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Meredith Arthur

2 Simple Techniques to Help You Get Out of Your Own Head

“Watch out, your brain is listening.”

Habits & Productivity, Happiness

Feeling COVID Anxiety? Try These Simple Strategies

“Once I describe the emotion I'm feeling, I can make sense of it. I can move past it.”

Happiness, Psychology

How to Build Resilience During the Pandemic

“We’re in this moment where we have to help one another.”

Happiness, Psychology

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Ingrid Fetell Lee

How to Design a Joyful, Productive Home Office

“Invite play back into your home.”

Design, Happiness

How Introverts and Extroverts Are Handling Self-Isolation Differently

“Solitude is isolation that feels good, and loneliness is isolation that feels bad.”

Introvert, Psychology

Daniel Markovits

Why Meritocracy Is Bad for America

“Even as it excludes most Americans from real opportunity, it also harms the few who seem to win.”

Politics & Economics

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10 Ways to Work Less and Get More Done

Discover a more productive, more balanced lifestyle with these game-changing tips.

Conversation Is a Skill. Here’s How to Be Better At It

“I consider questions to be the most powerful tool you have at your disposal.”

Charles Duhigg on How Willpower Leads to Success

What 30 years of research have taught us about strengthening willpower.

Christie Aschwanden

Why You Should Never Take Another Vitamin, According to Science

“You’re just spending money on unnecessary stuff that could be harming you.”

Health, Science

What the Royal Wedding Teaches Us About Hosting Meaningful, Memorable Events

“90 percent of the success of a gathering happens before anyone even walks in the door.”

Creativity, Design

Adam Grant, Wendy Wood

Willpower Is Overrated, Says the World’s Leading Habit Expert

“Habits become a shortcut, and they're activated by the cues around us.”

Habits & Productivity

Why the Key to Getting Ahead Is Staying Still

“Nothing is up to you but your own thoughts, opinions, and actions.”

Habits & Productivity, Happiness

Andrew Yang Wants to Give You $1,000 per Month. Here’s Why

“If we truly are a democracy, then we’re the owners and stakeholders of this country.”

Entrepreneurship, Politics & Economics

A.J. Jacobs, Jordan Harbinger

The Selfish Case for Becoming More Grateful

“Happiness does not lead to gratitude. Gratitude leads to happiness.”

Happiness, Psychology