Take Time for Traditions
A toast before champagne; blowing out candles and making a wish before tucking into birthday cake; ceremoniously carving a turkey or saying grace before digging into Thanksgiving dinner. Ever stop to think if there’s...
What Sacrifices Would You Make To Save Face?
Who cares about what other people think? Despite the contemporary mantra that it doesn’t matter, most of us care a great deal about how others see us. People will go to extraordinary lengths to...
Do Opposites Attract?
In subways and movie theaters, on the bus and in cafeterias, we gravitate towards people who look like us.
Recent studies explore this tendency. In a pool of over two thousand students, people wearing glasses consistently sat...
Two Words of Advice We Rarely Hear
Go and make yourself useful.
My mother used to say this all the time when I was a child. She would whip it out whenever she suspected my sister or I were not making use...
Feasting Together Can Help You Succeed in Business and in Life
While meal replacements like Soylent are ideally suited for those who prefer to get sustenance through a straw and on their own time, don’t discount the immeasurable benefits of sitting down for a real...
Love Literally Hurts – So Does Being Left Out
Love hurts — the pain is emotional and physical. In the 1970s, scientist Jaak Panseep discovered that puppies separated from their mothers were less likely to cry if given small doses of morphine. Pansee suspected a...