Moving Beyond Positive Thinking | Big Think
Positive thinking all by itself is more destructive than helpful, but when combined with realism and strategy and planning, can be turned to good use.
Wunderkammer
Love made visible
Below, nine narratives, nine stories, about what work could be for. Whether we choose one of these, ...
The Intrinsic Economy (why the Republicans must lose in the long term)
The shouting! The hyperbole! The balloons! Thank God the political conventions are finally over. Cleveland, Philadelphia, and television can finally get back to normal. But the ideological turbines…
"Forest Bathing" as Stress-Reducer, Immune-Booster, and Artistic Inspiration
Research into the Japanese concept of "forest bathing" offers insightful and helpful lessons on stress, health, and creativity.
A Blind Man and an Armless Man Have Helped Each Other Plant a Forest of 10,000 Trees
“I am his hands. He is my eyes.” Great Big Story tells about the remarkable friendship between two men from a small Chinese village who rely on each other in so many ways. One man is bl…
How to Cultivate Global Compassion
Natural Language Metaphors Covertly Influence Reasoning
Metaphors pervade discussions of social issues like climate change, the economy, and crime. We ask how natural language metaphors shape the way people reason about such social issues. In previous work...
Cultivating the Value of Ideas – Innovation Excellence
How To Be More Interesting (In 10 Simple Steps) - Forbes
Don’t Get Surprised by Burnout
Know the warning signs and take action.
The Transactional Self: Psychologist Jerome Bruner on Social Mutuality, the Paradox of Privacy, and How Storytelling Shapes Our Sense of Personhood
“The components of the behavior … are not emotions, cognitions, and actions, each in isolation, but aspects of a larger whole that achieves its integration only within a cultural system…
The Hidden Costs of Happiness
Like anything in life, happiness is not always free. Discover the hidden costs of living a life of meaning and fulfillment.
The Most Important Question of Your Life
Mental Health Alerts via Facebook? | News | Communications of the ACM
Social media data could be used to detect and track at-risk youth and mental health patients.
A planner’s guide to reading | canalside view
“You adapt yourself to the contents of the paintbox.” Paul Klee “What should I read to inform and inspire myself?” I was asked by a planner recently. It’s proven a perennial quest…
PSFK’s Impact Debrief Explores Strategies For Social Good
Established brands, startups and pioneering nonprofits can improve their processes and products to meet social, sustainability and business performance goals.
Design as a Cultural System | EPIC
by Keith M. Murphy, University of California Irvine I don’t think I’m supposed to admit this, at least not publicly, but it’s true: talking about design drives me to drink. Not literally of course (I...
The two word games that trick almost everyone – Mind Hacks
Playing two classic schoolyard games can help us understand everything from sexism to the power of advertising. There’s a word game we used to play at my school, or a sort of trick, and it works li…
The power and pleasure of conversation - RSA
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DailyGood: 7 Lessons About Finding the Work You Were Meant to Do
Self-Compassion Is a Promising New Strategy for Personal Growth | Big Think
Self-compassion is a better strategy for feeling good about yourself than the promotion of self-esteem.
The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers, by ted.com
The Psychology of Time and the Paradox of How Impulsivity and Self-Control Mediate Our Capacity for Presence – Brain Pickings
“Consciousness is tied to corporeality and temporality: I experience myself as existing with a body over time.”
David Kelley, founder of IDEO and Stanford’s d.school, on How To Do Design Thinking — Learning for Life — Medium
David Kelley presents a universal method for generating creative breakthroughs
How to Train Your Brain to Write More Concisely: 6 Creative Exercises to Try
Learn six exercises that will help you trim the fat off your content and start writing more succinct sentences.
Three Surprising Ways to Feel Less Busy, by Christine Carter
DailyGood: How Nature Resets Our Minds and Bodies
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Should Economic Development Focus on People or Places?
Cities tend to favor building stadiums and convention centers over investing in education or human services. It's an understandable but troublesome trend.