Since we were little we have been inoculated with the idea that life is fair. And we absolutely believe in it, many times ignoring the evidence that …
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Praise someone: Why do it more often?
We all like to receive a compliment. Praise can make us feel good and improve our day. In many cases, they help to shorten the distance between two …
You need to – give and receive – five compliments for every criticism
Sometimes, although we do not realize it, we maintain a communicative style that is too critical and even hostile. And it is that criticizing comes to …
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The dangerous rise of the Cancel Culture
Is the cancel culture here to stay? The advance of intolerance to the different and thoughtless criticism that leads to disproportionate punishment is …
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Decision Fatigue, when making decisions exhausts us
There's a good reason because Steve Jobs, Angela Merkel, and Barack Obama almost always dressed the same: to avoid decision fatigue. Using the same …
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Do you make meaningful decisions or decisions that make you happy?
Every day we have to make hundreds of decisions. Many of them are small. What do we have for breakfast? What clothes will we wear? What brand of milk …
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Why do we make bad decisions, even though we know what is best?
In life, sometimes we make good decisions and other times we make mistakes. There are multiple reasons that explain why we make bad decisions, from …
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