Pebbles of Perception: How a Few Good Choices Make All The Difference

Fear is closely associated with anticipated loss.

Humans have an extraordinary capacity to adjust to circumstances, and numerous experiments have shown that we bounce back from difficulties far more easily than we think we will.

Another way to explore the question of ‘who to marry’ is to look at the causes of breakups.

The Four Pillars of finding a good marriage partner: Pillar One: Take your time.

Pillar Two: Don’t settle.

Our behaviour is known as “hyperbolic discounting” and it helps explain why we are generally poor at saving for retirement.

Cornerstone Three: Invest rationally. Rational in this context means being coldly logical.

Don’t automatically accept what you are told.

Collaborate, don’t compete.

You may need to reconsider your environment. Does it have many distractions? If so, you need to rethink your work set-up. How you schedule your activities during a typical day is also important. There are times in the day when we are naturally more productive, and we should schedule our more demanding tasks to coincide. Our energy is finite, so we