Mindset
What happens in our minds will determine how we feel, what we do, and the quality of our lives — much more than what happens outside of us.
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What We Can Learn from the World’s Unluckiest Man
The life of Apple’s little-known cofounder is a lesson in hindsight bias, regret, and how the right perspective can save your sanity.
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The Subtle Trap of Cargo Cult Thinking
“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.”
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You Should Not Be Careful Who You Love
“You should care about things in a way that makes it a possibility that tragedy will happen to you.”
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How Thinking About Death Can Make You Happier
“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.”
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Don’t Let Down Future You
It’s easy to get overwhelmed and lose sight of your dreams. Thinking about your future self will help you stay on track.
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Why Bronze Medalists Are Happier
Why downward counterfactual thinking is a fast track to the most creative kind of gratitude there is.
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Why Now Is Always the Right Time
Only through experimenting and failing do we actually get closer to figuring out what’s right for us.
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Amor Fati: Can We Love Life, No Matter What?
“Amor fati,” “love in spite of everything”, and “yes to one’s own true being”: all of these help us cope with life’s greatest difficulties.
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How Much Money Do We Really Need to Be Happy?
Most of us can agree that money and happiness are related to some degree, but how much and in what way is the source of eternal debate.
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Does Happiness Depend on Luck?
In his Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle raises a difficult but salient question: Can we consider someone truly happy when we don’t yet know how their life will end? Take the example of the mythical king, Priam. Priam had it all: wealth, status, power, and over fifty sons and daughters. Then the Trojan War happened and everything
