Gregory Ciotti

Turns out, your brain can be a big jerk. This post shares five default reactions that prevent you from making good decisions.

5 Default Reactions That Prevent You From Making Good Decisions

Most of us like to think that we are in-control of our actions. Turns out, your brain can be a big jerk, and you are susceptible to a large list of cognitive biases and natural reactions that tend to hold you back from acting objectively. Luckily, some good social psychology books (spurred on by well-research papers & …

Life Hacking

Most of us like to think that we are in-control of our actions. Turns out, your brain can be a big jerk, and you are susceptible to a large list of cognitive biases and natural reactions that tend to hold you back from acting objectively. Luckily, some good social psychology books (spurred on by well-research papers & […]

Leo Widrich

Exercise has been touted to be a cure for nearly everything in life. This post is an overview of why exercising makes us happier.

Why Exercising Makes Us Happier

Exercise has been touted to be a cure for nearly everything in life, from depression, to memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and more. At the same time, similar to the topic of sleep, I found myself having very little specific and scientific knowledge about what exercise really does to our bodies and our brains. “Yes, …

What Happens to Our Brains When We Exercise and How It Makes Us Happier

Exercise has been touted to be a cure for nearly everything in life, from depression, to memory loss, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s and more. At the same time, similar to the topic of sleep, I found myself having very little specific and scientific knowledge about what exercise really does to our bodies and our brains. “Yes, […]

How much sleep do you need? How does the sleep you get impact your work productivity? Read on to learn those answers & the myth of the 8 hours rule:

How Much Sleep Do We Really Need to Work Productively?

Kevan Lee

What does it take to be productive? This post is an overview of 100 tools, tips and tricks to work more efficiently online.

100 tools, tips and tricks to work more efficiently online

What does it take to be productive? It’s a question I often ask myself and to be honest I don’t have a great answer for it yet. One key discovery I’ve made over the past year or so is that I need to have great habits in place. That’s why I’m working on a solid …

The big list of 100 tools, tips and tricks to work more efficiently online

What does it take to be productive? It’s a question I often ask myself and to be honest I don’t have a great answer for it yet. One key discovery I’ve made over the past year or so is that I need to have great habits in place. That’s why I’m working on a solid […]

In the few years I’ve lived, there were countless mistakes I’ve made. This post shares an experiment what would you tell your younger self?

Experiment: What one thing would you tell your younger self?

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” – Jean-Paul Sartre In the few years I’ve lived, there were countless mistakes I’ve made. Now, I’m not at all a person of regret. I stand up, fall down, get up and fall down again. I’m sure you are the same, that’s what has got you …

A grand experiment: What one thing would you tell your younger self?

“Everything has been figured out, except how to live.” – Jean-Paul Sartre In the few years I’ve lived, there were countless mistakes I’ve made. Now, I’m not at all a person of regret. I stand up, fall down, get up and fall down again. I’m sure you are the same, that’s what has got you […]

Learn how to combat your brain's instinctual reactions, which can have devastating effects on those all-important long-term goals that you set for yourself.

How Our Brains Stop Us Achieving Our Goals and How to Fight Back

Learn why our brains can’t multitask at all. This post explains the science behind what multitasking does to our brains.

What Multitasking Does to Our Brains

We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking. And yet, we let it slip. We end up eating lunch in front of the TV with our laptop open. We browse Twitter and Facebook while sending emails and chatting in multiple Gchat windows. …

We all know this and have heard it hundreds of times. To work efficiently we have to single task. No multitasking. And yet, we let it slip. We end up eating lunch in front of the TV with our laptop open. We browse Twitter and Facebook while sending emails and chatting in multiple Gchat windows. […]

Here are the top 10 free tools to help you organize the internet much more easily. From Social Media, to productivity to fitness:

10 free tools to help you organize the internet

Is the ease of which I am getting distracted so bad? This post lists 6 steps to complete distraction on my way to productivity.

6 steps to complete distraction on my way to productivity

Today I wanted to Buffer a few tweets from my Twitter stream. Yet this is not quite how my venture turned out. Here is what happened instead:   1.) Should I Buffer Tweets? I wanted to Buffer a few tweets from twitter.com, and found one interesting user with a blog about Social Media and Web development. …

Today I wanted to Buffer a few tweets from my Twitter stream. Yet this is not quite how my venture turned out. Here is what happened instead:   1.) Should I Buffer Tweets? I wanted to Buffer a few tweets from twitter.com, and found one interesting user with a blog about Social Media and Web development. […]

"A man may learn wisdom even from a foe." This post lists ten new inspirational quotes for a great Friday.

10 New Inspirational Quotes For A Great Friday

Here are 10 new quotes by our amazing users and friends. They will all be officially added to Buffer Tweet Suggestions. I hope they give you a boost for your day and set you off to a great weekend:   “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way …

Here are 10 new quotes by our amazing users and friends. They will all be officially added to Buffer Tweet Suggestions. I hope they give you a boost for your day and set you off to a great weekend:   “It is the set of the sails, not the direction of the wind that determines which way […]

Today is the kick off of our post series on new quotes. This post lists ten motivational quotes to round up your Friday.

10 Motivational Quotes to round up your Friday

Today is the kick off of our post series on new quotes. They are now officially added to Buffer Tweet Suggestions. Take a look below, I hope they inspire you and make you laugh in the same way they did for me.     Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. – Suzanne Weyn …

Today is the kick off of our post series on new quotes. They are now officially added to Buffer Tweet Suggestions. Take a look below, I hope they inspire you and make you laugh in the same way they did for me.     Your life is an occasion. Rise to it. – Suzanne Weyn […]

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