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.
14 Career Skills School Students must have before 16
What do students need now in their learning that goes beyond gaining factual knowledge to have a professional advantage later in life? Note: I’ve excluded …
Repetition Tricks us into Liking & Believing Anything
What’s common between gaslighting, liking a product, remembering song lyrics, and falling for pseudoscience? A core mechanism of how we perceive the world and form …
Psychological Impact of 7 Modern Behaviors
Explore the basic psychological impact of clothes, exercise, gum, coffee, music, memes, and role-playing on mood, emotions, behavior, and productivity.
Art & Science of Improvisation: Work, Music, Cooking, Everything
Make a square without using squares, lines, or rectangles. This is the essence of improvisation. I looked at the rule – make a square without …
Your Productivity Lies in Your Clothes
The clothes we wear at work, during work from home, or in meetings directly affect our productivity. Clothes influence our behavior, confidence, motivation, and thought …
Psychology Humor: Daily experiences in Psych Jargon
This is a humorous take on using psychological jargon instead of common everyday language to describe psychological experiences.
Mind-body Connection: 10 Facts that prove it is deep
These are 10 facts about the brain and body that prove the mind-body connection is very deep. This is a summary of the mechanisms that enable the connection.