Beware the soul-sucking force of “reasonableness.”

What, in short, is the “circuitry” of a successful relationship?

Novelty even changes our perception of time. In an experiment conducted by Vani Pariyadath and David Eagleman of Baylor College of Medicine,

The researchers have a test of post-traumatic growth, called the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI), that you can find online.

The conditions are: The work means something to them; they have some autonomy in carrying it out; and it’s their choice to participate or not.

Gallup discovered that the six most revealing questions are the ones below. Notice that the final three of them might as well have been penned by Reis himself: 1. Do I know what is expected of me at work? 2. Do I have the materials and equipment I need to do my work right? 3. Do I have the opportunity to do what I do best every day? 4. In the last

We walk a flatland that could have been a mountain range.

This intervention reflects a strategy we’ll call “connecting to meaning”—finding ways to remind people of their purpose.

To avoid this kind of oversight, we must understand when special moments are needed. We must learn to think in moments, to spot the occasions that are worthy of investment.