This is a newsletter about the science of living better, by the author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators. It's a brief newsletter with advice, rooted in science, that helps us all get a little better at life.
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The Science of Better
This is a newsletter about the science of living better, by the author of The Power of Habit and Supercommunicators. It's a brief newsletter with advice, rooted in science, that helps us all get a little better at life.
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more The recipe for getting things done It's hard to motivate when it's cold outside, summer seems so far away and it's the dreariest of months. Luckily, research has some tips on how to boost your motivation. Procrastination is not about time management — it's about emotional regulation. When we avoid a task, we're not being lazy; we're escaping an uncomfortable feeling (anxiety, boredom, self-doubt, fear of failure). The procrastination brings...
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Happy Valentine's Day! (Here's how researchers say to celebrate.) It's February 14th, which means half the nation is scrambling to make dinner reservations, and the other half is wondering why there's nothing at the movie theater besides "Wuthering Heights". (Spoiler alert: they get busy.) Luckily, science has tips on how to bring romance to our everyday lives — whether we're coupled or single, and even if we don't dress in corsets and pantaloons....
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more What we can learn from cold places It's February. Half the U.S. is covered in ice. The news is depressing. (And newspapers are disappearing faster than wives on the Lifetime channel). In other words, things are a little rough right now. But fear not! There are ways to handle the February blues! Just look at what they do in other really cold countries. “Coming to Helsinki in February is an objectively weird choice,” said a man named Mikko Tirronen....