Debunking the myth of 21 Days to a New Habit

Have you heard the one about how you need to do something for 21 days before it becomes a habit?
It’s a myth.
There is no research that has found such a thing. I’ve scoured the psych literature and the internet looking for the source of this urban self-help myth and couldn’t locate any studies that provided [...]

Apparently, William James said

Apparently, William James said, “A new idea is first condemned as ridiculous and then dismissed as trivial, until finally, it becomes what everybody knows”.
Wow. The father of psychology has neatly summed up how I feel about Twitter at the moment. I resisted it for so long, thought it was an utter waste of time and [...]

Time to start enjoying your work?

Is consciousness around work finally beginning to shift?
Could we be starting to see work as something that doesn’t have to be a drudge or a means to a financial end?
Perhaps.
The uncertainty of the current economic climate seems to be influencing people’s decision to stay in jobs they are not happy in. It has been a [...]

What breakthrough discoveries will we see in our lifetimes?

That international club of provocative thinkers, The Edge, released its 2009 Question earlier this month at its World Question Centre. 150 of the sharpest pencils in the, um, pencil-case of contemporary thought were asked:

WHAT WILL CHANGE EVERYTHING?

“What game-changing scientific ideas and developments do you expect to live to see?”

Bouncing back: Choose your response to adversity

Getting a little bit of perspective on your situation is one of the best ways to help you bounce back in hard times. But what else can help you become more resilient?
I was speaking with a friend yesterday who was telling me how she’d recently started having mild panic attacks over really small things. [...]

Beyond Chicken Little: Carrots, positive people and a flourishing future

We learnt a long time ago that The Stick doesn’t work when you’re looking for motivation for change. It’s just not sustainable, and, it causes suffering in the process. No desirable means. No desirable end.

It’s time to start talking Carrots. This is what’s going to make the difference between us not just surviving, or having a sustainable life, but moving us into a realm where we, and all life on the planet, flourish.