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Career
JK Rowling | December 8, 2015The Fringe Benefits of Failure
At her Harvard commencement speech, “Harry Potter” author JK Rowling offers some powerful, heartening advice to dreamers and...
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Wellbeing
Kevin Arnold | December 8, 2015Tips for Holidays and Parenting: Letting Joy Win over Stress
Parents face holidays each year with varying degrees of stress. We know the routines that organize life will...
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Life
Maria Popova | December 8, 2015Be Like Water: The Philosophy and Origin of Bruce Lee’s Famous Metaphor for Resilience
“In order to control myself I must first accept myself by going with and not against my nature.”...
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Arts
Marina Abramović | December 8, 2015An Art Made of Trust, Vulnerability and Connection
Marina Abramović’s art pushes the boundary between audience and artist in pursuit of heightened consciousness and personal change....
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Career
Andrew Bryant | December 1, 2015An Extra-Ordinary Woman Shows Self-leadership
In 2010, a shy Spanish-speaking South American woman, leaves her home and family to start a challenging new...
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Technology
JR Thorpe | December 1, 2015The 8 Best Apps For Meeting Goals And Forming New Habits, From Meditation To Saving Money
OK, so it’s way past resolution season now — but it’s not too late in the year to...
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Wellbeing
Stephanie and John Cacioppo | December 1, 2015Do You Feel Lonely? You Are Not Alone: Lessons From Social Neuroscience
Have you ever felt left out, isolated, rejected, and/or frustrated that your parents, your siblings, or even your...
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Technology
Andreas Ekström | December 1, 2015The Moral Bias Behind Your Search Results
Search engines have become our most trusted sources of information and arbiters of truth. But can we ever...
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Technology
Jason Silva | December 1, 2015The Big Picture
The first photograph taken of earth, from space, occasioned a profound shift in our understanding of ourselves —...
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Wellbeing
John O’ Sullivan | November 18, 2015Changing the Game in Youth Sports
Published on Jun 20, 2014 O’Sullivan remembers when youth sports was about children competing with other children instead...
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Arts
Jory MacKay | November 4, 2015How to Craft the Perfect Playlist for Productivity
Nothing has more of a negative impact on my workday than forgetting my headphones. Like most people, music...
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Career
Mark Manson | November 4, 2015Screw Finding Your Passion
Remember back when you were a kid? You would just do things. You never thought to yourself, “What...
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Wellbeing
Penny Tompkins and James Lawley | November 4, 2015Applying Cross-Domain Thinking
We are interested in modelling: – the phenomena in general – how individuals do them – and how...
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Wellbeing
Daniel Levitin | November 4, 2015How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed
You’re not at your best when you’re stressed. In fact, your brain has evolved over millennia to release...
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Arts
Maria Popova | October 19, 2015The Art of Living
Marcus Aurelius’s Meditations remains one of humanity’s most significant and influential packets of thought on what it means...
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Wellbeing
Michael Grose | October 19, 2015Manage Like a Cat, Nurture Like a Dog
I just spoke to 300 parents about raising teenagers and I made the planned observation that they should...
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Technology
Umair Haque | October 19, 2015Technology of Abuse
It’s early summer, and I’m in Dupont Circle. Something’s off. People, I notice, seem to be suddenly tweeting...
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Relationships
Mandy Len Catron | October 19, 2015Is falling in love enough?
Did you know you can fall in love with anyone just by asking them 36 questions? Mandy Len...
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Arts
Luc Besson | October 6, 2015The Man in the Mirror
Some times the hardest person to love, is the man in the mirror. A beautiful scene from Angel-A, 2005...
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Entrepreneurship
Tribeca | October 6, 2015The Downtown Project
Far from the bright lights and the resounding ka-ching of booming commerce on the Vegas strip is another...
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Success
Maria Popova | October 6, 2015Trying Not to Try
How to Cultivate the Paradoxical Art of Spontaneity Through the Chinese Concept of Wu-Wei. “Our modern conception of...
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Life
Emilie Wapnick | October 6, 2015Why Some of Us Don’t Have One True Calling
What do you want to be when you grow up? Well, if you’re not sure you want to...
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Entrepreneurship
Peter Daisyme | October 6, 2015The Unique Cultures of 10 Hugely Successful Companies
Corporate culture means a lot more than it used to, especially in this new age of technology. Successful...
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Arts
Gabe Bergado | September 24, 2015Science Shows Art Can Do Incredible Things for Your Mind and Body
Art’s sweet relationship with the brain and body makes a trip to the museum worth it. There’s no...
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Life
BJ Miller | September 24, 2015What Really Matters at the End of Life
At the end of our lives, what do we most wish for? For many, it’s simply comfort, respect,...
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Success
Cal Newport | September 24, 2015The Surprisingly Relaxed Lives of Elite Achievers
If you are busy, you are doing something wrong! The Berlin Study In the early 1990s, a trio...
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Arts
Marie Forleo | September 24, 2015What Elizabeth Gilbert Wants You To Know About Big Magic
Doesn’t matter what you might be dreaming of. If any part of you longs to make and do...
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Wellbeing
Maria Popova | August 19, 2015The Art of Self Renewal
“The self-renewing man … looks forward to an endless and unpredictable dialogue between his potentialities and the claims...
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Entrepreneurship
George Bickerstaff | August 18, 2015Creativity Beats Innovation, Innovation Beats Normal.
What are some of the most creative and innovative companies that you can think of? Top of mind...
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Life
Jason Silva | August 18, 2015Love
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Success
Jason Silva | August 18, 2015A Philosopher’s Mind Trip
The Atlantic describes futurist and philosopher Jason Silva as “A Timothy Leary of the Viral Video Age.” A...
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Technology
Pratik Dholakiya | August 18, 20155 Apps That Make Life Easier for Hurried CEOs
When you lead a company, you don’t have any days off. You eat, sleep and breathe your business,...
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Wellbeing
Martin Boroson | August 18, 2015No Time To Meditate? Learn How To Effectively Meditate In Just One Moment
The world may not be fully embracing the whole “conscious/spiritual movement” quite yet, but if there are two...
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Life
Karima Hana-Meksem | August 18, 2015The Most Successful Leaders Are Critical Thinkers
The Marquis de Sade is one of the most infamous, deviant and evil French writers of all times....
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Technology
Latif Nasser | August 18, 2015The amazing story of the man who gave us modern pain relief
For the longest time, doctors basically ignored the most basic and frustrating part of being sick — pain....
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Success
Erik Sherman | August 18, 2015Understanding What Steve Jobs Meant by Passion
Someone recently resurfaced a 2007 video of Steve Jobs answering a question about whether entrepreneurs need passion. Here’s...
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Community
Lauren Singer | August 13, 2015You Can Live Without Producing Trash
One New York woman is making an effort to change the way we think about waste. Over the...
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Arts
Evelyn Glennie | August 12, 2015How to Truly Listen
In this soaring demonstration, deaf percussionist Evelyn Glennie illustrates how listening to music involves much more than simply...
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Life
Maria Popova | August 12, 2015What Maturity Really Means
“Any experience carried out deeply to its ultimate leads you beyond yourself into a larger relation to the...
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Career
Daniel Goleman | August 12, 2015How Leaders Build Trust
I spoke with my friend Bill George, Senior Fellow and Professor of Management Practice at Harvard Business School,...