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How To Talk To Your Boss And Fix Your Job

BY Kevin PurdySun Jan 15, 2012

It's all too easy to spend long stretches simmering at your desk instead of having a straight-ahead talk with your boss. Here are a few strategies to help you start the conversation.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Why In-Person Socializing Is A Mandatory To-Do Item

BY Kevin PurdySun Dec 11, 2011

We are genetically oriented toward learning from others, an easy thing to forget these days. Here's why in-person socializing is so important, and efficient.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

The Pen Is Mightier Than The Phone: A Case For Writing Things Out

BY Kevin PurdySun Dec 4, 2011

Paper, with your handwriting on it, makes the best idea space, to-do list, and performance anxiety reliever. Here's why.READ»

WORK SMART | Comment

Unpredictable Rewards: Twitter's "Activity" Stream And Our Dwindling Attention Reservoir

BY Kevin PurdySun Nov 20, 2011

Do Twitter's Activity area and Facebook's Ticker give you anything you really need to know? With features like these, says Mike Monteiro, design director at Mule Design Studio, "you’re sniffing the exhaust fumes of activity.” That doesn't sound good.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Psychology In Action: Why Unconscious Tendencies Matter To Business Owners

BY Ethan HaleMon Oct 31, 2011

Understanding psychology and human nature can give businesses a significant advantage, particularly with pricing and marketing decisions.READ»

DECISIONS | Comment

A Non-Exhaustive Read On Fighting Decision Fatigue

BY Kevin PurdyMon Sep 5, 2011

Being good, making decisions, thinking long--they sap you of the mental strength to do things like, say, read a long piece on decision fatigue. Here's the condensed primer.READ»

WORK SMART | Comment

Three Self-Delusions That Influence Your Decisions And Productivity

BY Kevin PurdySun Aug 21, 2011

Your brain is constantly trying to betray you, but that's just normal. We ask the author of "You Are Not So Smart" for advice on what to look out for inside our skulls.READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

Upgrade Your Memory And Prevent Google Brain Drain

BY Gregory FerensteinFri Jul 15, 2011

Scientific research has proven that Google and the easy access to information that it provides can be detrimental to memory. Practice these four tricks to reverse the brain rot. READ»

TECHNOLOGY | Comment

New Study Shows How To Rack Up Retweets: Pull Their Heartstrings, Piss Them Off, Make Them Laugh

BY Kit EatonWed Jun 29, 2011

Turns out we really do share because we care. A new study shows that social sharing happens the most when we're emotionally aroused--in either a positive or negative way--by what we're looking at. READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

Reclaim Your Life, One Experience At A Time

BY Mihály CsíkszentmihályiTue May 24, 2011

From work to play, how can someone get the most out of what they do? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series, a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from "Flow" (1990) by Mihály Csíkszentmihályi.READ»

PSYCHOLOGY | Comment

Facebook Paying Users For Ad Views: The Good, The Bad, and The Psychologically Ugly

BY Gregory FerensteinMon May 9, 2011

Facebook will start paying users to watch some ads, but the outcomes could be more twisted than they realize.READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

Would You Like This Article More If You Had To "Like" It On Facebook Before Reading?

BY Gregory FerensteinFri Apr 15, 2011

How Facebook pages psychologically manipulate us into liking brands.READ»

EDUCATION | Comment

How to Shrink the College Minority Gap

BY Gregory FerensteinTue Mar 22, 2011

Two Stanford researchers have tested a confidence-boosting technique that dramatically increases the performance of minorities in college.READ»

FACEBOOK | Comment

This Is Your Brain on Facebook

BY David ZaxWed Mar 2, 2011

A new study shows that checking out your profile on Zuck's network improves self-esteem. Now, there's something to "like"!READ»

STARBUCKS | Comment

Big in Japan? The New Starbucks Logo Could Assist Company's Asian Expansion

BY David ZaxWed Jan 12, 2011

Psychological research suggests the new look was designed with an eye on China--and beyond.READ»

PSYCHOLOGY | Comment

Smile! Cell Phones Tracking Your Happiness

BY Kit EatonWed Sep 29, 2010

Cambridge University scientists have leveraged the fact we carry our mobile phones everywhere to measure an otherwise-ephemeral human quality: How happy we are. The "EmotionSense" tech essentially records your daily habits using standard cell phone tech.READ»

LEADERSHIP | Comment

A Leader's Sixth Sense

BY Paul HoytMon Mar 15, 2010

Effective leaders can’t see dead people – but they possess a kind of sixth sense for reading those around them. During a summer internship in college I setup a number of meetings with the executives of the company to learn more about leadership. One lesson from the CEO to this day clearly stands out in my mind. He said that his best leadership gift was his ability to know the keys to motivating each of his executives and managers. READ»

PENTAGRAM | Comment

Your Personality, Summarized in a Typeface

BY Cliff KuangThu Jan 7, 2010

Design firm Pentagram provides a quick, fun bit of psychoanalysis for type geeks.READ»

SOCIAL NETWORKING | Comment

Does Using Facebook Boost Brainpower While Twittering Diminishes It?

BY Kit EatonTue Sep 8, 2009

There's an interesting piece of news about the exploding social network phenomenon, not related to the growing number of users for once: Instead a psychologist is suggesting Facebooking makes you smart while Twittering makes you ...READ»

INTERNET ADDICTION | Comment

America's First Internet-Addiction Center Is Open for Business

BY Cliff KuangMon Aug 24, 2009

Heavensfield claims it'll ween you off of constantly checking your Facebook and e-mail, for the bargain price of $17,000.READ»