Humans have an unusual relationship with time. Bill Gates said we overestimate what we can do in one year, and underestimate what we can...

The human brain is a very powerful piece of hardware, but it is also dangerously flawed. To better understand the brain, we need to go...

For some, being put in the friend zone is a death sentence. The initial rejection is brutal. It goes to the core of their being. This...

You need to work hard at forgiving all the stupid shit you have done. We all do stupid things. These self-condemning words jiggle around...

What do you think the media's top priority is? To inform you or to scare the living crap out of you? In theory, the media plays a very...

Inevitably someone is going to piss you off. A waiter will forget your food order, a taxi will cut you off in traffic. It could be a...

In 1985, Rocky Mountain News published a groundbreaking article on how people attach themselves to others in romantic relationships. It...

I am a nice guy. I am pleasant, positive and take a genuine interest in other people. I am not a dickhead who plays macho alpha male head...

For many, freedom is the absence of responsibilities and obligations- the chance to do whatever you want, to pursue a passive lifestyle...

It took Columbus approximately 4.5 months to discover America – and he had to sail through unpredictable and unchartered waters. It took...

I lived in Mexico City for almost 20 years. It contains 25 million people. It is a city located 2500m above sea level, surrounded by two...

I used to think that keeping a journal was only for teenage girls. They would lie on their beds, surrounded by posters of One Direction,...

Retiring at 48 sounds cool and romantic. However, two years into my retirement, I am discovering some unexpected results. 1) Achieving...

Everybody wants to be more than they are. How else can you explain the growth in the self-help/improvement industry? Surely, if these...

Humans have a negativity bias. Our brains are hardwired to fixate on the negative – bad news triggers a reaction that causes us to...

For 99% of human existence, we lived in communities. These were groups of twenty to thirty people who lived together, worked together,...

Few would deny the importance your parents played in your life. They molded you into who you are today. Sometimes the end product is...

Being clueless and immature when you are 18 is perfectly ok, but if you are still this way at 35, people will not be as thrilled with...

Men’s sexual satisfaction peaks in their 20s. Why, then, are men in their 20s abstaining from sex? Ten years ago, the percentage of men...

Henry Thoreau said most people live lives of quiet desperation. We have every intention to move forward, progress, grow, take a jump, or...