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This is Your Brain When You’re on a Diet

September 8, 2015 by Brian Clark

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 …

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This is Your Brain When You’re on a Diet

September 8, 2015 by Brian Clark

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 …

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Two “Magic Tricks” That Relieve Anxiety and Build Courage

August 31, 2015 by Brian Clark

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.”

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Is Happiness Dragging You Down?

August 24, 2015 by Brian Clark

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 …

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Who’s Writing the Story of Your Life?

August 17, 2015 by Brian Clark

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 …

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Great Expectations: How Belief Influences Your Ability to Achieve

August 10, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature Back in the 1950s, a bedridden man faced certain death from cancer of the lymph nodes. Tumors the size of oranges had invaded the man’s neck, groin, chest, and abdomen. The prognosis was certainly grim. The only long shot hope was a new experimental cancer drug called Krebiozen.

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Work Smarter With This Three Step Productivity Process

August 3, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature Working too hard is not good for us, and we know it. Ramifications ranging from burnout to dangerous levels of life-shortening stress are well known, and yet we often toil away at our desks regardless. And then research provides the bitter irony – the longer hours you work, the lower your productivity. Anything …

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Three Cognitive Biases That Stunt Your Personal Growth

July 27, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature It’s often hard to accept that our limitations are largely in our own heads. Personally, every leap forward in my adult life has been the simple result of a change in the way I think. A growth mindset is not usually characterized by unlimited forward progress, but more like an irregular staircase of …

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The Hidden Dark Side of Goals

July 20, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature Have you heard of the Yale Study of Goals? Here are the essentials of the research, as recited by author Oliver Burkeman: In 1953, students graduating from Yale University were asked by researchers whether or not they had formulated specific, written-down goals for the rest of their lives. Only 3% of them said …

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Three Childish Activities That Make You a Better Adult

July 13, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature Remember life as a kid? You could play with a cardboard box or a pile of dirt and have a grand time. You didn’t need a reason. Research shows that the main thing that motivates us as adults is extrinsic motivation, which is a fancy way of saying we pursue activities that we …

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Why Embracing the Worst-Case Scenario Improves Performance and Increases Well-Being

July 6, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature We’re amazed and inspired to see people transcend the limits of human endurance and athletic achievement. Beyond physical conditioning (which evens out pretty quickly at elite levels), the true battle that allows physical limits to fall happens within the mind. Matt Fitzgerald lives and breathes endurance sports. His forthcoming book is called How …

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Are You Brave Enough to Live the Life You Want?

June 29, 2015 by Brian Clark

further: feature What comes to mind when you hear the word courage? It might be someone racing into a burning building to rescue a child, or someone else committing an act of civil disobedience to protest injustice. Courage is indispensable to living your best life. It allows you to overcome obstacles, act in accordance with …

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