The way we teach history in school is mostly useless because it focuses more on information and less on insights. One quickly develops an aversion to history when forced to remember a succession of kings and empires and dates to…

In our modern world, it's astonishingly easy to start an outright lie, morph it into a disputed combination of half lies and half truths and then into almost-truth that many people readily believe in. Why does this work? Because the…

Why do so many people work so hard in life but still get nowhere? Our instinct is to think that more hours mean more productivity and progress. Sometimes we apply the same rule to decisions and think that the longer…

Newton's third law of motion states "For every action, there is equal and opposite reaction." This law can be extended to human behavior. When you are kind and offer help (action), you receive kindness and help in return (reaction). When…

If one proceeds with an act that accrues no personal benefit but does great harm to another, that's psychopathic. If one is willing to cause major inconvenience to others for a minor benefit for oneself, that's highly selfish. If one…

Life is an endless series of conflicts and negotiations. To be great at anything - a great manager, a great employee, a great CEO, a great spouse - you have to be a good negotiator. Two little genies in our…

After being at the same company for over a decade, a friend of mine is trying to switch his job. He has been hustling and doing everything right since the last few months. Every day, he is building new connections…

Knowing what to do and actually doing it are two different things. Whenever I find myself not doing what I know is good for me, I ask myself this question - am I willing to pay the price? Often, the…