Our busy modern lives make it difficult to truly know and understand ourselves. But what if an ancient geometric form could give you stunning insights into your personality? This mysterious tool is called an Enneagram: a nine-pointed geometric figure that you can use as a personality-typing system. Think of it not as a test, but […]
Make Your Dreams Happen
It takes three steps to turn a goal into reality. The first step is easy: Dream big. Before you can declare a milestone or goal, you must first have a wish. That’s the fun part. Most of us have ambitious dreams, and it’s important to articulate them. Don’t worry about how you’ll fulfill the dream for […]
Deal with Your Childhood
When you were a kid, did one of your parents neglect you, act jealous, or frequently send you on guilt trips? If so, you might have been dealing with a narcissist: a person who has a grandiose sense of self-importance and a lack of empathy. There are two main types of narcissism. Overt narcissists think […]
What Women Want
It’s not your imagination. Women are always testing men. Why? According to dating expert Bruce Bryans, it’s because women prefer for men to lead in the relationship. Women don’t care if a guy is nice, or if he goes to church, or if he’s well-liked by friends. They don’t care if a guy is a good […]
Extreme Sports with Wim Hof
Have you heard of the Iceman? Wim Hof is a Dutch athlete who has set records for enduring freezing temperatures, swimming under ice, and running barefoot on ice and snow. Hof has been enduring extreme conditions since birth, living dangerously from his very first moments. Hof was a twin, but doctors didn’t know that his […]
Kill Your Anxiety
There’s a lot to be worried about these days. But you don’t have to psychoanalyze all that fear and negativity to feel better. A quick study of the biological basis of anxiety can help you feel better fast. Two parts of the brain are critical to the production of anxiety: the cortex and the amygdala. The […]
The Worst Pandemic in Modern History
Piles of bodies. Coffin shortages. Mass graves. The great influenza pandemic infected roughly one in three people—and killed tens of millions of victims around the world. The virus was, in many ways, something that nobody in the medical field had seen before. Victims experienced symptoms so suddenly, and so violently, that many could pinpoint the […]
The Trick to More Meaningful Relationships
Every conversation matters in an intimate relationship. Each exchange builds on another, and there are no shortcuts. Think of every feeling, story, secret, and emotion that friends and loved ones share with you as a gift that brings you closer together. Communicating is the only way that we can see into one another’s hearts and […]
The Secret Force that Shapes Our Lives
Liars use math to trick people all the time. Knowing how to spot the potential for deception is half the battle. In The Math of Life and Death, mathematician Kit Yates demonstrates how math underpins everything from medical screening to newspaper articles. In articles and advertisements, for example, statistics might be used to inform or mislead readers. How […]
10 Predictions from Fareed Zakaria
Wondering what the world is going to be like post-COVID? Fareed Zakaria has two words for you: Buckle up. One thing that the pandemic has made clear is that as much as we are globally connected, each country is very much on its own. No one nation can shape the trajectory of the planet. Today, […]