Category: mind

  • Overcoming the Sunk Cost Fallacy

    Opportunity Purchase Theory (OPT) Geoffrey Hale We purchase opportunity. We do not purchase tickets to an event, for example; We purchase the opportunity to attend an event. There is no binding contract, just a use-it-or-lose-it de facto contract with the universe. We are not obligated to limit ourselves to participating in the opportunity we have…

  • Energy for Reflection

    [singlepic id=9 w=53 h=104 float=right]The cost of reflection is not only paid in time but in energy. In fact, much of our reflection is conducted in real time, without a pause and step back. There is value in taking time to pause, step back and reflect. But the intention of this article is to discuss…

  • 3 Extra Health Benefits of Earning a College Education

    3 Extra Health Benefits of Earning a College Education Many are aware that earning a college degree can help you acquire a career and earn more income. But pursuing a higher education can be so much more beneficial than just giving you a heftier number in your bank account.

  • The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright by Noreen Malone

    CLARE: ok, you know what i always think about when i think of our generation? i read the david brooks book, “the social animal” and while it was only mediocre, he had this one really great bit that really stuck with me—the Greek ideal of “thumos”, which is the lust not for money or success…

  • SCARF Model – Influcencing Others with Dr David Rock

    Notes: Minimize Danger vs. Maximize Reward Engagement Carrot and Stick SCARF – Status, Certainty, Autonomy, Relatedness, Fairness Motivation Status – Perception of where you are in relation to people around you. Certainty – Ambiguity generates a danger response. The brain is always trying to predict. Autonomy – Stress is amplified by sense of no control.…

  • 40 Quotes by Friedrich Nietzsche

    Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900) was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, contemporary culture, philosophy and science, displaying a fondness for metaphor, irony and aphorism. – Wikipedia