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  Kim Cofino

  

  Want to Build Unbeatable Mental Toughness? Here Are 5 Surprisingly Effective Ways

  Inc Magazine - Peter Economy

  Beating cancer made Yale Law grad Seun Adebiyi rethink his fast-paced life and become an entrepreneur. Just one week after he graduated from Yale Law School, while he was training for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Seun Adebiyi was diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia. This forced him to put his …

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  Kim Cofino

  

  How To Stop Overthinking Everything, According To Therapists

  BuzzFeed - Ryan Howes, PhD

  Rumination — aka thinking about something in endless circles — is exhausting *and* makes you more susceptible to depression and anxiety. The last time you saw your grandma before she died. That work presentation last month. Yesterday’s argument with your SO. Your performance eval next quarter. That …

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  Kim Cofino

  

  A philosopher’s 350-year-old trick to get people to change their minds is now backed up by psychologists

  Quartz - Olivia Goldhill

  The 17th century philosopher Blaise Pascal is perhaps best known for Pascal’s Wager which, in the first formal use of decision theory, argued that believing in God is the most pragmatic decision. But it seems the French thinker also had a knack for psychology. As Brain Pickings points out, Pascal …

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  Kim Cofino

  

  Why Understanding These Four Types of Mistakes Can Help Us Learn

  kqed.org - MindShift

  by Eduardo Briceño This article was first published in the Mindset Works newsletter. We can deepen our own and our students' understanding of mistakes, …

• In talking about their own lives, the voters engage in what psychologists call "active processing." The idea is that people learn lessons more durably when they come to the conclusion themselves, not when someone "bitch-slaps you with a statistic," says Fleischer. Overall, it's a task designed to point out our common humanity, which then opens the door to reducing prejudice and changing opinions.

  

  Kim Cofino

  

  Most people are bad at arguing. These 2 techniques will make you better.

  Vox - Brian Resnick

  Argue better — with science. Anyone who has argued with an opinionated relative or friend about immigration or gun control knows it is often impossible to sway someone with strong views. That’s in part because our brains work hard to ensure the integrity of our worldview: We seek out information to …

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  Kim Cofino

  

  This Time Next Year I’ll Be A Different Person: How I Lost 145 Pounds In 365 Days

  Medium - DeAndre Upshaw

  Many people discuss the exact moment they decided that they needed to lose weight. For some, it’s when the folding chair they are reclining in at the …