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Envy – Why Do Even The People With Perfectly Rational Mind Suffer From It?...

Let me ask you a hypothetical question: You and somebody else (we’ll call him Jim) joined the organization same time, both of you are similarly qualified and currently in the same position. After the...

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Context Makes All The Difference – SmaryBrain Comic Strip!!

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Cluster Effect – What’s the Madness Behind Seeing Meaning Where There Are None?

When Amy Winehouse died in 2011, I remember a friend asking me in a hushed voice “Do you know Amy became the latest victims of the ‘curse of 27′?” Naturally puzzled, I asked him to elaborate… turns...

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You Want Your Child (or Your Employee) to Do Well In Life? Stop Praising Her

Yes, you heard me right, stop praising your child. “Your painting is beautiful Lisa, you are a wonderful artist” “That was a great presentation Fred, keep up the good work” These are the words which...

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Why Do We Always Overestimate Our Capability and Underestimate the...

Answer lies in fallacy called ‘Wishful Thinking.’ Every single person in this earth suffers from this. We find the comfort in this make-belief world even with it is most idiotic and downright...

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Mind of a Teenager. Why Do They Do The Things They Do ?

“I just don’t know what is going through his mind!!”, “I can not understand what’s the big deal in wearing that dress from last summer!!” We all have gone through the exasperation of dealing with a...

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Admittedly, Much More of Our Decisions are based on Intuition than Logic....

Plato, the granddad of logic compared our mind with a chariot pulled by two horses. Horse 1 was well bread and well behaved, representing good aspects of our emotion. Horse 2 was the wild and untamed,...

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False Consensus Effect – Why do I think I am always right? More Importantly,...

Turns out it’s just not me who thinks he/ she is always right. In fact most of the people think that they are right and the world agrees with them. So, why do I have this silly notion that majority of...

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Mistakes Make a Man Perfect!! Learn What Happens Inside Your Brain When You...

Ok, list down the names of people who you consider the best in the field. My list would look something like this: Michael Jordan Steve Jobs Beyonce Albert Einstein Yehudi Menuhin and so forth There is...

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Risk Aversion – Why is The Pain of Loss Significantly More Important To US...

For us, for some strange reason, the sense of loss is much more powerful than the sense of gain. If you compare the intensity of emotion, sadness we feel when we lose $ 5 is much greater than the...

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