Getting Ready for the New Day

Best of April | Getting Ready for the New Day

How to Free Yourself of Irrational Guilt & Unwanted Shame A proven scientific method to stop beating yourself up over what wasn’t your fault. You’ve had a rough day. It started on the morning commute. You had to slam on your brakes, and poured coffee all over yourself. Your boss gave you contradictory instructions, then he got mad when you couldn’t read his mind. The printer jammed, and you wasted half an hour trying to tease your printout free of it. When you finally got it out, it looked...

almost 3 years ago • 3 min read

Best of March | Getting Ready for the New Day

How to Become a World Champion in Any Field Key points from The Art of Learning, by Josh Waitzkin You may think that world champion athletes have trained in their chosen sport since they were children. Yet Josh Waitzkin, the chess prodigy who was the subject of the film Searching for Bobby Fischer, only discovered the martial art of Tai Chi Chuan after he retired from competitive chess. In only a few short years, he was able to become a World Champion in the sport. The secret is that, instead...

about 3 years ago • 1 min read

Getting Ready for the New Day: Best of February 1 - 7

Your Memories Are Lies For a long time, it was believed that memories were encoded in your brain as perfect, crystalline moments in time, preserved forever. As you aged, you might have more trouble finding a particular memory. But once you found it, it was as pristine and pure as ever. Then research started coming out about created memories. Ask a child enough leading questions, and they’ll build a memory of being abused. Show enough images of an event on television, and people will remember...

about 3 years ago • 1 min read

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