Moi Jamri

People who've done great things tend

to seem as if they were a race apart. And most biographies only

exaggerate this illusion, partly due to the worshipful attitude

biographers inevitably sink into, and partly because, knowing how

the story ends, they can't help streamlining the plot till it seems

like the subject's life was a matter of destiny, the... See more

• Intelligence/Performance-based feedback is associated with identity labels. Praise involves telling a child (or adult) they’re smart and talented, learn things easily, or are really good at a particular skill. Identity-label feedback actually undermines effort and results in the long run! Most people don't realize this, and intelligence feedback

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“Curious that we spend more time congratulating people who have succeeded than encouraging people who have not.”

To ensure proper hydration, aim to consume 8 oz (237 mL) of fluid per hour for the first 10 hours of your day .

A red herring is a misleading statement, question, or argument meant to redirect a conversation away from its original topic.

The bandwagon fallacy, also known as the appeal to the masses or appeal to common belief fallacy, is the logical fallacy of claiming that something is true because everyone believes it. Whether that belief is actually true or not doesn’t matter—if an arguer claims that a position is true because it’s popular, the arguer is using the bandwagon... See more

“I like to say, “Experience is what you got when you didn’t get what you wanted.”