The Swedish 6-Hour Workday Experiment: A Brilliant Idea or Not?
Huffington Post reports of an unusual experiment going on in Sweden at the moment. A test group of government workers will scale back to work 6 …
Psychology
Stop Comparing Yourself to Others: Find Inner Peace With 3 Principles
We like to compare ourselves to others (self-comparison). Are we good enough or are we falling behind? We constantly judge ourselves and our own worth. Objective …
20 Important Life Lessons I Learned From Running
I like to believe that my running “career” has made me a better person. Until now, I have run five marathons (42,2 k), completed a half …
Are You Mind Full or Mindful?
Thoughts are just products of our minds. They are a part of ourselves, but they do not define us. Our thoughts influence our behavior, but …
How Do People Deal With Too Many Options? (A Look at The Choice Overload Hypothesis)
We face many options each day and we make many choices, but how effectively do we deal with all these options? On one side, psychologists …
4 Reasons Why Some People Are Afraid of Happiness (Why Happiness Isn’t an Universal Ideal)
Most people want to be happy, and personal happiness is considered to be one of the most important values in life in contemporary Western cultures. However, some …
Why Positive Self-Talk is Essential in Sports
Self-talk, or internal dialogue, is when people talk to themselves in either a positive or negative manner, e.g. “I can do it” or “I can’t …
Moderate Levels of Stress Enhance Learning, While High Levels of Stress Impair Learning
A number of studies have examined how stress affects learning and memory, but the literature has shown mixed results.