A Photo Editor - Perception Is Everything
Perception Is EverythingI had several conversations last week with photographers about perception. The people doing the hiring arrive at an initial decision about you by factoring in something they think will happen based on their perception of you. I...

The Happiness Project: Act the Way You Want to Feel.
One of the most surprising, and useful, things I’ve learned from my happiness project is my Third Commandment: Act the way I want to feel.Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact, we often feel because of the way we act....

Thinking You’re in Control Can Lead to an Impulsive Demise « N e u r o n a r r a t i v e
The result: the failure rate for those told they had high self-control was massively higher than for the low self-control group, to the tune of 33% vs. 11%. Those who thought themselves most able to resist temptation had to light up three times as much...

On Anger — Ven. Thich Nhat Hahn « Digital Dharma
If your house is on fire, the most urgent thing to do is to go back and try to put out the fire, not to run after the person you believe to be the arsonist. If you run after the person you suspect has burned your house, your house will burn down while...

Mind Hacks: Visual illusions can be caused by imagination
The effect is occasionally called the 'waterfall illusion' because it can be triggered by staring at a waterfall for a few minutes and then looking at the nearby bank, which will seem as if it is moving upward, in the opposite direction to the...