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So, if you have’t heard this news yet, you’re probably hiding out in a cave, gnawing on the flesh of a fresh kill. Drop the bone, back away, and listen up. The World Health Organization announced that “eating processed meat like hot dogs, ham and bacon raises the risk of colon cancer.” Plus, eating red …
Let’s do this … here are the newest top ten resources that will help you live your best life. We’ll kick things off with a topic we’ve covered before — fake productivity. All that matters is what you accomplish, not how hard you work, right?
Let’s do this … here are the newest top ten resources that will help you live your best life. We’ll kick things off with a topic we’ve covered before — fake productivity. All that matters is what you accomplish, not how hard you work, right?
Welcome to Further! Here are this week’s top ten resources that will help you live your best life. Today’s lead article is a bit out there on the futuristic side, but human intelligence augmentation is coming, one way or another. Can you imagine that in as little as 15 years, your neocortex could be connected …
Greetings from sunny Southern California and the last day of my vacation (it’s been unseasonably hot … but it’s still hard to complain). Thanks for letting me have last week off, I truly needed the break. But now, alas, it’s time to jump on a plane back home. Enjoy this week’s issue while I’m up …
I’ve discovered something from writing 41 feature articles for Further over the previous 41 weeks … a potential book. A book about the intersection of happiness, motivation, and personal growth. It wasn’t my intention to write a book. It’s almost become a badge of honor that I’m known for teaching people to write, yet seem …
further: feature When it comes to convincing others to act in the way you’d hope, both heart and mind need to be involved. Of course “heart” is also in our heads, as an emotional connection rather than a purely rational one. If you’ve had any sales training, studied copywriting, or explored ancient principles of rhetoric, …
further: feature If you want to lose weight, controlling what you eat is much more effective than exercise. So it’s no wonder that at any given time, at least one in five American adults is on a diet. And yet, research featured in this month’s cover story for Scientific American Mind reveals that most people …
further: feature If you want to lose weight, controlling what you eat is much more effective than exercise. So it’s no wonder that at any given time, at least one in five American adults is on a diet. And yet, research featured in this month’s cover story for Scientific American Mind reveals that most people …
further: feature You’re a solidly rational person, right? No magical thinking for you, no sir. For example, you don’t: Abide by the “2-second rule” when dropping food on the floor. Wear your “lucky” jersey, shorts, or socks for sporting events. Knock on wood when you feel you’re “tempting fate.”
further: feature What does it mean to be happy? Happiness is at essence the experience of positive feelings. Feeling more positive emotions than negative ones would seemingly make for a happy person. But happiness is also a highly subjective experience. The way we contrast or amplify positive events compared to negative ones can lead to …
further: feature Take a moment to reflect on your life so far. When you do, it’s inherently in the form of a story, right? Not only when we recite that narrative to others, but also in how we personally construct who we are. We’ve explored in that past that our sense of self is an …