The author's favorite celebrities made smoking seem cool. Public Domain/Wikimedia Commons Have you ever wanted to do something that you knew was bad for you? I once wanted to smoke cigarettes. My ...
4."When the pandemic started, a friend of mine got really obsessed with the fact that you can't leave your home or go near people without a mask — but it never reflected in his own actions. He judged ...
Conversation among us is peppered with observations of the division within the American population. The division is revealed in a number of forms. It may be the acknowledgement of the political gap ...
MOST OF US have experienced conflicting beliefs at one time or another. For instance, you know that drinking too much alcohol is bad for your health, but you pour yourself a second glass of wine ...
These 21 mental mistakes shape your choices more than you think, learning them helps you avoid bad decisions Our brains are ...
In my roles as a CIO, entrepreneur, investor and Professor (I teach a course at Berklee called “The Innovator’s DNA”), I think about innovation constantly. I know from personal experience (”What ...
The new year is a chance to forgive ourselves for past mistakes and consider how to replace the discomfort of cognitive dissonance.
We all have it to one degree or another. It’s a mental state that causes havoc, from minor to major. Many, most perhaps, don’t know they have it. Others, recognizing it for the deadly disease it is, ...
Since writing a cathartic post about being burned out, I've received supportive messages as well as concerned calls from friends and former colleagues. Some were worried about my well-being. Others ...
If nations can suffer from cognitive dissonance just as individuals can, it’s easy to see why we elected Donald Trump. A good place to start thinking about this is football: As I often do in late ...
If nations can suffer from cognitive dissonance just as individuals can, it's easy to see why we elected Donald Trump. A good place to start thinking about this is football: As I often do in late ...