The Surprising Power of The Long Game
In a world where most people play the short game, playing the long game offers a huge advantage.
Are All Relationships Messy?
Carol Bruess (PhD, relationship researcher) calls it like she sees it. And, in case you’re wondering … yes, all relationships are somewhat messy, but that doesn’t necessarily mean we’re doing anything wrong! The reality is most of us hide the perfectly imperfect “insides” of our relationships, sharing on social media only our cleaned-up, best relationship selves. And what’s also true: there are things we each can do to build the healthy mini-cultures that are our relationships, the likes of which might not only extend the life of the relationship itself but even the people in them.
Explain things simply
Simplify written and verbal communication to improve signal.
To experience Zen-like awakening, try going the headless way
A prominent theme in Asian religious traditions such as the Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism is that our everyday human experience is like a dream. The dream is that you are merely a person – a thing in the world bounded by your skin, a self that is separate from things and other people. But you are not separate from things and other people. And when you see through the illusion of separation, you become ‘awakened’.
The Upsides of Having a Mental Breakdown
One of the saddest and most puzzling phenomena of psychological life are the incidents commonly known as ‘breakdowns’, in which people find themselves suddenly unable to carry out their normal duties – and fall silent, take to bed and cannot stop crying.
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All the books I have been listening to in 2021
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Embracing the cold shower
I hated cold showers, and now they are my daily treat. I am sharing some tactics that worked for me to embrace the cold.
Keeping track of human interactions
My system on how I keep track with whom I meet and what we talked about.