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.
The Science of Better survey (and book giveaway!)
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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.
Is reading this on your phone going to kill you? We all know our phones, supposedly, are making us dumber and more boring and less healthy. But is that really true? A QUICK NOTE! I'm working on something new for The Science of Better readers (workshops! communities!) and I want to get it right. So, in the next few weeks, I'm going to send you a short survey with just a few questions. I’d love to hear what you think might improve your life. When art criticizes tech, it gets clever. Is tech bad...
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more. Read me! Summer is almost here — so why not pick up some new reading material for the beach? (Or the hammock, or the couch, or an audiobook for a long drive ...) A Hollywood super agent describing celebrity tantrums? Stories of financial hijinks amid A-list bumbleheads? And, best of all, co-written with Pulitzer prize winner J. R. Moehringer, who wrote Andre Aggasi's Open? C'mon. This is going to be amazing. (Get it September 22.) Why do we...
The science of negotiation We negotiate all the time — with our bosses, our spouses, our kids. Not to mention buying a new car, asking for a raise, booking a hotel or signing up for the gym. So how do we come out on top? Science has some answers. If you come to haggle, at least come dressed for it. The first rule of negotiating is don't talk about you should talk about negotiating. There have been some odd negotiations in history: In 193 AD the Roman Empire's Praetorian Guard murdered the...