
Don’t fall victim to the Peter Principle
You mustn’t assume that the skills that served you well in the past will be enough for any new challenges that lie ahead
by Christian Jarrett
All Notes to Self
You mustn’t assume that the skills that served you well in the past will be enough for any new challenges that lie ahead
by Christian Jarrett
Widely discussed in running circles, there’s a place you go when your body gives up and there’s only mental strength left
by Richard Fisher
Reading a chapter a day of War and Peace shows how a manageable, regular habit can build into a much bigger accomplishment
by Freya Howarth
There is something comforting about realising that, even in Homer’s day, people wondered what the hell their dreams meant
by Sam Dresser
Psychologists have tested a way to seed ‘involuntary positive mental images’ in the brain. You can try it for yourself
by Christian Jarrett
New research shows that people satisfy their curiosity in different ways. Are you a hunter, a busybody or a dancer?
by Richard Fisher
Forgetting can be frustrating, even scary. The ancient Greeks certainly thought so. But Daoism offers a more hopeful view
by Sam Dresser
Researchers studied the effect of slow breathing on people’s brain activity while they experienced anticipatory anxiety
by Christian Jarrett
Research suggests that people who express their gratitude more effusively are judged as lower status and less influential
by Christian Jarrett
Taking a difficult experience and inspecting its elements might help us feel better about it
by Matt Huston
Marginalia is far from inessential. It would be a shame if it died off in the digital age
by Richard Fisher
The Old Town of Würzburg seemed to offer a real connection to the past. But none of it was authentic
by Sam Dresser
If you’ve had the strange sense that something you just learned about now appears to you all the time, there’s a name for that
by Hannah Seo