A Tribute to Maria Popova and the Marginalian
One of the glories of the Internet is Maria Popova’s The Marginalian. If you don’t know it, click on the ...
How Hard Is It to Change, Really?
A study I saw recently from a few years back brought into question my long-held assumption that most people find ...
How Did That Pandemic Work Out for Us?
What effect has the pandemic had on our collective psyches? Now that we are two and a half years into ...
Can Your Body and Your Brain Think Together?
One of the mysteries of the human mind that we are only beginning to delve into is the relationship between ...
This Year’s World Champion Speaker Richly Deserves the Title!
This year’s Toastmasters World Champion of Public Speaking delivers such a great speech under enormous pressure that is seemed worthwhile ...
E32 Season 2 of JOQ: Nick chats with author, and founder of the Young China Group Zak Dychtwald
Zak Dychtwald has a remarkable and unusual ability to straddle two very different cultures: the U.S. and China. ...
Yes, Optimism, Imagery, and Self-talk Work!
Three large studies, taken together, confirm that stress ages you, optimism extends your life, and self-talk works to help you ...
What the Next 15 Years Will Be Like
I began this blog 15 years ago, with a post about the ancient Greeks and Romans – specifically about an ...
Are You Anxious? What Are the Uses of Anxiety, if Any?
I am an anxious person. I like things to go well, especially social situations, and I put energy into trying ...
Robbie Quinn’s Street Unicorns Are Here!
Telling visual stories is what photographers do, and no one more vividly than Robbie Quinn, a New York City photographer ...
