How can drinking hot cocoa from an orange mug taste different from drinking hot cocoa from a blue mug? I’ll explain some interesting research that shows how color affects our perception of taste.
Plus, a large percentage of the population report that they are shy. In fact, almost all of us feel shy in certain situations. But why are some people more shy than others – are they born that way or is it something they learn? Most importantly, what can shy people do so that their shyness doesn’t interfere in their life or success? Bernardo Carducci, Director of the Shyness Research Institute (https://www.ius.edu/shyness/) at Indiana University Southeast and author of The Pocket Guide to Making Successful Small Talk offers some incredible insight into becoming what he calls a successful shy person.
Also, how you sign your name reveals a lot about you. Listen as I discuss a fascinating study that looked at signatures of big bosses (like Donald Trump, Barack Obama and Ricard Branson, to name a few) and what their signature revealed about their personality.
By now a lot of people who made New Year’s resolutions are struggling. The fact is most resolutions fail. So maybe there is a better way. Caroline Arnold, author of the book, Big Change: Using Microresolutions to Transform Your Life Permanently (http://amzn.to/2m5jOTz) reveals a simple, easy and virtually foolproof way to set and achieve a resolution - or any goal for that matter.
How Everything Affects Everything Else & Is Big Tech Out of Control?
Why Humans Love Robots & The Power of Confidence
How to Instantly Stop Arguments & The High Five Habit - SYSK Choice
What Is Culture? & The Problem with Fitness
How You Recognize Faces & The Way to Think More Clearly
Why Suffering is Essential & What Free Speech Really Is: SYSK Choice
Odd Differences Between The Sexes & How We Deal With Pests
Why We Have a Moon & A Better and More Fun Way to Clean
How Lifestyle Can Reverse Disease & Making Sense of Numbers: SYSK Choice
Spite: For Good and Evil & Why Memory Often Fails Us
Tightwads and Spendthrifts & Why We Love “Made in America”
3 Words for Effective Goals & The Generation Myth - SYSK Choice
How to Make Work a Little More Fun & The Science of Staying Young
What Are You Afraid Of? & The Strange and Taboo Side of Nature
SYSK Choice: How Movement Improves Your Mind & Why Privacy is Not Dead
How to Rewire Your Personality & Navigating the Fast Pace of Life
The Science of Asking for Help & How to Capitalize on Lucky Moments in Life
SYSK Choice: Backstories of Our Favorite Christmas Movies & How to Use Sarcasm Effectively
How Heredity Does and Doesn’t Work & How Your Cellphone Came To Be
The Science of Staying Young & How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
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