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No Vacation Nation
Last year, fewer than half of all Americans took a week off or less for vacation. Compared with the... posted on Nov 15 2009, 2 cmts
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Taking In The Good
Much as your body is built from the foods you eat, your mind is built from the experiences you have.... posted on Nov 07 2009, 3 cmts
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The Burden of Genius
Elizabeth Gilbert's book "Eat, Pray, Love" was so successful that everyone worried if she'd ever be ... posted on Nov 02 2009, 3 cmts
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The Smell of Virtue
People are unconsciously fairer and more generous when they are in clean-smelling environments, acco... posted on Oct 29 2009, 2 cmts
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Questioning Self-Discipline
If there is one character trait whose benefits are endorsed by traditional and progressive educators... posted on Oct 27 2009, 3 cmts
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This Is Your Brain On Happiness
"Happiness can't be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of exper... posted on Oct 20 2009, 5 cmts
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Prisoners Reach Out to Zen
"I try to focus on the space between two thoughts, because it prevents me from getting lost," says K... posted on Oct 14 2009, 2 cmts
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Master the Art of Listening
No wonder listening is an undervalued art. Research shows that we speak at a rate of about 125 words... posted on Oct 06 2009, 9 cmts
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Smashing Stereotypes of Old Age
Jack Borden has found the fountain of youth. It's in his office. Borden has been practicing law for ... posted on Sep 24 2009, 3 cmts
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Happiness Without Getting What You Want
Who says we'll be miserable if we don't get what we want? According to Harvard psychologist Dan Gilb... posted on Sep 22 2009, 2 cmts
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Voluntary Simplicity
While working for the think-tank, Stanford Research Institute (now SRI International), Duane Elgin c... posted on Aug 12 2009, 2 cmts
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Best Online Psychology Tests
Want to know what's really going on in your own head? This NY Times post offers a list of the best o... posted on Aug 10 2009, 2 cmts
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The Death of Why?
The phrase "knowledge is power" is a cliche in our culture. Yet as often as we hear it from others o... posted on Jul 23 2009, 3 cmts
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Why Fiction Can Be Good For You
"For more than two thousand years people have insisted that reading fiction is good for you. Aristot... posted on Jul 06 2009, 28 cmts
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Video Games vs. The Aging Brain
In his twenties, Mike Merzenich dreamed of mapping the neurobiology of the soul. "I was interested i... posted on Jun 30 2009, 5 cmts
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The Limits of Control
"My mother had always feared domestic animals, but now as a plump neighborhood cat ran up our drivew... posted on Jun 28 2009, 4 cmts
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What Mowing the Lawn Can Teach
"As I surveyed the front lawn, I realized, to my surprise, that it really did look better with a dia... posted on Jun 18 2009, 2 cmts
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Dipped in Original Wisdom
"High in the Andes live the Aymarans. A tribe born with their toes dipped in original wisdom. They p... posted on Jun 16 2009, 4 cmts
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The Power of Place
"A bit of unaccustomed reflection on one dimension of our experience suggests that the answer to tha... posted on Jun 14 2009, 15 cmts
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The Joy of Less
"I left my comfortable job and life to live for a year in a temple on the backstreets of Kyoto. My h... posted on Jun 13 2009, 6 cmts
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