What mistakes have you made today?
I just read an article about a father who asked his daughter every day what mistakes she had made. He responded with pleasure as she told him, because he thought it was essential to make mistakes in order to learn the difficult parts of life. That story reminded me of...Will you have regrets about your life when you die?
An Australian nurse, Bronnie Ware, has written a book about the regrets individuals express as they approach death (“The Top Five Regrets of the Dying”). I just read a summary of the book in the Huntington Post. The top five regrets are (1) not leading a...Celebrity worship — why do people do it?
I gave an interview to a journalist this week about why people worship celebrities. I said that, from a psychological point of view, humans worship specific celebrities for the same reason they worship or idolize certain gods, their own nation, and specific sports...The psychological folly of employee ranking systems
When I worked for a different university I received a surprise late on a Friday afternoon. The head of psychology distributed a list ranking each faculty member separately on research, teaching, and service achievements for the year. He then quickly left the building....Marijuana vaporizers?
Marijuana use has several dangers that I pointed out in the post just before this one. Marijuana users realize many of the risks and some try to reduce them. One dangerous part of marijuana use is the smoke with its many combustion particles, so some users try...
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