I was reading a thread on Quora the other day in which people were sharing tricks they knew of that car salespeople used to get people to buy. One guy shared a couple he was aware of (he wasn’t a salesperson himself), but then went on to say that 30% of car salespeople he’d interacted […]
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If you’re a member of Amazon Prime then it’s highly unlikely that you missed ‘Prime Day’ recently where Amazing slashed prices to thousand of items to tempt people to spend online at a time that is traditionally very slow for retailers. There were indeed some great bargains and we bought a pressure cooker that was […]
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When it comes to psychological experiments the period spanning the 40 years or so after the end of World War II was nothing short of scary. Scientists were physically administering electric shocks to people with sometimes, high doses of electricity, putting others (often children) through severe mental and physical trauma and abusing animals to an […]
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Life Hacks are ten a penny with entire websites designed to share them with the world. The only problem is that many have zero basis in science and simply don’t work. Here are 5 that absolutely do work – if that is, you can be bothered to implement them properly. 1. Life Hacks – Hacking […]
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Carve out about 30-minutes. I know, I know, you’ve got shit to do and that’s a long time, but stop whining and do it anyway because research conducted by clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson suggests it will be well worth your while. I’d prefer you to use a pen and paper for this, but if you’re not […]
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You gaze down through the open window at the sparkling Ionia sea resplendent in the late summer sun. Your taxi weaves itself dexterously down the narrow mountain road from Vrachionas, the highest point on the Greek island of Zakynthos. The sun twinkles and a hundred shades of azure bounce back from the gently lapping waves. […]
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I was working with a client recently who was looking to make some big changes in his life. He was frustrated because he’d really wanted to start his own business for over a decade. But he kept putting it off and didn’t know why. He had a great job in terms of income, but he […]
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We are coming up that *that* time of year. Your calendar is top heavy. Perhaps like me you’re having to endure the lights on the house next door bursting into a rendition of ‘deck the halls with boughs of holly’ every time a person walks past and triggers the motion sensor, and self development bloggers […]
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