Willpower has become one of the most intensively studied topics in social science. Researchers around the world have found that improving willpower is the surest way to a better life. While self-esteem is fundamental to our personal welfare, I believe, as researcher Baumeister exposes in Willpower that major problems, personal and social, center on failure on self-control: compulsive spending and borrowing, impulsive violence,… View Post
Graham Hill is the founder of TreeHugger.com and LifeEdited; he travels the world to tell stories of sustainability and minimalism. He is the author of Ready, Set, Green. So how can you live little? Three main approaches. First of all, you have to edit ruthlessly. We’ve got to clear the arteries of our lives. And that shirt that I hadn’t worn… View Post
Quote of the day There are plenty of feminine ideas that could improve the way we run companies and solve problems: mercy, persuasion, listening to users, planning for long-term success. Diversity means more solutions and better innovation. ~ASH HUANG RUNNING Why running hurts every part of your body, Wired PSYCHOLOGY Why our memory fails us (The Invisible Gorilla), NYT GENDER… View Post
If you have a desire for greater success and the intelligence to select a tool to help you realize that desire, then, David J. Schwartz says that you think big and you’ll live big. The Magic of Thinking Big gives dozens of hardheaded, practical ideas, techniques, and principles that will enable you to harness the tremendous power of thinking big. Step… View Post
Tina Roth Eisenberg, a Swiss born and raised graphic designer, runs four “side-projects gone businesses” out of DUMBO, Brooklyn; a collaborative co-working space called Studiomates, a global, monthly lecture series called CreativeMornings, TeuxDeux the simple to-do app and Tattly, a design-y temporary tattoo shop. The most important part that my kids have told me is that while I really really… View Post