7 Anti-anxiety Habits to Save You from Procrastination
Procrastination – regretfully delaying tasks you need to complete – is a common problem in anxiety[1], depression[2], ADHD[3], and personality disorders[4], and it worsens with …
Money Psychology: Toxic relationship with money
Money psychology means understanding your relationship with money. Research has shown unhealthy forms of behaviors called “money scripts.” Explore how they manifest in this story.
Why we Fall for Misinformation so Easily
These are the psychological reasons we fall for misinformation. I explain the illusory truth effect, psychological comfort, sense-making, Gell-Mann amnesia, hypocognition, confirmation bias, etc.
Dissolving Anxiety with Socratic Questioning
I’ll explain 4 steps you need to convert anxious thoughts into positive constructive thoughts. Positive thoughts are not happy thoughts; they are useful thoughts. Anxious …
Cognitive Attentional Syndrome: What’s that?
Cognitive attentional syndrome is an explanation for mental health disturbances based on 3 components: Repetitive thoughts, high threat perception, and unhealthy coping.
Framing Effect in Marketing: 7 Types
The Framing Effect describes how people choose between 2 or more options based on how they are presented. The context, the imagery, the words, the meaning, etc., of a statement is called a “frame.”
Psychology of Retail Shop Designs & Layouts
Airports have so many shops arranged in apparent chaos in the lounging areas after security checks. But it’s not chaos. The primary reason is – …
What is Emotional Intelligence (EQ)?
High emotional intelligence (EQ) is an overall ability to manage, experience, and express emotions. This helps with decision-making and adjusting to stress.
Are you an Autotelic Person? [Test yourself]
“The motivation to do a task comes from the satisfaction of getting to do the task.” If this is relatable, chances are you have the …
Bad Sleep might make you Procrastinate
Sleep deprivation and procrastination is a chicken and egg problem – what comes first? There is no meaningful starting point. But you can fix your …
Hacking Motivation: 7 Tricks from Psychology
Motivation can be hacked. I describe 7 tricks from psychology that manipulate the mind into getting tasks done.
Are you Emotionally Intelligent? 8 Signs
High emotional intelligence (EQ) is an overall ability to manage, experience, and express emotions. This helps with decision-making and adjusting to stress. See if you show the signs of high EQ.
How the Brain Learns: 8 Core principles
Cognitive science have explored how the brain learns. The most effective ways are: Observational learning, repetition, variation, interleaving, metaphor, curiosity, chunking, metacognition.
Imitation: The Oldest way of Learning, still valid in Education
Monkey see, monkey do. We aren’t just monkeys, but a learning technique they used – learning by observation – still is one of the most …
11 Quick Science-backed Sleep Improvement Tips
Sleep disturbances are as common as wind in the air. Some studies[1] report over 40% of the population having significant sleep disturbances. Some countries show …
8 Study Techniques used by Toppers
These are the best studying techniques used by exam toppers. Chunking, Spaced Repetition, Testing effect, Production Effect, Associations, Solution reveals, Breaks, and Note-taking.