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Bestselling Author · Investor · Speaker. Author of 'Hooked' and & 'Indistractable'. The blog is about the intersection of psychology, technology, and business.
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How to Find Fulfillment When Your Job Doesn’t Provide It

2025-05-26 21:00:33

Our job enables us to provide for ourselves and our families, but that can make us feel all the more shackled to a work situation that makes us miserable or unfulfilled. Are we meant to suck it up? Do we just have to accept the fact that not everyone gets to have a fulfilling job?

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Why Seeking Approval is Killing your Potential

2025-05-13 15:00:16

That flutter of excitement when someone likes your post. The warm glow after your boss praises your presentation. The slight panic when your work receives criticism instead of praise. Sound familiar?

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How Successful People Timebox

2025-04-29 00:00:16

Timeboxing is the most powerful time-management technique. However, there is no one way to timebox. Some people keep the same schedule every week and review it on Sundays. Others change their timeboxed calendar daily and review it the night before. This step-by-step guide, plus timeboxing examples from real people, will help you figure out what timeboxing looks like for you.

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Stop Gaslighting Yourself: Why Your Memory Isn’t as Reliable as You Think

2025-04-14 16:12:30

Have you ever cringed while showering, suddenly remembering something embarrassing you said years ago? That memory still feels so fresh, so real—but what if I told you it might be entirely distorted?

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How to Protect Your Focus Without Burning Bridges

2025-03-31 21:00:41

Most professionals don't struggle with time management. They struggle with people-pleasing.From an early age, we're conditioned to say "yes." But this automatic response creates a significant dilemma: every time we say yes to something inessential, we're implicitly saying no to work that actually matters.

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The Real Culprit Behind Plummeting Children’s Mental Health

2025-03-24 20:25:37

Kids are suffering. In the United States, 13 percent of three- to 17-year-olds had a mental or behavioral health diagnosis. Parents and teachers often blame social media for rising teen depression rates. But many studies show only a correlation between the two (and a low one at that), not causation.

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