Humans require ten seconds of focused attention to properly absorb a new idea. Less than that and it pours off of us, in whole or in part. These are short, direct concepts that are worth ten seconds of your time to absorb.
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Injury Beliefs Are Substandard Beliefs
It’s common for people to take on beliefs as a reaction to some type of injury: a slander, an abuse, a slight, or perhaps to a string of misdeeds. I’ll give you a personal example, so it doesn’t seem I’m trying to criticize anyone: My paren...
We Haven’t Said Thank you Nearly Enough
Dan Fogelberg had a wonderful song in the 1970s with this line: “Papa, I don’t think I’ve said I love you near enough.” In the course of raising children, I’ve found that while “I love you” is good, “thank you” is better: it’s tied to speci...
Pay Attention To The Things That Bother You
One of the most oddly persistent lessons I’ve learned (and re-learn) is that I need to pay attention to the things which bother me. I’m not referring to physically dangerous things of course (mainly we need to get away from them) and truly...
The Real Reasons Why Cheating Is Bad For You
Older people frequently tell young people not to cheat at things, and rightly so. Their explanations of why the kids shouldn’t cheat, however, tend to be thin. Now, if you don’t have a better argument, you do the best you can, and I know I’...
Notice Your Binaries
Humans have a weakness for binaries… for either-or choices. These are the easiest distinctions for us to process, and so we default to them frequently. We see this in word association tests, where the answers go like this:
Hot. Cold.
Happ...
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