No matter which political ideologies you agree or disagree with, catastrophizing is creating division on a scale that we haven't seen in generations. Every time the right talks about the left, they...

As my friends now realise, I'm back on Facebook. I didn't miss it while I was gone from mid February until the end of March, but I had a lot of time to think about why we use social networking sites...

When you're happy with your work it has a big effect on your life. The opposite is just as true. People talk about work life balance but for me the two are so intertwined that I don't find that...

One of the biggest mistakes I see copywriters make is writing for the biggest possible group, not an individual person. Much like when you're on stage, you don't want to try and talk to a group -...

It's a big question so let me break it down. We don't know the limits of human potential. All at once we are incredibly fragile, anti-fragile and powerful beyond belief. We could get hit by a car...

People seek connection and community, so it makes sense that people connect themselves to ideas in order to form bonds with others. The problem is that when you identify with an idea, that is to say...

We've all been there: something bad happens and we start to spiral thinking of all the horrible possibilities. For me today that was leaving my bag on the train. I got off and was halfway to the...

As a teacher I ask my students to prove they have understood the material by expressing it in their own words. We should also ask of ourselves when we are sharing our opinions and engaging in...