How to influence people and succeed at work: Executive coach

Why do decision-makers at work really choose one person for a role over another? What actually makes them trust someone’s judgment? How do they decide in practice who to tap for important opportunities? For the last 12 years, I’ve coached top performers at some of the world’s largest and most competitive Fortune 500 companies. As […]

How to know if someone is lying, as per psychology

Notice their microexpressions Microexpressions are very brief, involuntary expressions that often reveal a person’s real emotions. They usually last for only a fraction of a second and hence can be missed. However, noticing one’s microexpressions can help you know their genuine feelings and intentions. Source link

The psychology behind the five types of stalker and how to best deal with them

The streaming series Baby Reindeer has been in the news a lot this year, most recently for scooping a bunch of Emmy Awards. If you haven’t seen the Netflix smash hit, it’s intense. It’s one person’s story of being stalked over several years, inspired by the real-life experience of series creator and star Richard Gadd. […]

Ayelet Fishbach: How to set the right goals and stay motivated

You can’t just “find” motivation, says scientist Ayelet Fishbach — you have to learn how to motivate yourself. She shares a handful of tips backed by 20 years of motivation research, offering surprisingly simple wisdom on how to optimize your goals, set yourself up for success and avoid the tempting calls of procrastination. Source link

What It Is And How To Overcome It

The way information is presented often determines how we perceive that data and the conclusions we draw from it. This cognitive bias is known as the framing effect, and it has a major impact on the decisions we make every day. The way information is presented often determines how we perceive that data and the […]

How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise

If the idea of exercise seems more attractive to you than the reality, you will identify with Jessica Howard. She had always nurtured the vague intention of running a marathon, but had struggled to get off the sofa. “I didn’t run, I didn’t move,” she recalls. “I was a couch potato.” This all changed when, […]

The No. 1 kind of regret people have at the end of their lives

Of all the things I fear — spiders, needles, rejection — regrets take the cake. I have a deep-rooted fear of getting to the end and feeling woefully disappointed — not so much by the life I lived but by the life I didn’t live. In many ways, I have my mother to thank for […]

how to set boundaries at work—what to say

Long hours, heavy workloads, tight deadlines, job insecurity, a lack of control over your schedule and generally feeling unsupported can leave you feeling unhappy and discontented with your work environment. If gone unchecked for too long, this kind of chronic workplace stress can lead to job burnout. As a Harvard-trained psychologist, one of the best ways […]

How to end a relationship without having to dump someone: Jana Hocking

I recently discovered a cheeky psychology trick that was quite brilliant and I thought, “Ooh, I could turn that into a break-up hack.” It wasn’t designed to be used in this way (sorry, Freud!) and it’s a slightly shameless thing to do, if I’m being honest. But I think I might be on to something. […]