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Why Keeping Good News to Yourself Is a Good Thing
Can't stand seeing your Facebook news feed full of peoples' good news and awesome accomplishments? Those oversharing friends are, in a sense, hampering their great news simply by sharing it. If you...
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Tips for Tackling Your Dream Project
Brought to you by Brother International Corporation. Whether you are looking to complete a home improvement task, or you are hoping to start a new hobby, staying focused and energized during projects...
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5 Reasons You Shouldn't Trust TV Doctors
With the countless daytime talk shows starring and featuring doctors, nurses, and other medical specialists, discovering new ways to live a healthy life is just a remote click away. Although their...
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Control Your Buying Impulses by Window Shopping
Shopping: you either love it or hate it. With a tight budget, shopping can become a huge headache for even the biggest shopaholic. We've all been there, and we've all given in to our impulses and...
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Woke Up Before Your Alarm? Stay Awake, Don't Go Back to Sleep
There's nothing more jarring than the sound of your morning alarm. Even hearing it on others' phones, hours after your own abrupt wakeup, can cause you to flinch in fear. Though we depend on that...
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Ace Every Essay Assignment with Less Substance, More Fluff
Essay writing is the bane of most students' educational existence. Whether you're a college student tired of slaving away over 30-plus page research papers or a high school student just trying to get...
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Improve Your Mood to Increase Brain Power
We've all heard the cliches: always look at the glass as half full; a smile can change your entire day; and there's always a silver lining. Whether you're someone who is constantly complimented on...
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Reframe "But" to Share Criticism More Kindly
There's perhaps no statement more classic (and more annoying) than the "but" sentence. We've all heard it before: "I love you, but..." No matter what fantastic, complimentary remark came before the...
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Succeed in Group Settings by Shutting Your Mouth
What type of person are you in group settings? Are you the social butterfly, eager to get to know everyone and interested in the people more than the setting? Or are you a wallflower, afraid to catch...
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Put Down Your Smartphone at Home to Increase Productivity at Work
We all know that opening our work emails at home is a bad habit. Yet reading and responding to emails every time your iPhone dings is worse than you might realize. Not only are you extending the...
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How to Use Reminders to Help Rather Than Annoy
When you're expecting an important call or text, it's pretty annoying to hear or feel your phone go off just to find out it was your reminders app telling you that you need to buy more contact lenses....
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Dating by Profession: Retailers Don't Say No; Students Can't Get a Date
Are you a lawyer who's married to a computer programmer? Chances are you might not have even dated if you first met online. In a recent study of its users database, The Grade, a popular mobile dating...
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The Scientific Methods for Boosting Your Willpower
Willpower is a pretty significant word. It's the difference between sticking with a clean eating diet and diving face-first into a plate of brownies. It's what drags you out of bed on Monday mornings...
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Want to Appear Smarter? Stop Using Impressive Vocabulary
We've all been there: facing a lengthy, complex word that ignores the phonics we were taught in elementary school, unsure of not only its pronunciation, but also its meaning. These words, from...
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Fall in Love by Looking a Stranger in the Eyes
Eye contact is key in conversations, job interviews, and honesty, and it can help you access others' thoughts and spot heavy drinkers. Locking eyes with someone can even help you fall in love, whether...
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Ask These Questions to Improve Your Next Job Interview
Job interview success can be a difficult thing to measure. Is confidence a job-winning trait? Or were the interviewer's questions not answered as fully as they had hoped? Maybe you weren't sure how...
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How to Stop Anxiety from Stealing Your Sleep
It's 3 a.m. and you're wide awake—your mind is running wild with worries, workplace stress, and panic about the day that lies ahead. How can you possibly slip back into sleep and snag a few more hours...
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Turn Your Gag Reflex Off with Pressure Points
The gag reflex: it can interfere while in the dentist's chair, upon seeing another person throw up, or even just getting a whiff of a disgusting, stomach-twisting scent. Every time this reflex kicks...
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DIY Pain Relief: 7 Weird Ways to Reduce Aches & Soothe Burns
No one ever wants to experience pain, whether it's as small as a stubbed toe or as great as recovering from surgery. Yet so much of our lives causes pain, lasting or brief in its form. With a few...
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How to Fall Asleep in Less Than 1 Minute
It can be pretty tough to fall asleep when your brain is thinking nonstop or anxiety has gotten the best of you, and it seems to only get harder when you're lying in bed listening to yourself breathe....
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Science Says You're Taking Too Many Showers (Are You?)
My morning just doesn't start without a cup of coffee and an incredibly hot shower. There's nothing better than sloughing off sleep with a dose of warm, cleansing water. Except, as scientists are...
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Blowing on Your Thumb Can Calm Down Stress on the Spot
If you're feeling stressed, there are many home remedies you could use for relief. Meditation, yoga, acupressure, an ear massage, more sleep, shower soothers, playing video games… the list is endless....
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Having Just One Plant in Your Workspace Can Boost Your Overall Productivity
There are a number of ways to give your productivity a kicktstart, from taking a break from your distracting smartphone to just taking a break, plain and simple. Yet finding the motivation to start...
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Learn More in Class by Leaving Your Laptop at Home
From laptops to tablets, technology is taking over classrooms. Elementary schools offer kids tablets, and college students are bringing laptops into lecture halls, leaving their notebooks behind....
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Use Hand Gestures When You Talk to Appear Smarter Than You Really Are
Like most people, you probably use hand gestures when you talk, whether you wave your hands excitedly when discussing the latest episode of Game of Thrones or smack the back of your hand as you rattle...
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A Sports Psychologist's Guide to the Perfect Workout Playlist
The right music can spur you to pick up the pace during an intense workout, pep you up before you hit the treadmill or walking path, and even encourage you to lift for just a few extra reps. Although...
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How to Work Less & Get More Accomplished
From our work life to our home life, we have an awful lot of projects, tasks, and activities that require more productivity than play. After working for an entire day in the office, no one wants to...
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The 15-Minute Trick That'll Stop Your Junk Food Cravings for Good
Who doesn't experience food cravings? Whether you're trying to adhere to a strict diet, or simply hoping to avoid sugary, fatty foods, curbing cravings can feel like a monumental task. How do you say...
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The 15-Minute Trick to Boosting Your Memory & Being More Productive
From day to day, it can be difficult to remember everything that's required of you. I tend to forget exactly where it is I'm supposed to be during my busiest moments, and it's even easier to delete...
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Weightlifting Can Improve Your Memory, but Lazy People Can Do These 5 Things...
It's no secret that exercise is good for you, but you may be surprised to know that a good workout can actually boost your memory, too. They key to giving your body and your brain muscles a good...
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10 Desk Hacks That'll Help You Get More Done at Work
There are many hacks for increasing productivity, but so many depend on tricking your own mind or behavior. When it comes to motivation in the workplace, though, sometimes the space within which you...
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Attention All Neat Freaks—A Messy Desk Can Actually Make You More Productive...
When it's time to get down to work, a clean, organized workstation is key to accomplishing tasks and being more productive. Or, so we thought. Turns out, there's nothing wrong with stacks of...
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Pet Peeves Have Benefits? 5 Annoying Things That Are Actually Good to Hate
What's your top pet peeve? Open-mouthed chewing? Nail biting and knuckle cracking? The sound of silverware scraping? Or perhaps it's a bigger behavior, like leaving the toilet seat up? We all have our...
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How to Implant False Memories into Other People's Heads (& Why You Should)
Your brain holds a lot of precious information and is capable of great feats. However, there's one quality that doesn't lie among its strengths—memory security. Yes, that's right, your brain can be...
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How to Trick Your Brain into Not Feeling Any Pain
Pain is, for the most part, unavoidable when you stub your toe, break your arm, or cut your finger open. It's instantaneous and, in some cases, long-lasting, but it only feels as bad as you want it...
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10 Reasons Why It's Better to Be a Jerk
Nice people finish first—or is it last? Though you may have been told throughout your life that being kind pays off, there are some obvious advantages to getting mean. So whether you're driving...
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How to Get Along with Coworkers Without Saying a Word
Sooner or later, you're going to come across a person at work that you don't like—or someone that doesn't like you. This can result in uncomfortable tension, insulting gossip, and a disrespectful...
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10 Resolution Ruiners & How to Avoid Them
The start of a new year is generally thought of as a chance to start over, a time to improve or "fix" things in your life. Yet most people who set stringent New Year's resolutions find themselves...
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How to Get Over Your End-of-Vacation, Back-to-Work Blues
The end of a weekend can be depressing knowing just how bad Monday morning will be when you get back to work, but that feeling is tenfold when coming back from a lengthy vacation with zero work...
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Win Over Your Coworkers During Meetings with These Mind Hacks
Instead of suffering through long, dull meetings with your supervisors and coworkers, you can turn those office table sessions into your very own psychological experiment. Using the tricks below,...
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