by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 16, 2021 | Mind Management, Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Fitness, Mismatch, Stress
Human Intelligence Every once in a while, I read something that knocks my socks off. This time it was Annie Murphy Paul’s piece on Intelligence in the New York Times, “How to Think Outside Your Brain.” If I understood correctly, the rough idea is that the human brain...
by Madelaine Weiss | Jul 19, 2021 | Work, Decisions, Fitness, Life, Mismatch
Study Finds Up To 77% Productivity Increase for Hybrid Workers So It’s not just about the What, Why, How, and with Whom — but now more than ever, it’s about Where we work too. Environmental Fitness As per the first line of Getting to G.R.E.A.T.: “A Great Life Depends...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 17, 2020 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Mind Management, Mismatch
High Stress Situation Not even counting all of the other pandemic stress, we have this unbelievably testy election coming up. A lot of people are really cranky with anyone who sees anything different from what they see and believe themselves. How did we get so...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 30, 2020 | Crisis, Decisions, Emotion, Mind Management, Mismatch, Spending
Maybe you wish social status wasn’t a thing. But it is. Always was and, near as I can tell, always could be because humans are so wired for it. Humans are wired to strive for status—and to have a keen eye for who does and doesn’t have it—because back in the day when...
by Madelaine Weiss | Oct 24, 2017 | Eating, Mismatch
Whether it be for the environment, one’s health, or other important causes, convincing people to adopt new or uncommon behaviors can be difficult. One reason is that societal norms powerfully reinforce the status quo…. “What leads people to overturn a...
by Madelaine Weiss | Aug 20, 2017 | Mismatch, Uncategorized
”Only through solidarity and cooperation within one’s own group was it possible to raise children and survive when competing against unknown and rivaling groups for scarce resources in pre-civilized times…”* There it is, folks. This could be what we are up...
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