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6 days ago

Science: You Get 150 Friends and 25 Places (So Choose Well)

Germans have the concept of the stammtisch. Greeks frequent their stegi. Brits are loyal to their local. Around the world, it seems, people have a tendency to form strong attachments to a neighborhood hang-out. Just how much are we creatures of habit when it comes to where we spend our…

Life

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Science: You Get 150 Friends and 25 Places (So Choose Well)
Science: You Get 150 Friends and 25 Places (So Choose Well)
Life

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May 16

A Neurologist’s Secret Weapon for Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Age: Novels

If you’re a busy adult, sitting down with a novel might seem like nothing more than a light and enjoyable way to unwind. But science suggests fiction offers our brains a lot more than just distraction and stress relief. Research suggests that deep, concentrated reading — the kind we do…

Books

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A Neurologist’s Secret Weapon for Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Age: Novels
A Neurologist’s Secret Weapon for Keeping Your Memory Sharp as You Age: Novels
Books

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May 10

Want to Be a Better Leader? Try Being a Dungeon Master

Stuffed full of game references and starring a clutch of good-looking actors, the new Dungeons & Dragons movie has been making both studio execs and D&D superfans happy. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves beat box office expectations and has racked up surprisingly good reviews both from critics and gamers…

Gaming

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Want to Be a Better Leader? Try Being a Dungeon Master
Want to Be a Better Leader? Try Being a Dungeon Master
Gaming

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May 2

5 Signs You’re Actually Pretty Good With Money

Most of us strive and struggle to reach our goals. What we often forget is that accomplishing them is only half the battle. You also have to feel like you’ve accomplished them. And these two steps can be further apart than you might imagine. Couples therapists caution that we are…

Money

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5 Signs You’re Actually Pretty Good With Money
5 Signs You’re Actually Pretty Good With Money
Money

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Apr 25

Neuroscientist: ‘Bookend’ Your Days With Reading for a More Peaceful and Productive Life

Just about everyone agrees that how you start and end your days has an outsize impact on your mindset and productivity. Which is why the internet is jammed packed with complex morning routine prescriptions and tales of A-listers’ superhuman start-of-day rituals. Far be it from me to criticize Tony Robbins’s…

Reading

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Neuroscientist: ‘Bookend’ Your Days With Reading for a More Peaceful and Productive Life
Neuroscientist: ‘Bookend’ Your Days With Reading for a More Peaceful and Productive Life
Reading

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Apr 19

3 Ways Smart People Make Themselves Unhappy and Unsuccessful

One of the best ways to know what secret anxieties plague people is to look at what they click on online. And as someone who writes for the internet for a living, I can tell you few topics drive more clicks than articles that promise to “make you smarter.” …

Intelligence

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3 Ways Smart People Make Themselves Unhappy and Unsuccessful
3 Ways Smart People Make Themselves Unhappy and Unsuccessful
Intelligence

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Apr 11

How to Use Writing to Make Yourself a Much Luckier Person

Most of us think of writing as a means of communication — whether we’re sending a text, crafting a memo, or penning a novel to convey our feelings and ideas to others. And that definitely is a hugely important aspect of writing. …

Writing

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How to Use Writing to Make Yourself a Much Luckier Person
How to Use Writing to Make Yourself a Much Luckier Person
Writing

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Apr 4

10 Top-Ranked Cities for Digital Nomads Where You Can Live for $2,000 or Less a Month

With recent research from consultancy MBO Partners showing that an incredible 48 million Americans are interested in becoming digital nomads, it’s no surprise that more and more countries are rushing to attract freelancers, location-independent entrepreneurs, and employees at companies with very relaxed remote work policies. With more than four dozen…

Travel

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10 Top-Ranked Cities for Digital Nomads Where You Can Live for $2,000 or Less a Month
10 Top-Ranked Cities for Digital Nomads Where You Can Live for $2,000 or Less a Month
Travel

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Mar 28

Brené Brown: You Can’t Change Your Life Without Loving Yourself First

Being too lax about what you eat makes you unhealthy. Being too stressed about food makes you miserable (and possibly anorexic). Too much focus on others makes you a regret-filled doormat. Too little makes you a psychopath. Life is about finding balance. And it’s the same with ambition. If you…

Life

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Brene Brown: You Can’t Change Your Life Without Loving Yourself First
Brene Brown: You Can’t Change Your Life Without Loving Yourself First
Life

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Mar 21

New Study: The Farther You Wander, the Happier You Will Be

The surface of the earth is nearly 200 million square miles. That’s a lot of space to explore. But according to recent research, most of us just regularly visit the same 25 places over and over again. The smallness of that number might surprise you, but it comes from a…

Life

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New Study: The Farther You Wander, the Happier You Will Be
New Study: The Farther You Wander, the Happier You Will Be
Life

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Jessica Stillman

Jessica Stillman

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Top Inc.com columnist/ Editor/ Ghostwriter. Book lover. Travel fiend. Nap enthusiast. https://jessicastillman.com/

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