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Is “Mindset Coaching” the Key to Reaching All Your Goals?

Mindset coaching or mindset training helps you overcome roadblocks through positive self-talk. But can it really work? We asked 2 experts.

Thinking Should Be a Priority, Not a Day-Off Activity

Real change happens through focused attention on a problem. We need deep, uninterrupted thinking time if we want big breakthroughs.

What Does Intellectual Humility Look Like?

Research is uncovering the benefits of recognizing that you might be wrong, who tends to be more humble, and some hints about how to cultivate this skill.

How to Break 8 Toxic Communication Habits

If you want to excel at pickleball, cake-decorating, or playing the piano, you’ll probably sign up for a class or enlist an instructor.

How to Be a More Charismatic Person, According to Science

Even if you consider yourself an introvert, you can learn to turn on the charm.

Millennials face down 40

For a generation that was slow to grow up, middle age is even scarier than it was for their boomer parents. Everybody is at least a little scared of turning 40. Well, maybe not everybody, but the conventional wisdom is that many people stare down their fifth decade with a touch of dread.

Democrats Lost the Plot on Electric Cars

A boom in jobs should be a political win. Why are Democrats treating it as a liability? Representative Elissa Slotkin, a Michigan Democrat in a tight race for a Senate seat, has been on the defensive about a manufacturing renaissance happening in her own backyard.

There Is Nothing Clean or Spare About Being a Human

The first time I saw a leech, it was attached to the shin of a shrieking artist. It was not a lone hanger-on: she was dappled in bloodsuckers from her ankle to her inguinal groove.

I Swapped My To-Do List for This Method, and My Productivity Skyrocketed

To-do lists are a great way to stay on top of tasks, but sometimes, they can become overwhelming and cause more stress than productivity. Interstitial journaling is an effective productivity method that overcomes some of the limitations of traditional to-do lists while improving productivity.

7 Fun Ways I Use Google Lens Regularly

There are so many incredible uses for Google Lens that go beyond the usual reverse image search. Since it uses AI, it's capable of identifying what's in a photo rather than just finding similar images. Here are some fun ways I use it.

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The Verge’s favorite social networks

Social networking has become more disconnected, to say the least.

7 'Positive' Traits That Are Secretly Anxiety In Disguise

Do you find yourself saying yes to everything? Maybe you worry that if you say no, the other person will be mad at you, or you’ll have FOMO later.

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Blake Ellis, Melanie Hicken, Yahya Abou-Ghazala, Audrey Ash, Kyung Lah, Anna-Maja Rappard, Casey Tolan, Lou Robinson, and Byron Manley | CNN | October 22, 2024 | 3,984 words

Americans Are Hoarding Their Friends

And the practice may be making people feel more lonely. Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration.

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Curated by our editorsStories to fuel your mind

Is “Mindset Coaching” the Key to Reaching All Your Goals?

Thinking Should Be a Priority, Not a Day-Off Activity

What Does Intellectual Humility Look Like?

How to Break 8 Toxic Communication Habits

How to Be a More Charismatic Person, According to Science

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