Why do people constantly ‘move the goalposts’ when making judgments? Photo by JoeNattapon / Shutterstock.com. Why do many problems in life seem to stubbornly stick around, no matter how hard people work to fix them? It turns out that a quirk in the way human brains process information means that…

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This is the midweek edition of Culture Study — the newsletter from Anne Helen Petersen, which you can read about here. If you like it and want more like it in your inbox, consider subscribing. Constance, age 3 1/2, is exhausted c.1900. Valerie Winkler/Getty Like a lot of people, I have found myself…

Toward the end of last year, Anthony Klotz, a professor of business administration at Texas A&M University who studies workplace resignations, realized that a lot of people were about to quit their jobs. A record 42.1 million Americans quit a job in 2019, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics…

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The Marginalian was born on October 23, 2006, under an outgrown name, to an outgrown self that feels to me now almost like a different species of consciousness. (It can only be so — if we don’t continually outgrow ourselves, if we don’t wince a little at our former ideas, ideals, and beliefs, we…

Katherine May, the best-selling author, has one simple question to help you get started. Credit...Laura Edelbacher By Feb. 27, 2023 Leer en español It all started with a Post-it note. “Go for a walk,” it said, the no-nonsense command perched in a prominent spot above Katherine May’s desk. Ms. May, a…

“Find something more important than you are,” philosopher Dan Dennett once said in discussing the secret of happiness, “and dedicate your life to it.” But how, exactly, do we find that? Surely, it isn’t by luck. I myself am a firm believer in the power of curiosity and choice as the engine of…

Office Space In the modern office, stress has become a default metric for judging whether we are busy enough. August 30, 2021 Our tendency to work too much is neither arbitrary nor sinister: it’s a side effect of the haphazard nature in which we allow our efforts to unfold.Photograph by Alec Soth /…

It’s just after half past seven on a rainy morning in midsummer when I park my car beside the road, zip up my waterproof jacket, and set off by foot into the high moors of the northern Yorkshire Dales. There’s a splendour to this terrain that’s most powerful when you’re alone, and in no danger of…

In our first session this year, my coaching client Jane told me that she has rested, given herself permission to feel down, and lowered her personal bar, just as we all have been advised to do as we wearily approach the third year of the pandemic. But even as she goes through the motions of self…

Stop being so busy, and just do nothing. Trust us. Credit...Headexplodie By April 29, 2019 Leer en español Keeping busy? Running from place to place and laboring over long to-do lists have increasingly become ways to communicate status: I’m so busy because I’m just so important, the thinking goes.…

Vad väntar bortom mållinjen – Eufori eller tomhet? “There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it” – Oscar Wilde “Och så levde de lyckliga i alla sina dagar” – slutet på sagan Hur skulle du beskriva känslan om du uppnådde dina största drömmar?…

I love practical advice that you can immediately apply to your life. And Zen, a school of Mahayana Buddhism, is full of practical wisdom. When I tell my friends, colleagues, and people I work with that I like reading about Zen Buddhism, they often make remarks like: “When are you going to grow your…

Do you like being told what to do? If you’re like me, the only time you appreciate it is when you’re too tired to pick a place for takeout. Kids don’t love being bossed around either. As adults, we guide—but trying to force feelings doesn’t work. That’s true of many things, but let’s focus on a…

David Whyte (davidwhyte.com) is the author of twelve books of poetry and five books of prose. He holds a degree in marine zoology and has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading expeditions in the Andes, Amazon, and Himalayas. He…