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HUMP DAY LINKS ~ Reads on Writing & Better Living: The Nurture Effect

in Reads on Writing & Self-Publishing on 06/05/15

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Photo Credit: BLMOregon via Compfight cc

Quote of the day

Nearly all problems of human behavior stem from our failure to ensure that people live in environments that nurture their well-being.

~ANTHONY BIGLAN, author of The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World

HEALTH

How smaller portions encourage us to savour our food, Research Digest | Tweet

Have you ever been to an exclusive restaurant that serves tiny portions and found that, in spite of the paltry servings, you felt satisfied afterwards and the food seemed unusually tasty? If so, you might have engaged in what psychologists call “savouring” behaviours.

→As Little As Possible Most of the Time: A SIMPLE WAY OF EATING THAT WILL SATISFY YOU WHILE EATING HEALTHY, SMALLER PORTIONS!


SCIENCE

Book Review: The Nurture Effect, Scientific American | Tweet

Famed behavioral psychologist B. F. Skinner, my mentor in graduate school, died a happy man. From his hospital bed, he motioned to his daughter to pass him a glass of water, took a sip and said, “Marvelous”—his last word on earth.

→The Nurture Effect: How the Science of Human Behavior Can Improve Our Lives and Our World

 

The Joy of scents, Slate | Tweet

Smelling a happy person may make you happy.

→The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell


BRANDING

What the Clintons teach us about Brand Architecture, Medium | Tweet

Did foreign donations to the Clinton Foundation influence Hillary Clinton’s State Department and were those donations intentionally concealed to protect Hillary? We don’t know.

→Designing Brand Identity: An Essential Guide for the Whole Branding Team


SOCIAL MEDIA

How to become an expert in the social media age, FT | Tweet

Becoming known as an expert in your field can work wonders for your career, business and ego.

→The Art of Social Media: Power Tips for Power Users


STARTUPS

What is venture debt and how should startups use it?, Next View Ventures | Tweet

What is venture debt, and how should startups approach it as a source of capital? What are some pros and cons?

→Venture Debt Alternatives & Evaluation Guidelines: A Detailed Look at Senior Debt Products Available to Emerging Growth Companies (Alternatives to Venture Capital)


WRITING

Ways to extract information from others, Writers Helping Writers | Tweet

On his way to his goal, your protagonist will likely come to a time when he needs to get information out of someone. How do I sneak into the fortress? What do you know about the dognapping? Where have you hidden my MacGuffin?

→The Emotion Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression

 

Tips for novelizing true events, Writer Unboxed | Tweet

We writers draw inspiration from our own experience all the time. We can’t help it—the events of our lives, how they made us feel, and what we’ve learned from them have created the very perspective from which we write.

→The Art of Falling

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