6 min read ⌚ The Myth of Talent and the Power of Practice Talent is overrated – and never enough! And if you really want to succeed in anything in life, you’ll have to repeat this truism as if a mantra. And pair it up with another: practice makes perfect, practice makes perfect, practice makes perfect… […]
7 min read ⌚ Myths About Genius and What It Really Means To Be Great You do not need superhuman intelligence and talent to reach “Mastery.” All you need is devotion and patience while following a specific set of already established steps. Who Should Read “Mastery”? And Why? “Mastery” aims to dispel some of the most […]
4 min read ⌚ The Rise of Addictive Technology and the Business of Keeping Us Hooked Have you ever wondered why are you currently reading this on your PC, laptop, tablet or smartphone? Adam Adler says that the answer to this question is pretty obvious. Technology is simply “Irresistible.” But, is that good? About Adam Alter […]
4 min read ⌚ Best psychology books about human behavior have always been subjected to numerous discussions by various behavioral experts. Nevertheless, the real formula is yet to be discovered. In the struggle of today, we are worried about the “tomorrow,” and nothing comes close to having a great ally in those battles – such as […]
6 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: “The Ultimate Sales Machine” by the late great sales and marketing guru Chet Holmes is based around a simple premise: that mastery isn’t about doing 4,000 things, but about doing 12 things 4,000 times. And these 12 things – ranging from time management techniques to aggressive marketing strategies – are […]
6 min read ⌚ MicroSummary: In “Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me),” oft-cited and celebrated social psychologists Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson deal with the nature and the problems of many self-justification mechanisms (such as cognitive dissonance, confirmation bias, and fabricated memory), while trying to show that the only way for a person to […]
6 min read ⌚ How New Ideas Emerge, aka How Small Things Transform the World By now, you already know that evolution is how all life came to be on this planet. What you don’t know is that evolution may be responsible for everything else, whether it’s language or government. Don’t believe us? Why don’t […]
14 min read ⌚ How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference Some say that significant changes don’t happen abruptly. For example, there are internal mechanisms which regulate if the name of a certain actress will become a popular choice among parents or not. However, Malcolm Gladwell is more a butterfly-effect kind of a sociologist. In […]
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