected speech" (why I cancelled my ETech presentations)

A distressing report of threat and intimidation towards one of the most positive, friendly and intelligent people in software design.
Most of us let our mind wander, sometimes the results can be tragic. A college professor drove to work in Irvine, Calif., one hot August day, parked and went to his office. He'd lost track of the fact that his 10-month-old son was in the back seat. The boy died in the heat. Now scientists are studying the "phenomenon"...
Scientists believe people who goad others to incite an angry response may have an unconscious need for power linked to high testosterone levels.









