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What Kind of Personality Does a Great Leader Have?

Do you think a great leader would typically be higher or lower in openness? Conscientious? We might expect extraverts to be great leaders, but why wouldn’t introverts be good at leading? Extraverts might be more willing to try and win elections but that doesn’t necessarily make them better leaders does it?

The Big 5 Personality Test pt 1

The Big 5 personality traits have become the standard by which psychology uses data science to determine what are the major differences between people. How are you different and similar to others? Let’s find out.

Are There Two You? Right Brain Left Brain

Thousands of years ago Socrates told us, “Know Thyself.” But this turns out to be much harder than we might have thought. If we look at the brain, it doesn’t appear to be just one, but two brains. And ourselves too, are we really just one person? Or multiple personalities all fighting for control over this one person moving through space called you?

The Ultimate Strategy

Have you ever had to compete against someone way out of your league? What strategy should you employ when you are in way over your head?

Beware the Evils of a To-Do List

I love to write things down. Especially things that I want to remember, but don’t want to deal with at the moment. I feel especially proud of myself when I make lists. But how many of us feel good about those same lists when we see them again later in the day or revisit them the next day?

One Sure Way to Make Yourself Happier

While there is a lot of self help and self improvement gurus out there explaining about how to be happy, research has shown that most of these techniques may temporarily boost your happiness but most people soon return to what for them is a certain consistent base level of happiness. But there is one technique that research has shown dramatically and consistently raises people’s reported base level happiness.

The Best YouTube Channels

I love learning. I find it both meaningful and fun, which is a magical combination. This is also why I love teaching and why I love school. But somehow schools have managed to take the fun out of learning. While I love a great class, I no longer believe the best learning is taking place in schools. The best learning is taking place on YouTube.

What Happens After We Die?

What do you think life after death looks like? Is it so different from the life we are living now, is it the end, or just another beginning? Today let’s talk about life after life.

Dear Future Me

Want a clever way to time travel and cheat death? Play your favorite music from when you were a teenager and take a look at some old photos or journal entries. Write an email or letter to your future self and write your own eulogy to be read at your funeral. But if you are going to go on this adventure, there is one critical ingredient you will need...

How to Get Critical Work Done: The Eisenhower Decision Matrix

We would all love to be people who really get big things done. But so much of our day is spent procrastinating and avoiding the work we really need to do, and we are so busy doing things we really don’t need to do. By the end of the day we are left wondering whether we really made progress or not. So today I want to introduce a really great tool for discerning the difference between work that is urgent and work that is important.